There are two deleted scenes on this disc, which gives you the option to have the scenes introduced by Stanton, and while you can understand why they didn’t make the film it’s nice to have the option to view them in their almost completed form.
"Animation Sound Design: Building Worlds from the Sound Up" is a featurette about the history of sound design in animation and if you’re an animation fan you’ll enjoy this informative extra.
Kicking off disc two there’s more deleted scenes; they’re in a much rougher format than those on the first disc, but still worth viewing.
There are several behind the scenes featurettes: “The Imperfect Lens: Creating the Look of WALL·E” is about paying attention to detail and covers the character designs and backgrounds. “Captain's Log: The Evolution of Humans” tells about some early story ideas which were eventually discarded. “Notes on a Score” covers the audio presentation as well as the score itself and includes comments from music editor Bill Bernstein and composer Thomas Newman. “Life of a Shot: Deconstructing the Pixar Process” talks about how much work goes into each shot, while “Robo-Everything” covers the robotic characters seen in the background of the film. Finally, “WALL·E and EVE” shows how the main characters were developed from their designs.Throughout the film there are clips of Buy n Large, the corporation responsible for repairing the Earth. In the "Buy n Large Shorts" featurette you learn the history of the company; there are five in total which can be viewed separately or all together.
There are several extras just for the kids which include “WALL·E's Treasures and Trinkets”, “The Bot Files” which contains detailed fun fact pages about the main and supporting robotic characters, and “Lots of Bots Read-Along Storybook” which is a fun children’s story fully narrated.
The most interesting featurette has to be “The Pixar Story” which is about the same length as the feature film! It details the history of the studio chronicling its ups as well as downs and doesn’t shy away from talking about the rough times.
WALL·E is a fun film - with a deeper commentary about man's overindulgence - that the entire family can enjoy.
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