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Why not just leave the origins of Buzz Lightyear TO OUR IMAGINATIONS?

posted 2 years ago by [deleted]
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It's like the Star Wars Solo movie bombing because we all preferred to IMAGINE Han Solo doing the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs, but this is just as bad because we're TOLD what happened in the early days of Buzz Lightyear's Star Command career instead of using our imaginations to make up our own ideas about his origins! It's no wonder kids don't play with action figures that much anymore, if multi-million dollar movie projects are telling those kids HOW to play with those toys!

[–] Kowalski (63764) 2 years ago

I GREW UP IN THE 80S...THEY TOLD US MUCH HARDER WHAT TOYS AND HOW TO PLAY THEN.

[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

How do you mean? As in the toy representing a character has to behave like that character? I suppose so, but they don't have to always recreate the movie storylines, right? They can make new stories with those characters, all on their own, and all with their imaginations.

[–] Kowalski (63764) 2 years ago

TO SELL MORE TOYS...I GREW UP WITH HE-MAN AND TRANSFORMERS AND THE LIKE...I MEAN...TRANSFORMERS DID A MOVIE SO THEY COULD KILL ALL THE CHARACTERS AND INTRODUCE NEW CHARACTERS ON THE SHOW...TO SELL THE NEW TOYS.

[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

(sigh) Yes, I know, it's the same old story.

[–] hyperjet (652) 2 years ago

I don't even know where to start. Do kids even play with toys anymore? Everything is on the phone or a TV....instant gratification. None of the wonders of Saturday mornings. No scrolling through actual books in a library. As you said no need for action figures. Everything is spoon fed now in the form of sequels and origin stories. No need for toy cars or a sandbox. Its all video now. And with that, the mediums are ripe with indoctrination and violence'. Then their teachers tell them to hate themselves. I feel bad for today's kids.

[–] Otter (24464) 2 years ago

I agree, because this movie is meh, and they really should have left the origins of Buzz's popularity to our imaginations.

Because I can't imagine this movie ever being hugely popular with kids, or that they all wanted a toy that would enable them to pretend that they were this guy who's marooned and who spends about a hundred years failing at his appointed task and feeling unhappy and frustrated. Seriously, one of the main theme of the film is learning to accept unpleasant circumstances you can't change, and that is the last thing any child wants to do.

[–] Strazdas (2328) 2 years ago

Why dont you just dont go to any movies and just imagine all of them?