Wall-e reminds me of Johnny 5 from the great science fiction Short Circuit that really impressed me when I was a small kid. More Wall-e mini movies here.

Comics

• The DC Universe Online MMORPG Trailer hits the web and raises many questions.
• Topless Robot looks at The 10 Most Ridiculous Weapons in Batman’s Arsenal.

Film

• Last week’s Basic Instructions, How to Make Someone Grateful For the Sci-fi Movies Hollywood Is Making Today, hits close to the mark.
• This week’s issue of Entertainment Weekly features a photo of the cast of the upcoming Watchmen film, calling it the “Riskiest Superhero Movie Ever“.

Literature

• Free Fiction: FeedBooks has posted “Doctor Who and the Empire of Glass” by Andy Lane and “Doctor Who: The Sands of Time” by Justin Richards, which are certainly not the greatest Dr. Who books, but are a great way of testing whether the rest of the novelizations are worth your time.
• Interview: Tor has a podcast interview with Forgotten Realms author R.A. Salvatore.
• Solar Flare continues its series on The History of Science Fiction. This installment covers 1900 - 1909.
• The latest results from Scholastic’s annual survey of Children’s Reading Habits are depressing but very predictable. 31% of respondents would rather do other things. 27% have too much homework. 18% don’t have time to read.

Television

• J. Michael Straczynski gives up Babylon 5, and it’s like the sound of a million geeks screaming…