The Wall Street Journal has revealed the plot for Toy Story 3:
“Woody the cowboy and his toy-box friends are dumped in a day-care center after their owner, Andy, leaves for college.”
Lee Unkrich, who has been co-director on Toy Story 2, Monsters Inc, and Finding Nemo, stepped up to helm the third film in the series. Michael Arndt, the Academy Award nominated scribe of Little Miss Sunshine, wrote the screenplay.
Before the Disney/Pixar merger, the mouse house was hard at work on a third Toy Story film without Pixar’s involvement. Disney’s plot idea involved a recall of Buzz Lightyear toys, which includes Andy’s doll, which results in the Toys going on an adventure to Taiwan to rescue Buzz, who has been malfunctioning. John Lasseter and company were very unhappy with the idea, and didn’t approve.
The new plot line sounds interesting, but am I the only one who liked the logline for Disney’s Recalled story? (Note: I heard the actual treatment was horrible, but the idea itself sounds pretty cool). Either way I have faith in whatever Pixar comes up with.
Disney will be rereleasing new Disney Digital 3-D versions of Toy Story on October 2nd, 2009, and Toy Story 2 on February 12th, 2010. Toy Story 3 is being produced as a 3-D movie, and will hit theaters on June 18th, 2010.
Discuss: What do you think of the “Day-Care Center” storyline compared to the scrapped Disney “recall” storyline?
February 20th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
Toy Story 3 is as unnecessary and unwanted as Elf 2. At least from my end. It’s like Cinderella 2 and 3. Gross.
February 20th, 2008 at 4:04 pm
The Buzz recall does sound like it would be interesting, but I think it’d be too much of a rescue kinda thing like Toy Story 2 was with Woody. I don’t know about their new story, I always thought Jessie’s story of being abandoned by her grown up owner was kind of sad, that’s terrible that it’s going to happen to the main characters too!
February 20th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
I think the logic behind a recall this long into the time line of the toy doesn’t make sense. I think that was the thought process behind it. This way you can introduce the toys to new worn out toys. There’s a way to make anything great…you just gotta make it great.
February 20th, 2008 at 4:36 pm
Michael Arndt didn’t just get nominated for an Oscar, he won!
February 20th, 2008 at 4:37 pm
Andy’s off to college. Damn, don’t I feel old now. :(
February 20th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
@Jerry -
HAHAHA! Yeah, makes you stop & think, huh? Our boy Andy is all grown up. But does he really have to be of college age? Why not just continue where they left off? Hell, those kids in “Family Circus” haven’t aged a damn day!
The daycare idea sounds, okay at best. I’m sure Pixar could do something great with it, but the recall idea sounds better. I don’t know why, but it does. And who says that Andy has to be older? Why not just pick up where Toy Story 2 left off, and run with the recall idea as the story?
February 20th, 2008 at 5:00 pm
A movie where a rag-tag group of friends set off to the Far East in an attempt to rescue their friend that’s the third in a series? Sounds like the beginning of “At World’s End” to me. And personally, I think it’s a horrible idea. I don’t want to see the toys go on yet another rescue mission– besides where can they go metaphorically from there?
The thing I love about the first two is the metaphor. Toy Story was about job security– about fear of being replaced by someone younger as times change. Toy Story 2 was about DEATH! Woody is basically given the choice to live forever in a sterile, hermetically-sealed existence forever, or go back to his real life and “die” when Andy outgrows him.
Personally, I like the idea of following them into the (after)Life Without Andy. I vote in favor of Pixar’s idea! But then again, I’m also championing Spike Jonze’s version of Where the Wild Things Are, so what do I know?
February 20th, 2008 at 5:01 pm
I think its a good idea on their part, what with all the toy recalls.
We’ll see if this can recapture the magic, but i dont hold much hope
February 20th, 2008 at 5:07 pm
I’m more worried about Toy Story 3 in 3-D than anything else. I think 3-D movies loose the important element of story. I hope Pixar doesn’t fall into that trap. I’d rather see Toy Story 3 in 2-D because animators wouldn’t worry about the 3-D aspect.
The first two were great.
February 20th, 2008 at 5:47 pm
If anyone can do a sequel right, its Pixar.
I think the recall story sounds too outrageous for the toys. Too much [like most sequals, even TS, to be honest] of the same story from 2 recycled into bigger stakes.
Cinemanic hit the nail on the head with the metaphor angle. I am completely on board from that perspective.
