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Self-Parody Alert

02 Jul 2007 09:01 pm

Matt Frost, two days ago:

I haven’t seen Ratatouille yet, but in service to The Scene, I’ll probably take my children and report back, per Reihan’s request. The gushing reviews, plus the fact that Dana Stevens couldn’t detect a crypto-Republican message, make me inclined to share David Brooks’ skepticism ...

Dana Stevens, today:

That planet was once home to two alien races: the upstanding Autobots and the sneaky Decepticons. (Does anyone but me hear the echo of "Democrats" and "Republicans" in these names?)

I sincerely hope not.

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I do see the Decepticon-Republican parallel, of course, but I seem to recall that the autobots actually stood up for truth and justice. Clearly, they have no earthly counterparts.

Posted by LaFollette Progressive | July 3, 2007 12:38 AM

I can't even figure out which is supposed to go with which ... what silliness.

Posted by John | July 4, 2007 12:24 AM

Well, as I recall, the Decepticons were trying to seize all of the Earth's "energy cubes" in order to continue the Transformers' otherwise unsustainable lifestyle, which I guess makes them Republicans. The Autobots never missed an opportunity to condemn the Decepticons' policies, but they hypocritically consumed just as many energy cubes as the Decepticons, which I guess makes them Democrats.

Of course, a *real* Republican analogue would have Starscream resign from Decepticon leadership and form a politically connected investment group, which would then offer Decepticon assistance to the existing Earth governments in return for preferential access to energy cubes, then buy the cubes from the autocratic leaders of our governments, leading to unprecedented levels of wealth in energy-cube-rich nations and funding quixotic governments like that of Hugo Chavez, but that might make it a little difficult to sell toys . . .

Posted by J Mann | July 5, 2007 9:28 AM

Does this make Shockwave out to be Kristol, by default?

Posted by EpicureanQuaker | July 5, 2007 2:49 PM

John Rodgers cleared up this particular rumor on his blog: http://kfmonkey.blogspot.com/2007/07/hey-libertas.html


Haven't seen the movie myself, but I nonetheless find it really funny that everyone is searching for a message in a Micheal Bay summer action movie based on a toy line from the 80s.

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