![]() ![]() Collectively Pixar’s films have grossed a total of US$14.3 billion dollars. Pixar themselves have made a total of 23 CGI films from 1995 to 2020 the latest, Soul, is due sometime before the end of the year. Toy Story has been followed by a staggering 200+ computer-generated features. Jump forward a quarter-century, and outside of a select few independent productions no one in America makes hand-drawn animation any more. All of these acclaimed pictures were ultimately hand-animated. Toy Story made its debut in the middle of the ‘Disney Renaissance’, a period spanning from The Little Mermaid in 1989 and Tarzan in 1999 in which Disney produced a string of unprecedented smash hits with groundbreaking animation techniques. It was the first computer-animated feature film ever produced, and not only was it a commercial and critical success it fundamentally altered the animation medium for good. It's something that I never in my life imagined I would be uttering, but here I am saying it, and I'm incredibly grateful.Twenty-five years ago film history was made when Walt Disney released Toy Story, the debut production from Pixar Animation Studios. "And that those (new) dreams can be just as special, just as heroic, as the ones you initially set out on.”Īnd when they say, “To infinity and beyond” to one another, “there's a real warmth and tenderness behind that expression, and (it) really gives heart to the Buzz character in a way we haven't seen before and the relationships that he has with people surrounding him,” Aduba adds. They already had the finger-touch idea for Buzz and Alisha as “their 'it’s go time' kind of thing,” and then one of the film’s editors suggested pairing that moment with “To infinity and beyond.” "Once we had that, it was really clear that we need to carry that through the whole movie.”Īlisha acts as a positive force in Buzz’s life “as far as you can have a directive and have a thing that you're aiming for, but it's also entirely possible for those dreams to shift and adjust,” Aduba says. ![]() 'Lightyear': Why Pixar film has a same-sex kiss and not an 'awkward handhold' between queer charactersįilmmakers originally considered just putting the well-known quote in the “Lightyear” finale: The thinking was, “he'll just say that, and people will accept it because it's the Buzz they know,” MacLane says. I'm sure they would've used that catchphrase in a way where they're like, ‘We’ve stripped all the emotion out of the film, and that's just what he says at the end.’ Because that just felt right for the era.” “They did this a lot in the '80s: Robocop had a show. “Lightyear” director Angus MacLane says there was “an evolution” to this new take on “To infinity and beyond,” which he imagines the original plastic Buzz spouts in the “Toy Story” movies because it has that “cartoon-show spinoff” feel. That line in particular, (it) was really satisfying to know that it was actually part of this connection he had with this person.” And I think that's wonderful,” Aduba says.Īdds Evans: “You knew that Pixar was going to have fun with all of those origins, those reasons for why he says the thing he says. “What was really great watching it in this movie is you understand that it's a pact between friends. Review: Chris Evans' Buzz is more fantastic than plastic in Pixar's spiffy 'Lightyear' The space rangers say it to each other and touch fingers when they’re about to embark on a mission, and it becomes a much larger theme through “Lightyear” as Buzz also shares it with Alisha’s granddaughter Izzy (Keke Palmer). Once a catchphrase for Tim Allen’s Buzz Lightyear (which he'd yell to fellow toys before showing them how he flies), it now has emotional heft, reflecting the strong bond between astronaut Buzz (voiced by Evans) and his mentor/commander Alisha (Uzo Aduba). So getting to utter the famous quote “To infinity and beyond!” as an adult was a thrill almost three decades in the making.īut the saying boasts new significance in “Lightyear” (in theaters now). When Pixar's original “Toy Story” movie was released in 1995, Chris Evans was a 14-year-old, obsessed with Alice in Chains and Pearl Jam, who dreamed of working at Disney and being a film animator. Watch Video: Chris Evans calls 'Lightyear' lesbian character 'long overdue' ![]()
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