News Chris Evans to Voice Buzz Lightyear in Origin Movie, Lightyear

OK, I couldn't remember for sure.

Oh yeah, I know Speak and Spell is real, I remember playing with them as a kid in the '90s.

 

True, on the other hand, it could have served as a reason for Mattel to reintroduce them to a new generation, with or without the license

 

True, but it's now back. And I don't know who to blame.

 

^ Well, as they say, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery

 

Yeah, but the person who said it first is really annoyed that nobody gives them credit for it...

 

Hah, fair point! One of those quotes that are never attributed to anyone in particular.

 

It’s a bit more noble. I like.

To Christopher:

If Pixar does exist in the Toy Story universe, I’d say their first film was….Zelig.

“Ooh…uncanny valley…why can’t the people look real—like from The Polar Express?”

Besides, it has to have some Woody…

 

Lightyear official trailer

 

Saw that yesterday, and it's nice to get a clearer look at the story. Since they first announced the movie I've been curious if Zurg was in it, and this trailer finally gives us our first look at him.

 

New trailer:



There's an interview on io9 where the director explains just what this movie is all about:

https://gizmodo.com/lightyear-disney-pixar-interview-trailer-chris-evans-1848799721

That makes sense. I'd wondered why the Buzz toy would look so cartoonish if he was based on a live-action movie, but if he's based on the cartoon based on the movie, that explains it.

The director says he envisioned this as a movie made in the '70s or '80s, but the "effects" sequences in the trailer look a lot more elaborate than what the pre-CGI visual effects of the era could've achieved. But maybe VFX were more advanced in the Toy Story universe. Do you suppose that maybe, being CGI themselves, they had an intuitive grasp of how to create CGI? Whoa. Mind blown.

 

So Chris Evans jumps in time, again?

 

So i just read an article that this is basically Andy's "Star Wars" which is cool.

https://sffgazette.com/sci-fi/movie...ls-that-the-movie-is-andys-star-wars-in-a1394

 

EW.com has posted a new interview with the director where he explains why Buzz's partner after the time jump Alisha is gay. He says that one of the reasons they did it was because they wanted you to know that there was not going to be a romantic relationship between her & Buzz.

 

I thought she was a kid. That would be rather creepy for a Disney movie if she had a relationship with Buzz.

 

I just saw the trailer for this and I'm thinking I could enjoy this

 

No she's an adult.

 

My mom & I saw this earlier today, and we both enjoyed it. It's not necessarily one of Pixar's best, but it's good. Anybody else seen, it or planning on seeng it?

 

I will see it eventually. I admit not using Tim Allen bugs me, and I don’t know why.

 

It makes sense to me. A lot of tie-in merchandise uses impersonators rather than the original actors, so it makes sense that the toy wouldn't necessarily have had the same voice as the movie's lead actor. Especially since apparently the in-universe rationale is that the toy is based on the TV cartoon series based on the movie, rather than directly on the movie, which is why the toy is so caricatured. (Although that leaves me feeling that the toy's voice should be Patrick Warburton.)

Metatextually, it makes sense because this movie's Buzz Lightyear is a different character from Toy Story's Buzz Lightyear. That Buzz is a toy of an astronaut; this Buzz is an actual human astronaut. So it feels right to cast different actors to reflect the different personalities.

 

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