A tale of biblical proportions

Reed JOHNSON’S piece on “Wall-E” [“The Apes Weren’t Cuddly,” July 13], while thoughtful and well-observed, does not render homage to the extent deserved by this fine movie. Holding the film to the “serious standards” he demands reveals a remarkable product.

Here is a movie that parallels the story of Noah and the ark from Genesis, yet he fails to note the nearly exact telling of the same story. Earth is destroyed by water (God) in Genesis; Earth is destroyed by Big and Large (man) in “Wall-E.” Axion, the ark, sent out a dove, Eve, white like a dove, to search for a plant to return to Noah, the Captain. The dove finds an olive leaf and Eve finds a live, healthy plant, and both return them to their masters. Noah and the Captain of Axiom believe by this sign that the Earth is fit to be re-inhabited. His comment, “ . . . the humans . . . really don’t do much to earn their shot at redemption,” ignores the fact that it is their destiny, as unavoidable and important as the humans on the ark.

Lew Glenn

Palm Springs