Calling WALL•E, the new Disney/Pixar film, “brilliant,” the Austin American Statesman’s Dale Roe reports:
Pixar and Apple computer head Steve Jobs’ influence is seen here: Not only did Apple whiz Jonathan Ive consult on the design of the film’s love interest [EVE], one of the trinkets WALL•E has collected is a relatively clunky, first-edition iPod. And when WALL•E boots up, there’s that familiar startup chime. That’s right … WALL•E is a Macintosh!
Full review, 5 stars out of a possible 5, here.
Claudia Puig’s USA Today review of WALL•E, 4 stars out of a possible 4, is here.
The Chicago Sun-TImes’ Roger Ebert raves here.
Apple’s WALL•ETrailer page is here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Brocktoon” for the heads up.]
MacDailyNews Take: Of course WALL•E is a Mac, he’s still working after 700+ years!
Now wonder he’s been running for over 700 years.
No doubt Wall-e has a G4 under the hood
Nice….
Now if only he can clean up my typos…
G4? I don’t think so. Wall-E is what become of the Powerbook G5!
From what I’ve seen so far from the trailers, and I know it’s probably premature to be judging, I think this is going to be one of those Pixar films that people will fall in love with. I’m looking forward to seeing it and have been since the first teaser. Of course not all Pixar films appeal to everyone (I didn’t much care for Toy Story 1 or 2), but like Nintendo has proven with the Wii, entertainment doesn’t have to be violent or explicit or raunchy for people to enjoy it.
Wall•E was the secret Asteroid project. Jonathan Ive got a Segway and a Dyson vacuum to mate.
fan boys rejoice… an animated robot is a mac.
he could fix himself everytime adobe indesign crashes…
nah…. Wall-E is powered by a newton.
You guys need to check out RottenTomatoes.com (Steve Jobs’ favorite movie website)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/wall_e/
96% so far on the Tomatometer, baby!
WALL•E reminds me of that animated G4 iMac (the one with the swivel LCD display) that Pixar did for Apple.
The “Bra” Wall-E plays with was in fact Steve Ballmer’s first manzier (“Bro” for the low-brows)
*cough* Short Circuit *cough*
=:~)
A good family movie to be sure.
“MacDailyNews Take: Of course WALL•E is a Mac, he’s still working after 700+ years!”
Psst, MDN, WALL•E is a fictional cartoon character in an imaginary world!
Wall-E is pathetically annoying, the lovechild of Short Circuit and Jar Jar Binks. 1/2 star.
If MS people were behind this movie you’d all be sneering at how bad it is. Put Pixar behind it, then it’s gold. What if Wall-E made Windows sound effects instead?
A very poor effort by Pixar, and a sign of Disney’s bad influence.
It called cross channel advertising…. and it’s cool too!
@not impressed
You’re not very impressive either.
On the WALL-E website he has an Apple logo on his front.
First time I’ve watched all those trailers and the ‘shorts’ since I saw the first teaser trailer, and I must say it looks to me like it’ll be a complete smash.
Been in a foul mood since leaving work today, and now I can’t stop smiling.
Wall•E looks like such a warm and fuzzy film it’ll appeal to anyone who has a heart and a soul (that should rule out Balmer then!)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/wall_e/?page=1&critic=columns&sortby=date&name_order=asc&view;=#mo
Wow! Check out these reviews! Awesomely fantastic movie reviews!
The End of The World goes mainstream as Pixar releases WALL-E, which is getting some of the best movie reviews I’ve ever seen.
Naturally Post-TEOTWAWKI with Apple saving the universe appeals to me! And apparently lot of other critical movie reviewers. Can’t wait to go see it.
“Synopsis: What if mankind had to leave Earth, and somebody forgot to turn the last robot off?
Academy Award®-winning writer-director Andrew Stanton (“Finding Nemo”) and the inventive storytellers and technical geniuses at Pixar Animation Studios (“The Incredibles,” “Cars,” “Ratatouille”) transport moviegoers to a galaxy not so very far away for a new computer-animated cosmic comedy about a determined robot named WALL•E.
