Episode 54 - Wall-E (Crossover w/ Talking The Mickey)

<p>This week we're going to the dystopian future for a love story between Johnny Five and the latest Apple HomePod in Wall-E.  Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew – Ian, Liam, Ellie, and Georgia - alongside Ethan from Talking the Mickey - as we allow Disney/Pixar to lecture us about the dangers of big corporations taking over the world. It's a humanity-filled 54th episode as we discuss:</p> <ul><li>How a single lunch meeting brought us a decade of Pixar releases</li> <li>We discuss the similarities between Wall-E's character design and the main attraction from the Short Circuit series of films</li> <li>We ask if children from 7-14 would love a dialogue free (and therefore, largely joke-free) film</li> <li>We gush over some of the visual sequences both on Earth and off</li> <li>Does Pixar just repurpose The Little Mermaid for their own use (that's an awfully Wall-E thing to do actually)</li> <li>Ian imagines a remaking of the film with American rapper Wale in the titular role</li> <li>We all start to feel a bit hypocritical about our own screen usage.</li> <li>Ian discusses the ridiculousness of burger imagery to a society that's never eaten a proper hamburger</li> <li>Whether or not this a glorified silent film</li> <li>Whether or not Wall-E is the Best Film Ever</li> </ul> <p>Massive thanks to Lex Van Der Berghe for the use of 'Mistake' by Luckydog.  Catch more from Lex's new band, The Maids of Honor at <a href='https://soundcloud.com/themaidsofhonor'>https://soundcloud.com/themaidsofhonor</a></p> <p>Also massive thanks to Moonlight Social for our age game theme song.  You can catch more from them at <a href='https://www.moonlightsocialmusic.com/'>https://www.moonlightsocialmusic.com/</a></p>