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by **Maui** on Sat Jun 16, 2007 5:13 pm

Keepcoolbutcare wrote:other "'bots in heat" depicted in cinema...

Austin Powers and the femme bots.

by **MonkeyM666** on Sat Jun 16, 2007 5:43 pm

Chairman Kaga wrote:
MonkeyM666 wrote:Very true...It was aimed by pixar at a demographic more then just made because it's a good story.

Not true at all. That movie was Lasseter's baby at PIXAR and was not some demographic/focus group designed product. It may be their weakest film to date but it was a story Lasseter wanted to tell.

Oh really? Well there you go. It just felt lke it was make so they can sell toys.

by **tapehead** on Sat Jun 16, 2007 10:50 pm

Maui wrote:
Keepcoolbutcare wrote:other "'bots in heat" depicted in cinema...

Austin Powers and the femme bots.

Demon Seed?

by **Leckomaniac** on Mon Jul 30, 2007 2:34 pm

So I felt the need to talk a bit about WALL*E because the footage shown at the Con was just THAT good. In my opinion WALL*E was the best presentation at the Con. The footage far surpassed IRON MAN or anything else shown. Watching Ben Burtt showcase his extensive work on the film was really a treat. Had me smiling the entire time.

The actual clip from the film was excellent. The sheer amount of times that the entire Hall went "awww" was testament to how much emotion is conveyed in the film without using ANY dialogue. Just fantastic. From the footage I have seen...I feel pretty confident saying that WALL*E will be something special. This could be the film that redifines Pixar.

Another bit of information. Andrew Stanton was asked if it was true that this film would be the first Pixar movie to combine live action with animation...much like Happy Feet. He said "we are not Happy Feet. What we are doing is totally different. Thats all i can say about that". So...a live action element to WALL*E? Sounds interesting.

Can I also say that the anomation in the footage we saw was just jaw dropping good. The look of the vacant earth was amazing and it looks as though Pixar went out of their way to make their job harder by filtering everything through this grainy lens...like when you are looking through smog or pollution of some sort. Very textured. About as realistic looking animation as I have ever seen.

by **Zarles** on Mon Jul 30, 2007 2:57 pm

Man, I was sold on this when I heard Wall-E saying his name, (I'm a SUCKER for a kick-ass robot voice) but hearing that the footage so far is this good? Whew.

by **Fawst** on Mon Jul 30, 2007 3:46 pm

I read that report on the main page about this and meant to post here. It sounds like they are really going all out. I thought for sure that all the talk of this movie being mostly free of dialogue was just talk (ha ha), but to hear it straight from the horse's mouth... man, I am so completely and utterly psyched for this. Please, god, just don't make a fucking video game out of this one. We REALLY don't need the movie tie-in that no one will buy.

by **Pacino86845** on Sat Aug 11, 2007 11:55 am

Quint interviews Wall-E director Andrew Stanton

Nothing too exciting there, but it's a good excuse to bump this thread.

by **digideus** on Sun Sep 09, 2007 11:05 pm

Quite how Disney will market a movie with little or no dialog beats me. Ratattouie has just gove over the Blockbuster rating of $200million box office earnings, but places 8th overall in opening weekend takings in the US whereas all the previous Pixar movie placed top five.

Perhaps they coundnt afford voices on this one! Maybe, George Lucas had lots of pathetic twee noises he was going to use for the robots in his re-remake of Star Wars for the next special edition box set and sold them on because he is now going to re-remake the entire Indiana Jones series.

I dunno, it just sounds too....... arty to be a blockbuster

by **tapehead** on Sun Sep 09, 2007 11:10 pm

digideus wrote:Quite how Disney will market a movie with little or no dialog beats me.

They won't - this idea is internet scuttlebutt that has been contradicted already by Pixar. There's even some links earlier in this thread that you could read...

by **digideus** on Sun Sep 09, 2007 11:39 pm

Gah, the curse of replying too early!

by **tapehead** on Sat Sep 29, 2007 7:32 am

New teaser will appear here in accordance with the schedule that appears here

New teaser image:

by **Leckomaniac** on Sat Sep 29, 2007 8:50 am

Love that poster. This is at the very top of my Most Anticipated '08 release. The Comic-Con footage was out of this world. :lol:

by **Ribbons** on Sat Sep 29, 2007 9:34 am

Leckomaniac wrote:The Comic-Con footage was out of this world.