After hundreds of lonely years of doing what he was built for, WALL•E (short for Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class) discovers a new purpose in life (besides collecting knick-knacks) when he meets a sleek search robot named EVE. EVE comes to realize that WALL•E has inadvertently stumbled upon the key to the planet’s future, and races back to space to report her findings to the humans (who have been eagerly awaiting word that it is safe to return home). Meanwhile, WALL•E chases EVE across the galaxy and sets into motion one of the most exciting and imaginative comedy adventures ever brought to the big screen.
Joining WALL•E on his fantastic journey across a universe of never-before-imagined visions of the future, is a hilarious cast of characters including a pet cockroach, and a heroic team of malfunctioning misfit robots.
Filled with surprises, action, humor and heart, WALL•E was written and directed by Andrew Stanton, produced by Jim Morris, co-produced by Lindsey Collins and features original and innovative sound design by Academy Award®-winner Ben Burtt (“Star Wars,” “Indiana Jones,” “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial”). The film is due for release on June 27, 2008.”
“Wall-E is an improbable delight, a G-rated crowd-pleaser that seems poised to pack theaters as efficiently as the titular robot crams his chest cavity with rubble.
Here I am, surprised and delighted all over again at just how well these people can tell a story.
WALL*E is not only a triumph in terms of style, it’s also a triumph in terms of story. There’s a real emotional resonance and depth to this material
It is, undoubtedly, an earnest (though far from simplistic) ecological parable, but it is also a disarmingly sweet and simple love story, Chaplinesque in its emotional purity.
When it works, it really works, but it’s debatable whether its target audience will really enjoy anything more than the nifty robots. Which is fine, too. Robots are pretty cool.
It whisks you to another world, then makes it every inch our own.
It’s Pixar’s most daring experiment to date, but it still fits neatly into the studio’s pantheon: Made with as much focus on heart as on visual quality, it’s a sheer joy.
Only Pixar could pull off a story about robots in love with this much success.
Another Pixar triumph in storytelling…you’ll recognize in the wee machine a version of yourself.
While Wall-E dances whimsically, it’s a plodding, frighteningly hypocritical, and forbidding film that trips over its fogged intentions at every dreary turn.
A tale that’s equally satisfying as science fiction, cautionary satire, gentle love story and purely visual comedy.
Continuing a string of successes that pit Pixar films against only other Pixar films in terms of quality animation, WALL•E makes the count nine masterpieces in a row.
Daring and traditional, groundbreaking and familiar, apocalyptic and sentimental, Wall-E gains strength from embracing contradictions that would destroy other films.
An original, mature and borderline-artsy family film that makes a name for itself. Like the rest of Pixar’s titles, it is destined to endure for years to come.
How much further will they be able to raise the storytelling bar? And how on Earth will I pass the time until Pixar’s next endeavor, Up, arrives in theaters to charm, amaze, and enthrall us, as the studio has done time after time?
WALL-E does sustain a momentum as a gently crafted, sweetened tough love tale touching on senseless human waste, and rebellious robot computers with much more to teach humankind than just sending emails.
A beautiful sci-fi tale complete with all the feel-good vibes and fantastic, cutting-edge visuals we’ve come to expect from a film wearing the Pixar name.
The tender and touching story of a lonely robot on Earth who falls in love and becomes a spiritual teacher to all who encounter him.
Dangerously close to the sublime, a film that will be dissected and enjoyed for years to come.
Though perfection in film is a highly unlikely proposition, WALL-E indeed has become 2008’s first perfect film and one of the best Pixar projects of all time.”
“WALL-E goes beyond inviting comparisons to E.T., Number 5, R2D2, even Chaplin’s Little Tramp–the Waste Allocation Load Lifter relies on them, for writer-director Andrew Stanton understands this robot janitor as a study in memory and inheritance.
Enough to restore your sense of wonder not only in movies, but in the universe as well.
Enough to restore your sense of wonder not only in movies, but in the universe as well.
Never before have the world’s most influential animators been as bold and forthright about their dark vision for humanity as in WALL-E, a potent environmental message wrapped up in an irresistibly cute romance between robots.
WALL-E is probably the sweetest movie ever made about humans destroying the earth.
