Disney & Pixar’s Elio Features A Clever Star Trek Easter Egg That Works On A Few Levels

Warning: This article deals with spoilers “Organism”.

You never know what surprises you can have with a particular Pixar movie. The famous animation studio has built its inheritance in every possible out-of-wall concepts you might think about toy toys that guide many of us through adolescence to robots that find love in the post-apocalyptic world in the anthropomorphic rat, reminding us that great art can come from anywhere. Report obvious, however, it is not only They create campsites that changed their Pixar movie to such household staples. The studio’s “Elio” is a perfect example about how every skillful storytelling, every fully executed character and every loving tribute can all add something even greater than the sum of its parts.

Like so many other Pixar movies, the “Elio” is packed in gills with Easter eggs and references just waiting to detect an attentive audience. Of course, children swipe with colors and episodic tension with a kaleidoscope throughout the movie. But adults almost certainly take into account all the inspiration and influences that leaders Madeline Sharafia, Domee Shi and Adrian Molina proudly use in their sleeves. Like “Wall-e” nods toward “2001: Space Odyssey” or “Toy Story 2” “Apping shot” Jurassic Park ” The creative team behind “Elio” has mentioned classics such as “outside” ET “and even” thing “as influences. In addition, this space-bound adventure also takes its tips from the most nerd sci-fi-franchise program “Star Trek” in a way that operates at several levels.

“Elio” begins at the Air and Space Museum, where our Kirisinen’s title character collides with an exhibition on a deep space trial, which Nasa released in the late 1970s. This helps to start Elio’s deep and permanent passion to determine whether humanity is really alone in the universe. But the eagle-eyed (or should it be Kotka ears?) Viewers may notice something familiar to the sound recording that Elio hears about finding a wax poem about the life among “distant worlds” in space. As it turns out, no one could have been more appropriate for the task than USS Voyager captain himself: actor Kate Mulgrew.

Pixar’s established history containing tribute to classics of past years Continues in “Elio”, even though we do not expect in our own way. The film does not stay with this details at an early stage, but it speaks a lot that the creative team set off to recruit Kate Mulgrew, who filmed the famous Captain Kathryn Janeway “Star Trek: Voyager” in the early 1990s and 2000s. First of all, and most obviously, this sound-casting feels like a blink of an eye and nod to the exhibition name, top-notch Starship USS Voyager, and a generally accepted fact that it is named after the Voyager-to-the-man-based SMA, which plays such a big role in “Eio”. But most importantly, Mulgrew is something special because it is especially the ambassador behind such a humanistic, solemn and search -oriented theme.

“Elio” is a movie about deeply rooted, accepting and understanding which home is really a better connection to drawing than a “Star Trek” exhibition that applies to all these ideas at once? “Voyager” may not be remembered as the most beloved series “Star Trek” Franchise (and for good reason, though)But no one can deny thematic similarities with an exhibition that includes a crew who is desperately trying to return to earth at any cost. And at every turn, at the “Voyager” center, Mulgrew’s committed performance, while Janeway gave the series together through Will Force. Trekkies know that under its tough exterior, the captain’s altruistic heart offered us basically the “Star Trek” ideals to strive … Give or make a controversial decision or two “voyager”.

In contrast to Elio dreaming to escape to the stars, it is fun to imagine his late parents encourage his love to space through old “Star Trek” publications -whether it’s “voyager” (what I would like to see in Pixar’s animation style) or Recently Canceled Animated Series “Prodigy” where Mulgrew turned his role as Janeway. Either way, it is a suitable Kameo in a movie that has been blatantly made by Space Nerds.

“Elio” is now playing in theaters.