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Post by bkim on Sept 6, 2008 16:33:50 GMT -5
The mark of an amazing film is one in which you discover something new every time you see it. I've seen it repeatedly and I'm still finding those little details that I had previously missed. I guarantee you, even if you think you've seen it all, you most certainly haven't. So I thought I'd make this thread so that you can share the last few really interesting details that you noticed about the film for the first time. Who knows, maybe you know something no one else on the forum knows about.
Okay, so one of the last things I think I noticed was WALL-E's little "dance of joy" when he is relieved to find out that EVE didn't destroy his Hello Dolly! tape. My eyes were on his screen the entire time, but recently when I saw the film I noticed his little arm movements as he finds out the tape is okay, and busted a gut laughing.
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Post by vanessajoyce on Sept 6, 2008 19:45:23 GMT -5
I've really been trying to figure out exactly what the humans are saying when WALL-E first stumbles into their traffic lanes . . . most of it just sounds like garbled conversation and I'm hoping the DVD has subtitles that sort of pull out some of the individual talk -- but I just picked up one guy saying "I'm in a tunnel, I can't hear you" and then a few seconds later "Okay, that's better." I'm kind of surprised I didn't hear that before because it's very clear when he says it, but I think I've been concentrating on WALL-E's reactions and didn't notice it.
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Post by Norwesterner on Sept 6, 2008 21:55:12 GMT -5
In my latest viewings, I've been amazed with the attention to detail in the settings, especially on Earth. The beginning of the film has bits of paper flying all over the place through the backgrounds, which director Andrew Stanton said in his NPR Fresh Air interview was one thing he noticed when visiting actual garbage dumps in researching the film.
I was also impressed by the dust speck-filled air inside WALL•E's truck in the final scene where EVE revives him, but he is without his memory.
I kept thinking throughout most of the film that the whole thing seems so real — like it was filmed on actual locations with actual robots, rather than all rendered inside a computer. A landmark achievement for Pixar animators inside a landmark film!
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Post by smkndofpnutdssrt on Sept 6, 2008 22:35:35 GMT -5
The last thing I can remember noticing is that Wall-E has a compass thinger on him. Whenever it shows what he is seeing through his eyes, at the top it says "N" and then it changes to "NE" kind of like some cars do. The question is, how does it work when he's not on earth and there are no poles?
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Post by vanessajoyce on Sept 6, 2008 22:40:51 GMT -5
Whoa! I never noticed that -- I only noticed the distance reader!
Does anyone have a screenshot that shows the "WALL-E cam" perspective on the Axiom (when he's looking around in the repair ward, chasing after EVE in the traffic, etc.) with enough detail that we can see all the readings?
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Post by smkndofpnutdssrt on Sept 6, 2008 23:00:52 GMT -5
Here you goes: It looks like there are the distance readers on both sides, the compass, and on the left hand side it says "Allocate" "Sleep" and "Recharge"
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Post by vanessajoyce on Sept 6, 2008 23:03:15 GMT -5
Right . . . distance readers on both lenses (because I think he can adjust them independently).
But I don't see the direction reading? Is it not showing in this screenshot? Or am I missing it?
Oh wait . . . yes I see a "N" at the top of the screen. Okay, so maybe without poles, he's always looking "North"? After all he is "Earth Class", so he was probably never programmed for any other kind of directional navigation.
Hmmm . . . so he has three modes:
Allocate: Meaning "work" (or running around the Axiom, whatever he's doing when he's not sleeping or recharging)
Sleep: Obviously
Recharge: Obviously
TOOO cool!
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Post by smkndofpnutdssrt on Sept 6, 2008 23:29:39 GMT -5
No, because you can see it change from NE to N in the movie.