Like Charlie Chaplin’s best silents — a clear influence — WALL-E is pure visual magic. As a bonus, it packs a wicked satirical punch.
For adults there aren’t a lot of surprises, but that doesn’t mean you won’t revel in the Pixar-perfect execution of another story well told.
The genius of WALL-E is how so many disparate influences…are incorporated and evoked while creating something unique…What a wonderful world it would be if the talents they manifest here could somehow be marshalled to address real-life problems.
Pleasant enough–and certainly pretty enough–to serve: a lesser Pixar effort, but one that most viewers, young and old, will enjoy if not be transported by.
The idea that an ancient Hollywood musical, with its love duets and foot-tapping dance numbers, would be the thing that awakens emotions in both humans and robots, is pure genius.
Eco-friendly, pro-exercise and featuring a glorious use of a fire extinguisher, WALL-E sparks with genuine creativity.
Finding Nemo director Andrew Stanton tops himself with this adorably loopy Pixar animation that sends up consumerism, musicals, Apple computers, and 2001: A Space Odyssey.
By turns sad, hilarious, exciting and, ultimately, hopeful, this is a film of Great Truths masquerading as child’s play.
A triumph of style over substance.
A jewel of a film in conception, execution and message.
A work of art expressing that the products of our hands can hold, if we look well and deeply, the secrets to our own salvation.
Lou Lumenick
Some day, there will be college courses devoted to this movie.
Pixar’s WALL•E succeeds at being three things at once: an enthralling animated film, a visual wonderment and a decent science-fiction story.
Who would guess that a movie with minimal dialogue and a love story between robots could emerge as one of the best films of the summer? And who would think a tale could be both post-apocalyptic and charming?
This is Pixar’s most audacious film yet, and some small children may become impatient with the film’s long wordless stretches. But the storytelling is so meticulous and skilled, some may not even notice the absence of dialogue.”
“Andrew Stanton is resourceful enough to find infinite ways for them to express themselves — amusingly, achingly, and with emotional precision. He’s also created, with the help of a team of animators, a visual marvel.
Pixar’s ninth consecutive wonder of the animated world is a simple yet deeply imagined piece of speculative fiction…it has plenty to say, but does so in a light, insouciant manner that allows you to take the message or leave it on the table.
Who’d have thought the year’s most romantic on-screen duo would be a couple of robots?
Despite being subtle, sophisticated and light on dialogue, it’s every bit the crowd-pleaser we expect from this studio: funny, romantic, imaginative, and utterly gripping.
Wall-E is not only the best movie of the year by galaxy-sized leaps and bounds, it’s one of my favorite movies in a long, long time.
It’s best not to ask too many questions during Wall-E…Take the film’s outstretched hand and go with it. That’s the best way to enjoy a film that’s as charming as a tale of two robots falling in love can be.
It’s remarkable to see any film, in any genre, blend honest sentiment with genuine wit and a visual landscape unlike any other.
With its lack of dialogue, inventive visual comedy and satirical view of working life, WALL-E plays like an animated addendum to Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times.
If you can imagine Buster Keaton as a small box with binoculars for eyes and tank treads for legs – and WALL-E makes this easy to imagine – then the movie’s first half represents the purest visual storytelling since movies started to talk.
While paying tribiute to seminal American sci-fi, such as 2001, Star Wars and E.T., the endlessly inventive Pixar has succeeded in creating a unique milieu with distinctive look and feel that transports viewers to a magical, almost surreal world.
Not since Titanic will you have heard two prospective partners cry out each other’s names with as much longing (and frequency) and if there’s any karma, fate, or pure love out there to believe in than WALL-E will equal its attendance and then some.
This is getting to sound like a broken record: Pixar Animation Studios has just topped itself. Again.
Stanton and Pixar have achieved a new plateau in their craft, creating what’s destined to be a beloved classic, right up there with the likes of Snow White, Bambi and Cinderella …
A wondrous work of the imagination and, to date, the year’s best film.
The film poses as thinking-fans animation, but there’s little room for wonder or interpretation in the on-the-nose presentation.
While the film’s most daring gambits pay off in full, the inclusion of a standard outwit-the-bad-guys storyline dulls the magic that WALL-E so often achieves.
