In the future, Earth no longer can support life after it becomes overrun with un-recycled waste. Society now lives in space on fully automated luxury starliners. What was supposed to be only a five year cruise turns out to be still going strong 700 years later. On Earth, all of the WALL-E (Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class) units have all since broken down through the years. All except for one unit, that has taken the task of cleaning up Earth all on his own. With only his friend the Hal Roach the cockroach (name is revealed in the Geek Track commentary) to keep him company and a VHS tape of Hello Dolly, WALL-E continues to do his daily duties.
One day WALL-E finds a single green plant hiding in an old refrigerator. Little does he know this find will change his life forever. Soon there after, a spaceship arrives leaving a single sleek modern robot known as EVE. EVE has a classified directive on Earth and immediately starts to survey the land to complete her job. WALL-E on the other hand becomes smitten with her.
So begins our cautionary tale of hope, love and redemption all because of a little robot names WALL-E. If you missed the film over the summer never fear it has arrived on multiple editions on standard DVD and blu-ray. Along with the feature, a second disc option offers tons of bonus features for you to enjoy.
On disc one of the blu-ray edition, you have the feature and few bonus features as well. After watching the film the first time, you have an option to watch the film again in 2 different ways. First one with a standard commentary track by director Andrew Stanton and then a second with what they are calling the Geek Track: Trash Talk & Trivia. The Geek Track is a visual commentary track with character supervisor Bill Wise, story artist Derek Thompson, lead animator Angus McClain, and producer Lindsay Wallace. Geek Track isn’t as serious as the director’s commentary but both are equally entertaining and informative. I’ve always been a fan of commentary and the back and forth banter in the Geek Track is at times hilarious.
Also on disc one are two animated shorts. Presto was a short that originally appeared prior to WALL-E in the theaters. Presto is an homage to the old Disney and Warner Brothers cartoons from the heydays of the forties and fifties. But in edition to Presto, a new short entitled BURN-E is available here for the first time as well. BURN-E (Basic Utility Repair Nano Engineer) is a little robot that had a brief appearance in WALL-E and is an interesting concept for a short. BURN-E takes place during other events in the WALL-E film. BURN-E is another great character that has been created and a fun bonus short.
On disc two is where we have the bulk of our bonus material. Here we have hours and hours of material. We have The Pixar Story, a documentary from 2007 that gives us everything you ever wanted to now about the little animated studio that could. There are 20 minutes of deleted scenes, including many that were completed (which is unusual for animated films). There are also several featurettes, full versions of the BnL films seen throughout the film, and too many others to mention. Finally if that’s not enough for you, there’s a third disc that is a digital copy of the film to drop on your iPod. This is a new feature that’s becoming popular and I have to say is a very welcome addition.
WALL-E is one of those rare films that comes along once in a while and is maybe perfect. WALL-E is a film for the whole family even if it’s perhaps a bit preachy at times. Regardless, WALL-E delivers in smiles and in heart. Go pick up WALL-E today on blu-ray and make sure you get the three disc option, so you can take the film with you on your iPod.
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