When I first heard of Wall-E, I didn’t think too much about it cuz I thought it was gonna be boring lol. But last Wednesday, when I was forced to watch it (we have a movie day every Wednesday at this summer fun program I’m working at) I fell in love with it lol. I can’t stop thinking about it cuz its sooooo awesome. Lots of parts made me feel warm and fuzzy inside 
I especially like EVE lol. I like the voice, look, and facial expressions 
Happy Birthday Wall•E!
Hopefully some of the others like Le_chocolat and Actine will see this thread. I had been watching the countdown to one year for the past few months, but somehow got caught up in the Up hoopla (which yesterday became the #1 top movie of 2009, so far). How embarrassing that we missed the June 27th opening. Shame on us all!
Wall•E was the only reason I came to this website. (It was tempting to go online and talk about one other film, 10 years ago, but never did.) When I saw that the movie was going to be out of the theaters soon, I bought the cd, and it was so good that I couldn’t wait any longer and finally registered, rather than just coming here to read stuff. Few movies have much of a loyal following, as an example just try to find a site for Kung Fu Panda, or even DreamWorks (poor DW). Guess you have to go to rottentomatoes or some such place and read brief comments. It’s nice to know that the earlier Pixar movies paved the way for this gathering place.
The idea for him is about 15 years old, that lunch in 1994. But most of us only know him as being a year old, with perhaps a few months earlier seeing an ad. So, for the 0-2 Pixar employees who come to this website and actually see this thread and actually worked on the movie, thanx. Now plz read the adjacent “Wall-E sequel?” thread… lol.
There are many personal reasons for which Wall•E affected me deeply, so I can’t expect most other viewers to have the same kind of feeling. Many interesting people have told me that they merely “loved Wall•E”. My response was on a whole different plane. I don’t call myself a fanatic or obsessed with it. It’s more like a cause to be taken up, a calling. Yes folks, I distinctly hear Wall•E calling out “yoo-hoo” to me. And I’m bored with what I really do in life. I don’t see the results, it’s all rather nebulous. I’m certain that several people at Pixar have indirectly been educated or stimulated by the service that I provide just a few miles away. But I will never know for sure, since there isn’t any recognition process.
HAPP•E BIRTHDAY, WALL•E!
To a movie with heart and the cutest robot ever, I hope you inspire many people in the years to come and that you are just as enjoyable in 50 years’ time as you have been for 1 year already.
Oh wow, has it been a year? Yeah I guess it has. Fun flies when yer having a good time. Anyway, Happy 1st Anniversary WALL-E!
One year? Already? It doesn’t seem that long…
Anyhow, your probably expecting a wall of text from me as to how much I love Wall-E, along with the characters he experiences in the movie, but I’ll save you the trouble and hope that you understand how much I care about this movie and how much it’s changed me. Thank you Pixar, you’ve made for many good days ahead.
~ Mygames19
Just wondering if there has been any sort of celebration beyond our little thread here. I’m so tempted to go to Pixar and stand outside with some sort of ‘Thank you’ sign. But then they will think Ima kook. You need at least two people, and three is even better, looks like a movement.
If I had done so, I’m sure to have been given a piece of the yellow (with black stripes) birthday cake. Hmmm… well, we do indeed need a cake on this occasion, so here you go:
Just for kicks... Here the consensus isn’t clear, but perhaps he mutated into a rare Costa Rican yellow frog from all the mutagens in the environment.
Happy first anniversary WALL-E. That was a fast year. Pixar continues to impress.
Those are awesome! I was actually wanting an Up cake for my B-day in about a month. (one of the house would be cool.) The life-size one is really amazing. I didn’t know cake could do that!
I’m gonna watch Wall•E tomorrow, so I’ll be posting back here again probably, Happy B-Day little guy!
A full day of celebration, in fact:
Anniversary Viewing - walleforum.com/index.php?topic=5455.0
WALL-E Trivia - walleforum.com/index.php?topic=5452.0
(Bear in mind those threads are short, the true celebration is contained in the chat logs posted within.)
Anniversary Forum - walleforum.com/index.php?board=78.0
Birthday Wishes from WALL-E Forum - walleforum.com/index.php?topic=5450.0
And a link to others’ celebrations:
walleforum.com/index.php?topic=5446.0
Including:
Netbug’s - community.livejournal.com/wallev … 11665.html
Fan-Fic-a-Thon - community.livejournal.com/wall_e … 21393.html
And others.
Yes, the Wall-E Forum is having a massive celebration there now… 
Is instantly reminded of cheesy Kool & The Gang number
Wow, I can’t believe it’s been a year. Happy birthday Wall-E, you were one of the best movies I have ever seen!