The animation is stunning; the landscapes of the futuristic Earth offer the Pixar folks ample opportunity to show off their wares.
The pole position in the race for the next Best Animated Feature Oscar has clearly been staked out.
A film that’s both breathtakingly majestic and heartbreakingly intimate.
There are no accolades too generous for the film that turns out to be so good that it’s now my favorite story from the Pixar library.
One of the best movies of the year. Just so beautifully done.”
Be sure to check out closely the Buy n Large Web site. The site was created by Pixar as a tease for Wall-E. It’s a “corporate” site for a mega-store / mega corporation that is part of the story. If you surf the site carefully, at first it looks like yet another corporate Web site. But dig deeper and you’ll see Pixar’s handiwork all over the site. It’s subtle and very funny at the same time. Oh, and be sure to visit their company store. I’ve got my BnL coffee mug – do you?
Here’s the link: http://www.buynlarge.com. Enjoy!
Actually, there were a couple of negative reviews on Rotten Tomatoes. Though this one has the best line:
“The A.I. conflict evolves so slowly the robots all seem to be running on Windows Vista.”
It’s tough to hate the reviewer, even if he is misguided about WALL•E…
Finding Nemo: Greatest Film Evar
Wall•E: peeing my pants with anticipation!
This film may turn out to be the “Bambi” of several generations to come. Like the decline in hunting after Bambi, might this generation take on the earth’s environmental problems?
700+ years? That’s not a Mac, that’s an Apple II. Must have gotten lost in some back schoolroom.
Don’t laugh, you can phone home with equipment like that!
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What in the heck are you people taking about?
Ampar, I have a Dyson 17 Animal Vacuum and it is the Best. Vacuum. Ever!
Want a Segway but the Portland buses won’t let it onboard.
Your posts crack me up!
Thanks, Cascadians.
Remember, “No disassemble!”
He’s got a MOT 6800 under the hood. He’s old school!
just my $0.02
@dijonaise
Nothing beats a good Bambi burger! I’ve tried hunting robots. It’s not as much fun as Bladerunner lets you think.
Thanks Toxic. That sight embodies the worst of Flashed up corporate websites and pokes fun at them with every unnecessary animatedy slickedy transition.
Hi-larious
“I’ve tried hunting robots. It’s not as much fun as Bladerunner lets you think.”
You should try slapping motorized wheels on to wildlife. Hilarity ensues. A wild buck gets surprisingly good mileage.
Dijonaise writes, “Finding Nemo: Greatest Film Evar
Wall•E: peeing my pants with anticipation!”
Great film, but I preferred “The Incredibles”. Reminiscent in parts of classic James Bond films, and the chase scenes through the jungle are a hoot! As to Wall*E, the trailer and short snippets cracked me up. I too look forward to seeing it, but with more “self control”.
“From what I’ve seen so far from the trailers, and I know it’s probably premature to be judging, I think this is going to be one of those Pixar films that people will fall in love with.”
what are the *other* pixar films?
seriously.
i mean what was their low point, bugs life? better than 99.9% of all films ever made.
every film they have made is in the top 50 films of all time as far as i am concerned. can’t wait to see the Waste-managment Automated Load Lifter Earth class……
Wall•E is gonna be great!
The Pixar lowest point was Cars. The other two lowly-rated Pixar flicks are A Bugs Life, and then Monsters Inc.
All the rest are wonderful. And, Pixar’s low points are still higher than Dreamworks’ high points.
@Ampar
You should try slapping motorized wheels on to wildlife.
Been there done that. All I got in return was a smashed hood and a speeding violation. Greenpeace really has no sense of humor.
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“If MS people were behind this movie you’d all be sneering at how bad it is. Put Pixar behind it, then it’s gold.”
Hey thanks for reminding us all we are drones and have no minds of our own.
Today I will be watching WALL-E, along with 20 other family members….it’s how I celebrate my birthday..Go watch a Pixar movie.
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Hmmm?? Is WALL-E an Apple??
Today’s review by Ty Burr in the Boston Globe says that
“EVE is clearly an Apple, and WALL-E starts up each morning with the Windows chime.”