I also love the continuity of Andy going to college. Sure, the Simpsons and Family Circus haven’t aged, but that doesn’t mean that Pixar’s world has to stand still. Catching up on history will be like seeing old friends after a while.
And with the daycare, we’ll get to see the introduction of new toys that are broader than one child’s room. And not to mention new trouble making kids
from the daycare.
I’m really pumped for 3.
February 20th, 2008 at 6:40 pm
his toys are still in one piece when he goes to college. My kids toys dont last through a 2 hour movie
February 20th, 2008 at 7:23 pm
3D does not take anything away from an animated films story. I had the pleasure of catching Meet the Robinsons at the El Capitan in 3D, and the experience was amazing.
Anyone who says otherwise saw a crappy movie (3D or otherwise) and wrongly scapegoated the format as the culprit……….
February 20th, 2008 at 8:10 pm
I like how i watched Toy Story for the first time when i was really young, and now im going to be going off to college at the same time this movie is going to be coming out. Good job Pixar :)
February 20th, 2008 at 8:44 pm
@Cinemaniac1979
I’m with you. The heart of the story is with Andy. If they lose that, then no, there is no point to the sequel. You’d take the heart of the story out if you didn’t include that relationship.
Here’s a pro tip: Never Doubt Pixar. I know I know, Cars wasn’t a home run, but. They have yet to make a bad film. Why would they start tanking on returning to their first love? They wouldn’t make it if it wasn’t good.
In Pixar We Trust.
February 20th, 2008 at 9:03 pm
the thing i didn’t dig about the recall idea - a bunch of toys travelling to Taiwan? the recall would be cool, but a road trip to taiwan sounds lame.
February 21st, 2008 at 1:53 am
“Michael Arndt, the Academy Award nominated scribe of Little Miss Sunshine, wrote the screenplay.”
Ha. Peter…. considering how batty you’ve been going over Diablo Cody and Juno, plugging her every chance you can possibly get combined with the fact that Juno was last year’s Little Miss Sunshine without being nearly as good, one might think you would at least try to have a somewhat comparable response when mentioning Arndt who is basically the mirror of Cody, except he’s not a cloying asshole who thinks he’s really too smart and cool for everyone. Oh. And he won the Oscar. Cody can only hope to match him.
February 21st, 2008 at 2:02 pm
i don’t think a 3rd movie was pixar’s idea - disney started pre-production when it looked like their deal with pixar was not going to continue. i think when they agreed upon a deal, part of it was pixar would continue production on toy story 3, since disney had already formally announced it would happen.
my gut tells me lasseter did not want to make this movie, but now they are kind of forced to come up with a workable storyline.
February 21st, 2008 at 2:16 pm
The constant comparison of Juno with Little Miss Sunshine is ludicrous, unwarranted, and a shortcut to thinking. One need only watch the first ten minutes of each to see that the former is pretending to be a hip, “indie” film, and the latter is a carefully observed character piece. But Cody will win the Oscar. Injustice finds a way.
February 21st, 2008 at 3:00 pm
Why not have Andy as the bad guy in the film now, taking the toys one by one and shelving them… Then at the end of the movie he presents all the toys to his new son. It would be a good twist.
February 21st, 2008 at 3:05 pm
Ok, is it just me or does it sound like someone ripped off the Brave Little Toaster?
February 21st, 2008 at 3:08 pm
@Irish Punk - Yes! You saved me some research at IMDB.
February 21st, 2008 at 3:12 pm
First thing that came to my mind: The Brave Little Toaster.
February 21st, 2008 at 3:13 pm
I kinda believe that Pixar was cornered into making #3, but, as was also said, they can’t go wrong. They honestly cannot go wrong. This one will be just as much a classic as every other animation they’ve made.
Kinda not digging the 3-D element though. Pixar, of each and every studio out there, does NOT need 3-D to ‘enhance’ the viewing experience. The quality and outright realism of their rendering skills makes everyone else look elementary.
February 21st, 2008 at 3:17 pm
i think a 3rd movie is a bad idea…. but if they must do it, neither one of those ideas will make a decent movie.
i think they should all be taken to the garbage dump and the entire movie could have a Mad Max type storyline. instead of gasoline being the coveted commodity they could grapple for control of a dwindling supply of AA batteries.
