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Lee, Geon-Geun. “Wall-E and Star Trek IX: Insurrection: Romance Surviving Space Dystopia and Schopenhauer’s Voluntarism.” Studies in English Language & Literature. 42.4 (2016): 91-113. Science fiction films, since the release of Fritz Lang’s Metropolis in 1927, have consistently covered the topic of space dystopia based on the conflicts between the strong and the weak. Over time, the ruling classes in the movies are distinctive of using their advantage of scientific and technological weapons by giving superiority to material affluence and mechanical amenities rather than human love and natural environment. This condition can be interpreted as the confrontation between intellectualism and voluntarism. Arthur Schopenhauer, a remarkable pessimistic philosopher supporting voluntaristic metaphysics, insists that the will is before the reason as a governing principle of the world, which is more appropriate for observing the dystopian scenes of the films, such as WALL-E and Star Trek Ⅸ: Insurrection. This paper aims to discuss the two works from Schopenhauer’s angle so as to illuminate the relationship between human reason and will (or strengthened emotion) around the space dystopia. Through this analysis, the films share an ecological theme that humans’ body is an essential part of nature, and only love can save the deplorable world. On the other hand, the intellect is just a representational phenomenon of the will, which should be trained and controlled by romantic love following the nature’s law. (Chosun University)