Is Wall-E Overrated?

Head to http://squarespace.com/minale to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or a domain! ➤ BOOK CLUB / NEWSLETTER https://highbrowclub.org/ https://minale.substack.com/ ➤ PRODUCTION written by Mina Le and Am Wyckoff edited by Charlee Reiff ➤ SOCIALS Instagram: http://instagram.com/gremlita TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gremlita Letterboxd: http://boxd.it/7YgX ➤ CONTACT Business email: [email protected] ➤ SOURCES Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?, Mark Fisher, 2009. The Idea of Nature in Disney Animation: From Snow White to WALL•E, “WALL•E: Nostalgia and the Apocalypse of Trash,” David Whitley, 2012. The Uninhabitable Earth, David Wallace-Wells, 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-2ZD4DbTcU https://www.animationartconservation.com/design-with-a-purpose%2C-an-interview-with-ralph-eggleston.html https://www.researchgate.net/publication/359693411_Public_understanding_of_artificial_intelligence_through_entertainment_media https://youtu.be/R3Hj_MiSRks?si=2m1y940B0lHw6CW5 https://graziadaily.co.uk/fashion/trends/wired-earphones-style/ https://www.reddit.com/r/CuratedTumblr/comments/1dq6cwb/fuck_it_walle_discourse_upon_ye/ https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2017/jul/10/100-fossil-fuel-companies-investors-responsible-71-global-emissions-cdp-study-climate-change https://www.npr.org/2025/07/24/nx-s1-5477662/diet-exercise-obesity-nutrition https://slate.com/technology/2008/07/pixar-s-wall-e-sends-the-wrong-message-about-obesity-and-the-environment.html https://www.wired.com/2008/07/wall-es-world-8/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cgv5DMPIyjU https://www.tiktok.com/@ellis_abe/video/7514853091154398495 https://www.instagram.com/p/DRfKnmhj151/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGgSl6B8gig https://environment-review.yale.edu/garbage-island-great-pacific-garbage-patch https://theoceancleanup.com/great-pacific-garbage-patch/ https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240115-visualising-the-great-pacific-garbage-patch https://www.climatevisuals.org/climate-visuals/ https://news.mit.edu/2022/earth-stabilizing-temperature-1116 https://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/life/2017/12/08/charlie-brown-aluminum-christmas-tree/927643001/ 0:00 - intro 5:49 - the robots 16:14 - the humans 29:04 - the environment 35:47 - conclusion