Actually, there’s an easy chain of accountability in the story itself. The original makes the decision to copy herself, go to the stars, etc. Each time someone makes a copy of himself, he should be accountable for that copy. You want that, then you have to shoulder the financial burden of two people running around. The social implications are more complex, I give you that, but if such a technology would be real, if it would be possible to copy people easily, people would do it and figure a way out to deal with it without murdering the copies.

But what Kelly does is set up an seemingly impossible situation that can only be solved by one way. Seemingly, because the humans could say fuck you to the dinosaurs and their murderous ways. Some things are not worth it when the price is this high. And there’s always the chance that humans figure the dinosaur tech out, as it’s proven possible already.

The fault in not in the story, but in your assumptions.

As for their current woes with the wii, that’s something entirely different and has IMHO more to do with capturing an audience that isn’t in it for long haul when it comes to gaming. If they don’t get back at least some part of the more hardcore gaming audience with the next iteration of the wii, they probably gonna hurt in the long run.

But i have to say it lost its charm with me. I’m an avid Ghibli follower Ponyo seemed to be lacking something titles like Nausica and Porko Rosso Managed to keep.

I cant quite place my finger on it though.