Wall-E

Wall-E (2008)

49 corrected entries

(5 votes)

Corrected entry: The actual Kuiper Belt (where the Axiom is located) is just outside Saturn's orbit. However on WALL-E's space voyage, he passes another sun and another galaxy. That's not right.

Brooks Jr.

Correction: This mistake is riddle with errors. First, the Kuiper belt is located out past Neptune, not just outside Saturn's Orbit. Second, the Axiom is shown next to a purple Nebula, which isn't the Kuiper belt. There isn't any reference in the film to say that the Axiom is located at the Kuiper belt either. Fourth, Considering the sequence of the voyage, it is our own sun the rocket passes, most likely using the slingshot technique to give it more speed. The Galaxy shown is also our milky way.

Orion Hardy

Corrected entry: All satellites orbiting the earth experience a phenomenon known as "orbital decay" - the process of prolonged reduction in the height of a satellite's orbit. Larger satellites, like those shown in the movie, are especially susceptible to this as they collide with molecules in the outer atmosphere. The satellites depicted in the movie could not possibly have lasted over 700 years in orbit; the Skylab space station, for example, was only able to stay in orbit for six years before it crashed to earth.

BocaDavie

Correction: Human technology presented here was able to create, among other things, a huge spaceship filled with a great number of humans over several centuries, with artificial gravity and a whole host of intelligent robots. Building satellites that are able to stay in orbit for a few centuries should be rather easy for them.

"Orbital decay" is the least of the problems here. Thrice throughout the film, we see a densely packed envelope of trashed satellites (which have lost the ability to fight orbital decay). The real threat to this envelope is called a "collisional cascade." The EVE's transport alone must have initiated one. At 0:33:34, we see the ship going through the envelope and... leaves it largely untouched. This is either magic or a movie mistake.

FleetCommand

Corrected entry: When Wall-E gets struck by lightning while holding an umbrella over EVE, watch his solar charge meter fill all the way up after the first strike.

Correction: The sites rules state that simple observations made by just watching the film are not 'trivia'.

Lummie

Corrected entry: The Zippo(C) lighter fluid would have evaporated and would not have ignited when attempting to light it.

Correction: Since this movie takes place in the future and we have no idea what the fluid in the lighter is, this isn't a mistake.

SexyIrishLeprechaun

Corrected entry: At several points, Wall-E and Eve are speaking and making noises outside the Axiom. In reality, we shouldn't be able to hear anything.

Correction: This is a common moviemaking technique. We all know that there is no sound in space, yet we need to know what the characters are (trying) to communicate.

wizard_of_gore

Correction: The evacuation occurred in our future. We don't know what kind of batteries they could have come up with. We don't have Wast Allocation Load Lifter technology yet either.

Phixius

Corrected entry: How do the Axiom and the robots run? Surely not solar power since they are in the Kuiper Belt with almost no sunlight. Not wind power. Nuclear power would require lots of water and getting rid of radioactive waste, with the possibility of a meltdown. How do they run?

Brooks Jr.

Correction: Just because something isn't directly explained in the film, it doesn't make it a mistake, merely an unanswered question; try to learn the difference and submit in that section next time. There are all sorts of possibilities - controlled fusion reactions, Star Trek-style matter/anti-matter annihilation. We're talking technology a hundred years more advanced than our own, who knows what they might have come up with.

Tailkinker

Correction: Having looked at the relevant shots closely, as I thought this sounded rather fun, I can't see him. Please provide additional information regarding his location in the scene.

Tailkinker

There are two bowling pins on one of the shelves. You can see his head in between.

Correction: It's a very clear shot. He is between two bowling pins.

Correction: The entire opening third of the movie is set around piles of trash. If you're going to point out things of this nature, please take the time to make it clear exactly where this can be seen. "Early in the movie" is not remotely sufficient.

Tailkinker

Correction: It's a very low chance that it is actually Skinner's scooter. There are probably hundreds of them amongst the rubbish.

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Continuity mistake: When Wall-E presents Eve with the plant, he is facing her directly. When Eve is later viewing the footage from her security camera, Wall-E is shown facing at an angle towards the left of the screen, instead of straight ahead.

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Captain: I don't want to survive. I want to live!

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Trivia: EVE's iPod-like design can be attributed to the fact that she was designed by the same man who designed the iPod, Johnny Ive.

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Question: Just a question about the remarkable resemblance to Johnny Five from the Short Circuit films. Is Wall-E intentionally modeled this way or is it just a coincidence they look so alike?

Answer: It certainly wasn't intentional, although the director, Andrew Stanton, has acknowledged that he did see Short Circuit many years ago and agrees that it could well have been a subconscious influence. WALL-E was principally designed with the job that he does in mind - the design brief was to consider WALL-E as an appliance first, what he would need to look like in order to do his job efficiently, then work out how to read emotion into the character after that. Stanton has stated that the chief inspiration for WALL-E's eyes came from a pair of binoculars, which he decided looked happy or sad depending on which way up they were.

Tailkinker

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