Any thoughts on Shelby Forthright? Was he villainous enough or simply misguided about Earth's safety

Hey there, Autopilots. Uh, got some bad news. Operation Cleanup has, uh, well... failed. Wouldn’t you know, rising toxicity levels have made life unsustainable on Earth. Darn it all, we’re going to have to cancel Operation Recolonize. So just, uh...just stay the course. Rather than try to fix this problem, it'll just be easier if everyone remains in space. Alright, uh...uh...I’m giving override directive: “A113”. Go to full autopilot. Take control of everything and do not return to Earth. Repeat. Do not return to Earth.

(Edited by SERGIO8234)

FanGworl·2/8/2022

I tend to hate rich capitalist villains more, so I can't really see anything he does as being motivated by anything but personal gain.

Lizard Studios 1nk·2/9/2022

I don't think he wasn't established enough by the movie to make any solid judgement. We can only guess. Maybe he was motivated by personal gain which led to the mass pollution of earth, and maybe he was remorseful and made the Axiom as a result, or he just saw another way to make money and that's why he made the Axiom. Maybe it wasn't until he saw that Earth seemed beyond hope that he changed his world views... I don't think we'll ever know.

What do you think?