New Disney Movie "Big Hero 6"

[prolix]

I just saw the Disney movie "Big Hero 6". And I want to assert that it is a very pro AnCap and pro NAP themed story. So obviously there will be spoilers if you haven't seen it. There is a plot synopsis at the bottom if you want to proceed anyway having not seen the film.

 

I just want to bullet point my observations about possible AnCap and NAP themes.

 

• Right from the go innovation plays a big role as almost all out main characters are brilliant inventors. Including the main character. Innovation is kinda a character in this movie as it is central to the characters. Entrepreneurship and innovation as a virtue.
• Early in the movie they set up the "evil capitalist" antagonist by having the "public sector" professor accuse him of being, well and evil capitalist.. But it turns out that he was the victim and that the bad guy was actually someone else, it was a fake out plot device.. The capitalist character turns out to be neutral or maybe even sympathetic character. One of the few times I can remember that the capitalist wasn't being demonized in a film.
• The antagonist character turns out to be the Professor not the "evil capitalist". The antagonist is driven by emotion, in this case revenge. Much like the state is driven by emotional propaganda like "we must help the poor!" or "we must avenge 9/11, invade iraq".
• The antagonist steals an innovation from the main character something that they did not make, like our tax dollars, and uses them for evil, like the state does with tax revenue.
• There is a medical robot in the film who is basically the moral center of the movie because he can not harm a human because of programming and is centrally concerned with this premise throughout the movie. The character is basically a NAP-bot and actually dissuades the main character from violence in the movie.
• At one point the lead character goes to the cops to warn about the antagonist, the cops are show to be apathetic and ineffectual.
• There is a scene where all the lead characters are being chased in a car by the antagonist and his giant army of nanobots. The driver of the get away vehicle keeps stopping at red lights and observing the speed limit. Another character criticizes him for this and takes the wheel from him and starts driving fast and running red lights. Don't worry it is 3AM and in a cartoon world so it is safe. The point being that sometimes imminent danger is more important than "the rules".
• At one point in the movie we find out that one of the main characters is ridiculously wealthy and nobody knew. His wealth is used to further the plot in favor of the protagonist and there is no negative connotation to being rich.
• The movie really drives home the NAP argument when the lead character learns that the antagonist, the professor, set into action events that killed the lead characters brother and moves to exact revenge against the antagonist. All the other characters resist, including the NAP-bot who has to be deprogrammed in order to break NAP. A great amount of emphasis is put on this central theme of non-violence.
• The final defeat of the antagonist involves the antagonist running out of microbots, a technology he stole, as he overextends himself in the final battle. This, I think, equates to the government over-extending itself through debt and taxes.
• In the end it turns out that the source of the antagonists emotional revenge, was not even valid to begin with as his daughter was not actually dead. This is like how the media and the governments stir up problems that don't really even exist to further their own ends.

I could list many more small details, but those are just the big ones off the top of my head. So to summarize; Pro NAP themes and characters, Pro innovation and Entrepreneurship themes, the rich are not portrayed as evil and state power is portrayed and apathetic and useless.

 

I would love others thoughts on this. Also I think it would be a refreshing video for FDR to scrutinize a movie that wasn't a portrait of madness through magic or an avert appeal to socialism or sexism or something like that. I could be totally wrong and it is totally just statist propaganda, but I would love to know what you think. Is it possible for big media to even, maybe accidentally, make a pro NAP and Pro AnCap movie?

