Toy Story 3 Will Be Our What A Cartoon Movie Episode For May 2022!

Embarrassingly saccharine has been Pixar's bread and butter since the most talked about thing from Up was "Married Life". I always read the ending of Toy Story 3 as a passing of the torch to the next generation. Many of the kids who grew up with the original were now parents taking their own children to see the movie. It was saying here you go, enjoy Toy Story one last time before it becomes the thing your kids watch all the time. The franchise became something different after that with the shorts and the TV specials. Woody took a backseat and the other characters were center stage. TS4 felt necessary to put a cap on Woody's story but I thought it just felt flat. After 3 movies with Woody's fanatical devotion to being a child's toy his change of heart rang a little hallow for me.

bakarina

Nice, I was worried about this one with how close it was

To Boldy Joe... Moore

I don't mind the idea that toys would not enjoy being played with by younger kids since Mr. Potato Head sets this up in the first movie after Molly plays with him ("Ages three and up; that's what it says on my box!"). Plus we can see that toys do feel pain, so it's reasonable to assume that toddlers being rough with them would be very uncomfortable. It's only a few steps away from being a dog's chew toy. Looking forward to this episode. ^_^

nina matsumoto

Agreeing with everything you said!

John Halski

In retrospect, TS3 is maybe my least favorite of the bunch. A lot of plot points retrace the steps of TS2 (only worse), the basic idea that toys would hate being played with by very young kids is weird, and the ending note is (hold your jeers!) maybe the series at its most embarrassingly saccharine. TS4 has been called unnecessary, but the arc Woody goes on from convincing Buzz that there’s nothing else in life but to be Andy’s toy to discovering for himself that the world is a bigger place … well, that’s the perfect note to end on IMO.

Harry Thornton

That Circle 7 TS3 script has some absolutely AWFUL moments in it, like they show Woody as an "ignorant tourist" by having him do a racist accent in broken English. It's... something alright. Here's the full thing: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KzNPf6whsgA-OKOrOQyfdd51qS9a05FC/view This Lost Media Wiki site also has more info, along with that link to the script in question: https://lostmediawiki.com/Disney_Circle_Seven_Animation_(partially_lost_production_material_of_cancelled_Pixar_sequel_films;_2004-2006)

Adam L. (The_acz)

The most excited I am for this is that we finally get to hear Bob and Henry talk about the short lived history of Circle 7 Animation and how Disney almost left Pixar for dead. Funny enough, there's actually TONS of supplementary material out of there. Concept Art, script, and even some test footage. This link has a lot of that: https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Toy_Story_3_(Circle_7_Screenplay)

SomeBloke

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: democracy simply doesn’t work. (Nah this is fine, just kind of wanted to see the alternative poll.)

Bored Artist

Homer- “Best to get that nonsense out of the way and never talk about toy story again since there are no other movies in the franchise.” Lisa - “But dad I think-….” Homer - “Ah, there’s that word again.” Lisa - *annoyed grunt*