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Sun, 6 Jul 2008 8:47am-0700, Terrence Briggs <mrman1mrman1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Cross-posted to rec.arts.animation, cuz... ya know...
>
*sigh* Why do you always have to ruin my fun....=20
I was just waiting for you to do that, slowpoke! ;-p
>
> On Jul 1, 2:53=A0am, "S.t.A.n.L.e.E" <LostRune+...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> wrote:
> > Tue, 1 Jul 2008 2:47am-0400, S.t.A.n.L.e.E
<LostRune+...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>:
>=20
> > > Just saw WALL-E with kids late at night in a packed theatre
> > > with a healthy mix of teenagers and other grown-ups with kids:
>=20
> Sat next to two adult lovebirds in my theater. To their credit, they
> weren't making out. I think...
>=20
The teens are most likely the ones. ;-)
>
> But yeah, must of the audience that Friday evening was kiddie-kid
> collectives and their adult chaperone units corralling them. 75%
> full, by my estimate.
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> > > 1. It's about robots.
> >
> > > 2. It's about robots in love.
>=20
> Okay, Mr. Machinehead-with-extra-pouty-Summer Glau-OS-XXX, how well
> did Osamu Tezuka's Metropolis do in Japan?
>
Was Metropolis released widely in Japan?
>=20
> > > 3. WALL-E is a weak nothing-going-for-him sweet romantic packrat
geek=
;
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> Kinda bottom-heavy, too. Rusty and all that. The female, on the
> other hand...
>
I cannot lie: she likes big butts. ^_^
But then, she's an egg.
=20
>
> > > =A0 =A0EVE is a dominant goddess-powered never-propositioned
kinda-ts=
undere.
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> Heh. So I wasn't the only one who picked up on the "exotic alien
> warrior babe" vibe.
>
Who wouldn't?! She was/is scary! 0_0
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> But she looks like an iMac. Oh, Steve Jobs... you product-placing
> weasel chairman you :-)
>
This iMac? http://www.theapplecollection.com/iMac/iMacGirl.shtml
Or reverse OS-tan (hardware, instead of software)?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OS-tan
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> > > 4. There's hardly any dialogue to lose in translation
> > > =A0 =A0particularly in the first act, ~1/3rd of the movie.
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> As I observed elsewhere, the film has only 3 or four major scenes that
> are dialogue driven. It's about 75% dialogue-free. That's why its
> success astounds me, just a bit, especially among kids. Gives me
> additional hope, actually.
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Picture-driven story than constant yapping?
Are you going to complain like Kung Fu Panda? ^0^
>
> > > 5. WALL-E already mispronounces EVE's name as EV-uh.
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> Heh. Japanese-friendly phenomes. (No "L"s or "R"s, though :-P :-P :-
> P )
>
My little god-daughter kept wondering why WALL-E kept mispronouncing. ^_^
("Her name's EVE! Not EV-uh! Why is he calling her that?!")
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> > > 6. The two protagonists just keep saying their names.
> > > =A0 =A0(Have you noticed that Japanese charas say names way too
often=
?)
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> Heh. Unlike your average banal anime characters, Wall-E's robot leads
> have an English vocabulary of, like, 2 or something ("Wall-E", "E-va",
> and "directive").
>
This ain't no Pokemon!
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> > > 7. A future environmental moral message that'd make Hayao Miyazaki
bl=
ush.
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> Your later post clears that up, by clearing out the room. ("No no
> no... it's not environmentally alarmist! Really! I was just being
> imaginative!", is my paraphrase.)
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Hmmmm... but would Miyazaki still appreciate it?
>
> > 7b. Oh, there's a lot of flying, not just once but twice!
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> "Define: dancing"
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Ha! That was corny of you. ^_^
>
> > > 8. A social criticism about the hazards of over-reliance in
technolog=
y.
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> In a CGI animated film, nah!!!! :-)
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Ironic.
>
> > > What else?
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> It's a Pixar film distributed by Disney. The Mouse has Theatrical
> Distribution Muscle. The Lamp has Cinematic Currency. It'll destroy
> the competition in Japan.
>
Well, besides that!
But would you go out on a limb and say it'll outdraw Spirited Away? >;-]
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> Terrence Briggs, wrangling up some more European animation from
> Netflix. Cartoon Noir wasn't enough!
> Peace to you...
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Try Russian: http://tinyurl.com/5r8o9p
Laters. =3D)
=09=09Stan
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