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
20th Sep 2009
Wall-E (2008)
15th Jul 2008
Wall-E (2008)
Corrected entry: Wall-E only knows the name of the other robot as Eve-a (as he calls her throughout the film), but when lasering their names into the pole, he writes "Wall-E & Eve". Since he never saw her name printed (and never corrected his pronounciation) he should have carved "Eve-a".
Correction: The mispronunciation is not because he doesn't know her name, but because his "voice" has limited capabilities. he can't make a "v" sound without the "uh" after it.
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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