cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/23620581

Tim Allen says Disney would not be making “Toy Story 5” if it was just about the money. The last two films in the franchise grossed $1 billion.

  • @Dagamant
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    910 hours ago

    That is the exact quote people use when it’s 100% a cash grab

  • socsa
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    412 hours ago

    “Toy story 5 is exactly like cocaine”

  • Granbo's Holy Hotrod
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    3222 hours ago

    Anything that has a part 5 is a cash grab, what are you even saying?

    • @Delphia
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      -91 day ago

      Id like to think that Tom Hanks wouldnt attach his name to a lazy obvious cash grab.

      • Blackout
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        71 day ago

        Even Tom knows he’s on his waning years and sucking up every role he can get.

        • ditty
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          211 hours ago

          Tom Hanks should retire and let some other actors get some roles imo

  • smokebuddy [he/him]
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    381 day ago

    Andrew Stanton is directing “Toy Story 5,” which will center on Buzz, Woody and the rest of the toys as they go head to head with the electronics that now consume the attention of children.

    Oh boy, please go hard on cable TV channels and radio stations aimed at kids, Internet streaming services, toys-to-life video games, licensed mobile cash grabs developed by Gameloft and Club Penguin-like experiences! Any company in the business of those is evil.

    • @[email protected]
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      281 day ago

      Oh boy, please go hard on … Internet streaming services

      My hope is not high for this. The movie will be made by Disney, so I don’t think they’ll be going after Disney+.

      • @[email protected]
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        522 hours ago

        Oh, I expect they well may, in Wreck-It Ralph 2 fashion. They might make it the target of a quick tongue-in-cheek remark at its own expense, but its mere appearance will nonetheless be an ad for the brand.

      • @theangryseal
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        523 hours ago

        Nah they’ll just have a talking tablet and little Tommy’s phone will wake up when he leaves the room and have a horrified look on its face. Apps will be opening and talking to each other. Buzz gonna discover AI and build a rocket. There’s gonna be a toy convinced that the room is a Fortnite map. “This is a straaaange game server! Build something! Fight Meeee!”

    • @Zahille7
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      141 day ago

      But Woody stayed behind with Bo Peep to rescue other lost toys at the end of 4. I thought that was supposed to be the end because it was no longer Buzz and Woody. Buzz stayed with the family.

    • fmstrat
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      223 hours ago

      They’ll probably go hard on toys that teach.

      Those drones you have to learn to fly and repair.

      Those video games that require critical thinking.

      Those mechanical legos that teach you to build.

      What else don’t they make money on?

  • @apfelwoiSchoppen
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    1 day ago

    Roll film:

    Narrator Buzz Lightyear, “It was about the money. It was always about the money.”

  • @nutsack
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    524 hours ago

    looks like shit

      • @[email protected]
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        141 day ago

        … Fifty percent increased shareholder value

        And a hundred percent reason to remember the Toy Story IP

      • @Zahille7
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        101 day ago

        3 should have been the end of the whole thing tbh. It was the perfect send-off imo.

  • @[email protected]
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    I have been consistently surprised by how good each of the Toy Story films was. I can’t think of a way to make 5 after the way 4 ended (unless it has new protagonists) but I expect the folks making the movie to surprise me again.

    • @Skullgrid
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      21 day ago

      You wanna outline the opinion or give a link or something?

      Usually you make quality and notable contributions, everything good over there?

      • Jo Miran
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        61 day ago

        in summary, it is his opinion ( and he is quite vocal about it) that Toy Story 3 provided the perfect ending and he refuses to watch 4 or any future movies in order to not ruin said perfect ending.