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What happens when you suck the fun out of one of the funniest characters in Pixar’s universe?

Well, you get Lightyear! Tune in today to hear why, despite the success of the Toy Story
franchise, Lightyear falls short. We hear about the themes and messages of the film, why
they’re obvious from the opening scenes, and why they are ‘done to death’ in comparison to
recent films like Turning Red. 

Hear about Michael’s main gripes with the film, what he would
have appreciated instead, and why, as a result, the emotional moments in the film totally fell flat for him. You’ll get to know what he thinks of Chris Evans’s performance, and why he thinks Tim Allen would have been a better fit. Find out about the best and worst characters in the film, and why, before Michael expands on why the film lacks the charm of the original Toy Story films. 

Nate was so excited to see Toy Story 3 he got engaged to friend of the show Alison Klemp! Toy Story 3 is the greatest part 3 in film history and Nate breaks down what makes this film so great and how the film champions socialism! Also more on Gootz's idea for Toy Story 5!

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In this week's episode David, John and Kyle invite on Nick Rojas, Marc DeSisto and Nick Boyle from The Good, The Bad & The Watchable podcast. They discuss Tenet's new release strategy (4:35) and the deal Universal Pictures made with AMC Theaters to shorten theatrical windows (12:30). Finally, the six hosts share their favorite summer blockbusters of all-time (20:00).

This episode was originally streamed on August 3rd on our Twitch channel and can be replayed on YouTube. You can also listen to full movie recaps of films like Ghostbusters and Back to the Future by checking out this YouTube playlist. To get in touch with us and find out when we are recording follow us on Twitter and Instagram!

"There are no bad toys. Only bad kids"

This entire franchise is unreal, and we couldn't be happier to revisit the BEST one of these movies 10 years after the fact. Listen as we get into our fears of continuing this franchise, grown up themes, accepting death, our favourite toys, childhood imagination, crying, jail breaks, loyal toys, "Don't Care" Bears, co-mingling toys and repeated, REPEATED terrible Randy Newman impressions. All that plus FUN FACTS and Tenzie awards!

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This week, Buzz and Woody are at it again. We watch them try to reunite with Andy for a third time, as Pixar tries to forces those tears out of our heads. Toy Story 3 (2010), directed by Lee Unkrich.

Ali discusses Pixar’s first feature film, Toy Story (1995), and its sequels, Toy Story 2 (1999), Toy Story 3 (2010) and Toy Story 4 (2019). She shares her favorite moments from each movie that make up this phenomenal franchise and capture the universal themes of friendship, growing up, purpose and unconditional love.