Sotiris wrote:I can see how him having a love interest here might be weird for audiences, but I think it would have been better if his best friend was male. It would not only draw parallels to his relationship with Woody in Toy Story, but it would have worked better for the message Buzz is supposed to learn. It would have been easier for Buzz to project himself onto a male friend's different life path and identify with that in order to realize what he's missing out on. The sliding doors aspect of it would have been more apparent and pronounced.
I see your point, but I think it still works with a female friend and personally I prefer it's not too similar to his relationship with Woody in
Toy Story.
Sotiris wrote:Honestly, I highly doubt there was any other reasoning or consideration behind the decision to make his best friend a Black lesbian outside of diversity/representation.
Well, that's very possible too, but to me it looks like an organic case of diversity/representation and not one forced into the story. The only reason why it wouldn't make sense is if they had really tried to replicate a '90s blockbuster, as you once said, but I doubt they ever really tried to achieve that anyway.
Sotiris wrote:It looks coincidental to me. I think it's just a common layout format for posters. I believe the posters for Incredibles/Incredibles II had a similar composition.
That's true. Also, come to think of it, it's not like that
Toy Story 3 poster was a very iconic one or anything, so I guess there wasn't any reason to pay homage to it.
estefan wrote:Also, most children don't normally get every single toy related to whatever they're a huge fan of.
Exactly, I don't know why they even felt they needed to explain that.
Rumpelstiltskin wrote:Just saw the documentary about the movie. There was one important plot point I wasn't aware of that has not been mentioned in any trailer yet, so I'll consider it a spoiler for the moment:
It's about time dilation and the principle of relativity. The faster you travel, the slower the time goes for you compared to those who stays behind. So every time Buzz goes on a mission and then returns, he has the same age as when he left, but all his friends are getting older and older.
This is probably supposed to be an important message about things that matters in life, to live more in the present and don't watch those around you move on while you are still on the same spot, and so on.
And he his burdened with guilt because they are stranded on the planet. The whole thing sounds a litte depressing to be honest. In the documentary they say it was partly inspired by covid and the isolation, and how time was flying when you were working on an animation project.
The various visits on other planets still looks cool, but I had hoped that we would see a Pixar movie that was just fun and entertaining, without all the soul searching and meaning of life things.
Pixar doesn't know how to make a movie without making you cry. But judging by the early reactions, I think it'll still be fun and most of the deep/sad moments will take place at the beginning of the movie. I knew most of these details about the story, but I didn't know it was time dilation was caused him not to age at the same rate as the rest (I hope they explain that concept better in the movie because I didn't totally understand it in the documentary), nor that it was partly inspired by Covid and their experiences working on animated films.
Kyle wrote:I was initially luke warm on the whole thing, and maybe I still am, but that's because its hard for me to transition from the legacy character we know to this more human version voiced by another person. I had the same reaction to the animated series.
I understand that. I'm actually surprised I'm not feeling the same way, but maybe I will when I see the actual film. Perhaps it's because I'm not that big of a Buzz fan. I like him very much, but not like Woody. If they made a similar movie about him, I would probably feel like you do about this one.
Kyle wrote:The doc on D+ tells us they kind of got the idea for the movie from Pixar's studios, the concept of time passing differently as you're working on a movie for 4 years you get so focused on making the movies that when its all over and you get to "poke you're head out" as they say, you realized how much has changed since you went went in. the psychological impact that must have on a person can be interesting to explore in a scifi setting.
I also think it can be interesting. By the way, I didn't expect this film would be inspired by a personal story too, like
Onward,
Luca or
Turning Red.