Disney Pixar's Lightyear

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Re: Disney Pixar's Lightyear

Post by Ben » May 5th, 2022, 7:42 pm

Well, apart from the end where he’s hit by Zurg's incredible shrinking ray and encased in carbo-plastic…! ;)

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Re: Disney Pixar's Lightyear

Post by Daniel » June 3rd, 2022, 4:01 pm

Pixar has released an advanced track from the soundtrack:



Sounds pretty epic-y! Ah that orchestra.

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Re: Disney Pixar's Lightyear

Post by Ben » June 3rd, 2022, 7:53 pm

Quite nice. Shades, intentional or not, of Goldsmith and Horner in there, especially, though not enough for me to make this the first Disney soundtrack I pick up since Poppins Returns… I’ll need to hear more, though I generally love MG's 60s-infused work.

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Re: Disney Pixar's Lightyear

Post by Daniel » June 4th, 2022, 1:55 pm

Doesn't help that they haven't released deluxe editions physically as of late, or you probably would've gotten *shudders* Frozen II. ;)

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Re: Disney Pixar's Lightyear

Post by Ben » June 4th, 2022, 4:55 pm

I probably would have gotten that before seeing the film, as so often happens, but since there was no physical two-disc I held off…and then saw the film and knew I’d made the right call. ;)

But, yes, if Intrada suddenly came along with a limited edition physical version of the deluxe I’d still probably get it to fill the gap… Help me. Please. ;)

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Re: Disney Pixar's Lightyear

Post by James » June 12th, 2022, 4:10 am

Got to see this on Saturday. I'll have a review up soon, but to answer one question I'm not sure was settled yet: (mild spoilers)
The film opens with on-screen text explaining that in 1995, Andy saw a movie featuring the fictional character Buzz Lightyear. He loved the movie so much he got the action figure for his birthday that year. We're then told, "This is that movie".

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Re: Disney Pixar's Lightyear

Post by Kaszubas » June 12th, 2022, 4:24 am

Wow! It settles the argument then - Therefore I won the bet I’ve never made 😎 Still it always seemed the most logical option to me! Thank’s for the confirmation, James 👍 BTW Can you summarize your overall impression in one world/sentence before your review get published?

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Re: Disney Pixar's Lightyear

Post by Farerb » June 12th, 2022, 9:15 am

When does the embargo end?

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Re: Disney Pixar's Lightyear

Post by Daniel » June 12th, 2022, 10:02 am

Monday. As to the spoiler,
it does not feel like a movie from the 90s.

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Re: Disney Pixar's Lightyear

Post by Farerb » June 12th, 2022, 10:20 am

It never felt like a 90's action movie from what we've seen so far from trailers and sneak peeks. It felt more like they wanted to make a Star Wars type film and someone told them to connect it to Buzz Lightyear.
I also don't care for that text idea. Some people suggested that perhaps the after credits scene is Andy going out of the theater asking his mom for a Buzz toy and that sounds much more creative to me.

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Re: Disney Pixar's Lightyear

Post by Ben » June 12th, 2022, 11:15 am

So…

Who was the "1995 movie" Buzz Lightyear based on…? :?




And did that movie come out in the summer or on November 22? ;)




(And does it have a de-aged Sam Jackson in it?) :lol:

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Re: Disney Pixar's Lightyear

Post by Farerb » June 13th, 2022, 9:14 am

Why isn't the embargo lifted yet? It's the 13th.

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Re: Disney Pixar's Lightyear

Post by Daniel » June 13th, 2022, 1:57 pm

In the meantime, here's a look at the McDonald's Happy Meal toys:

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Eh...

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Re: Disney Pixar's Lightyear

Post by James » June 13th, 2022, 2:07 pm

Kaszubas wrote:
June 12th, 2022, 4:24 am
...BTW Can you summarize your overall impression in one world/sentence before your review get published?
It was pretty good. Nothing groundbreaking. But nothing terrible. Pretty by-the-numbers and straightforward story. Doesn't hold a candle to the Pixar golden age, but nothing does these days.

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Re: Disney Pixar's Lightyear

Post by Ben » June 13th, 2022, 5:36 pm

So it doesn’t really go…to infinity…and…oh, you know!? ;)

THR agrees with you: "solid mid-tier Pixar":

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movie ... 235162798/

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