My favourite title though has to be: ‘Beam me up … what’s your name again?’ Is that Scotty Kirk is asking? So close to the cult line that never was said. I do hope they don’t say it in the movie. That would be blasphemy!

I completely agree. And I shared your devastation at the sacrifice, and failed attempt at recovery, of Wall·E.

I happened across your writings here from your “Computer, define dancing” title; that piece of music has been strangely captivating for me. But I’m just the sort of romantic techno-geek that this was aimed at, I think. (And created by, for that matter.)

Curiously, while nearly everyone writes about the opening as dystopia (you didn’t!) — I don’t think that it was for Wall·E himself. From his perspective, it seems to have been satisfying work; his little nods to himself at times, and his judging whether to call it a day by looking at the Sun’s position in the sky, would give a human a certain feeling of control over their lives.

He wasn’t helpless. But lonely indeed.

I came late to the movie, much as you did. The piece in the website link above is to a recent writeup I did on “Wall·E”. It’s about a somewhat daring aspect of what you described as the “fairly unconventional” love story. It’s “Romance Across the Intellect Divide“; perhaps it will strike a chord with you.

Best wishes.

===|==============/ Level Head

Kevin and I did submit a few pitches, way back when. Either they sucked, or they didn’t fit with the other stories which were picked, or whatever. I’d still like to do something in this vein should the opportunity come along.

To be fair, though, if you’ve only seen two of their films, that’s a pretty bold claim to make

As it is, I think WALL-E comes close to edging out The Incredibles and Toy Story 2, although I’d need to see it a few more times to really judge. Point is, though… you really need to get hold of Ratatouille and the Toy Stories