I watched Wall-e for the first time yesterday

[Lethe]

Wall-e the little guy was adorable.

But, I found myself kind of agreeing with the autopilot computer guy. Given the state of things on the Axiom, there is no way in hell those idiot humans could live on earth. The fucking jackass wanted to grow pizza plants and couldn't even walk upright. How would they survive on earth?

[Fire Walk With Me]

1. By learning to become human again.

And as implied in the excellent final credits (the evolution of art=the return of man to responsibility), assisted by the robots seen throughout the film.

[Lethe]

3. right

yay! the same humans who so adeptly destroyed Earth are coming back to set it right again

:eyes:

[Fire Walk With Me]

4. At least five plus generations removed, if you take the Captain's Gallery as an indication.

[Mojambo]

2. Humans are very adaptable, and when they work together they do alright.

But yeah, it would have been pretty ugly for a while.

[Deja Q]

5. Some of my best friends are human, but humans are best as individuals...

when humans form into groups, trouble occurs. :evilgrin:

(okay, I am paraphrasing a quote from the Doctor ("Doctor Who", BBC, 1977), but that's what came to my paradox of a mind...)

[Mojambo]

6. I'd say they are at their best AND worst in groups.

Humans may be able to do less damage as individuals, but they also can't accomplish as much good.

[Danger Mouse]

7. The point is that there was hope for them once the bubble burst.

Never having the benefit of a real life, they never could take it for granted...so every moment on their new world would be precious to them.
It would be very tough at first, but they'd have the robots to help them out, and who wouldn't feel confident with EVE around to blast the crap out of anything that gets in the way?

[Lethe]

8. i hear what you are saying

but, i think that confines of the movie's history, humans had their chance and they blew it...royally

Wall-e is actually more humane than the humans in the movie. He works hard all day, every day, literally for maybe hundreds of years. He befriends a cockroach who he regards as a kind of canine pet. He watches movies, listens to music, dances, and is generally full of life for a "robot".

Contrast his "human" actions with the lazy, parasitic, and repulsive actions of the human contents of the Axiom. They are not even humans, per se. Why do they deserve to even go back to Earth, a planet which they destroyed?

Why don't they consult Wall-e on how they should proceed? It's only right considering he was the steward of the Earth for maybe the past 700 years.

[Fire Walk With Me]

9. "Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life

are not only not indespensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind." -Henry David Thoreau, "Walden"