WALL?E - Robot with the heart of a Mac | TUAW

Several TUAW readers have reported after seeing midnight showings of Disney-Pixar's new and highly-rated movie WALL•E that when the robot boots up, he makes the standard Mac startup sound. That's not the only Apple connection with the movie.

Of course, Steve Jobs is the largest single shareholder of Disney after Pixar was purchased by the entertainment giant for $7.4 billion in 2006. He still serves on a steering committee for Pixar that oversees the Disney-Pixar animation businesses, and he's on the Disney Board of Directors. I'm not sure, but he may be tapped to be the first CEO of BuyNLarge...

WALL•E's job is to wander around an abandoned Earth, pick up trash, and compact it into small blocks. However, when he finds something nostalgic that he likes, such as an iPod or Rubik's cube, he keeps it.

The object of WALL•E's desire, EVE, was actually designed with the assistance of Apple Senior VP of Industrial Design Jonathan Ive, who apparently spent a day with the Pixar team in 2005 consulting on the ultra-sleek floating robot.

Thanks to Matt for the heads-up and inspiration for this post!

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jmgcg

But of course it had to be Mac inside Wall E. If it was Windows Vista our another microsoft OS, the small robot would crash at the beginning of the movie, and them what people what ? The horror, the horror

July 24 2008 at 11:08 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Gabriel Guevara

Also, did you notice that when Wall-e gets Eve into the Axiom's office, and there is this "secretary" typing.. The keyboard shows a really really small Apple logo in the front!!

July 03 2008 at 1:30 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

brinsmaid

Wow. You are thanking someone for news that is well over a month old. Good job!

See here: http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2008/05/13/wall-e-eve-character-inspired-by-ipod/

June 28 2008 at 9:08 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Maxwell

Meatleg sez: "but my favorite mac key command is still alt+shift+k"
Hmm, I got got no alt on my keyboard - just option.

June 28 2008 at 8:05 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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Meatleg

the alt key and the option key are the same thing. im guessing your mac is newer than my 3 year old powerbook cause both "alt" and "option" are printed on the same key....
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June 29 2008 at 12:21 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

jwo

Eve looks like a distant cousin to Automator.

June 28 2008 at 10:11 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

KosherSalt

A Must-See movie. Not only is it apple-y, but it's probably the edgiest thing Pixar's done.

(Oh - and every frame is beautiful without sacrificing storyline.)

June 28 2008 at 2:49 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Alex

"Hi, I'm a Mac..."

"...And I'm a PC"

June 28 2008 at 1:56 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

DJS

So, how do you get the dot between the L and the E?

June 27 2008 at 11:15 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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Ryan

i'm surprised Wall E doesn't look more like the Automator

June 27 2008 at 10:41 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Kevin