Feb 21 2008WALL-E Gamecube Mod Looks Great

...I think that may be the cutest thing ever.

I simply cannot believe that otherwise intelligent human beings are buying into this movie actually being worth a damn.
I know there's a lot of Pixar nerds out there awaiting the next CGI fart that escapes the vaunted buttcheeks of their animation-overlords, but now even Geekologie, the ever-cynical watchdog I've trusted to filter good-geek from bad-geek for me is on board with this crap?
I thought the Short Circuit/*batteries not included similarities alone would offer enough ammunition for you to repel the advances of the "Little Cute-Box That Could", at least until the release date of the film and it's inevitable box-office dominance....

shut up.

No, you shut up.

#2: someone got up from the wrong side of the bed...or in your case, probably fell off the wrong bed in the wrong house in the middle of the night while it was being burgled and set ablaze, all while needing to pee, and after having gotten over chronic diarrhea.

Having said that, I have an appreciation for what Pixar has brought to the table over the past two decades, and would enjoy watching Wall-E

Now regarding the mod, it's neat, I must say it looks very well done. A bit sad the writer called it "an old gamecute..." when I remember when it came out...aging sucks.

Oh and #2, he posted it because of the mod, not because of the movie. The writer may filter you out for either bad-geek, or [insert relevant category here].

I agree with #3...Seriously, if it's bothering you that much go watch Shrek or something.

EDIT: Gamecube*

There is no such word as "gotten".
Idiot.

#6, aww you remember when Gamecube came out and feel aged? I remember when you could go to Round Table Pizza and the greatest game offering was a table top Pac Man. And I'm not old.

#8: perhaps it is you who are the idiot. I'm surprised you didn't bother looking up the word before blatantly saying it's nonexistent.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/gotten

That's the link, it's a word. Research much?

And Amy (#9), hah, I didn't mean that the gamecube was a representation of aging as directly correlating one to the other, but more so I meant that things like that (little things) remind me of getting old...like new technology that comes out now (or the music I would listen to as a kid gets played on the "oldies" stations) becomes obsolete and is considered "old" after a while...just making me over-think my age is all. I'm not old, but it reminds me of aging.

@#2
someone's pms'ing

@#8
godaaym grammer nazzee. wai iz u alweys so smaart

I would never argue that this isn't a remarkably well-done mod.
I just question the kind of blind adoration that results in this much effort going into creating a mod to honor a film that NONE OF YOU HAVE ACTUALLY SEEN YET.

And hey, maybe I'm wrong. Maybe it's a great film, worthy of this level of admiration.
With it's heartwarming blend of all-ages comedy and it's inspiring message (that the pluckiest of robo-spirits can overcome even the forces of obsolescence to attain true love), I'm certain it will win the Oscar for Best Animated Feature.

Meanwhile, the film doesn't even release until the end of June and you're all stumbling all over yourselves to be first in line to preemptively suck off the Pixar crew. Is it physically possible to pat someone on the back while their penis is in your mouth? Stay tuned, we'll find out as the hype surrounding Pixar's well-polished turd continues to mount....

#12: I just don't see why you're saying such things about a film, which, you yourself said, hasn't been released yet. You're assuming the built it to honor the film, but that's not the case at all.

"because it reminds us a lot on the old Nr.5 and we just love Wall-E on the first sight....:-)"

That's why they did it. It doesn't take a feature film to see a character and get a feel for what they are, who they are, how they'd make you feel (which is the exact purpose of a trailer...trying to sum up a character/plot/etc. so you can get your opinion within minutes before watching the film). They loved Johnny 5, as I'm sure we all do (I know I do), and since this robot reminded them of him, then they built it. No harm, no foul.

Ha ha, Giantdrunkenrobot, I totally agree. Johnny 5 will always be my robot.

Anyways, time will tell.

What's to love at first sight?
It's a rusty turd-box that vaguely resembles Number 5 from Short Circuit!

@Giantdrunkenrobot
Your either a frustrated CGI artist, failed competitor, or your resume never made it past the Pixar HR desk? Your vitriol for their work could have no other basis. Their track record guarantees a certain amount respect sight unseen. Hell even Microsoft has fanboys. Grow up.

PB&J: Thanks for proving my point.
I'm none of those things.

And I don't hate everything they've done, I just don't understand worshiping every dingleberry that drops from their sainted arses.
It's been very disappointing seeing them go from The Incredibles to the apocryphal Cars to this.

Who's worshiping? A bunch of guys got together, said "what can we make out of what we've got" got the solution and made it, simple.