Maybe WALL-E is running Windows on his OS X motherboard.
Continuing with these amazing tomatometer reviews (click on link to read whole reviews):
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/wall_e/?page=&critic=columns&sortby=date&name_order=asc&view=text#mo
“Slapstick, adventure and love are all familiar elements in animated family films. Awe, existential themes and wholesale worldbuilding are not … Even Pixar has never attempted anything on a canvas of this scale.
…an immensely appealing film for all ages.
Though perfection in film is a highly unlikely proposition, WALL-E indeed has become 2008’s first perfect film and one of the best Pixar projects of all time.
Accomplished in painstaking 3-D animation stamped all over in Pixar’s signature style, the movie looks absolutely amazing at all times.
WALL*E, an animated robot love story with an environmental message and a slapstick delivery, is a charmer of a film and a delightful piece of storytelling.
…”Wall-E” is nothing short of magical …
Pixar’s best feature… As fresh as it is funny, as heartwarming as it is innovative.
“WALL-E” is a gem and continues Pixar’s amazing winning streak of animated hits. [
Saving the world became secondary to the power of holding hands. There is an amazing amount of life and humanity throughout and a quality message to boot.
It is one of the best movies ever made!
As horrible, wretched, infantile, disgusting and flat-out lousy as “The Love Guru” is, that is how wonderful “WALL*E” is.
He is the cutest robot since R2-D2, but I wish the whole movie was just as cute.
The most unique Pixar movie yet and, hands-down, the best love story of the year.
Simply brilliant, those creative people at Pixar have accomplished the near impossible %u2013 they’ve outdone themselves once again.
The fact that Wall-E’s not merely adorable, but central to a serious, thoughtful, adult story is still another illustration of Pixar’s downright heroic commitment to the craft.
It wouldn’t be a stretch to call the movie pitch perfect.
Wall·E is truly an animated masterpiece, and that word shouldn’t be thrown around easily, but for some reason I cannot think of a single problem with this film.
Not only does it provide further proof of Pixar’s unprecedented brilliance, but it may have actually elevated their game to a whole new level. “
“As horrible, wretched, infantile, disgusting and flat-out lousy as “The Love Guru” is, that is how wonderful “WALL*E” is.”
That’s brilliant!
P.S. Happy birthday to Gman! Great way to celebrate.
Another Apple Mac connection:
MacInTalk is the voice of OTT-O, the spaceship Axiom’s autopilot.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacInTalk)
“The Pixar lowest point was Cars. The other two lowly-rated Pixar flicks are A Bugs Life, and then Monsters Inc. “
wow. cars and monsters were both marvelous. in fact i just watched monsters with the kids the other day, and we had a blast. one of the best films of all time…..
“cars and monsters were both marvelous.”
Better than The Emperor’s New Groove?
Cascadians,
A simple link to the specific review will suffice.
Oh, my gawd, shen has children. Please, tell me they’re adopted!
@Magicpony, Do you have a link ?
“On the WALL-E website he has an Apple logo on his front.”
money talks,
Correction, WALL-E has an Apple logo tattooed on his bottom. Bad robot, bad!
Hoping Zune Tang, a fictional, satyrical character, has not reproduced, is one thing.
But personal attacks like the one on shen are uncalled for.
The massive list of positive reviews from Casadians was a great rebuttal to not impressed’s bullshit review.
Don’t tell me, let me guess, Ho, ho, ho is also not impressed.
money talks,
Some call it mass hallucination, some call it delusional thinking, others call it a special gift, but, for sure, only fabois can “see” WALL•E’s Apple logo.
Meh ripoff of Short Circuit, nothing to see here …
“Meh ripoff of Short Circuit”
Riiiiiiiiiight. It sounds like you haven’t seen either movie.
Nice troll attempt however. Two and a half stars.
@ @ Ho, ho, ho
Pffft. Charming, another ethically-challenged fanboi hypocrite. Where were your high moral standards when your fellow fanbois used outright profanity and even more hostile denigrations and defamations?
You see to be a credible moralist and ethicist, you must be completely unbiased and impartial. Instead, you are a dishonest, prejudicial, and contemptible twit masquerading as a poor facsimile of a digital preacher.
