30th
Append:
After watching Wall-E for a second time last night, I noticed something I missed in my review the first time round: the robot asylum and its inhabitants represent alienation between worker and work done, and ultimately, class frustration (for instance, the tennis machine is constantly programmed to hit balls, and his malfunction causes him to do this task at rapid speed thus potentially injuring his masters - the task is repressive and the fact that the robot has been created not only with the ability to do only do one task but also with the emotional capacity to feel boredom and alienation ultimately aligns him with the underclass in his inability to revolt). When Wall-E accidentally frees them all from the asylum, they see him as a revolutionary and a class hero; hence why the whole ship gets behind him despite his reputation as a ‘rogue robot’. Just think about it…
Going to see Batman tonight… oh dear…