Boo!

by **judderman** on Sat Sep 29, 2007 9:49 am

Any one else slightly creeped out by this? I mean in a good way.

The storyline echoes a lot of really twisted scifi, like Silent Running, the Titan series, and I Have No Mouth Yet I Must Scream. Also, the use of "Brazil" in the trailer makes me wonder what this movie's last shot will be.

by **Pacino86845** on Sat Sep 29, 2007 1:33 pm

Well on Monday we'll all have to remember to check back here for that sneak peek! I can't wait!

by **Lady Sheridan** on Sat Sep 29, 2007 4:55 pm

That is a gorgeous poster. I think it has shades of E.T.

by **tapehead** on Mon Oct 01, 2007 6:35 am

Mon Dieu! Quint just recently posted this - New teaser has come a little early?

Apart from the 'custom credits' and the 'roach bit, I think we've already seen this. Looks like Brazil music might be staying too.

by **Pacino86845** on Mon Oct 01, 2007 8:47 am

Thanks for the link tapehead... yeah, there's not much to it besides the roach bit... anyone know when a proper trailer's gonna come out?

by **Fawst** on Mon Oct 01, 2007 9:19 am

Yah, while watching that I was like "Haven't I seen this before? With English subtitles?"

Still loved watching it, even if it was ultra low quality when set to fullscreen. Like I said in the talkbacks, you can REALLY hear R2 in his sounds, specifically during the Pixar logo piece.

by **Zarles** on Mon Oct 01, 2007 10:05 am

Adorable. I love Wall-E's Transformer impersonation, too.

by **Leckomaniac** on Mon Oct 01, 2007 2:46 pm

That trailer brings me straight back to the Con footage and it seriously gives me the shivers. Can't WAIT for this film. Too adorable.

by **minstrel** on Mon Oct 01, 2007 4:09 pm

I think it looks beautiful. I can't wait, either!

by **Ribbons** on Mon Oct 01, 2007 5:10 pm

I don't speak French that well, but it looks to me like the tagline is more or less the same as it is in English ("after all this time doing what he was built for, he'll discover what he was meant for"), although the play on words sort of gets lost in translation. Can anyone confirm/deny this?

by **Peven** on Mon Oct 01, 2007 5:20 pm

i translated the french as saying, "American pig-dog robot movie"

by **Ribbons** on Mon Oct 01, 2007 5:24 pm

Holy crappa, I was way off the mark on that one.

by **Pacino86845** on Mon Oct 01, 2007 5:32 pm

Translation of the French text:

This is Wall-E

For 700 years he was doing
what he was programmed to do

He will finally bring
meaning to his life

by **Ribbons** on Mon Oct 01, 2007 5:39 pm

Gracias beaucoup :wink:

by **tapehead** on Mon Oct 01, 2007 7:19 pm

Peven wrote:i translated the french as saying, "American pig-dog robot movie"

No, no, I'm sure it says something about the 'burger-eating invasion monkeys' who have redeemed themsleves with their last film, a love letter to Paris... with rats.

by **DDMAN26** on Mon Oct 01, 2007 10:24 pm

I. Cannot. Wait. For. This.

by **MonkeyM666** on Thu Oct 04, 2007 9:07 am

Oh man, that poster looks so sweet. It just keeps getting better and better.

by **Fried Gold** on Thu Oct 04, 2007 9:21 am

I felt so little for the characters in Cars, yet it's amazing how wonderful that trailer and poster are.

by **Evil Hobbit** on Thu Oct 04, 2007 9:27 am

I want that poster on my wall right now!

by **tapehead** on Thu Oct 04, 2007 9:38 am

Fried Gold wrote:I felt so little for the characters in Cars, yet it's amazing how wonderful that trailer and poster are.

