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daftrok
11/18/08

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How in FUCK HELL is Wall-e your favorite movie of 2008? Are you saying you like Wall-e MORE than the Dark Knight or you just didn't see the Dark knight yet (!!!!!)?
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Scazza
11/19/08

@daftrok: I loved Dark Knight, it was epic, but I also thought that despite being two completely contrasting movies, Wall-e was equally as epic in its emotion, scope and scale. It was just fantastic. It was also my first bluray movie purchase ever (getting DK too) and I am now in love with HD movies again (HDDVD kinda let me down with the whole dieing thing)
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scarbrtj
11/18/08

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Who in the business world shows more love for their customers than Pixar does?

Nobody.
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mj_and_hj
11/18/08

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Every time a commercial came on for this movie the past week my 2 year old little girl would scream, WALL-E. She hasn't even seen it. She keeps asking to go to walmart to get it. Guess where I am stopping on the way home from work.

Anyone know how the digital copy works? What format for the PC is it?
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Kaiser-Machead
11/18/08

@mj_and_hj: It works for the iPod, so likely MPEG-4/H.264.
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bloatboy
11/18/08

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One of my first thoughts when seeing this movie was, "Wow, in the future, all of humanity will be like the Baron Harkonnen. Only, you know, not evil. And with good skin."
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GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee
11/18/08

@bloatboy: Don't forget the heart plugs. And the cat.
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OMG! Ponies!
11/18/08

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I love that WALL*E, a cloying movie with a trite anti-consumption message, is being hustled in a variety of ways.

That's why I'm pullin' a Palin and sayin' "Thanks but no thanks."
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scarbrtj
11/18/08

@OMG! Ponies!:
When are you returning your wardrobe?
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dustin91
11/18/08

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I loved this movie to no end, but wish they had not done only two things: 1) Use Fred Willard, or any "live" actors for that matter. 2) Let the plant get taken into space. Great moments in that segment, but that little stem would have been frozen solid in seconds.

I can suspend a ton of belief, but those just stood out too much. Still, I watched the movie two more times on an airplane last month and damn near broke down in tears. Truly an instant classic.
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Kaiser-Machead
11/18/08

@dustin91: I've decided to forgive so many things when it comes to bad movie physics. The very fact that there's sound in space makes everything else a rather moot point for me, but at least WALL-E does it with a great deal more panache, than say, Star Wars.
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Mathray
11/18/08

@dustin91: Spot on the comment about Fred Willard, almost ruined the movie for me- I hate him that much.
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dustin91
11/18/08

@Mathray: Duly noted on the plant in space guys, though I was always under the belief that it was pretty damn cold, as in why spacewalking 'nauts need a suit. Nevertheless, it pales in comparison to using that unfunny hack Willard. I get the use of live action to show the progression of humans from what we know to the blobs on the screen, but still... the humans in The Incredibles and Ratatouille were fine. Fortunately, the rest of the movie friggin' rocks. And I love how so many characters are voiced by Pixar folk.
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GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee
11/18/08

@dustin91: Astronauts use the suits to stop their blood from boiling. Just as a pressure cooker lets water get hotter before boiling, having little to no pressure lowers it's boiling point.

The WORST thing is the Zippo. As a Zippo collector, I can't keep one in my pocket for two weeks, let alone 700 years, w/o it running dry.
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ILikeMacsWhatAboutIT
11/18/08

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I love my Blu, but not as much as my Eeeevah-colored iPhone.
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Pope John Peeps II
11/18/08

@ILikeMacsWhatAboutIT: I'd like to point out that my beautiful O2 Cocoon phone is pretty much Eeevah in phone form.

Fuck all y'alls iPhones. Mine gets me all the love in my city.

[www.geekalerts.com]
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
11/18/08

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I haven't seen it yet. *cry*
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bosskev
11/18/08

@Lite: Neither have I, Lite. Not because I don't want to, I do. I mean--holy crap!--I'm a frakkin' filmmaker, fergawdzsake, it's part of my career to watch films.

It's just that, over the last couple of years, I've found that I'm almost always going to buy the DVD anyway, with Blu-ray now as the preferred format (on a PS3). So why should I effectively "double-dip" by paying both a theater ticket price (with arm-and-a-leg concession prices) plus a BD/DVD purchase price? With few exceptions, such as an iMax and/or 3D release, nowadays I just skip theatrical releases and wait a few months for the BD release.

Yeah, it means I end up a little out of sync with the pop cultural curve. Big deal. I end up saving money and I get to watch movies in my own (pretty decent HD with 10' screen and 7.1 sound) home theater without the annoyance of crying babies or yakky teens.
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
11/18/08

@bosskev: I would have paid to see this move in IMAX. In fact, the woman and I were discussing seeing Robots on IMAX next month.
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Kaiser-Machead
11/18/08

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Is there a standard DVD set with all of this stuff? Me no want BD.
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UltimateIdiot - Imperfection at Best
11/18/08

@Kaiser-Machead's Cookie-Powered LEGO Machine: Nope, the dvd version do have some of the stuff but not as much as the Blu-ray. The Blu-ray has the virtual tour thing and a bit more.

If you have a Blu-ray player, you should really get the blu-ray, since the blu-ray 3 disc special edition is at most $5 more than the regular DVD wall-e and $2 more than the special edition DVD wall-e.
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Kaiser-Machead
11/18/08

@UltimateIdiot: Nah, too much money on stuff I'm not that crazy about. I'd have to get a new TV as well.
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Andyr2120
11/18/08

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Among my daughter's first words: Wall-E! So I guess I'm already a buyer -- of the DVD version, not BD.
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Monty
11/19/08

@Andyr2120: I thought it was a great movie until my kids started shouting "Wallllllll-eeeeeeeeeeeeee" at the top of their lungs for weeks after. As a result, I am not certain I can risk having the movie in the house.
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