I'm a big fan of almost everything Pixar does (Cars wasn't their best effort, though it was enjoyable), so it is a happy day when a story that links Pixar to my favorite computer company comes along.It would seem that the good folks at Pixar really wanted to play up the differences between the titular hero of Wall*E and a new robot that appears (Eve, pictured to the right). They wanted it to look very cool, and very high tech. Luckily for Pixar, they know a guy pretty high up in Apple who was able to get Jonathan Ive, Apple's famed product designer, to help out with Eve's look.
I wonder if Eve's battery is user replaceable.
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5-12-2008 @ 6:54PM
John Arnor G. Lom said...
A link besides Steve Jobs, you mean... ;)
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5-12-2008 @ 7:00PM
Camperton said...
A couple of high rez pics of Eve
http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/images/walle-may8-6.jpg
http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/images/walle-may8-7.jpg
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5-12-2008 @ 7:13PM
Steven Fowler said...
What are you talking about? I haven't seen Ratatouille yet, but of all the Pixar movies I have seen, Cars was by far the best.
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5-12-2008 @ 7:14PM
jayskulls said...
Hmmm I wonder if that has anything to do with the name..
Eve => Adam and Eve => Forbidden Fruit => Apple
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5-12-2008 @ 7:26PM
blinkcowz182 said...
I wish Apple could expand its business to cover the scope of things Sony does (TVs, Consoles, other various consumer electronics) and keep the same level of Apple design, innovation and quality. They could essentially take over the gadget world. It will never happen but it is fun to think about.
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5-12-2008 @ 7:27PM
Phillip Black said...
No wonder it kinda looks like the Automator guy in a wierd way.
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5-12-2008 @ 7:45PM
Josh said...
Yeah, you're right. Which is odd. As far as I know, Ive is only involved in hardware design, not software.
5-12-2008 @ 8:29PM
powermac said...
Your kidding me, Cars wasn't their best? Cars is one of the best movies out there, not just one of Pixar's best. To each his own...
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5-12-2008 @ 11:52PM
glebec said...
Oui, à chacun son goût. Or, as my grandfather used to say, "to each his own goo."
Personally I thought Cars was Pixar's weakest to date. Which isn't to say it was bad. On the other hand even their best work, while very enjoyable, hasn't managed to earn my unqualified sentimental appreciation – like with a couple of Disney and even Don Bluth classics.
5-12-2008 @ 8:50PM
Speddy said...
Replaceable batteries? You're implying she's hot?
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5-12-2008 @ 11:00PM
235711131719 said...
No one seems to mention that Eve looks very similar to the Automator icon...
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5-12-2008 @ 11:01PM
235711131719 said...
I guess I need glasses . . .
5-12-2008 @ 11:04PM
Gareth R.N. Sloan said...
Is it just me or does eve look like the daughter of the automator icon.
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5-12-2008 @ 11:06PM
brian said...
I was pleasantly surprised by Cars. I hadn't liked recent Pixar movies much--Incredibles was so-so, didn't really like Monsters Inc. or Finding Nemo--but Cars was good. (Other than the story being a total ripoff of 1991's Doc Hollywod.) And yeah, Eve looks like a combination of Apple's Automator and Toy Story's Zurg.
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5-13-2008 @ 12:30AM
Kris said...
Pixar can do no wrong...
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5-13-2008 @ 8:31AM
bob said...
I think they helped more by supplying all the computers the film was made on.
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5-13-2008 @ 10:09AM
Paul said...
Actually, Pixar uses their own system. After Jobs bought the then division of LucasFilm, it was renamed Pixar and became a high-end computer hardware company (Disney was one of their best customers). They had trouble selling the pricey equipment and began making short films to demonstrate the ability of their Pixar Animation Computer (hardware) and RenderMan (software) products. The rest, as they say, is history.
5-13-2008 @ 10:12AM
Paul said...
That's not to say that they don't use any Apple hardware, they do, but it's not as ubiquitous as you might think.
5-13-2008 @ 10:38AM
Billy said...
Is it just me, or is Jonny Ive really close to Johnny Five, which is really what Wall-E looks like?
http://tinyurl.com/2hzalj
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5-13-2008 @ 10:42AM
bob said...
Pixar are NOW, almost entirely mac based (they still use linux as well (probably for the render farms), all of their software is inhouse though.
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