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The above quote from Stephen Hawking pokes a bit of fun at the common belief that alien life must be infinitely superior to ours. But what if aliens were just like us? With the same limitations, struggles for acceptance, and desire to achieve? That is a bit of what is jokingly explored in this Pixar short.
Lifted follows an alien who seems to be undergoing some sort of test to abduct a human farmer using the spaceship's beam and hundreds of buttons. However, abducting a human being is one thing; but doing it under the eye of a strict examiner is another.
At the end of the day, Lifted is a fairly simple short that relies in splastick fun and physical comedy. It does have a nice simple message of tolerance and acceptance for others. I'd say that is way more important than "intelligence"; here or in any planet.
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LIFTED
(2006, Rydstrom)
(2006, Rydstrom)
"I believe alien life is quite common in the universe, although intelligent life is less so. Some say it has yet to appear on planet Earth."
The above quote from Stephen Hawking pokes a bit of fun at the common belief that alien life must be infinitely superior to ours. But what if aliens were just like us? With the same limitations, struggles for acceptance, and desire to achieve? That is a bit of what is jokingly explored in this Pixar short.
Lifted follows an alien who seems to be undergoing some sort of test to abduct a human farmer using the spaceship's beam and hundreds of buttons. However, abducting a human being is one thing; but doing it under the eye of a strict examiner is another.
At the end of the day, Lifted is a fairly simple short that relies in splastick fun and physical comedy. It does have a nice simple message of tolerance and acceptance for others. I'd say that is way more important than "intelligence"; here or in any planet.
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