Am I making myself clear, you pathetic cretin?
Who are these dorks that crap on kid movies. It is EXTREMELY difficult to create movies that can three generations can sit together and laugh and enjoy. Cartoonish for the kids, adult jokes, take home messages….the writers are brilliant and the computer graphics are out of this world.
….and although I am glad it is Pixar that makes these, the company itself is not important.
Clearly these dorks do NOT have kids snd should have their man-card taken away at first opportunity.
Buster,
“Clearly these dorks do NOT have kids…”
Any animal can breed, so what?
Wee Wee has given up on telling us how stupid we are for using Macs and has just fallen to simple name calling.
I’m glad that no one is responding directly to her anymore.
She reminds me of a persistent anti-Mac troll that used to be on the Yahoo forums.
Pixar films have achieved a wondrous form of immortality. Their work is transcendent enough to be watched by children and their families 500 years from now and still evoke deep emotions, lessons learned, and resonance with universal stories. These movies tap into a mythic level of underlying experience. To craft such timeless works of art is a gift to humanity.
3D Danny, man from 2020,
“I’m glad that no one is responding directly to her anymore.”
Gimme a, D.
Gimme a, I.
Gimme a, M.
Gimme a, W.
Gimme a, I.
Gimme a, T.
What’s that spell? Denny!
What’s that spell? Denny!
Why are you stating the “obvious”, Denny? Are your fellow fanbois unable to perceive the “conspicuous?”
Just can’t hold back, huh, Denny? Just can’t keep your fingers off the keyboard, eh?
Mustn’t…touch…keyboard…but….must…respond…the…force…is…is…overpowering….aaaahhhhh!
You’re too transparent, Denny, sucked into the black hole of fanboi idiocy. Gawd, you fanbois give me hours of entertainment.
Thank you!
Saw the midnight showing, loved it, and laughed every time he made that noise.
Wall-e is just another overpriced and underpowered Mac.
Got to admit, one of the best scenes in the movie “The Last Mimzy” was when the Feds X-rayed the stuffed bunny rabbit, and found an “Intel Inside” logo.
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@Wow
It’s also the last working computer on earth.
“So put that in your straw Trebek and S-huck it! S-huck it long, s-huck it hard! S-huck it!“
–Sean Connery
“Of course WALL•E is a Mac, he’s still working after 700+ years!”
Yes, and if it’s anything like what happened to Apple in K-12 education, everyone in the future world now smirks about how much WALL-E units suck because *everyone* can see they are ALL rusty and outdated. Nevermind that they’ve been through 10 lifespans of other equipment.
(Haven’t seen the movie yet but looking forward to it).
HMCIV:
It’s also the last working computer on earth.
WALL•E is a fictional film of a make-believe cartoon character in an imaginary world. How do you not understand that the film is not a docudrama?
If it’s not a real story then I don’t need to make real arguments, and I don’t need to back them up with real quotes from real actors.
And if Zune Tang isn’t a real personality then I don’t need to feel real bad for real heckler who’s probably real popular around real people.
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HIghly recommended! I saw Wall-E at a midnight show opening day and the place was packed with everyone from adults, teens, and even a few kids.
Everyone seemed to really enjoy the movie – no matter what age group, plus lots of people came with 8 or 10 of their friends to see this. Bodes well for the Box Office earnings for this movie.
Graphics are seemingly so real that you forget you are watching an animated movie, but rather it feels like a real filmed movie instead. Wall-E and Eve “communicate” via beeps and noises, but it “really seems” they are talking to one another, and we (the audience) can understand them.
Give this film a try with the whole family, with friends or a date, and I believe you won’t be disappointed!
“He, he, he.
HMCIV:
It’s also the last working computer on earth.
WALL•E is a fictional film of a make-believe cartoon character in an imaginary world. How do you not understand that the film is not a docudrama?”
how do you not understand that we *do* understand? empathy short circuit on you?
“Adam
Graphics are seemingly so real that you forget you are watching an animated movie”
just watching the trailers and podcast clips on my AppleTV and i already thought about that. several of the scenes are disturbingly real. It is hard to imagine where the rendering can go from here….
shen,
how do you not understand that we *do* understand?
