![]() ![]() “And I wanted to get a strong female voice in the writing of this.” “They have such a great sense of character and originality,” Lasseter said of Jones and McCormack. Lasseter reinforced this intention by bringing Rashida Jones and Will McCormack on as writers for Toy Story 4: As you’ll see in future films, we’re really paying attention to that.” “It’s very important to us … to have female and ethnic characters,” said Lasseter, the Disney Animation Studios/Pixar chief. But back in May, John Lasseter said to Variety that both Disney and Pixar were making a conscious effort to incorporate more diversity in their animated films: Pixar movies have been criticized in the past for being too male-centric. Meeting new characters is always fun, but shouldn’t come at the expense of existing ones that people have come to know and love. I sincerely hope, however, that taking the story on the road to bring her back doesn’t deprive us of spending time with the other classic characters, many of whom were absent from the television specials. And, being aware that the Toy Story movies always place Woody in the spotlight, I wanted – more than any other possible storyline – to see Bo come back, and for them to have a second chance at love. Although I fell in love with Buzz and Jessie as a couple in Toy Story 3, I was wary of the prospect of an entire film focusing on them, realizing that to do so, they would have to be put through some sort of emotional turmoil or physical danger. Nevertheless, Jessie was sorely missed, and not only by my fangirl friends and myself I can recall reviewers stating at the time of the special’s release that they would have liked to have seen more Jessie as well.ĭon’t get me wrong – I’m really excited that Toy Story 4 is about Woody searching for Bo Peep. I understand that the television special not only had a very constricted time limit, but also an entirely different focus, giving even Woody and Buzz a small role in comparison to the dinosaurs. And I know it could be just the filmmakers referring to the cast in the most basic way, to protect the plot’s specifics but at the same time, after Jessie’s very brief appearance in Toy Story That Time Forgot, I can’t help but be concerned, because the precedent has already been set. Now, I know that Woody and Buzz are the core of the franchise, the iconic figures that everyone immediately associates with Toy Story. From statements made by John Lasseter over the course of the Expo weekend, to articles about Pixar President Jim Morris’s presentation in Australia, only those two characters are consistently listed as heading out on the film’s epic journey. What could possibly scare me about Toy Story? Well, it’s the fact that in everything I’ve heard about the plot of the movie, only Woody and Buzz Lightyear are mentioned as going on the quest to find Bo Peep. I don’t remember any of them being main characters but they were fillers mostly like Bo peep server for Andy.Ever since the Toy Story 4 announcements at the D23 Expo this past August, my excitement has been tempered with a little bit of fear. The figurines would go right along with what ever adventure I was conjuring, complete with musical numbers. When I was a kid I had no idea what that theme was but as an adult I understand it was straight out of restoration popularity. I played with male and female figures that either looked like they can out of a colonial picture book or the common pastoral couple (the coy shepherdess and her persistent lover). I would probably be sick if I knew what they were really worth now. They were part of my great grandmother’s estate that was left to my family. I still played with them even if they lost a foot or an arm. In fact many of my childhood treasures are in amazing condition consider how much I played with them. ![]() I wasn’t rough on any of my toys as a child. ![]()
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