"Lamp Life" was written and directed by Valerie LaPointe, a story artist on Toy Story 4 who was involved with the (re) development of the Bo character (voiced here once again by Annie Potts), so it’s understandable as to why she would want to make a short film detailing the time between when Bo left the gang and when she and Woody reconnected. Unfortunately, the short itself is pretty lackluster. Originally intended as a bonus feature for the home video release of Toy Story 4, “ Lamp Life” got some additional buzz when it became a Disney+ exclusive. But it’s more of an oddball piece of Toy Story miscellanea, than an actual compelling piece of the larger story. It’s directed by Tad Stones, the guiding force of the early days of Walt Disney Television Animation and the creator of Darkwing Duck, so the story is competently told. The rest of the movie isn’t bad, exactly. ( Tom Hanks’ brother, Jim, voices Woody.) Pixar also animated the logo and a graphics-heavy introduction of the film’s characters. Potato Head doesn’t appear due to a dispute at the time with Hasbro. Weirdly, Finding Nemo director Andrew Stanton voices Hamm and Mr. Lee Ermey, Wallace Shawn, and Joe Ranft (as Wheezy). They created a nearly three-minute opening sequence, featuring Tim Allen (who reprises his role for the rest of the movie), R. While Pixar wasn’t involved in the television series, aside from creating the wordless, 30-second intro, they were much more present for the movie/pilot. It was a traditionally animated, direct-to-video feature that also served as the extended pilot to the short-lived animated series Buzz Lightyear of Star Command. If you’ve never heard of Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins, that’s okay. The Toy Story universe is large and expansive - and we’re celebrating it all. Not only will we rank and reflect on the four Toy Story feature films but also the spin-off animated pilot, the shorts, and the holiday specials. So, it’s with this spirit of reflection and warm remembrance that we look back at the entire Toy Story universe. Anytime in the past 25 years that you’ve found yourself choking up at a Pixar movie, or any computer-animated feat, you can blame on Toy Story. The computer, that cold and calculating machine, was utilized expressly for e motion. With Toy Story, you could actually understand what the computer-animated characters were feeling.
Computer-generated images were used to inspire awe or terror. Up until Toy Story, CGI had mainly been utilized for creatures of some kind – the metallic villain of T2 or the dinosaurs from Jurassic Park. These are movies that reshaped not only the world of animation but the way that viewers watch and process computer-generated characters.
It’s the 25th anniversary of the first film and the 10th anniversary of Toy Story 3. 2020 is a big year for the Toy Story franchise.
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