February 21st, 2008 at 3:41 pm
Wow I’m shocked at how little faith you people have in this idea. It sounds just like a Pixar film. Kids movie with a deeper meaning/edge. Much better then a stupid recall story. How does that sound like a good idea to anyone.
One major struggle Woody has had to deal with in the series is abandonment. And in this one, what he feared so badly in the first two films comes true, probably at the very beginning. It turns the entire series into a tragedy, but I very much doubt it will feel that way. They will realize in the end I’m sure, that in the Day Care, they will see kids come and go quite frequently, but they will never be discarded, and I’m sure for all the time Andy was in High School they saw very little playtime.
It’s a much more mature and creative storyline then a recall.
February 21st, 2008 at 3:43 pm
sounds like a rip off of…
THE BRAVE LITTLE TOASTER
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092695/
February 21st, 2008 at 4:18 pm
A 3rd movie is a good idea. They’re unlikely to stuff anything up. Obviously a good story line is important.
I’d really like to see the gang go to the Konishi Toy Museum in Tokyo to free all the other toys or something like that.
February 21st, 2008 at 4:32 pm
Through the years, I tend to get skeptical whenever I see Pixar’s next film only to find their next work to be great pieces of animation.
So at this time, present day, I have nothing but to trust Pixar that whatever they dish out, it’s going to be damn great.
With that said, I have faith in Pixar to give Toy Story 3 the same AAA quality that that first two Toy Story films had.
February 21st, 2008 at 5:39 pm
Wow. Brave Little Toaster is the first thing that came to mind. I’m glad I’m not the only one.
February 21st, 2008 at 6:24 pm
Very interesting. This is Pixar returning to their roots in more ways than one. Obviously, Toy Story was their first feature length film, so there’s that aspect.
And as for everyone saying it sounds like “The Brave Little Toaster,” I agree. What’s interesting in my mind is that when John Lasseter first started working for Disney, he saw potential for creating animated films using 3-D backgrounds. His first test run of this was based on “Where the Wild Things Are,” but afterwards he wanted to do a whole feature like that, specifically “The Brave Little Toaster.” Some upper-level people at Disney didn’t like this, and turned the proposal down.
Finally, the day care aspect seems to open the possibility of younger children playing with the toys, potentially a destructive, drooling baby, reminiscent of the Pixar short “Tin Toy” and some scenes in Toy Story with Andy’s baby sister.
February 21st, 2008 at 6:32 pm
I agree with Chris, the Day Care idea has the potential to be a mature and creative storyline if handled right.
It may sound negative, but there are kids who have to deal with the frightening reality of being abandoned or given up by their families (and, alternately, adults that have to end long term relationships) and I think it would be a good thing to have a movie for “them”. A positive message that even when the worst does happen, love and family can be found again.
February 21st, 2008 at 7:34 pm
I think we interupt the surprises that these movies generally bring. It stinks that someone on wall st reveals the plot before a movie is even completed. Let’s face it the film makers goabout spoiling movies by showing the funniest bits in advertising the movie why spoil it more by giving us the plot.
Besides I’m sure Andy would realise the value of his wooden cowboy toy, heard of ebay?
February 21st, 2008 at 8:28 pm
As much as I disliked the Taiwanese storyline, I much prefer it to the daycare centre. Great: Liquid sim has advanced to the point we can now do kiddie drool and poop.
February 21st, 2008 at 8:44 pm
I think Andy growing up a little might work, but going off to college for appliances (Brave Little Toaster) brought about a reuniting with the “Master” and a happy ending - that’s not going to happen for these toys.
I suggest that Andy willingly gives his toys to a younger kid who really needs them. And instead of the child being needy due to poverty, maybe he’s deprived by his parents because they only buy him educational toys.
(Wow, I put way too much thought into that…)
February 21st, 2008 at 8:46 pm
All hail Jeff: his idea has my vote as best so far. :D
February 21st, 2008 at 10:25 pm
The Day Care storyline is moe about rebirth and second chances. Toy Story came out in 1995 and TS2 in 1999. Ten plus years later the toys face being obsolete, compared to today’s high tech toys and video games. The recall story is too pestimistic while the day care story involves innocence and discovery. Even if the toys are old by our standards, they are new and exciting in the eyes of toddlers. The 3-D part may be a bit gimmicky, but I bet when the movie ends we will all be feeling good about what lies ahead in the future.
February 21st, 2008 at 10:43 pm
will hit theaters on June 18th, 2010.
