I noticed that WALL-E’s cubic body may actually not have enough space for both his arms and his eyes/head when he retracts them. I’m not really sure how to say this in words, but I will try: his arms and eyes look like they have to occupy a bit of the same space inside his body when he cubes himself up. Do you agree?
There’s also the bit about the top-most, horizontal groove on the sides of his body that his arms slide along on. They apparently “disappear” when he retracts his arms, but that begs the question again: Does he have enough space for those retracted grooves too?
No, WALL-E does not fit inside of his cube. It’s a very convincing cheat though. In the computer, he actually collapses to fit in there. The modelers and animators did a great job though, because I wouldn’t have known unless I had read the article about animating WALL-E.
I feel like one of those children who has been told that Santa isn’t real. Noes!
Yeah, I’ve heard about that before too. It’s a real shame, but I didn’t notice it whilst actually watching the film, and I haven’t heard anyone bring it up outside of the boards. That’s the magic of Pixar animation!
And anyway WALL-E himself already has other elements that are difficult to achieve in real life, such as his eyelids (the frontal surface of his eyes don’t appear to have enough space for them) and the resizing/folding cover above his head. With that in mind it’s easier to forgive the space issue with his arms/eyes. It’s probably still possible for him to that, but it would have to be quite a tight squeeze in there.
It’s a tight fit at best. Will we ever make Wall-e’s that look and do exactly what the movie Wall-e can do? Maybe. Because their robot was made 100 years in the future, and that’s Advanced Technology. So we don’t know precisely what’s going on inside of that box during the packaging / rest / protection mode. There is a lot of mystery and maybe one day science fact to convince you Doubting Thomas’.
Read the article, the way WALL-E fits in his “box” is by deforming (out of audiences view) into it. The CG model basically collapses. And I’m not doubting anything, just telling people what I know, straight from Emeryville!
Yeah, I’ve heard about that before too. It’s a real shame, but I didn’t notice it whilst actually watching the film, and I haven’t heard anyone bring it up outside of the boards. That’s the magic of Pixar animation!