If it reminds them of Number 5, then that's their way of reminiscing...why must you be adamantly against that? Bad childhood memories? You weren't nursed? No need to be argumentative over nothing. If you're upset, there are people to talk to, and blog places to post on for that. This mod qualifies as a gadget, a gizmo, and awesome. Stuff that I make, I like displaying, no matter how much other people may dislike it...of course all my stuff is real and I've found no one who hates my products, but that's just me.

But in any case, I see where your level of maturity is in all this.

i havent seen this big a shitstorm over a kids movie since ernest goes to jail

@Giantdrunkenrobot -- Why is cars apocryphal? Was the script stolen?? Or were you just trying to use a big word?

@#18

Quote: "no need to be argumentative over nothing"
Weren't you the one who started all this and criticised Pixar for a film you haven't even seen yet?

Oh, the irony.

@ #8 and #10

i think you'll find that although "gotten" is not a word in real english, north america has added it to their vocabulary. no bother, it provides entertainment for the rest of us.

as for this cgi war thing going on - i have never been engrossed in a film because of effects alone. for me, it is, and will always be, the story. this is probably the reason why i never saw any of the jurassic park movies and people still talk about the effects therein.

make me laugh, make me cry - but dont woo me with your special effects on a sub par story....yawn.

@21: No, guate6 (#18) was not the one that "started all this and criticised Pixar for a film you haven't even seen yet". That was Giantdrunkenrobot.

In related news: I, for one, would never try to argue with a drunken robot.

especially not a giant one - can you imagine.

Cars was apocryphal because it hijacked the script for Doc Hollywood and basically just recast it with a bunch of stupid CGI car characters.
While you might argue that it's really just a rehashing of the timeless Country Mouse / City Mouse story, I specifically cite Doc Hollywood because I'm trying to be as insulting as possible.

I'm also really enjoying the fact that somebody who is defending a Game Cube modded to look like the star of an upcoming children's cartoon is questioning my maturity.

And again, to be clear, I don't hate modding or modders. I don't even question the validity of this post on Geekologie, I just question the blind loyalty to all things Pixar. (and let's not pretend that the guys who made this just said "Hey, what have we got laying around.... hmmm.... that kinda looks like Pixar's new rusty turd-box of a robot character, let's spend the next five days meticulously modding a Game Cube to look like it!")
It's as though you're all a bunch of man-babies who've decided that as long as it took the most highly skilled animators and the newest most bleeding-edge technology to create that it doesn't matter that the end result is a bland and inoffensive paste of cutesy bullcrap. I'm sick of Pixar (and other animation houses) getting a free pass because it all just looks so damned pretty and amazing. I'm sick of celebrity voice-overs taking precedence over a well-written story. I'm sick of animation being confined to childish paradigms. For all their technical prowess, Pixar may as well be working on the next Shrek/Madagascar/Open Season/Over The Hedge/Shark Tale....

#25: you're just sad and jealous. I think I figured it out though. The writers strike was not unanimously ended, it was a majority vote. It seems to me you were not in that majority, if in fact you are a writer, seeing as you so ardently write against big companies who do impressive things. Either way, the fact stands that you say the mod is acceptable/neat but are clearly blasting the movie. This article is about the damn gamecube being modded, nothing more. No one is praising it, or worshiping it. People are simply appreciating the artwork. Who cares if the movie hasn't come out yet, it's a neat mod.

You know that Hasbro came out with Transformers Action FIgures before the movie was released? They also came out with figures not even in the first movie (that have been rumored to appear in the sequel coming out next year). People have been doing things like this for a while, and you need to go to an anti-Wall-E website and put the movie on blast there. Stop filling this with your stupid nonsense that no one cares about. Go get a hooker, go get laid, blow off some steam, run a marathon, do something to calm down, because I can almost see the blood vessels around your heart just ready to pop.

#22: Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary clearly states:
Main Entry: gotten
past participle of GET.
The copyright date is 2002, so while it may not have been a word while I was growing up, it has been a word for some years now.

Like "America" is defined as North America and South America combined. People use it for meaning the "United States," however incorrect that may be. So people did it so much, that it was adopted into the dictionary, and now a definition for America is also "referring to the United States." People using definitions and words is how language and dictionaries evolve.

EDIT: "...impressive things, you are clearly against the movie for similar purposes."

guate6: You win. You care way more about defending the rusty turd-box than I do about attacking it.

You've really got it all figured out, don't you? I'm impressed.

Your love of all things Pixar and your noble defense of "big companies who do impressive things" has won me over, and I present you with the "He-Who-Gives-A-Shit Most Award". To accept your trophy, please post your mailing address promptly.

(BTW- the award is a special gold-plated pre-release action figure of DOPE-E the lovable wisecracking hillbilly robot character voiced by Larry the Cable Guy in the WALL-E sequel, WALL-E 2: Roboboogaloo!)

