WALL-E (2008)
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Wikidata Q104905, film, IMDb tt0910970, TMDB 10681: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only film by that title; 3 more episodes agree.
What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.
Who talked about it
Blank Check with Griffin & David
The Rewatchables
- Wesley Morris: 1 line in ‘Do The Right Thing’ With Sean Fennessey and Wesley Morris
- Unattributed: 1 line, the speaker unknown or under 0.5 sure.
Came from
What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.
No line says it drew on another film or person.
Led to
What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.
No line says another film or person drew on it.
Connected to
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind: 1 line theme ×1
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theme (image echo):
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind → WALL-E.
Both end on the image of a single green sprout as proof that things can grow again.
“This ends with the very Wally image, which is like the last frame in the end credits is the one... little sprout, the one little leak.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind with Lulu Wang · 1:33:25 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
The Matrix: 1 line programming ×1
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programming (dystopia pairing):
The Matrix → WALL-E.
Between The Matrix and WALL-E, Wesley says humanity's fate is already depicted, seen in airport travelers sunk into phones.
“between that movie and Wali, I'm like, we're set for life”
The Rewatchables · ‘Do The Right Thing’ With Sean Fennessey and Wesley Morris · 1:14:25 · Wesley Morris (0.65 sure it was them)
Where it came up
- compared in Blank Check with Griffin & David · Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind with Lulu Wang, first at 1:33:12, 2 times
- passing in The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag!, first at 1:34:03, 8 times
- passing in The Rewatchables · ‘Do The Right Thing’ With Sean Fennessey and Wesley Morris, first at 1:14:07, 2 times
- passing in The Big Picture · ‘Mamma Mia!’ Meets ‘The Strangers'! It’s a Movie Swap!, first at 1:09:18, 1 time
- passing in The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best …, first at 0:25:25, 1 time
- passing in Blank Check — Patreon · The Curious Case of Benjamin Button with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free), first at 2:08:35, 1 time
- passing in Blank Check — Patreon · Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free), first at 2:12:54, 3 times
What was said about it, by kind
programming (1)
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programming (dystopia pairing):
The Matrix → WALL-E.
Between The Matrix and WALL-E, Wesley says humanity's fate is already depicted, seen in airport travelers sunk into phones.
“between that movie and Wali, I'm like, we're set for life”
The Rewatchables · ‘Do The Right Thing’ With Sean Fennessey and Wesley Morris · 1:14:25 · Wesley Morris (0.65 sure it was them)
theme (2)
-
theme (image echo):
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind → WALL-E.
Both end on the image of a single green sprout as proof that things can grow again.
“This ends with the very Wally image, which is like the last frame in the end credits is the one... little sprout, the one little leak.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind with Lulu Wang · 1:33:25 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them) -
theme (theme):
WALL-E → WALL-E.
Wall-E is like Apple Vision Pro: fat robots watching screens; it would be an age-best and age-worst entry.
“Wally is like it in, it's like the Apple Vision Pro is in Wally.”
The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 1:34:08 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
Fun items about it
None.
Who the speakers said made it
As said on the shows, not checked against the real credits.
- No one.