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Although largely right about reasons for obesity, he misses the point that Wall·E is trying to make. The movie never implies as Daniel suggests that we don’t change the way we live, we’ll all get really fat and destroy the world. I may be mistaken but I’m sure that the movie suggests that you first destroy the world and then get fat with all that lounging around on the cruise spaceship. I’m no expert on obesity but given the sedantary lifestyle of the people shown on the spaceship, you don’t need the help of genes to get obese. I disagree that “obese, infantile consumers who spend their days immobile in hovering lounge chairs, staring at ads on computers screens” are a subtle jab at Americans. I’ve seen more people serious about exercise and staying fit in American than I’ve in India. It is the lifestyle, stupid! People from any other nation or culture if possessed similar luxuries then they too would fall victim to obesity.
As I mentioned before, Wall·E may have references to protecting and conserving our environment but it definitely doesn’t make any sort of direct reference against or taunts to obese people. *Spoiler Alert* Mind you, the obese captain does manage to wrest control from his HAL-like controlling robot in spite of his obese frame. That said, it doesn’t mean that Wall·E is a perfect movie and doesn’t suffer from anamolies. Sunil writes about several such inconguities and anamolies; some of which had crossed my mind as well. But the charge that Daniel hurls at the movie doesn’t hold much water.
by Patrix | on Friday, July 11th, 2008 at 12:47 pm | 
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July 11th, 2008 at 1:42 pm reply
Well whats been in my mind is that if people could build ships to fly in space, they would surely afford develop drive thru liposuction… but i think as the evil guy in the movie sort of predicts, its the flying around in zero gravity thats whats making their bones weaker and smaller and people fatter.
And of course, everything in the movie you can put down as ‘oh thats in the future, anything can happen there’..
July 17th, 2008 at 12:33 pm reply
Wall-E totally looks like the robot from “Short Circuit”… minus the cheesy 80’s style of course
July 23rd, 2008 at 2:15 pm reply
I agree.
Less people are obese because of genes. Statistics show that people with BMI 25 or greater are that because of a poor life style choice.