Comments on: Ideology Impedes Storytelling in Battle for Terra

By: GtrPykr

GtrPykr — Mon, 04 May 2009 05:42:34 +0000

Did anyone else notice that if you shortened the general’s chin and added a few wrinkles to his forehead, he’d look a LOT like Bush? The producers stopped short also at giving him a pseudo-Texas accent. I suspect it was for the same reasons they, in what looks to me like an afterthought move, lengthened the chin and lost the wrinkles: they would limit their audience only to rabid Bush haters and hardcore leftists always on the lookout for new indoctrination material for their kids.

I take my kids to see animated films because I want them to experience what is usually amazing visual imagery and delightfully outlandish character development, so it makes me angry when someone attempts to use the medium as just another tool to politically indoctrinate the innocent.

Ticket sales so far are dismal, so, with luck, the outrageously misnamed “The Battle For Terra” won’t be polluting movie theaters – and the minds of those too intellectually immature to understand its blatant political symbolism – for long.

By: Forlourned

Forlourned — Mon, 04 May 2009 03:37:51 +0000

I watched this movie by buying a ticket for ‘Wolverine’ since the ads seen where rather liberal. I saw it and if it was good, but reluctantly buy a ticket for the movie afterward. It started like a hippy heaven routine but became interesting halfway to suddenly lose me completely at the end of halfway.. what a rotten ride I went thru.

The ending left me with a headache because they tried to show me that humanity where a bunch of morons and being caged is Great!

By: Boogey_Man

Boogey_Man — Mon, 04 May 2009 01:12:31 +0000

If a studio could be built that would make movies with all the new wiz bang effects but with the old story telling styles, they would rake in the $$.

By: Synova

Synova — Sun, 03 May 2009 05:47:50 +0000

I’m a wee bit confused.

“Terra” is another name for Earth. Thus, humans are Terrans… always have been.

Was this done on purpose?

And while 3-D seems to be popping up everywhere lately, (pun intended), I rented “Journey to the Center of the Earth” for the kids and it sucked… because of course we didn’t have the 3-D glasses to wear.

I doubt we’ll see “Battle for Terra” in the theater and it’s absolutely certain that we won’t rent it.

By: Individualist

Individualist — Sun, 03 May 2009 05:43:34 +0000

1GooDDaddy

Thanks for the heads up. This stuff is so offensive to me. These same liberals are now promoting these wounded warrior programs touting how we should all be nice and respect the veterans. It sickens me. They do that and then publish this crap.

HEY LIBERALS IF YOU HAVE TO REMIND YOURSELVES to respect veterans then guess what. YOU HAVE ALREADY FAILED. This is something that requires no reminder. You either do or you don’t.

I find liberals to be the most obnoxious hipocrits.

By: Christian Toto

Christian Toto — Sun, 03 May 2009 00:53:57 +0000

1gooDaddy … thanks for your feedback. I’m sorry they were so dismissive to you … I imagine that’s just how ideologues are. It’s a shame, since the movie has some compelling elements. I don’t know why creative types feel compelled to alienate potential customers.

By: Stergeye

Stergeye — Sat, 02 May 2009 22:10:19 +0000

Going straight to my “Miss it if you can” file.

By: Dylan

Dylan — Sat, 02 May 2009 21:34:17 +0000

Ugh, its not enough adult sci-fi has gone down the human hating hole, they try to shove it at kids. I remember Ferngully growing up. All the messages were over my head, and I just saw pretty colors. Same thing with this.

By: K

Sat, 02 May 2009 20:50:25 +0000

If you check out the movie’s website, clicking through to the opening vid shows the human motherships, which have the shape of the Christian cross. They’re also running a contest for 3rd through 8th graders, just the folks they’d like to reach.

I once was berated by a leftist about how horrible the human race was. I asked him what his standard for comparison was amongst sapient species? Of course, he had no answer, but it points out the origin for such movies as Terra and things like “Ferngully, the Last Rainforest”. If you can’t draw a comparison, then make up one and feed it to the children. From such compose hippy larve grow.

By: mishu

mishu — Sat, 02 May 2009 18:37:27 +0000

but does that automatically make it “liberal?”

Yes, because Christian made no mention of TARP.