hey Cadell - totally not at all. This theory is as plausible as the theory that Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon was written to go with The Wizard of Oz. You might have noticed that our university just gave an honorary degree to the Pixar guy Bill Reeves. He was the supervising technical director of everything Pixar. Here's his speech to the graduating class. My current husband was Bill Reeves's PhD supervisor. Bill Reeves and Pixar love good stories. Watch a bit of the convocation speech. He's a guy who likes beer and hockey. I suspect we can find a theory of the apocalypse or any theory anywhere if we want to. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Reeves_(animator) In his convocation speech, starting around 6'40" Bill talks about Pixar philosophy and life philosophy using the characters from the movies as examples.