NEW AGE PROPAGANDA

Yeah agreed. The spider web catenoid was cool though.

I agree that it was propaganda. It's obvious when you notice that the people in the movie who were in the future were wearing plain simple hippy-like clothing and all talked in hushed voices, and the people in modern times were harsh and seemed to be obsessed with technology (Flat screen TVs were everywhere in this movie, even in bathrooms).

"If there's any real criticism contained in the original post, it's that the poster wasn't convinced. However, that's nearly out-shined by the fact that **the poster felt** his own views endangered enough to attack the film publicly with nothing more than a label. "

Wow! It's amazing how thinking you are right can automatically make you think you can read other peoples minds! Did Mimzy show you how to do that, or were you just assuming you know what he thought in order to make a point?

You want to see some propaganda? Try the movie 'Jesus Camp.'

"New Age Propaganda" That's a bizzare conclusion. The mandalas shown in the story are thousands of years old. The spiritual masters who created them understood something about the essence of what is behind reality which is what the movie conveys nicely in a science fiction plot.

And if you want to get on the 'preachy' side then yes, given our current trajectory, unless we wake up out of our materialist fascist stupor then if you project the statistics into the future then we are currently killing the planet ourselves. No need to project the fate far into the future. The next few decades will tell us whether we need to adapt some very radical views of 'life' and 'survival. I guess the flower children of the 1960's were also new agey. But I'd rather have people carrying flowers than guns.

I think if a man came on the scene with long hair and was able to walk on water that might also be too newagey for many folk who want to be told what reality is about rather than find out directly. But then again the kingdom of the heavens is within you.

This film is more for adults than children. I honestly don't know of any child who would want to wrap their mind around these complex themes. I'd imagine that there were many children who were bored with this film. I enjoyed it, and thought it was somewhat brilliant - it reminded me of one of my favorite films, "Donnie Darko". I honestly can't see a child converting to the New Age movement because of this film. That's ridiculous.

Encouraging children to think independently and be open to possibilities hardly qualifies as propaganda. It's a necessary skill they take great care to teach students in a collegiate environment.

If you're only willing to consider one side of a situation without considering any other alternatives is not only negligent, it's against the very nature of what you're attempting to defend. Doing so is analogous to proprietary software that's fraught with security holes and programming bugs.

Many independent minds and varied ideas make for more innovative and robust solutions to life's problems, just as open source software is generally more stable and useful.

I am a Science Teacher and I was insulted until the very end when it was shown that Eastern touchy feely philosophy was a sham based on the misinterpretation (in the past) of the future’s attempt to communicate with them. When it was shown Science had it right and the Eastern Mystics had it wrong.

But my disappointment was in the need to include all that mumbo jumbo to begin with. None of the flying children or Tibetan Sacred Shapes are part of the original short story Mimsy Were the Borogoves by Henry Kuttner. http://www.gwillick.com/Spacelight/kuttner.html The short story is a bit darker and better written. Especially since it was written in the 1950’s a dark time in American history.

Henry Kuttner is, in Ray Bradbury’s words “a neglected master.” Sad to day he passed away in 1958 at the young age of 42 before he could write more. But thank goodness Mr. Kuttner decided to be Bradbury's mentor. One can only hope this movie will spur interest in his writing. After 40 years, I have rediscovered them. If you liked The Last Mimsy, you will love The Twonky a story about an amoral stereo.


I’m open to the possibility it’s possible.
Is your mind open to the possibility it’s impossible?

I rented this movie. The oh so beautiful flowery future and the teacher's narration was disconcerting, but combined with the metal detectors at an elementary school, the boxing scene on a tv, and the young girl complaining about killing the crab and disgust of eating a cow, I had enough. I couldn't stand more than 5 minutes of this.