February 22nd, 2008 at 12:48 am
Nasty it’s the dude that wrote Little Miss Sunshine screenplay. Maybe Toys gonna strip in this one.
February 22nd, 2008 at 3:07 am
i too thought Brave Little Toaster immediately. It could work as a movie but it doesn’t mean it’s a great idea.
February 22nd, 2008 at 5:51 am
i saw the real 3d preview when i went to the beowulf movie.. i thought it was really well done.. two best parts would be the needle and when the tunnel expands in her wall.. it looks interesting and ill give the director (not tim burton) the benefit of the doubt on this one
February 22nd, 2008 at 7:37 am
The better story: Toy Barn owner has been reduced to picking trash from the dump. Talks to himself a lot, pushing his shopping cart. Finds a really beat up discarded Stinky Pete. He says a few disgusting things to Pete, tosses him aside. Pete starts talking to him, walks up & kicks him in the shin.
They go out to find the toys again…
February 22nd, 2008 at 12:08 pm
I think the recall idea is terrible. With a plot line so close to the others it would REALLY feel like a typical bad third installment.
February 22nd, 2008 at 10:20 pm
I love this new idea about “Day-Care Center”. It seems more in line with the other films and its great to see the original team behind the series returning. I have complete faith in it.
February 24th, 2008 at 12:03 pm
I’m not sure i’m into this plot. don’t get me wrong, I know Pixar could do something amazing with this plot, but I think it’d be unfortunate that after 11 years of waiting for this movie, they get dumped at a daycare as the main plot. I kind of expected that they would end the series here and put them there or even have Andy save them for his kids, but I think it’s unfair to people who’ve waited more than a decade for this movie to watch the main characters get abandoned. Plus, the scene from TS2 where Jessie gets abandoned made my eyes water a bit, so by the beginning of this movie I’ll probably be bawling my eyes out. Nonetheless, it is Pixar, so I guess all I can do is have faith in them. Hopefully they won’t let me down.
March 28th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
We were around the original Disney TS3 project for over a year…it’s hard to say how it would have turned out, as we all know it takes years to cobble together a great animated film, (Ratatoulle a perfect example). But, there were some fantastic, creative superstars working on the beloved project before the buyout…followed by a lot of disapointment
But we agree that it was only fitting that Pixar was able regain control of their baby… absolutely! At the time, though, I think a lot of people working on the “Recall” project felt, if Disney were going to actually make these sequels, they might as well put their hearts and souls in to them. Interestingly enough, the “recall” version, did have a pretty funny Day Care scene in it. Maybe some day when all of the hard feeling have past, some of the work on the recall project will be released…just for kicks…and FYI, it was way past “treatment” stage…an
“A” list award winning screenwriter penned the first couple of TS3 drafts…and they were pretty far down the line with story reels as well. But, can’t wait to see what the geniuses at Pixar pull off! See ya.
April 9th, 2008 at 7:00 pm
sounds to be a cute idea. but i don’t think it being in 3d would be a good idea. i really don’t like 3d if i watch it i watch it once. no matter what i would buy up the dvd to complete my collections. but i hope they come up witha better plot. then a day care. Or how about andys’ little sister. do something with her.
April 12th, 2008 at 8:47 am
Personally I think that it would work better with the idea that they are sticking with (the daycare scene) because with that it is easier to give a sense of closure to Andy and it still leaves you with the ability to make a really solid storyline. Also, with the recall story it really wouldn’t make a whole lot of sense since Buzz has been in stores for a while now he had been owned for a while so they woulnd’t recall Andy’s buzz but the shelved buzzes. Also, it usually isn’t toys that are getting recalled for “malfunctions”, mainly electronics and from as far as I’ve seen, Buzz really isn’t all to electronical. Overall I’m very excited to see this movie because they have some brilliant minds working on this one… and it’s in
3-D!
April 25th, 2008 at 5:35 am
i hope that in the next movie (toy story 3) they will be the same characters like toy story 2 and 1.
April 25th, 2008 at 5:51 am
**my mistake: there will be the same characters
May 26th, 2008 at 3:22 pm
Well Andy going to college are going to confuse the new fans of Toy story my sons are 1 and 3 and love this movie. I think they should come out with a better idea. And continue from the age they left off
May 31st, 2008 at 11:50 am
I’ve have a better idea!! Pixar should keep the daycare story…but it’s a daycare that is ran out of Andy’s home? This way they can introduce new kids to the storyline and the toys still stay with Andy’s family.