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Post by Calamity EVE on Sept 7, 2008 3:11:48 GMT -5
In that case, the answer is simple: the Axiom probably has some sort of artificial positioning system, much as it assuredly has artificial gravity, and an artificial atmosphere. I'd assume that BnL designed all of their robots with a compass, just because if they absolutely had to get from one point in the ship to another, they wouldn't need the light paths to guide them. It would give them "backup autonomy", or sumthin' like that. Man... This company sure came up with some expensive designs, didn't they! Okay, so one of the last things I think I noticed was WALL-E's little "dance of joy" when he is relieved to find out that EVE didn't destroy his Hello Dolly! tape. My eyes were on his screen the entire time, but recently when I saw the film I noticed his little arm movements as he finds out the tape is okay, and busted a gut laughing. In a similar vein, on my fourth or fifth viewing, I found one of my favorite Wall•E sound bytes ever. It's kind of easy to miss if you're not listening for it. It happens in his truck as he's looking through his racks of stuff for a replacement "eye" just after EVE has thrown him into the wall. In his confusion, he loudly bangs his head on one of the shelves, and gives out this really cute, dorky little "WOO~!" before continuing to look for replacement parts. I can't un-hear it now. It cracks me up every single time.
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Post by fastdash9 on Sept 7, 2008 4:07:26 GMT -5
One of the things I found quite touching was the scene right after the sandstorm, while WALL-E was cleaning out his lunch box. After feeding HAL, WALL-E crawls into his shelf and rocks himself to sleep while It Only Takes a Moment plays away. I feel it's one of the saddest things I've ever seen, and leaves you with feelings of sheer loneliness, emptiness, and utter mediocrity. Anywho, what I noticed is that this was to be his last lonely night on Earth. And that just gets me for some reason. Something about knowing what WALL-E is in for later the next day just gets to me. It's one of those third person narrative "little did he know" moments. It's one of those where someday WALL-E will look back on that night and reminisce, "that was the last night I've ever felt alone, because the next day, she came." I got the same effect reading one of Castoro Chiaro's fanfics called Malcontent, which tells about EVE's night, right before she was sent to Earth. AH! I'm having trouble wording this! I wish I could just put the whole forum community in my head and show everyone the feeling. All I can say is, it feels like there's some sort of magic there! I'm basically talking about the magic of the unpredictablity of the situation; the life changing events that were pending for the two characters. I don't know, it may be the Benadryl talking
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Post by vanessajoyce on Sept 7, 2008 6:15:54 GMT -5
Wow, Fast Dash . . . love those observations. It's true -- his last night alone was so "normal" -- he had no idea what was coming the very next day. Really powerful to think of it in those terms. Thanks, smkndofpnutdssrt, for all your help in tracking down the "WALL-E cam" info -- my *ahem* WALL-E film download *ahem* isn't good enough quality to see those details.
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Post by bima on Sept 7, 2008 11:40:08 GMT -5
Things that I noticed on my last viewing are: - The BNL logo on Eve, when Wall-E tries to wake her by gives her a jolt. (He opens Eve chest, and inside her chest armor is the BNL logo. - At the ending, when "It Only Takes A Moment" playing, we see the Hello Dolly's footage where Barbra Streisand and Michael Crawford holding hands. That Hello Dolly's scene is so contrasted with Wall-E and Eve scene. Hello Dolly's are humans, with a green grass and trees, Wall-E's are robots, with deserted earth and Hal. Still, those scenes are romantic as hell.
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Post by fastdash9 on Sept 7, 2008 11:50:13 GMT -5
- The BNL logo on Eve, when Wall-E tries to wake her by gives her a jolt. (He opens Eve chest, and inside her chest armor is the BNL logo. I noticed that too! It's like her official BnL certification.
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Post by vanessajoyce on Sept 7, 2008 11:51:01 GMT -5
Yes, that is so sweet how the ending works. Really, really pulls the whole film together. Just for the record though, that's not Barbra S./"Dolly Levi" in that final sequence. It's Marianne McAndrew/"Irene Molloy".
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Post by bima on Sept 7, 2008 11:54:17 GMT -5
Oh, really? Then why I saw Barbra S. name on every review? Maybe it's Barbra's and Michael's voice?
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