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Prudence wrote:Why are there Barbies and a Bo-Peep in Andy's room? Bo was there before Molly, Andy's little sister. That doesn't make sense. All that being said, JESSIEEEEEEE. I love Jessie and would love to see more of her. Toy Story II > Original Toy Story.

bo peep wasnt there before molly, as she was there in the very first scene. we can easily assume bo peep was molly's. they were sharing a room afterall. Im not sure why she was still there in toy story two though, because molly aparantly got her own room when they moved to their new house.
I guess andy just wanted her so he could have a girl for woody to save.

DisneyGirl22 wrote:You could argue that other movies, Cinderella, Little Mermaid, Lion King, also didnt 'need' sequels but they did it anyways.

that doesn't excuse their existence, those shouldn't have been made either. sequels should only be made if they have a story that demands to be told. pixar has a different philosophy than disney when it comes to sequels. john lasseter obviously didnt want to do any sequels unless he was very confident in their stories. and they seem to be confident that they have a good story for this one.
based on an interview with the director, it wont be another "loose a toy-find a toy" type story. they did that twice already anyway(which worked fine actually), I don't think they can pull it off a third time.

[quote="Prudence"]They could do something with Finding Nemo other than "making [Nemo] vanish for no good reason." I think Marlin and Dory would make a cute couple. quote]

I completely agree. Finding Nemo would make a good sequel, or a spin off movie. I would love to see Dory again.

Prudence wrote:Why are there Barbies and a Bo-Peep in Andy's room?

John Lasseter explained it in the commentary that they just added the Barbie dolls because it was the end of the movie and audiences wouldn't care that they were there randomly in Andy's room.

I'm sorry; I had forgotten. I haven't seen Toy Story in a long time.

who knows the barbies might've been Molly's dolls that go to Andy's room to talk to the boy toys.
and what do you people propose could happen in a Finding Nemo 2?

Don't Forget about the other female toy who belongs to Molly but still ends up In Andy's room a lot.... She's Mrs. Idaho Head or simply known as Mrs. Potato Head

Prudence wrote:I'm sorry; I had forgotten. I haven't seen Toy Story in a long time.

Don't be sorry! I was merely being informative. I hope I didn't sound harsh or anything because I didn't mean to be.


My thoughts on Toy Story 3: I'm happy and fearful at the same time, especially about the ending. A part of me just hates the ending where they all end up at a daycare center. I believe John stated that is how the series would end in the bonus features of the Ultimate Toy Box? I really would love it if they ended it with Andy grown-up and passing on his toys to his son/daughter. Something about that ending is both sad AND comforting because they're still with Andy in a way, but he doesn't play with them.

Maybe I made this up, but I thought it was established somewhere that Bo Peep was Molly's? Does anyone else know? Maybe in a commentary or something?

magicalwands wrote:

Prudence wrote:I'm sorry; I had forgotten. I haven't seen Toy Story in a long time.

Don't be sorry! I was merely being informative. I hope I didn't sound harsh or anything because I didn't mean to be.


My thoughts on Toy Story 3: I'm happy and fearful at the same time, especially about the ending. A part of me just hates the ending where they all end up at a daycare center. I believe John stated that is how the series would end in the bonus features of the Ultimate Toy Box? I really would love it if they ended it with Andy grown-up and passing on his toys to his son/daughter. Something about that ending is both sad AND comforting because they're still with Andy in a way, but he doesn't play with them.

the problem with that though is that for many years they will go unplayed with. untill andy gets married, has kids and they grow up.

Kyle wrote:

magicalwands wrote: Don't be sorry! I was merely being informative. I hope I didn't sound harsh or anything because I didn't mean to be.


My thoughts on Toy Story 3: I'm happy and fearful at the same time, especially about the ending. A part of me just hates the ending where they all end up at a daycare center. I believe John stated that is how the series would end in the bonus features of the Ultimate Toy Box? I really would love it if they ended it with Andy grown-up and passing on his toys to his son/daughter. Something about that ending is both sad AND comforting because they're still with Andy in a way, but he doesn't play with them.

the problem with that though is that for many years they will go unplayed with. untill andy gets married, has kids and they grow up.

its a cute idea, and i get where you're coming from, but its a little too "Brave Little Toaster" you know? I love that movie but i think it would be the same kind of thing.

DisneyGirl22 wrote:its a cute idea, and i get where you're coming from, but its a little too "Brave Little Toaster" you know? I love that movie but i think it would be the same kind of thing.

Oh, darn it. I've never seen The Brave Little Toaster. Hmm, I think even if both movies have the same endings, I'm sure it is okay. I bet there are a lot of films that end in the same way.

Nothing major, just more confirmation that this is on the way. From IGN.com:

http://movies.ign.com/articles/795/795502p1.html

Toy Story 3 Update
Pixar has ''great idea'' for sequel.
by IGN Staff

June 11, 2007 - Pixar has Toy Story 3 on track for a 2010 release. Details about the third film in the beloved CG-animated franchise are, of course, being kept tightly under wraps, but director Lee Unkrich recently spoke to TIME magazine about the upcoming sequel.

"We got an idea we thought would be really great," says Unkrich, who co-directed Toy Story 2 and Finding Nemo. "We're just starting to write the story. I wake up every morning hoping for a eureka moment."

Unkrich also told the magazine that frequent Pixar collaborator Randy Newman will compose the score for the film.

Tom Hanks and Tim Allen are expected to return to voice their roles of Buzz Lightyear and Woody. Michael Arndt (Little Miss Sunshine) is writing the script.

