WALL-E's collection . . .

[vanessajoyce]

What do you think is the most interesting/funny/unque thing that WALL-E has kept?

I'm still trying to figure out his obsession with clocks and clock faces . . .

[bkim]

I found this "no smoking" sign to be a particularly amusing background item. I wonder what WALL-E thought was so interesting about it.

[smkndofpnutdssrt]

I find the men's room/ladies room signs to be interesting.

[MidgardDragon]

A more popular object that we all remember, the rubix cube. It puzzles me why something so completely non-functional interested him. I suppose the pretty colors.

[fastdash9]

WALL-E has a collection of road cones.

[smkndofpnutdssrt]

His collection kind of reminds me of Ariel's from The Little Mermaid. He just collects everything that he doesn't know the function for Unless it's like, a piece of paper or a banana peel. So that's a lot of stuff.

[MidgardDragon]

*nod* I compared WALL-E's truck to Ariel's grotto once before. I think there's definitely a lot of similarity there, they both just want to know all about the stuff humans use. The key difference being WALL-E just wants the knowledge, and Ariel actually wanted to be one, I think.

[smkndofpnutdssrt]

I think Wall-E might have a little desire to become human somewhere in the back of his circuit board. He imitates them which is what makes me think so.

[vanessajoyce]

I think Wall-E might have a little desire to become human somewhere in the back of his circuit board.

You know, I actually do too. I think Ariel is more just a bored teenager who wants to do something new (not necessarily a bad thing, just a little more superficial motive), but I think WALL-E's fascination with humans is deeper and I think on a level he may not even consciously comprehend, he feels a connection with them and wants to "join them" in the experience of being human. This is one of those more transcendental aspects of the film that I think still makes me feel compelled to watch the film over and over again.

[Callandor]

his rubber duckies in a cage >.>

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Aug 27, 2008 22:43:23 GMT -5 smkndofpnutdssrt said:

I think Wall-E might have a little desire to become human somewhere in the back of his circuit board. He imitates them which is what makes me think so.

It's funny that you mention that, because I remember while watching it the first time I was briefly under the impression that WALL-E believed himself to be human. I wonder if he has any memory of humans before they left the planet.

[smkndofpnutdssrt]

I always thought that back when humans were still around he didn't develop a personality yet, so he didn't start to pay attention to his surroundings until after they left. So I don't if he remembers them.

[vanessajoyce]

I kind of see WALL-E in terms of childhood development. What you remember from age 2 and under (if you remember anything) is fuzzy and just more like impressions. That's kind of how I'd picture his first-hand knowledge of humans.

I think "Hello, Dolly" is how he visualizes humans when we meet him in the film. And I laugh when I think what a surprise it must have been to see humans in loungesuits when he would have expected them to be dressed in the Edwardian style. ;D

[smkndofpnutdssrt]

That's an interesting thought. I think that's probably the case. And I bet when he saw the humans in person for the first time in the film he probably didn't even know what they were.