Awesome, thanks for taking the time to do that for me, it shows you really care. I'm glad you completely and fully understood what I was meaning to say and what everyone else was meaning to say. So what if you interpret it backwards, that's ok, at least I get an award. You can mail it to.

Award-Winner
4 Delight Ave
Nottingham, MD 21236-4118

Blah , mod is cool and the word "gotten"" i knew it from a few years ago and im not from the U.S, im from México. But i've learned that at school, and makes me angry seeing the ignorant saying "that word doesn't exist" without knowing.... well go to hell...

WOW. These guys are mature... -.-

Giantdrunkenrobot sounds bitter. Sadly, this interferes with his ability to appreciate a mod on the purely aesthetically pleasing elements or skill. Pixar turned him down for a job maybe? This was about the mod, but he had to turn it into some I H8 Pixar rant. Then came the usual tiring Johnny 5 versus Wall-e rant. Snore.

It's sad that haters of anything (a console, a game, a movie) have to bring the fight to everywhere they go, puffing up their chest, pounding their fists, and name calling or resorting to nitpicking someone's grammar, i.e. Har har you misspelled that word, so you must be stupid and wrong! Honesty, grow up. Just because someone doesn't boil over with seething hatred for something doesn't make them a fanboy. There are plenty of other more relevant places to take these argument.

Back on topic, a Gamecube does make a perfect Wall-e body. Do the treads move? Add a motor, and make your GC mobile!

THAT LOOOOOOKKKKKKKKKKKSSSSSS AAAAAAAAWWWWWWWEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSOM,EEEEEEEEEEEEEE

THAT IS REALLY THE CUTEST THING EVER I WISH I HAD MY OWN WALLE ROBOT.I WOULD CUDDLE IT.

walle is awsome

To the writer of "#16", well put!

To Giantdrunkenrobot, you really need to think about the audience that Pixar caters to, you idiot... of course you don't like most Pixar films, neither do I. But I have to say, WALL-E was awesome! I think you need to confront your fears and go see it. Back to the topic of this excellent mod...

To the Writer of "#32", movable Gamecube WALL-E :O ! That sounds awesome! xD

But really... if I'm serious...
What we see here is just pure dedication and excellence of the highest level, combining the adorable cuteness of WALL-E with the erm... the cubey cubeness of the Nintendo Gamecube. I really feel jealous of this creation, if only my GCN could look so good, but anyway, if anyone here deserves an award, it's the modder who made this. Thanks!

And so what if he looks like NO.5? NO.5 looks like ROB the Nintendo Robot, and he looks like WALL-E, oh and WALL-E looks like many other things...

But never a rusty turd-box!

mola muchisimo la GAME CUBE de WALL E

o.e id REALLY hate to be the person beside the lady who talked about this pic (wich is mega-cute) at the movies, kuz not only does something happen to WALL-E, but SEVERAL bad things happen! Like he gets blasted into a wall and loses an eye, nearly kills his frend Mr. Cockaroach, almost gets blown up buy a PMSing robot ( LOVE EVE!!!!) he loses his treads (dunno if its BAD but unfortunate), he gets hit in the head buy a tire, gets electracuted in the memory chip (NOOOO WALL-E!!!!!!) lol i cried out NOOOO in the theater just as EVE does! oh, and he almost gets blown up in a self-distructing excape pod, HE GETS CLEANED!!! and he gets squashed by a tube-thingy. im SURE i missed some parts but u cant expect em to recall EVERYTHING (thatd be spoiling the whole movie ;) )

Alright, I'm a bit late but with the knowledge that Wall-e comes out on the 18th I figured I should add some input.

This is a KID'S MOVIE!!!! So kids aged 4 to 12 would be the target audience, and their parents of course.

All Pixar's trying to do is let kids know that if we don't do something soon, the Earth will be covered in garbage and well end up as fat, lazy people with decreased bone-mass lazing around in sapce.

It's about Global warming and the human population's pollution.

And what better way to get kids involved than by sending a message through cute robot characters and a intresting plot that lets kids know that no matter how small you are, you can make a diiference.

for god's sake, just let the kids have their movie. If you don't like Pixar, don't watch it. If you don't like Wall-e, ignore commercials, merchandise and the movie itself.

Don't act like a bum-f*** and ruin everyone else enjoyment of this little robot.

Now go run upstairs to your mommy, and tell her people and the internet actually have lives and you don't.

Where can I buy this??? =D

I don't know what the big deal of Wall-E was, its just a regurgitated Short Circuit. But anyway the guy who made this shows exceptional talent and creativity, so cool for him.

Oh and #2, he posted it because of the mod, not because of the movie. The writer may filter you out for either bad-geek, or [insert relevant category here].