WALL-E

For those who read my pre-Christmas rant about faux gifts, here's a somewhat insignificant and rather loosely connected follow-up. (You may be impressed by my Photo Studio skills, but don't get your hopes up if you're looking for something profound or even advertising-related.)

In that post, I unfairly accused the "Kingdom of the Sea" film creator, David Mulhern, of stealing his ideas from the "Finding Nemo" film creator, Andrew Stanton. A reader called me on it and I retracted my unsubstantiated claim. Still, I wanted to side with Stanton.

Then last week, I finally watched Stanton's latest movie, "WALL-E." Guess what: He stole it. Yep, right out of the Bible. Noah's Ark.

=> People become self-centered and ruin life on earth;
=> People live on floating vessel for extended time while earth is cleansed;
=> Small creature is sent to search earth for signs of life;
=> Small creature finds plant and returns to floating vessel where captain decides it's time to return to earth, but only after humans learn that self-centeredness is wrong way to live.

If this weren't enough proof, Stanton is, by his own account, a Christian and claims that his story is about love...just like in the Bible!

OK, so I'm pretty sure allegories don't count as plagiarism, which means Stanton is off the hook.

Stay tuned for something less tangential, and perhaps more serious, next time.