Very often I discover that “you” don’t.
empathy short circuit on you?
I reckon that I cannot get obsessed over a fictional film of a make-believe cartoon character in an imaginary world.
“Brilliant.”
Indeed, Just got back from seeing it, and it was glorious.
Well done, Pixar.
“I reckon that I cannot get obsessed over a fictional film of a make-believe cartoon character in an imaginary world.”
That’s because you have no vision, imagination, or love in your life.
Congrats.
I saw the movie today and it’s not just the Mac startup sound that is used: they use the Mac beep sound a couple places too. Also, there’s a cool shot of an ancient touchwheel iPod (still working, of course).
And if you look closely, there’s a very quick shot of some robotic “mice” that scurry away and I swear they look just like Apple computer mice complete with tails (pre-“Mighty Mouse”)!
I’m sure there’s much more, too. There is TONS of stuff going on in the background throughout the amazing film. The level of detail is insane.
ChrissyOne:
That’s because you have no vision, imagination, or love in your life.
vision: I can certain see that you can conjure all sorts of unsubstantiated nonsense.
imagination: I infer that you are conceited, irrational, biased, and ludicrous for presuming to know everything about persons you have never met.
love: What do you know about love?
Is this what you mean?
That’s because you have no vision, imagination, or love in your life.”
H-a-r-s-h ChrissyOne!
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“I infer that you are conceited, irrational, biased, and ludicrous for presuming to know everything about persons you have never met.”
That’s the most hypocritical thing you’ve written so far.
Why are you really here? Spill it, afib.
Just bored and lonely?
@ He, he, he.
“Is this what you mean?”
You’ve certain summed it up beautifully.
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@ The Flaming Carrot
I loved your Cerebus cross-over issue! What I wouldn’t do for a can of George-Away right now.
“I reckon that I cannot get obsessed over a fictional film of a make-believe cartoon character in an imaginary world.”
That may be the saddest and most pathetic statement I’ve read in a long time.
“I cannot get obsessed over a fictional film”
Actually, the film is real and you are insane.
just got back from seeing it.
Pixar has always made great films and told wonderful stories.
they just upped their game to a whole new level……
Like a big kid, I just saw this movie about 45 minutes ago and I have to tell you, it is so awesome to hear Wall*e boot up three times during the movie to the Mac chime! Yeah, there’s no question as to the influence of Steve Jobs on this project. Or the folks at Pixar are just so use to the Mac platform and are fans themselves.
You could tell the computer guys in the audience, when he booted up, there were a few of us that laughed a lil too hard….
@ not impressed,
“Wall-E is pathetically annoying, the lovechild of Short Circuit and Jar Jar Binks. 1/2 star.
If MS people were behind this movie you’d all be sneering at how bad it is. Put Pixar behind it, then it’s gold. What if Wall-E made Windows sound effects instead?
A very poor effort by Pixar, and a sign of Disney’s bad influence.”
I see the MS trolls are out in force today. And they are getting really weak sounding. I guess since their hero, Bill Gates, gave up on them, they are losing the will to remain seriously blinded by the glitter.
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Just a thought.
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remember the squeaks and squeals the animated imac made in that pixar produced ad…. didn’t it sound just like wall e?
Saw it opening day, great movie.
So… we have new trolls? sheesh, go on vacation for a couple of days and they sprout like weeds!
We saw Wall-E yesterday on the BIG screen. Wow. Wotta thrill!
I laughed. I cried. Its a Triumph!!
I know the Wall-E startup sound is the familiar Mac chime, but did you notice the startup sound for EVA? A startup sound from the future if there ever was one. I want it now.
Will eventually see the Film
(sooner than later if someone at UseNet/BitTorrent gets a good dvd rip copy/screener posted)
BUT – in the meantime, for minutes of outstanding entertainment and shopping pleasure
http://www.buynlarge.com/
Now THAT is a website
BC
It just occurred to me that EVE is related to the Automator icon in OS X. Anyone looked at the Automator icon closely? Same head as EVE, perhaps not as evolved as EVE, but definitely related.