REINIER wrote:To this day I think toy story 3 is a shameless copy of it's far superior predecessor Toy Story 2...it lacks the heart warming song and it adds zero to none character development. Enter hatefull comments now
And here it comes; I hate you with every inch and part of me for saying that worthless comment and you're a disgrace to the humanity.
Just kidding You're allowed to have and state your opinion. But I'm somewhat biased, due to me not being that biased to the Toy Story sequels as the majority are.
REINIER wrote:To this day I think toy story 3 is a shameless copy of it's far superior predecessor Toy Story 2...it lacks the heart warming song and it adds zero to none character development. Enter hatefull comments now
And your reasons for this? How does it lack character development? Why is a :heart warming song? necessary? I'm just wondering. For me, I haven't seen a Toy Story film yet that I didn't love.
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REINIER wrote:To this day I think toy story 3 is a shameless copy of it's far superior predecessor Toy Story 2...it lacks the heart warming song and it adds zero to none character development. Enter hatefull comments now
Q: I also have to ask about Toy Story and what we can expect on the horizon as far as a Toy Story 4?
Andrew Stanton: Well, nobody’s harder on us [about] making a great Toy Story movie than we are. We know what it feels like to hit the bull’s-eye. And that’s part of the reason we’ve delayed it, so that we can really nail it. I know there’s a lot of concern about ‘why a fourth?’ But the truth is, we always had the intention of continuing.
Sotiris wrote:They were always planning of making more?
Q: I also have to ask about Toy Story and what we can expect on the horizon as far as a Toy Story 4?
Andrew Stanton: Well, nobody’s harder on us [about] making a great Toy Story movie than we are. We know what it feels like to hit the bull’s-eye. And that’s part of the reason we’ve delayed it, so that we can really nail it. I know there’s a lot of concern about ‘why a fourth?’ But the truth is, we always had the intention of continuing.
There’s been a bit of a creative shakeup on Pixar’s Toy Story 4, as was announced today at D23. John Lasseter, who directed Toy Story and Toy Story 2 (Lee Unkrich took over for the third installment) was originally slated to return to the helm for the new sequel, but now, originally announced co-director Josh Cooley (Riley’s First Date) has taken over as director. Lasseter will remain on board as an executive producer.
Was Lasseter fired as the director by his own studio? How awful must have he been for that to have happened?
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Received an interesting email tonight. No way to confirm the story, so we pass it along as a blind item, with the name of the director and film removed:
"Following a harsh internal review, he has been removed as writer/director of the latest film in this beloved series. The review was brutal. He can’t write. The studio will spin it as he was stretched too thin."
Lasseter has passed the torch to Josh Cooley though he says he still works “really closely on the story. Then it’s the art direction, to get the design right, but as it goes on it’s almost like learning to drive. I equate it to teaching my sons to ride a bike. As a dad it is my responsibility to run alongside them. But once they start riding there is a sense of accomplishment for them and I like working on the stories with all of the directors in the same way. [...] So I was getting an awful lot of creative satisfaction out of making all these movies with all these film makers but I always felt like I need to keep on directing. That’s why I decided to do Toy Story 4 initially but I oversee three studios and 24 feature films so it was not very practical. What also made it easier is that Josh Cooley is amazing. It was time to let go and he is doing a great job. So I do get creative satisfaction out of being the executive producer and chief creative officer and helping all these story tellers. That’s what made the decision. I’m loving what I do. I have the best job in the world.”
As chief creative officer of Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar Lasseter is currently overseeing 24 feature films as well as advising on the design of Disney’s 14 theme parks worldwide.
Wow, if this is true and really about John Lasseter then I find this hilarious.
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Disney's Divinity wrote:I don't understand how they'd have the power to remove him. Isn't he in control of everything at Disney and PIXAR these days?
I'm guessing his lackeys at the studio insisted that the movie needed heavy retooling and that he had too many other responsibilities to accomplish that on time and just somehow convinced him to step down without bruising his ego too much.
Disney's Divinity wrote:I don't understand how they'd have the power to remove him. Isn't he in control of everything at Disney and PIXAR these days?
I don't think he was literally forced off in an official way. If he wanted to strong arm his way onto continuing to direct he probably could. But it would not go over well with his peers. Somehow I think the brain trust (and others below them) convinced him it just wasn't working.
Even if it had been suggested he remove himself from the film, Lasseter's not wrong. Shouldering the responsibility of running three animation studios, plus his contributions to the theme park division on top of directing the fourth film in a popular franchise would take a toll on most anyone (Him directing Cars 2 was a last minute decision). Even Steven Spielberg, who has a major role running DreamWorks Pictures and Amblin, has other people run day-to-day creative decisions at the studio.
Lasseter didn't direct Toy Story 3 and instead passed the torch to Lee Unkrich for the same reasons that he was busy getting WDAS and Disney Toon back into ship shape after the David Stainton era. I myself was surprised he decided to direct Toy Story 4 and always get the sense Josh Cooley would have more responsibilities than are usually handled by a co-director. I'm not sure why they just didn't decide Cooley would be the sole director from the beginning, like they did with Unkrich. I understand Lasseter is a passionate and energetic guy who loves directing, but he has way more responsibilities and roles now than he did when he was making Toy Story and A Bug's Life.
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This is insanity. At this point he needs to be removed from at least WDAS and DisneyToon. He's creatively bankrupt. This quote in particular:
But also what made it easy was Josh Cooley was amazing; wait until you see it – he is so good. And it was time to let go of the bike and let him ride, and he’s doing a great job. It’s really fantastic.
"It's so good, really, wait until you see it, it's fantastic".... am I the only reading this in Trump's voice? This is language used by someone who's spinning horrible news to sell it as something 'great'.
Toy Story 4 is going to suck. Can we repeal and replace John Lasseter?
Man, this news about Lasseter is going to make this movie kinda awkward if it still happens. I know he stepped away from the project but it was supposed to be ( and I imagine still is) inspired by John's relationship with his wife. Will she even be his wife for much longer?
Depending on when and if Lasseter is returning; Toy Story 4 could be the first Pixar movie where Lasseter is not interacting with the writing of the script. Jones and McCormack left because of “creative and, more importantly, philosophical differences”, and we know what happened to Chris Sanders' and Brenda Chapman's movies. If so, I will be exciting to see the results.
You're allowed to have and state your opinion. But I'm somewhat biased, due to me not being that biased to the Toy Story sequels as the majority are.
How awful must have he been for that to have happened? 
