But the reason he reacted to Casey (and Frank) the way he did was fear. You know, unless there's a novelization or a commentary track, we may never know, but here's my take on that: I agree that Nix didn't think he was evil, that he thought he was trying to save the world. And then after new recruits are shown coming to Tomorrowland the doomsday percentage can tick down to 49%. Even with our brighter outlook we still have to work on our future. Naw, hell with it, drop Epcot's Spaceship Earth on his head.ĮDIT: Oh, oh, and after recalibrating the doomsday signal to a hope signal show the doomsday prediction percentage drop. If you can communicate with the bad guy and change his mind maybe he won't be so bad.
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Wouldn't that reinforce the positive messages this movie has for kids? Even those who have despaired completely can rediscover hope. If you really want to tug on heartstrings show him climbing a ladder to his heroic end with brief flashes back to his creating Athena and show the joy and optimism in science that he lost.
Heck, he can still die, but heroically doing something dangerous to recalibrate the hope signal. I would have much preferred an ending where they convince Nix of the percentage fluctuations, he feels optimism for the first time in a long time, and they jerry rig the subliminal signal to broadcast a positive message instead of the doomsday prediction. Overall I felt his sins did not warrant having a giant Magic 8-Ball dropped on his head. The decision to attempt to murder Clooney felt so out of left field for what little we knew about the character. In fact, an off-the-cuff remark by one of the Sherman brothers about Walt having a dream and that being a start pretty much gave them the jump to write the lyrics in just a couple days.īut apparently subverting scifi tropes and themes doesn't go over well with certain reviewers, while others like Leonard Maltin get it.Ībsolutely agree. "There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow" essentially epitomizes Walt Disney's world view. Hell, the first music cues in the film should have been a big tip-off (along with a obvious easter egg). And instead, Disney's decided to embrace the retrofuturism and optimism for the future that was more prevalent in the 50s and 60s. What I said was that it's disappointing that so many critics aren't understanding that Disney was actively going against the "world on the brink/doomed tomorrow/looming apocalypse" themes that are popular in scifi today. I can't tell them anything if you keep interrupting me.I think you may have intended that for someone else or misread something because I'm not really sure what you were getting at. and scientific breakthroughs, wonder and beauty. Unstable governments, over-population, wars on every continent, famine, water shortages, environmental collapse. this is a story about the future, and the future can be scary. Hey, I'm Frank, how you doing? Don't answer that. Just try to be a little more upbeat.Frank Walker: Upbeat?Casey Newton: Yeah, tell them what you like.Frank Walker: I can't tell them anything if you keep interrupting me.Casey Newton: You're right, sorry. and scientific breakthroughs, wonder and beauty.Frank Walker: Could you please just stop interrupting?Casey Newton: I will. Unstable governments, over-population, wars on every continent, famine, water shortages, environmental collapse.Casey Newton. this is a story about the future, and the future can be scary.Casey Newton: Mmm.Frank Walker: What?Casey Newton: You sure you want to go with scary?Frank Walker: Yes I want to go with scary.Casey Newton: Okay!Frank Walker: Okay!Frank Walker: The future can be scary. Frank Walker: Are they on?Casey Newton: Yep, so introduce yourself.Frank Walker: Okay.
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