Peer Pressure

Ok, so my buddy Eden gave my blog a shout-out, so I guess I'd better go update it quick.

Good thing I went to see a movie this weekend. (I really did, too.)

Of course I went to see G-Wall-E, that adorable little robot movie that warns us all about what life will be like if we continue to try to retro back to the "Leave it To Beaver" 50's fantasy life style. In it, human kind is waited on hand and foot by June Cleaver androids. Dinner is always hot, there's always an apple pie in the oven. Sounds perfect, right? Well, it would be, if the androids were on Earth. Instead, however, humanity is out on a giant starship, while the G-Wall-E robots, also known as Beavs, try to sort out the moral problems humanity has left behind. Alas, all but one of the G-Wall-E robots has broken down, and the last one is on the verge of a nervous breakdown because no one will play with it. Into this scenario comes the FONZ-E robot, in search of any sign that Earth is recovering from the 50's schmaltz, and moving towards the 50's cool. The best scene is where G-Wall-E and FONZ-E use a fire extinguisher to jump a shark. Featured too were a couple of tunes from that great musical Silk Stockings as a tribute to the McCarthy era. "Glorious Technicolor" and "Cheery Siberia" bookmarked the film.