I’m glad you found my comments helpful, and I hope you and your family enjoy the movie.
I remember “Short Circuit” pretty well. Johnny 5 was a military robot who was struck by lightning and developed emotions. He wanted to learn (”need imput!”) and didn’t want to hurt anything or anyone. Wall-E’s design is VERY similar to Johnny 5 — goggle eyes, two treads, arms, voice — but that’s where the similarities end. Wall-E is more like a salvage R2D2 and uses his laser for cutting metal to make compacting it easier. In Wall-E’s case, his binocular eyes are what conveys his emotions — Johnny 5 had an actual voice and vocabulary. He’s beat up, scratched, dinged, dented and has replaced his own parts repeatedly, whereas Johnny 5 was state of the military art.
To be honest, I loved Eve more. A cool chick robot with a sleek design, laser weapon and a temper! Her emotions translate so well, especially when she’s sent for repair. I was really laughing over that scene.
Don’t take it too seriously and have a lot of fun!
Yup. The first thing my son did after seeing the movie was look online to see if there is an Eve action figure that shoots.
I told my wife that Eve personified femininity, in every way!