Pixar will follow Ratatouille, in theaters June 29, with Wall-E, a robot love story. And their 2009 release will be Up, the story of an old man who travels the world fighting exotic beasts and villains.

Up sounds interesting. Even though Ratatouille seems as if its going to be boring, Toy Story 3, Wall E and Up all seem to be hits in the making. Can't wait.

MadonnasManOne wrote:Unkrich also told the magazine that frequent Pixar collaborator Randy Newman will compose the score for the film.

UH!

MadonnasManOne wrote:Michael Arndt (Little Miss Sunshine) is writing the script.

YAY! His script for Miss Sunshine was tight!

I am really looking forward to Toy Story 3. I think it has potential to be another really great sequel. Toy Story is where all the Disney/Pixar magic began. The characters in the film are all near and dear to our hearts, so I think a trilogy would be really great. I'm sure they will come up with a great script, and we already know the actors would be willing to reprise their roles. I will be eager to hear details for the film.

MadonnasManOne wrote:Unkrich also told the magazine that frequent Pixar collaborator Randy Newman will compose the score for the film.

Great news that he is coming back. I love his scores for the other 4 Pixar films he has composed for. It's unfortunate many composers don't come back for sequels nowadays...glad to find that this isn't the case.

I can't wait for Toy Story 3, the last 2 were hilarious!

I can't wait too! I hope it's going to be a good movie!

I'm really curious to see what the script will be. I just can't think of anything! I definitely wouldn't be a good writer

Sorry if this has been posted before. I Just read this.

By: Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor
Source: Wall Street Journal
Date: Thursday, February 21, 2008

Strange as it may sound, the Wall Street Journal may have just revealed the plot concept for Pixar's upcoming Toy Story 3. In an article they featured about media companies and keeping content internally, they may have just revealed the plot concept for the long anticipated third film in the series which will hit theaters in 2010. Bypassing the question on how they got the plot concept before any of us, here's what they had to say...

In Pixar's coming movie "Toy Story 3," Woody the cowboy and his toy-box friends are dumped in a day-care center after their owner, Andy, leaves for college.

Obviously, this may not to be true in the final product but it seems to fit in timing. The third "Toy" film will be 11 years after Toy Story 2 hit theaters in 1999. If Pixar decides to pay attention with the gap between the second and third movie, the owner Andy will indeed be around college age. When we can get a confirmation on this plot concept, we'll pass it along to you.

SpaceAce wrote:In Pixar's coming movie "Toy Story 3," Woody the cowboy and his toy-box friends are dumped in a day-care center after their owner, Andy, leaves for college.

Andy actually grows up?!

My excitement for this film has returned. I'm glad they're bringing the concept that they introduced in Toy Story 2 full-circle by having Andy outgrow his toys. It'll be interesting to see how they all take it. The fact that it takes place so far in the future (like, around a decade) opens up so many possibilities. Just think: toys go in and out of style very quickly. Maybe we can have Buzz go through a mid-life crisis after finding out that the fad for space toys has passed. Or maybe western toys can come back in style and Woody can be the popular one again. Hmmm, well, now that I think about it, those ideas aren't too good, but this still opens up a bunch of potential for new story elements.

There are two things that bother me with this plot description: the use of the word "dumped" and Andy himself.

Is it just me, or does leaving his childhood toys - his best friends - at some random day-care center to be played with by a bunch of kids that will never love them as much as he did make Andy look kinda, to quote the article, dickish? I mean, when you think about it, it's almost exactly what Jessie's owner did to her in the second film. This third movie has the potential to make Andy an extremely unlikeable person. I sure hope it doesn't end up that way.

Andy's the central character in the entire Toy Story franchise, the one character that frames the motivations and actions of all the toy protagonists. Everything that Woody, Buzz, and the others do is for him and his happiness. If he just heartlessly gives them away when he outgrows them, he throws away every good quality he ever had, and betrays the friendship that the first two movies worked so hard to establish. His love for those toys has become almost as important as the Pooh/Christopher Robin relationship.

But maybe I'm jumping to conclusions. Maybe his mother gave them away without his permission. I don't see that happening, though. She would never do that without consulting his first. This is what bothers me about the word "dumped" in the description. They were "dumped" at the day-care center? Why use that particular word? Could that imply that the toys being there is an accident? Were they really intended to go there?

Either way, it brings forth a bunch of questions. Is it just Andy's toys that are taken there, or is it Molly's as well? If it's the former, then Bo Peep, Ms. Potato Head, and the Barbie dolls could end up being separated from Woody and the others.

I'm glad they're going for the Andy-growing-up plot, but I was kind of hoping they would go about it a different way. I was hoping that if they did use that plot, then the whole movie would just focus on Andy showly outgrowing his toys, and then at the end of the film, he would give them to his children. It's the perfect ending for the series. The toys continue to be loved by the family, and Andy gets to prove his love for both his toys and his kids by giving one set of his most-prized possessions to the other. Just jumping into the plot with the toys having already been passed on skips so many opportunities for character development.

But then again, this is PIXAR. We all know how much they care about the Toy Story characters, so I doubt they would do anything that goes against the spirit of the first two films by making Andy into a heartless owner. I have confidence in them; I just hope this movie doesn't end up going where this vague description implies that it's going. And of course, this is still very early information. Everything about this plot could easily change.

Oh well, at least having an older Andy in the film will allow John Morris, whose voice has undoubtedly matured by now, to continue to play him. But how will they ever replace Jim Varney?!

C'mon you guys, we've finally got something to discuss besides princesses and barebone DVD re-releases. Let's get to speculating!