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We see a skyscraper of cubed garbage. A dusty red sky. A single, solitary robot who has developed a personality because he has been alone for 700 years.

When WALL-E premiered in 2008, we clapped at the Pixar charm. We cried when the robot held his own hand. We laughed at the fat humans floating in hover-chairs. wall e full

We have dismissed this film as a children's romance about a rusty trash compactor. But Andrew Stanton didn't make a love story. He made a trap. He set it in 2805, but he baited it with 2008, and we walked right into it in 2024. We see a skyscraper of cubed garbage

The genius of the opening is that WALL-E is more human than any human we meet for the next hour. He collects trinkets. He watches Hello, Dolly! He longs for connection. He is us—or rather, he is who we were before the algorithm optimized our boredom away. Let’s talk about the humans. When WALL-E premiered in 2008, we clapped at the Pixar charm

Fifteen years later, watching WALL-E isn't a nostalgic trip. It’s a horror documentary.

But look closer at that final frame. The Earth is still a mess. The garbage towers are still in the background. The recovery will take centuries.

When we finally meet the captain and the passengers of the Axiom, we are supposed to laugh. They are gelatinous blobs. They cannot walk. They wear virtual reality screens on their faces 24/7. They talk to friends six inches away via video call.