Anyone else notice all of the apple promotion going on in WALL-E?

[mikes70mustang]

I havnt found any threads on this yet, maybe this is an old topic, if so please direct me. But did anyone notice all the apple stuff in the movie wall-e? Like wall-es start up sound. The i-pod, the sleek white macbookish look to eve. I read something about steve jobs owning a lot of disney, who owns pixar. Nothing like a little subtle messaging lol

 

[Big-TDI-Guy]

For some reason when I think Pixar, I think Apple. Weird, eh?

Scroll down to the "Pixar and Disney" section.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs

 

[jmann]

Apple + Pixar = Steve Jobs

 

[thomahawk]

well jobs is the owner of pixar stuidios (i think?) so it would make sense, plus all the movies are made on a mac too! xD

 

[Phat_Pat]

the guy who designed the ipod also designed eve or something didnt he?

 

[millar876]

From what i remember...

the rotating ring under EVEs floating head is the spinning lines from iPhones network activity icon

WALL-Es reboot sound is mac boot sound

AUTO uses a standard macintalk voice (think its bruce)

WALL-E uses an iPod 5G (video) to watch hello Dolly on Betamax

Steve Jobs baught Pixar from George Lucas, when lucas sold it off to pay for part of his divorce settlement

Steve jobs sits on the board at disney (part of the deal for disney to redistribute Pixar movies)

And Jonathan Ive designed many (if not all) the rebots and ships in WALL-E

what i want to know is when will we get an iPod with video IN? like WALL-Es

 

[RemarkabLee]

well jobs is the owner of pixar stuidios (i think?) so it would make sense, plus all the movies are made on a mac too! xD

Disney bought Pixar from Steve and as a result, Steve is now the largest single shareholder of Disney.

 

[bartelby]

Disney bought Pixar from Steve and as a result, Steve is now the largest single shareholder of Disney.

Now there's something to be proud of.

I've noticed that Disney don't seem to be in as much trouble as they were a few years back. Does this coincide with his Jobsness?

 

[GoCubsGo]

WALL-Es reboot sound is mac boot sound

I actually smiled a bit when I heard this. Then again I was drinking.

 

[mexicali]

The Mac stuff is not so subtle at all. It's like they want the audience to know.

 

[descartes]

the pixar documentary explains a lot of the ownership and is overall an interesting doc.

 

[zflauaus]

the pixar documentary explains a lot of the ownership and is overall an interesting doc.

I loved the documentary, namely whenever they got to Lucas and Jobs at Pixar.

 

[Stepper]

I loved the documentary, namely whenever they got to Lucas and Jobs at Pixar.

Where can I watch this documentary?

 

[doubleohseven]

For some reason when I think Pixar, I think Apple. Weird, eh?

That's not weird at all; I also refer to Apple when I think Pixar. Whenever I see a Pixar film I say to myself "Thank you, Apple".

 

[mannix87]

in case you've forgotten, the earlier version of the iMac had the pixar lamp (luxor jr) as the inspiration.

 

[descartes]

Where can I watch this documentary?

it's been on cable the past few days. not sure if there is a dvd or not.

 

[zflauaus]

Where can I watch this documentary?

I'm not sure if it's available elsewhere, but it's on disc 2 of the Wall-E DVD.

 

[themoonisdown09]

Where can I watch this documentary?

There's a trailer for it on this website.

 

[apsterling]

I've noticed that Disney don't seem to be in as much trouble as they were a few years back. Does this coincide with his Jobsness?

Probably moreso due to Eisner leaving.

 

[macfan881]

eve is also loosely based of the automator robot if you look closely enough