June 1st, 2008 at 11:17 am
I think pixar can come up with something better than that, but who knows? Maybe they can make it better than the first two.
June 2nd, 2008 at 2:57 am
Well I hope everything will look the same when it comes to theaters in october 2009 like what ever pixar used should bew the same 2D or 3D. with a good storyline.
June 3rd, 2008 at 12:35 pm
to adam black: how old are you?
June 4th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
The newly announced plot is the one I dread and long for at the same time. The Buzz recall plot sounded atrocious and I’m so happy Lasseter dumped it. This is the one that had to happen — what happens when Andy outgrows his toys. My heart is already breaking thinking about it, but I know that Lasseter will not let those toys languish! We will get the emotionally satisfying pay-off we’re looking for, with a lot of laughs and adventure along the way. The Jessie story in Toy Story 2 was the heart and soul of that absolutely stellar sequel and it only seems natural that it would play out in Toy Story 3. By the way, any of you other Disney/Pixar nuts out there see the similarities to the Brave Little Toaster movies here?
June 10th, 2008 at 10:09 pm
this movie is going to be awful……
June 10th, 2008 at 10:11 pm
j/k it will probably be good since toy story 2 was an amazing sequel!
Hope it’s as good as it sounds!
June 15th, 2008 at 7:20 am
I dont like the sound of buzz lost because Toy Story 2 they were finding Woody now buzz not my idea. Try to have something more adventures.
Please!Please! make a toy story 3 racer. Toy Story racer was great so toy story 3 racer will be brilliant.
June 15th, 2008 at 7:50 pm
i think a good plot would be for Andy to go to college and the toys fear that he will drop them off at the daycare .or he will drop them of at the daycare and thew will try to find him .and last since he fears that Andy will drop them of at the daycare the toys show him that they can talk and move and ANDY doesn’t take too well
June 18th, 2008 at 2:24 pm
I dunno about this. It wouldn’t be the same without Andy.
Besides, the mother said that Woody is an old family toy.
I find it hard to believe they made such an effort to keep him only to give him to a daycare center.
June 22nd, 2008 at 6:35 am
I have complete faith in Pixar and Disney to collaboratively make another awesome movie. Just remember as well big people…these films are more meant to bring fun and imagination to the world’s shorter folk…not be picked apart by snob, snub-nosed critics. GO into with fun in your heart, open your mind to whatever possibility they present…and listen to the little people laugh…that’s all the more you need to enjoy any animated movie.
June 30th, 2008 at 8:35 am
i don’t like the daycare idea, but i would love for them to make the rush to taiwan to save buzz, just because the recall problem is so present in our lives now!
July 5th, 2008 at 9:19 pm
now after reading all this and understanding where everyone is coming from all the ideas should in a way be blended together. now i am a 15yr old and not as much grew up with TS1 but deff TS2 and loveing them both. TS3 is going to be amazing knowing pixar just cuz thats what they do. now think about this what if andy did go off to coledge and him being the careing guy that loved the toys handed them down to a day care where all the toys have a cute lil plot within the day care with some kids, like as if each toy had there own favorite lil tike. but then since the kids are so young someone slips and talks to a kid and builds a strong relationship with them like woody and a kid that is deprived by his parents since they work in the day and only give him educational crap… and then all the toys nvr forget of andy but kind of in a way move on like andy did since now they have new friends like the new toys that r old like andys bunch but have gone through simular problems but every1 is strong about it,,, etc etc. then everything is going great but the recall does happen since buzz was a lil messed up with wireing and all that and is sent back or w/e and the crew plans to go get him but instead cant cuz the journey is too big and an old friend is lost where pixar can then throuh in a super meaning full metaphore or something of that sort and then the kids that had the strong bond wiht the toys like the kid that talks to woody then decides to take him home and all the toys go off on there own paths with there few kids and the story ends… but b4 that happens you see something cool where like the door opens at the day care and its some chick with a box of old toys that shes donating and a zoom in of the box happens but its angeld at a kid and he looks up and him and a toy make eye contact but seeing the back of the toys head the kid smiles and the movie ends…=*D and one think thats a good idea id love to see that all happen but sry it took so long to type it up i put alot of thought into this since its hard to let something go that you grew up with but when it has to be let go it should be the right way.
