Some days I feel like WALL·E, sitting here by myself, sometimes for days at a time, churning out content, here and elsewhere, wondering if it is just garbage, and feeling as if the occasional cockroach (that chances a visit in here) is the only friend I have.

Does the life of a content producer differ that little from that of a friendly robotic mobile garbage compacter?

Probably not, not in the slightest, but the opening scenes of the movie instill a feeling of utter despair as we witness the almost complete loneliness and isolation of WALL·E, one of just two creatures who remain on Earth 700 years from now.

The going became too tough for humans so they took off, aboard rocket ship paradises, and left the woes of global warming and a mountainous tide of rubbish, the byproduct of consumer excess, for someone else to sort out.

Our descendants find themselves paying the price though, despite being light-years from “home”.

WALL·E is especially rife with references to Blade Runner and 2001: A Space Odyssey, and like both movies, there are numerous ways of engaging with its story.