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Stanton noted many commentators placed emphasis on the environmental aspect of humanity's complacency in the film, because "that disconnection is going to be the cause, indirectly, of anything that happens in life that's bad for humanity or the planet". Stanton said that by taking away effort to work, the robots also take away humanity's need to put effort into relationships. Christian journalist Rod Dreher saw technology as the complicated villain of the film. The humans' artificial lifestyle on the Axiom has separated them from nature, making them "slaves of both technology and their own base appetites, and have lost what makes them human". Tangled: Rapunzel • Flynn Rider • Pascal • Maximus • Mother Gothel • Queen Arianna • King Frederic • Cassandra • Fidella • Pub Thug Zhou, Zhao (June 27, 2008). "《机器人总动员》无缘内地 《木乃伊》档期待定 (Wall-E not allowed to be screened in China. Theatrical release for "Mummy" yet to be confirmed)". Sina.com (via Xinwen Wubao). Archived from the original on January 18, 2017 . Retrieved January 16, 2017. Peter Sciretta (May 24, 2008). "Cool Stuff: Thinkway's WALL-E Toys". /Film. Archived from the original on May 27, 2012 . Retrieved January 13, 2009.Newman travelled to London to compose the end credits song " Down to Earth" with Peter Gabriel, who was one of Stanton's favorite musicians. Afterwards, Newman rescored some of the film to include the song's composition, so it would not sound intrusive when played. [21] Louis Armstrong's rendition of " La Vie en rose" was used for a montage where WALL-E attempts to impress EVE on Earth. The script also specified using Bing Crosby's " Stardust" for when the two robots dance around the Axiom, [23] but Newman asked if he could score the scene himself. A similar switch occurred for the sequence in which WALL-E attempts to wake EVE up through various means; originally, the montage would play with the instrumental version of " Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head", but Newman wanted to challenge himself and scored an original piece for the sequence. [73] Themes [ edit ] WALL-E". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on December 22, 2020 . Retrieved March 11, 2019. John Ratzenberger and Kathy Najimy as John and Mary, who live on the Axiom, so dependent on their automatic services as to be oblivious to their surroundings. They are brought out of their trances by encounters with WALL-E and fall in love with each other. WALL-E went undeveloped during the 1990s partly because Stanton and Pixar were not confident enough yet to have a feature length film with a main character that behaved like Luxo Jr. or R2-D2. Stanton explained there are two types of robots in cinema: "human[s] with metal skin", like the Tin Man, or "machine[s] with function" like Luxo and R2. He found the latter idea "powerful" because it allowed the audience to project personalities onto the characters, as they do with babies and pets: "You're compelled ... you almost can't stop yourself from finishing the sentence 'Oh, I think it likes me! I think it's hungry! I think it wants to go for a walk!'" He added, "We wanted the audience to believe they were witnessing a machine that has come to life." Walt Disney Imagineering (WDI) built animatronic WALL-Es to promote the picture, which made appearances at Disneyland Resort; the Franklin Institute; the Miami Science Museum; the Seattle Center; and the Tokyo International Film Festival. Due to safety concerns, the 318 kg robots were always strictly controlled and WDI always needed to know exactly what they were required to interact with. For this reason, they generally refused to have their puppets meet and greet children at the theme parks in case a WALL-E trod on a child's foot. Those who wanted to take a photograph with the character had to make do with a cardboard cutout.

Producer Jim Morris recommended Ben Burtt as sound designer for WALL-E because Stanton kept using R2-D2 as the benchmark for the robots. [42] Burtt had completed Star Wars: Episode III– Revenge of the Sith and told his wife he would no longer work on films with robots, but found WALL-E and its substitution of voices with sound "fresh and exciting". [21] He recorded 2,500 sounds for the film, which was twice the average number for a Star Wars film, [32] and a record in his career. [21] Burtt began work in 2005, [61] and experimented with filtering his voice for two years. [62] Burtt described the robot voices as "like a toddler ... universal language of intonation. 'Oh', 'Hm?', 'Huh!', you know?" [63] Alice in Wonderland: Alice • Mad Hatter • March Hare • Dormouse • White Rabbit • Cheshire Cat • Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee • Queen of Hearts • King of Hearts • Caterpillar • Dinah • Oysters The American Film Institute named WALL-E as one of the best films of 2008; [103] the jury rationale states: a b c Marco R. della Cava (June 24, 2008). " 'WALL-E' focuses on its hero's heart". USA Today. Archived from the original on August 20, 2011 . Retrieved July 21, 2008.

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