It's the 'Owen Wilson factor'.

by **Peven** on Thu Oct 04, 2007 9:54 am

tapehead wrote:
Fried Gold wrote:I felt so little for the characters in Cars, yet it's amazing how wonderful that trailer and poster are.

It's the 'Owen Wilson factor'.

<in E.T. voice> OOOOOOUUUUUUCH!

by **tapehead** on Thu Oct 04, 2007 9:57 am

Peven wrote:
tapehead wrote:
Fried Gold wrote:I felt so little for the characters in Cars, yet it's amazing how wonderful that trailer and poster are.

It's the 'Owen Wilson factor'.

<in E.T. voice> OOOOOOUUUUUUCH!

Yes, this new robot does have a touch of E.T. about him - R2D2 and and Number 5 as well.

by **Fried Gold** on Thu Oct 04, 2007 10:00 am

The "voice" of Wall-E is Ben Burtt.

by **Fawst** on Thu Oct 04, 2007 10:27 am

This is one of those times where you can just tell that the movie has everything going for it, and it WILL knock your socks off. I really do hope that they go balls out for this one, and that it absolutely nails it for both adults and children alike. We do need a new E.T., because the old one got neutered.

by **Leckomaniac** on Thu Oct 04, 2007 11:20 am

Fawst wrote:This is one of those times where you can just tell that the movie has everything going for it, and it WILL knock your socks off. I really do hope that they go balls out for this one, and that it absolutely nails it for both adults and children alike. We do need a new E.T., because the old one got neutered.

I cant wait until Wall * E gets detained by mean government agents with radios instead of guns. He will quiver.

by **magicmonkey** on Thu Oct 04, 2007 11:30 am

I just watched that first teaser trailer, and I hate to get all Burl here, but man, I really had to choke back the sick and I really felt my brain kinda diminish in size as tho I'd been out all night, taken 20 pills then crashed in front of the teletubbies as they farted instead of talked - as they make "tubby" custard.

...and I got teased for liking A Sharks Tale...

by **Peven** on Thu Oct 04, 2007 11:49 am

naysayer

by **magicmonkey** on Thu Oct 04, 2007 11:59 am

Not a naysayer parce, more a general BAAAAAAAA!(sayer)

by **MonkeyM666** on Mon Nov 05, 2007 5:10 am

magicmonkey wrote:I just watched that first teaser trailer, and I hate to get all Burl here, but man, I really had to choke back the sick and I really felt my brain kinda diminish in size as tho I'd been out all night, taken 20 pills then crashed in front of the teletubbies as they farted instead of talked - as they make "tubby" custard.

...and I got teased for liking A Sharks Tale...

Dude... wash out your eyes, have a joint and get back to me. It's a lovely little tease and will be one of the coolest films of next year.

Damn crazy ape... :-P

by **LaDracul** on Mon Nov 05, 2007 11:14 am

Well, according to a bit in "The Unofficial WDW Guide 2008", Jim Hill reports that the Living Character Initiative of WALL-E will be entertaining people in Tomorrowland next spring. I'll be around there next year, so if I see him, I'll take photos.

by **minstrel** on Mon Nov 05, 2007 11:28 am

"Living Character Initiative"?

WTF?

Has Disney been taken over by the Pentagon?

by **Pacino86845** on Mon Nov 05, 2007 11:30 am

Worse: the Lost creative team...

by **LaDracul** on Mon Nov 05, 2007 11:32 am

It's a program where they want to use more free-moving animatronic characters to interact with guests...like Lucky the Dinosaur and Bunsen and Beaker's Mobile Muppet Labs.

by **tapehead** on Tue Nov 20, 2007 2:57 am

Robot E.T?

by **Chairman Kaga** on Tue Nov 20, 2007 2:58 am

E.T. has nothing on WALL*E.

by **Lady Sheridan** on Tue Nov 20, 2007 4:57 am

I can't decide if I want to own that poster or not. It's so cute and yet so heart wrenching.

by **Zarles** on Tue Nov 20, 2007 9:20 am

I'm already buying Kleenex in anticipation for this. Nothing breaks me up like a robot in peril.

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