Hello from a Single WALL•E Fan

[Norwesterner]

This topic feels to me kind of like a "WALL•Es Anonymous" meeting intro . . . so I'm Norwesterner, and I'm unexpectedly hooked on WALL•E!

I had noticed the previews and PR (I won't call it "hype", because if anything, it elegantly understated what this film truly is!) for WALL•E, and just decided to make it the first Pixar film I would actually see in theatres. WOW, was I in for perhaps the cinematic surprise of my life so far! It had more heart, warmth, visual poetry, simplicity yet depth, than any other movie I've seen!

As I've already posted elsewhere, WALL•E is the first movie I've ever seen over five times in first run (I normally don't see even movies I like more than twice in theatres, but it's 9 and counting for me so far with WALL•E!) Ever since seeing it the 2nd time, I've been in search of decent WALL•E books (that adults could enjoy), as well as picking up the almost mandatory small WALL•E and EVE figures that grace my night stand and stare at me hand-in-hand each morning and night now! (I actually bought them as inspiration of a sort towards encouraging me to find a real soul mate this time -- the WALL•E and EVE relationship is the best and most moving I've seen on film in years . . . perhaps ever!) And I STILL get misty-eyed practically every time I see the movie!

The perhaps screwy thing is that I'm an involuntarily-divorced, decent-looking 45 year-old single guy, with an above average interest in animation, sci-fi, and movies and stories with heart. I live in a rural area, and have NO ONE else in my life currently to even begin talking about WALL•E with! I tried taking a casual woman friend to see it -- and she dissed it as an animated kids movie (so I'm done with trying to take her to movies!) I've mentioned WALL•E prominently on a singles profile elsewhere, but no bites yet -- which is strange, because you'd think a movie of such heart would attract people interested in affairs of the heart! So I'm almost tempted to start a WALL•E singles' discussion thread somewhere around this forum, but thought I'd start here for now!

I've written a couple fan fic pieces over on FanFiction.net -- The Connection and The Connection 2 -- under this pen name. As there were no good WALL•E novels out, other than a very basic WALL•E Junior Novel, I just felt compelled to start writing my own stories to give myself more WALL•E entertainment!

I want to thank WALL•E and its creators for reawakening a faith in companionship and even love in me. If a video tape can inspire a lonely robot to take a chance with a beautiful probe that is deposited at his doorstep by a rocket ship, and it winds up blossoming into an almost wordless romance and life-risking love . . . there is hope for us all!

[Bubblegum]

"WALL•Es Anonymous" - That's a perfect way to think about it!

Welcome to the forum! It's always great to meet another person who is completely obsessed with this beautiful story.

[Callandor]

Glad to have you here man Its awsome to see someone with a love and eagerness for wall-e as most of us here have Hope you like your time here at the forums, btw check out the fan fic,art section Vannesa has written some of the best literature i have ever seen all on wall-e You'll def love it Wall-e toy ftw!

[Bartle]

Welcome to the board, it's awesome to have more Wall-E lovers here.

[Viva la Vida]

That's a wonderful introductory post you've wrote, man. It's amazing how this film is resonating so much with such a diverse range of viewers all across the world. Nice to have you here! ;D

And let me be the first to say, I hope you find the EVE of your life one day.

[vanessajoyce]

Hey, Norwesterner, I'm SO glad to have you here! I was hoping you were THE Norwesterner from FanFiction.net who writes that fantastic "Connection" series. I'm signed up for alerts every time you post a new story; I like your work that much!

Thank you for writing such a inspiring account of how WALL-E has touched you -- I'm like you in that I went into the theatre not expecting anything other than "typical" stuff and came out with stars in my eyes.

As you're looking for books, let me know if you'd like me to recommend any. (I have practically all of them and some are actually quite good -- ironically the younger the audience, the better the book seems to be.)

And yes, the best thing about WALL-E is that it makes you believe in love again. It sure felt like it took 700 years, but I when I finally found my WALL-E it was sure worth the wait.

Again, so glad to have such a great fan aboard! Hope you find this a fun and encouraging place to be!

[MidgardDragon]

Welcome to WALL-E Forum! Glad you found us and I can already see we're in for a treat based on your intro post. I, too, am a divorcee, but luckily my ex and I are very good friends and she loved the movie as well. I'm looking forward to chatting with you about this excellent film, though. C-ya soon.

[Norwesterner]

My thanks to all of you for your warm welcome, and expressions of enjoyment at my longer-than-average intro post! I feared I might be running on too long with that, but figured I might as well give an "intro"!

And wow . . . Viva la Vida, "find the EVE of your life one day" ;D -- that is such a beautiful sentiment and thought! I think I might use that on my singles site -- as if a potential partner won't get that, she won't likely get me anyway! Thank you so much!!

And equal wow, VanessaJoyce . . . "THE Norwesterner" . . . you made me feel like a celebrity there, and I only wrote a couple of short stories -- initially to entertain myself, because there were just no decent novels (other than the Junior Novel . . . and that was so basic, I wanted to re-write that, too!), and not much else out there to keep reading on WALL•E! Thank you so much, too!! And I am glad you found the WALL•E of your life . . . your other posts (especially the "You Know You're a WALL•E Addict, when . . .") gives me hope that two adults really can connect, together, with this movie!

I look forward to hearing from more of you here, and to being an enjoyable contributor to this forum!

Thanks again to everyone!!

[MovieMan8877445]

Hey, Welcome To The Wall*E Forum.

[Chimera]

Sorry to bump this, but OMG.

You're from Washington.

So am I.

[Pineapple Express]

Welcome to the boards buddy.

[MidgardDragon]

Aug 23, 2008 20:04:58 GMT -5 Chimera said:

Sorry to bump this, but OMG.

You're from Washington.

So am I.

He's single too. Don't go making Ollie jealous now.

[Chimera]

LOL, MD.

[lonewooolf]

Hey Norwesterner

I think your OP is lovely!! I believe you started another thread somewhere about wanting to find a partner who also values Wall-E but I can't find that thread atm - bah! So I will say here that yes, don't give up, never give up. You sound similar to me in many ways - working from home, single, divorced, sci-fi and Wall-e lover etc... Just to say that if we lived on the same continent lol I would def meet you for a date and why not heh. So we both just need to find a Wall-E and Eve for ourselves somewhere sometime.. and you never know where or when as Wall- didn't!!

[rubbidonkey]

I have read your works on Fanfiction.net. Brilliant. That's a Qualified story, a story with strong lines and solid frame that can support on itself; I have read millions of storied on Fanfiction.net, and many, many of them are just like presentations of "stream of consciousness". Some of them, even don't pay attention to the punctuation.

I think you are a serious writer who REALLY value his work. Welcome to this site, and hope you can launch some interesting threads and comments!