July 6th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
OK, let me start by saying that I’m 15, and the original Toy Story was the first film I ever saw at the theaters (I was 2). I didn’t see Toy Story 2 in theaters, but I got it on VHS when it came to video. Both Toy Story films are some of my most treasured childhood films, as I watched both of them almost daily as a small kid. I have also enjoyed just about every other Pixar film as well (including Wall-E, which I saw last week). I am really, really excited for Toy Story 3.
I think that the folks at Pixar are going in the right direction with the plot. The Buzz Lightyear recall story sounded awful, and a lot like a rehash of Toy Story 2. One of the things that made Toy Story 2 a great sequel was that it wasn’t a rehash of the original. Obviously, there will be an adventure element to Toy Story 3, it’ll just be interesting to see how it plays out. While I don’t doubt the folks at Pixar, I really hope that everyone can get back into the Toy Story universe seamlessly, so that the final product feels consistent with the first two.
I mean, think about it. When Toy Story 3 is released, it’ll be almost 11 years since Toy Story 2 came out. It would be really strange to still have Andy the same age as he was in the first two. I’m pretty confident in Pixar in terms of story. I mainly hope that the script is very good, the scenes are memorable, etc. Usually, third installments are the weakest of the bunch, even if they are good. I’m hoping for a film that is at least as good as Toy Story 2 (I’m one of those who prefers the original Toy Story, even though I love Toy Story 2). Especially if Up turns out to be good or great, which I’m sure it will, then I have faith in the Pixar folks.
btw, the plot does seem a bit similar to The Brave Little Toaster (I loved that film as a kid), but I doubt the movies will be exactly alike). I guess we won’t get a real peek at Toy Story 3 until next year.
July 6th, 2008 at 10:32 pm
Also, another funny thing, I suppose, is Woody being dumped into the Day Care Center even though he’s a rare toy. I’m thinking that Woody was a hand-me-down toy. Well, it would be all the better if there was a self-referential joke in the film, like Mr. Potato Head commenting on how Woody should’ve been sold on Ebay. I actually wouldn’t mind if Al McWhiggin makes a cameo appearance in the film. Sid probably wouldn’t, as he would probably be in a psycho ward, :).
July 7th, 2008 at 6:40 pm
I think that sounds like a great hit! I wasn’t a big fan of TS 2. But TS 3 sounds like it would keep my attention. I am an almost 37 y/o fan of TS and this is how terrible I am. When TS came out, my son was 2 1/2, he really got into it, as did I! So, he had everything, and I mean, EVERYTHING that came out. Even the bedding, curtains, etc., every toy, every fast food toy, you name it. And guess what? We still have it! Not sure it’s worth anything now to anyone else, but it’s worth alot to us! So, I am looking forward to TS 3!
MaLinda
July 7th, 2008 at 6:57 pm
I dont see why they have to make it in 3-D….
July 10th, 2008 at 10:05 am
My son — age 3 — is a huge Toy Story fan. I am so happy that Pixar/Disney is coming out with ToyStory 3… they can’t release it fast enough for this MOM! The story line sounds great….. I like the idea of the daycare center better than going to Japan to rescue Buzz. More kids will relate to daycare …. I’m kind of sad to know that the character “Andy” will be going to college… makes me feel very very old …. One thing about ToyStory 1 and 2 … and I’m sure 3 is that they are timeless…. Our nephew (age 11) loved it when he was little and now our son - is continueing the tradition. You would not believe the # of Buzz Lightyears we have in our house. WE are looking forward to this new movie. KUDOS to Pixar/Disney!!!
July 14th, 2008 at 11:42 am
I know that the plot line of Toy Story 3 may bear resemblance to The Brave Little Toaster, but I have faith in Pixar that they will still create a great, original movie that brings us back to our roots.
This is something my generation grew up with, seeing as I was 3 years old when I saw Toy Story, and 7 years old when I saw Toy Story 2. It showed the powerfulness of having faith in someone, and now this movie confirms those fears everyone has of being left behind. I’m 15 now, and will be 17 and an incoming senior in high school when Toy Story 3 is released, and guarantee I’m going to be first in line at my local movie theater to see this movie. I believe in this movie completely, and I trust that Pixar won’t disappoint.
July 16th, 2008 at 6:29 am
I hope its going to be good, but we can only hope.
