wall•e : trailers and toys
i feel pretty bad for the way i've been treating WALL•E ... ... ya see, i started prepping this post 3 weeks ago but never could finish it (until now, gripped by guilt), becoz WALL•E wasn't a "priority-post" for me then, and now i feel like one of them cads who'd abandoned him on Planet Earth and left him alone to fend for himself for 700-years (*sobs*) ... and letting a post/toy/character languishing on perpetual-standby isn't the nicest thing to do (most times i just junk them buggers after some time :p) ... but no, i can't stand it anymore ... he is too gosh-darn robo-cute to be 'ignored' ... so i now give WALL•E his deserved time in the blog-spotlight, with toy-pics (from the UK Toyfair) and youtubed teaser-clips viewable HERE :)
[Hi-Res QT here / HD-version here]
"What if mankind had to leave Earth, and somebody forgot to turn the last robot off? WALL•E, a robot, spends every day doing what he was made for. But soon, he will discover what he was meant for. WALL•E is a robot, who like all of us, is searching for a connection in the universe. His connection with EVE, a sleek female probe-droid from outer space, leads him on a series of adventures and a comic journey across the galaxy, where he'll meet lots of remarkable characters as he fulfills his destiny. From Academy Award®-winning writer-director, Andrew Stanton ("Finding Nemo"), Disney•Pixar's WALL•E is the story of one robot's comic adventures as he chases his dream across the galaxy." [read wiki]
WALL•E VACCUM TVC (shown during Superbowl):
The Origin of WALL•E
[all toy images via ActionFigures.com]
i may not have bought a clown-fish, nor ants, nor fluffy monsters ... but i did get myself a Buzz Lightyear way back when, and i don't mind a BNL Truckset tho ... also depends on how playable WALL•E the toy is lah ... WALL•E (the movie) launches June 27, 2008. i am definitely looking forward to it :)
This thing looks like E.T.
ReplyDeleteIt brings back bad childhood memories... I HATE E.T. !
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Fred
time to phone-home, Fred, time to phone home...
ReplyDeleteyeah, E.T. and the other robot from late 80's, probably "short circuit"?
ReplyDeletewhy does it don't look like rover or something more 2099?
cheeeers!
RZMTK
short circuit = Johnny-5! - he was actually quite irritating, IMHO :p
ReplyDelete"why does it don't look like rover or something more 2099?"
= why must he? design is subjective, especially moreso when it comes to the masses (and merchandize! LOL) - IMGO, of coz :)
But I don't want to give this guy a call !!! (or I'll call its mother instead, just to tell her he's trying to emationaly hurt children on earth !)
ReplyDelete: )))
Fred
no dude, gotta tell his moms he's taking kids on flying bicycle rides without helmets on lol
ReplyDeleteOK, you win !!!
ReplyDeletelol
Fred
I took my sister (age 7), brother (age 6) and son (age 3) to see Wall-E this weekend and was floored by the imagery of garbage skyscrapers and by the blatant environmental message, which wouldn't have made it to the mainstream movie theaters a few years ago. It had the socially-conscious feel of an independent movie.
ReplyDeleteThe movie was so powerful that I became incredibly self-aware of my own actions within the first few minutes and before long I felt guilty to be drinking a bottle of water, eating popcorn from a large paper bag, and snacking on a box of Snowcaps. Multiply that by the hundreds of thousands of theater-goers and think about all of that trash produced by the movie industry.
I do marketing for a book publishing company, Quadrille, that is publishing a green home decoration book, Urban Eco Chic by Oliver Heath. We went to great lengths to get the book printed on FSC certified paper, both to underscore the credibility of the book and because it's the right thing to do. Most of my marketing will be done online, saving paper and shipping.
I think a better Wall-E promotion, rather than cheap plastic toys, would be to sell environmentally-friendly water bottles and snack packaging at the theaters. These would have prompted discussions between parents and their children far more than toys.