Yes indeed, they did! I wanted to participate in the viewing, but I had my own personal one. I planned on having it at 10 pm on June 27, because that was the first time I saw WALL-E, but I took a nap and woke up at 1:35 am the next day. So I immediately watched it even though I was late. I am a little disappointed in myself, because I had been planning that anniversary viewing for months. In about February, I forced myself not to watch WALL-E until June 27, 10 pm. And I missed it. 
Anyways, it was still as magical as ever. That film never ceases to amaze me, and I don’t think it ever will. I remember saying as soon as the credits started rolling, “This is my new favorite movie. Period”. My opinion hasn’t changed since. And it’s not like I’m biased or narrow-minded towards other movies. There simply just isn’t a film better than WALL-E, IMO. The story is so unique and beautiful. The animation is detailed to perfection. The score is breathtaking. When I first walked into the theater, I thought, “This is just going to be another cute Pixar movie”. It was much more than that. And now I am inspired to pursue the passion I have always had but never thought possible for me: film.
I remember when I came home from the theater: I immediately searched everything WALL-E/Pixar related I could find, and I was lead here. This was the first Pixar-related forum I found, so I will forever remember this place. I loved everyone’s enthusiasm and wanted so badly to participate, but didn’t feel worthy. I’m not one of those cool people who’s uncle’s best friend’s husband’s formed roommate works at Pixar. I don’t live in California or know anyone who works in film. I am a mere peasant. 
The past year would have been very different without WALL-E. I underwent a lot of projects and things relating to WALL-E. I made a video, wrote a fan-fiction, organized a community scrapbook that was sent to Pixar themselves (hopefully they looked at it. I know it got there), went to DIsney World, etc. etc. It was a really fun ride. I have so many great memories from the past year thanks to WALL-E. I just wish it wouldn’t all end.
Happy Anniversary to WALL-E, EVE, Andrew Stanton, Ben Burtt, Thomas Newman, and all the wonderful people who made WALL-E change our lives!
In the spirit of the movie, I am recycling this poor old thread to commemorate the 2nd anniversary of our dear friend. Also, being a bit of a contrarian is involved, tee-hee.
What have I done in the past year with Wall-E? Not enough! There have been 7-8 issues of Wall-e from BoomKids, most of which I just bought and haven’t read. I see the movie about every 2-3 months or so, and watch the featurettes on the dvd about every 9 months. There have been numerous appearances of Wall-E and friends in the Disney and Me kids magazine, and a nice story in the Xmas book, heavily talked about here. But the many projects I was hoping to work on will have to wait to start until the end of summer. Only one, a screenplay, has been chugging along nicely. Most of my projects are ‘secret’ projects, black box projects ‘hush-hush’ and such.
Lately, been watching on a dvd series something called “Ecology and the Human Environment” by a guy who looks somewhat like Mr. Stanton and who hails from the same Boston area. It was very costly to purchase, even used, just one copy was available. This scientist involves himself with lots of little critters, as opposed to little fishes/bots. I had been on a geology / environmental history kick for about 3 years previous to our cubing friend.
As for this website, I mostly have gone to the Up forum and posted some things there. I’m a stranger to most of the subforums here.
Interesting. I’ve also been watching the progress of Jeff Garlin on his weight loss, which is an indirect result of his role in Wall-E
Fair warning! The third Anniversary is fast approaching! While not much is happening here beyond the usual sprinkles of posts, there seems to be quite a bit going on over at Walleforum.com, as usual. Posts concerning the anniversary, contests, and movie viewings are well underway for a celebration there beginning the 25th. The precise release date was June 27, 2008. Check it out!
There we go, 3 years now and still recycling this anniversary thread! And a respectable number of new people have come to our subforum in the past year. Many have moved on to other subforums, the new releases, the fanfic and artsy pads. This past year I was supposed to move along with several Wall-E projects and have only worked on one of them, not the 3 hoped for. If only the proverbial ‘dumb job’ was out of the way.
The Best Wall-E posts of the past year have been the Letter by Blessed Light and the video by Davian, in my opinion. The Lego Wall-E post doesn’t seem to work anymore, if you type everything in then you have to register at some site. It seems that creative projects are becoming more important here, with movie discussion being mostly a rehash of older threads.
Hey, just noticed while reading some of the posts here that Le_chocolat hasn’t posted on the Wall-E thread for nearly 2 full years now (exhaustive search shows he came by one year ago to comment about Newt in the Upcoming Pixar subforum). Anyone know where he went? He was one of the handful of mainstays here, beyond the site admn’s, put this movie first and foremost. It was why he came here in the first place. I miss his contributions.
My word, has it really been three years?
Well, let’s all raise a glass to a film that everyone at Pixar should aspire to.
Cheers WALL-E … and of course Eve!
Happy anniversary WALL-E! Jeez, I can’t believe it’s been so long. I remember when all of the commercials and things were coming out. It seems like yesterday! Happy birthday, and thank you for being such a lovely movie
Happy 3rd anniversary WALL-E!!!