Is it? I’ve never heard the name before so I have idea. I’m sure many people would not know if it is a male or female name.
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Even if it’s made up for the film, I think the –o ending is supposed to indicate that it’s a male name comparable to those we know from our own world (Diego being the closest I can think of).
As someone who once upon a time needed to pass that pre-med speed bump that is organic chemistry, that was my first thought. "Wait, diazo is an orgo prefix!", although I admit I had long since forgotten exactly what structure it referred to. Well, I think Aryl is also a given name now, so why not Diazo? Add an "e" to the end of "Ethan" and you get "ethane".Diazo sounds like an entirely made up name, a random collection of syllables. It's certainly not English, or any other normal boy's name on this planet because Strange World doesn't take place on this planet. Which doesn't explain why Ethan in Strange World is named after one of our great nation's Founding Fathers, so maybe the planet on Strange World got decades-old radio signals from Vermont where they mentioned Ethan Allen?
But Diazo is a made up name for a child. When you Google it, you get either references to the Strange World character, or some sort of sub-atomic process of molecular biology that makes my head spin. There's also apparently a forgotten reference to old Ditto machines the school secretary used to use in high school to print out our exams. Also, since it has an "o" at the end, I guess it's the masculine form of the name?
But if we're trying to be Inclusive, shouldn't we call him Diazx instead?
Definition of DIAZO
relating to or containing the group N2 composed of two nitrogen atoms united to a single carbon atom of an organic radical —often used in combination; relating to or containing diazonium —often used in combination… See the full definition
Well, they do cook with gas, so...
Makes you wonder where they get the gas.
LOL, that was a total blooper, especially since the agenda of the film was really about getting rid of fossil fuels.
It seems too deliberate to be a blooper: the shot clearly shows the contrast between the blue gas flame and the green Pando-powered heat of the toaster. I assume it's meant to show that a certain reliance on older forms of energy inevitably persists even after the the discovery/cultivation of newer forms of energy (which is the case in our own world also).
Certainly they are. A male character dressing as a female is considered humorous, which is undoubtedly why Pleakley put on the wig. It was done for laughs, not to make a statement. By the way, Jumba wanted to try the wig on too. Is he gay?
They’re not.
There are also strings of lightbulbs powered by wind in that scene.
Was the gas... Ethane?
Yup, the coffee maker used pando, the plane used pando, I think the cars used pando. It looks like they moved everything to pando except their stove..
Well, the voice actor was.
Oh, gas made from pando. Ok that squares it
They were growing plants that were alien to the turtle and was killing it. I was thinking it was more of an anti-pesticide allegory. The chemicals we put in the ground sterilize the ground make it difficult to grow plants. With no plant roots, the ground soil blows away affectively killing the ground. On the other hand, they did use the plants to run their machines so I guess that works too.
Somehow, I never saw Enchanted until a few days ago, and I realized I missed seeing a Disney movie that featured a completely evil villain acting purely out of selfish motives. Not someone with conflicting loyalties, not someone misguidedly thinking they were helping the greater good, just a completely irredeemable jerk doing bad things without any moral qualms (we are living in the age of Putin, after all).Interesting. I agree Strange World didn’t need a villain as such, but I hope we seem real baddies in the next few Disney films.
‘Strange World’ Director Don Hall & Producer Roy Conli On Using “Generational Conflicts” Rather Than The Traditional Villain
Director Don Hall and producer Roy Conli discuss using generational relationships as points of conflict in 'Strange World'.deadline.com
