Sympathy vs Spunk

I watched Wall-E with Glo last night, and what a great movie. There wasn't a lot of dialogue yet the movie conveyed a powerful message. A message about taking care of our environment and appreciating what we're given, while intertwined with a love story.

With the whole story revolving around the cute as a button Wall-E, it is inevitable that Wall-E must be compared to other great robots, and there is no greater robot then R2-D2 (except maybe Optimus Prime, but that's just not fair).

To set it up, we're going to use the Original Trilogy Artoo (none of this flying bs). I will try to give an un-bias point of view. Warning, possible movie spoilers ahead.

Job
Wall-E
Compacts garbage, then stacks them up neatly, cube after cube, day after day, year after year.

R2-D2
Sidekick to Luke Skywalker. General hacker of all things mechanical, and flies navigator to the X-Wing

Winner: R2-D2 (Rogue Squadron > Garbage compactor)


Durability
Wall-E
Able to withstand: extreme heat, being crushed, and being run over. Able to repair itself.

R2-D2
Able to repair minor injuries. Doesn't take much to put it out of commission

Winner: Wall-E (What's Wall-E made of? Some kind of super heat resistant super durable metal?)


Mobility
Wall-E
Can climb by using his hands, the rubber tracks give it a surprising amount of speed. Can climb up a garbage shaft.

R2-D2
Not very fast on its wheels, and even slower when bi-pedaling. May be subject to tipping over.

Winner: Wall-E (Wall-E's pretty damn mobile considering he's all metal)


Love Interest
Wall-E
Eve is a do everything, kind of robot. All-in-one can repair machinery, search for existing life, and has a cannon for an arm. Very sleek looking.

R2-D2
C-3PO is a little girly. C-3PO clearly doesn't wear the pants in the relationship. Although he is fluent in over 6 million forms of communication. Severely hurts Artoo's reputation.

Winner: Wall-E (Dump Golden Rod Artoo you don't need him)


Weapons
Wall-E
Has his mechanical arms that's about it. Even if Wall-E had weapons I highly doubt he'd use them. Wall-E wouldn't hurt a cockroach.

R2-D2
Saw, welding arm, fire extinguisher, Artoo would use his whole frame as a weapon if he found a way to do it.

Winner: R2-D2 (Wall-E's too nice, R2-D2 takes crap from no one, he'd spit on that cockroach)


Accomplishments
Wall-E
Risked its life to help bring the human population back to Earth.

R2-D2
Risked its life to help bring down the evil Empire, in essence helping the entire Galaxy.

Winner: R2-D2 (Galaxy > Earth)


Recognition
Wall-E
There's no doubt Wall-E's a hit, and will touch the hearts of not only children but adults as well. Anyone who goes to watch Wall-E will melt in the hands of Wall-E's adorableness.

R2-D2
This is unverified, but I'm pretty sure its true, there are Star Wars fans on the moon.

Winner: R2-D2 (Don't even argue, Star Wars > everything put together)


Appeal
Wall-E
As cute as a robot can get. You can't help but to sympathize with him especially as he's going after Eve. Loses points on cleanliness.

R2-D2
Self sufficient robot with unrivaled loyalty, and an attitude that closely matches Han Solo.

Winner: R2-D2 (Girls love guys with attitudes)

The final score:

Wall-E: 3, R2-D2: 5

You put up a good fight Wall-E, but this goes to show, you can't beat Star Wars no matter how lovable you are, because George Lucas created the word lovable. George Lucas created everything large and small.