We’ll have to wait and see
July 17th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
Hopefully, with Up, Pixar will renew the tradition of putting the teaser trailer for their next film in front of the movie. I mean, I loved Wall-E, but I was much more interested in seeing an Up teaser rather than Bolt, and ESPECIALLY Beverly Hills Chihuahua (ugh. Nobody in the showing I went to laughed at the teaser except for the really small kids).
What I’m hoping for with the Toy Story 3 teaser is a really grand, nostalgic thing. I would like for it to start out with words like “the one that started it all” (or something like that), showing clips from the first two films. Then, I’d like to see Woody and Buzz, etc. doing something that hints at a Toy Story 3 (I don’t want any actual footage from the film).
July 29th, 2008 at 9:09 am
I like the new storyline.. the Buzz recall ..shipping him off to japan would be too similar to the toys being shipped off in Toy Story 2.. or Woody rather..to the museum.. so I’m glad they scrapped it and went with the daycare.. sad that Andy’s grown and gone to College but did they show much of him anyway? It’s the toys who made the movie and I can’t wait for Toy Story 3!
July 31st, 2008 at 12:44 pm
I personally think it is a very well thought plot. I had barely turned 4 when Toy Story came out in theaters, and I still remember watching it in the movie theaters. The movie was my favorite out of all the great Disney/Pixar movies that came out in the 90’s.
When Toy Story 2 came out i was about 7 or 8. It was not my favorite out of the two, but it still had a very creative plot, as Woody suffered through fear of neglectment. Now, I am 16 years old. I’m almost grown up, and when Toy Story 3 comes out, ill be just turning 18. Just as Andy, Ill be grown up, hopefully in college. It might sound cheesy, but i think that that is why my expectations for this movie are high. To me, the plot seems perfect and the setting as well. In a way, Toy story targeted kids ages 3+, which was how old I was, and TS3 shows to older fans of the movies the growth and maturity that a character that many kids grew up with, such as Andy, grows up, and matures, almost at the same time than the kids targeted back in ‘95. I would however hope that the movie ends in a way that Andy decides to get back the Toy Story gang, because he decides that having them brings back good memories of his past, as many of us also have objects that we cherish and enjoy the memories that they bring to us. I hope that the movie ends up as Andy bringing the toys back, and like a year later, he has a child, and the toys are then passed on to his kid, just like Woody was passed on.
wow I wrote a lot, lol.
August 6th, 2008 at 7:41 am
Though I wouldn’t have done things exactly the way Pixar is doing with this film, I have absolutely no doubt in them. They’ve never disappointed me my whole life, and Toy Story is my favourite movie of all time, so I have no reason to worry about this movie (and for the record, even if it sucks, I’ll probably see it in theatres a million times). The Taiwan plot could have been good, but a) it’s just the 2nd movie’s plot but on a higher level, b) There was no Pixar involvement and c) Because Pixar wasn’t involved, a lot of the voice cast would likely not have returned (i.e. John Ratzenberger, who’s loyalty belongs to Pixar) so a lot of the characters’ voices would have changed. With the Daycare plot, the movie is obviously targeted at kids, but Pixar is fully aware that the kids who saw Toy Story when they were 5 will be 20 years old when this movie comes out, so the plot needs to have enough maturity that the older kids will still be able to identify with it (but I doubt that’s going to be an issue with the writerss). In terms of when in the story the toys get abandoned, it can go one of two ways: Andy could go off to college and drop off the toys at some daycare at the beginning of the movie, leaving the entire film to be about the toys dealing with being abandoned. On the other hand, the whole movie could be about Andy’s insecurity about giving up the toys he so dearly loved as a child, then finally deciding it’s time to let them go at the END of the film. Personally, I’m rooting for the 2nd option, because though Andy was only seen for about 20-30 minutes in the first movie, and maybe 10 in the 2nd, he’s still one of the main components of the story, so if they wrote him out of the story at the very beginning, then it would be a step away from the first two movies, because Andy would be out from the beginning, and Pixar should try to keep the whole series as tightly knit story-wise as they can. If Andy giving away the toys turns out to be the climax of the movie instead, or even at some point in the middle, then at least the story won’t be jumping too far from the originals. After all, like I said, Andy is an integral part of the Toy Story formula, so to cut him out at the beginning would just not be right. But you know what, like I said as well, even if this movie is the worst movie ever made (which it won’t because it’s Pixar), I’m still gonna see it until I know ever line by heart, because I’ve waited for this movie ever since I was 6 and walked out of the showing of Toy Story 2, turned to my mom, and said “I can’t wait for Toy Story 3!!” And almost nine years later, that’s still the way I feel.
