After the jump, I’ve got a new promo video/trailer for Wall E, which introduces a bunch of new characters from the film.

I’m excited for this movie, but the way Pixar has so thoroughly figured out the formula for making non-organic characters endearing has me a little freaked out.  Pretty soon they’re going to be making robot pets that are so uncreepy that even non-Japanese schoolgirls can own them.  The day American trends catch up with Japanese is the day I bow respectfully to conceal my love of really dirty porno.

/Film found this video of an animatronic Wall E roaming the streets of LA.  The mobile animatronic version of Wall E was developed by Disney/Pixar for Disney amusement parks, presumably so that teenagers could beat something up that doesn’t have a tiny, terrified out-of-work actor inside.

Watching the video, I can safely say I haven’t been this sexually attracted to a robot since Small Wonder went off the air. Still, as far as robots go, I think I still have to give the edge to these guys:

EW released their summer preview issue this week, along with their predictions for the top ten highest grossing movies of the summer.

1. Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (355.9 million)
2. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (310.8 million)
3. Hancock (280.4 million)
4. Wall-E (280.3 million)
5. Iron Man (267.7 million)
6. The Dark Knight (255.0 million)
7. Kung Fu Panda (244.6 million)
8. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (176.5 million)
9. The Incredible Hulk (147.2 million)
10. Tropic Thunder (146.6 million)

Probably the biggest surprise is Chronicles of Narnia at #2, four spots ahead of the Dark Knight and three above Iron Man.  You can read a well-researched, quantitative breakdown of intangibles (*cough, nerds!, cough*) that partly explains EW’s theory over at /Film, or you can simply join me for a vigorous session of pejorative air masturbating. 

We thumb our nose, EW.  Good day!

In these two vignettes from Wall E (after the jump), the lovable little robot encounters a magnet and a vacuum – he’s curious, get it?

Both 30-second clips were created by 18 foreigners working rounding the clock shifts for seven years.  Most of them are dead now, and I really could’ve used someone to teach me how to embed video properly.

Pixar just released a brand new four-minute featurette from Wall E, narrated by writer/director Andrew Stanton – who previously did Finding Nemo, perhaps the finest film to watch stoned of all time.

“Wall E takes place 800 years into the future.  Mankind has left the planet hoping to return once it’s been cleaned up – a task left to robots.  The problem is, all the robots have finally broken down.  Except for one, Wall E – a robot with one tiny little glitch.  He’s developed a personality.”

Yeah, sometimes that happens with strippers too.  Usually I just stuff a dollar in their g-string and put my index finger up to my lips.  I’m like The Dog Whisperer when it comes to strippers.  "Ju see?  Thee pro-blame ees dat ju knee to cho dem who ees dee pack lee-dare."