They tapped into a generation’s memories of looking back at their childhood’s beloved toys and wondering what happened to them (for me, I still wonder where my yellow blanket named “Blankie” is now, I am hoping he found a good home or as my adult cynicism has kicked in, most likely on the bottom of a landfill, with the poly-blend not bio-degrading). Can you blame them, though? For the first time (maybe not, but it sounds good) art met commerce, and both come out the other side knowing they made the right choice. They broke their own rule, only once, as the story goes, Disney told Pixar to make 10 original films before making one sequel. Not since The Empire Strikes Back has a sequel been that universally acclaimed by fans and critics. The success of the first film was so great, a sequel was scheduled for a direct to home video release, but test scores sent it through the roof and to a local theatre near you. When Pixar began its infancy, the original or first-born Pixar baby was Toy Story, a film that used computer-animated cartoon visuals that took eight teams, financing from such big wigs like Steve Jobs, with the new studio teaming with Disney, and Lucas Light & Sound finished the sound effects for the film (without the computer-animated film Tin Toy, which was the first of its kind to win an Oscar in 1988, Pixar might have not been in existence). So, here’s why I won’t be watching Toy Story 4. The original Toy Story trilogy was one of not only great cartoon franchises or even a family film trilogy, but one of the all-time achievements if film history it was that rare series that had become better with each passing chapter, every installment more satisfying than the next, and no trilogy since has wrapped a pretty bow on top of it as Andrew Stanton did. Yes, I might not be the first one to say this or even write this, but I have been gifted with my fathers’ side of the family’s arrogance (believe me, holiday gatherings with my cousins was an exercise in when unrealistic Id’s collide). Ever since that dark, clouded day that I read Toy Story 4 was given the green light I took a stand: I will not be reviewing or even watching the money grab to end all money grabs.
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