 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Hero_6_(film)#Plot

 

Hiro Hamada is a 14-year-old robotics genius who lives in the futuristic city of San Fransokyo and spends his time participating in back-alley robot fights. His older brother Tadashi, worried that Hiro is wasting his potential, takes him to the robotics lab at his university, where Hiro meets Tadashi's friends, GoGo, Wasabi, Honey Lemon, and Fred as well as Baymax, a personal healthcare robot Tadashi created. Amazed, Hiro decides to apply to the school. He presents his project—microbots, swarms of tiny robots that can link together in any arrangement imaginable—at an annual exhibition to gain admission. Professor Callaghan, head of the program, is impressed, and Hiro gets in. When a fire breaks out at the university, Tadashi rushes in to rescue Callaghan, but the building explodes and both are killed. As a result of losing his brother, Hiro secludes himself from others.
One day, Hiro accidentally activates Baymax, who follows one of his microbots to an abandoned warehouse. There, the two discover that someone has been mass-producing Hiro's bots; they are attacked by a masked man called Yokai, who is controlling the bots. Realizing this man has stolen his project, Hiro decides to catch him, and upgrades Baymax with armor and a battle chip. After Yokai attacks Hiro, Baymax, GoGo, Wasabi, Honey Lemon and Fred, the six form a superhero team.

The group discovers a former lab of Krei Tech, a prestigious robotics company, that was experimenting with teleportation technology. The test went awry when the human test pilot vanished inside an unstable portal. Yokai is revealed to be Professor Callaghan, who stole Hiro's bots and used them to escape the fire. Realizing that Tadashi died in vain, Hiro angrily removes Baymax's healthcare chip, leaving him with only the battle chip, and orders him to kill Callaghan. Baymax almost does so until Honey manages to insert the healthcare chip back in, restoring the robot. Angry at his friends, Hiro goes home, and breaks down when Baymax asks him if killing Callaghan will make him feel better. To soften Hiro's loss, Baymax plays humorous clips of Tadashi running tests on him during Baymax's development. Hiro realizes that killing people is not what Tadashi would've wanted and makes amends with his friends.

The group discovers that the test pilot was Callaghan's daughter Abigail; Callaghan is seeking revenge on Alistair Krei, the president of Krei Tech, whom he blames for his daughter's death. The team destroys the microbots, but the portal remains active. Baymax detects a still-alive Abigail, and he and Hiro rush in to save her. On their way out, Baymax's armor is damaged and he realizes the only way to save Hiro and Abigail is to propel them through with his rocket fist. Hiro refuses to leave him, but Baymax insists until Hiro tearfully gives in. Hiro and Abigail make it back, while Callaghan is arrested.

Sometime later, as Hiro is finally moving on, he discovers Baymax's healthcare chip (which contains his entire personality) clenched in his rocket fist. Delighted, he rebuilds Baymax and they happily reunite. The six friends continue their exploits through the city, fulfilling Tadashi's dream of helping those in need.
During the end credits, it is shown through newspaper headlines that Hiro has been awarded a grant from the university and a building is dedicated to Tadashi. In a post-credits scene, Fred accidentally opens a secret door in his family mansion and finds superhero gear inside. His father, a retired superhero, arrives and embraces him, stating that they have a lot to talk about.

 

 

 

[bootoo]

Loved the brain science involved - and the social/community aspects of mental health

[prolix]

I guess a movie with pro-ancap and pro NAP themes is either not what is happening in this movie or it is not something this community is interested in?

[luxfelix]

I loved BH6! 

 

(There's also a part where the aunt states that she should have studied up on parenting... she seemed to do well from what I remember.)

 

Also, the repetition of "Tadashi is here" was a nice way to reinforce the idea that Hiro's brother lives on in Baymax. 

 

(Similar to how children reflect their parents and whatnot.)

[prolix]

I loved BH6! 

 

(There's also a part where the aunt states that she should have studied up on parenting... she seemed to do well from what I remember.)

 

Also, the repetition of "Tadashi is here" was a nice way to reinforce the idea that Hiro's brother lives on in Baymax. 

 

(Similar to how children reflect their parents and whatnot.)

Yes, I wanted to include the parental figure, the aunt, but I felt it was kind of a mixed bag and she made very few appearances in the movie...

[prolix]

So what other movies have had as many pro-AnCap themes as this one in the past? That Ayn Rand Atlas Shrugged movie maybe. I can't think of many others....