August 6th, 2008 at 7:52 am
And Chip, I totally agree with you on the teaser trailer. But now that Disney and Pixar have merged, they seem to have changed the tradition, instead showing a trailer for the Disney CGI movie that comes out in the fall, then with that movie they show a teader for the next Pixar. Which royally sucks. If this is in fact the tradition, we won’t see a teaser until Fall of ‘09 because Disney has a CGI version of “A CHristmas Carol” coming out at that time. On the other hand, they might just do an early trailer because we’ve waited so long for TS3 anyways, so they might just decide to let us have a peek.
And I also agree with the fact that there should be no footage from the actual movie whatsoever. Keep it all tightly-wrapped. And make it HUGE. Like Chip said, start off with a huge slogan, like “Fifteen years ago, children all over the world fell in love with a cowboy and a spaceman. Now, they’re finally BACK.” Something like that that, then show Woody and Buzz doing something, like in the Wall-E ad for the Superbowl (I almost cried when I saw that, by the way). I can guarantee everyone in the theatre will be applauding or shrieking, or something. At least, I hope they do so I don’t look like a comlpete idiot.
Holy crap I need to shut up!! Sorry everyone I just have a lot to say about this movie. Overall, I just want it to be really good. =]
August 9th, 2008 at 1:02 pm
i think 3-d is the stupidest thing anyone can do i never get into a movie wen itss in 3-D it ruins the whole movie but w.e. ill prob wont enjoy it as much as the 1st and 2nd one because of the 3-D change
August 11th, 2008 at 12:13 pm
I grew up with toy story and still,in my late teens enjoy to sit down and watch the first two films and i actually cannot wait until the 3rd one.
HOWEVER, i am disappointed to hear its 3-d, that’s just dumb, why can’t they keep it the same as the other two?!?!
August 11th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
We were around the original Disney TS3 project for over a year…it’s hard to say how it would have turned out, as we all know it takes years to cobble together a great animated film, (Ratatoulle a perfect example). But, there were some fantastic, creative superstars working on the beloved project before the buyout…followed by a lot of disappointment.
But we agree that it was only fitting that Pixar was able regain control of their baby… absolutely! At the time, though, I think a lot of people working on the “Recall” project felt, if Disney were going to actually make these sequels, they might as well put their hearts and souls in to them. Interestingly enough, the “recall” version, did have a pretty funny Day Care scene in it. Maybe some day when all of the hard feeling have past, some of the work on the recall project will be released…just for kicks…and FYI, it was way past “treatment” stage…an
“A” list award winning screenwriter penned the first couple of TS3 drafts…and they were pretty far down the line with story reels as well. But, can’t wait to see what the geniuses at Pixar pull off! See ya.
August 15th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
I think the Toy Story 3 plot line looks like it’s going to be a huge hit, and as “un-neccessary” as it is, it will still bring laughter and countless smiles to the watchers. Having said that, I hope they do a good job on this film because it would be a shame to ruin Toy Story 1 & 2 by the making of a third.
I hope it’s a big hit! :)
August 17th, 2008 at 10:20 pm
The problem is with the title, “Toy Story”.
A story about toys. the second movie addressed, rather in a wicked way, that we out grow our toys and they become collectibles as adults. In that movie, by pathetic, flawed adults a circle is somewhat complete.
The only way to keep it’s innocents and sense of wonder is that a “toy”, is transfered to a new generation. The basis of a third movie lies in that premise if it’s going to have a chance. It has to take the natural progression of our own worldly experience. It’s logical and simple with the promise of something as sweet as the first two. Anything else is hack.
NUFF, SAID!
August 19th, 2008 at 2:34 pm
they keep changing the plot, i liked the first plot better where Andy goes to college and donates the toys to a daycare and they are trying to escape back to him but this one should be alright to but 3d should be cool
August 23rd, 2008 at 4:48 pm
toy story 3 should so be made :) woo
August 27th, 2008 at 3:06 am
thay are going to kill it there just going to kill the hole point of toy story
August 27th, 2008 at 3:31 pm
They shouldn’t make it 3D
September 4th, 2008 at 5:34 am
I’ve always loved toy story, and now that i have a son he loves it too.It never gets old. I can’t wait for the third one!!!!