Wall*E makes history

[Joe Cain]

Originally Posted by Grubert

Paraphrasing Christian Bale - F***'s sake, he was amateur.

And BTW if you watch the documentary on the story of Pixar on the Wall·E BD, Katzenberg is also prominently there, and not in a good way.

During the development of Toy Story, he was always pushing for more 'edgy' stuff, as in more irony and dark humor. As a result, the characters were totally unlikeable, the preview was a disaster and Disney shut down production.

I thought that was fascinating. I remember getting the Ultimate Toy Box DVD set as a gift and devouring the supplemental material...my initial reaction to Woody's bastard incarnation was a spit-take and a Wally Shawn-inflected "Inconcievable!" Leslie Iwerks' doc is the first I've heard all that mis-development laid so squarely at Jeff K's feet.

(It's those kinds of moments that, for me, totally justify the existence of bonus features. Like watching the unused footage from Blade Runner and reflecting on what a travesty it might have been as well...)

I suppose Katzenberg is feeling quite satisfied with having pretty much swept WALL•E at the Annies.