0 thoughts on “WALL-E Alludes to E.M. Forster Story”

  1. GM to you too at 10am today

    Wall-e reminded me of us

    That’s a long story

    With ADHD you read and do with purpose only for concentration (not because YOU say so) and then hyper focus can kick in with rapid-fire speed in understanding like spinning

    So BUT why bother?

  2. It’s been a long time since I’ve read The Machine Stops, but doesn’t Forster allow a little gleam of hope in the story? Seems as if the main character’s son spoke of people living on the surface.

  3. “The Machine Stops”? I think the comparison is strained. I don’t recall any sense of eco-catastrophe in Forster’s world, despite what the blogger suggests; I recall it as being due to laziness. And despite what the original blogger says, the machine *doesn’t* break down in Wall-E.

    Overweight people living alone in their rooms communicating with others only by screen; yeah, that much is true. Beyond that, I don’t see it.

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