Toy Story 5 Shouldn’t Exist (But It’s Brilliant)
MackInFlix
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Toy Story 4 gave Woody his perfect ending, leaving Pixar with an impossible question for Toy Story 5: what is left to say? The answer meant replacing the franchise's oldest fear—kids growing up—with a modern threat sitting right on the bed.
In this video essay, we break down how director Andrew Stanton solved the modern "iPad kid" problem without turning the movie into a preachy, anti-technology morality tale. By stepping away from Woody and making Jessie the emotional anchor, the screenplay brilliantly reopens a wound from 1999 to face a terrifying new obstacle: the Lilypad smart tablet. We explore the script's structural mechanics, Stanton's "two plus two" storytelling theory, and how Pixar used a perfectly functioning device to force physical toys to evolve.
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But the big question there is, what internal problem can Buzz have that would connect to the audience and in-universe?
Here's my pitch.
Buzz's has already had multiple experiences with multiple Buzz's, from the second and the fifth films. What if, Buzz gets broken, he's brought to a repair shop, where the shopkeeper uses different parts to restore Buzz. However, the Buzz that is returned to Bonnie and the gang is not the same Buzz as before BUT has his memories (because several of his body parts that were salvageable were used on that Buzz). So, Buzz finds his way back to Bonnie's after weeks only to discover that he was replaced by a different Buzz, but cannot disprove it because Buzz 2 has his memories as well. This can explore the idea of adults (which the original audience was) having been replaced by different friends. Does it mean that your friends don't love you anymore? And it creates an internal crisis, similar to Vision's arc in #WandaVision. Also, this would be a nice play on Lotso's story, where Buzz can choose the high road and do what Lotso should have done then.
2. Forgoten Charakter's from toy Story 4,
3. And Jessy was not herself,
4. Bonny was nothing,
5. Lilypad was awfull.
I can go on for a long list of everything else.
The only good thing the Toy Story lives. So I am glad we at least get Merch again
Toy Story 5 Shouldn’t Exist (But It’s Brilliant)
MackInFlix
944 views
Toy Story 4 gave Woody his perfect ending, leaving Pixar with an impossible question for Toy Story 5: what is left to say? The answer meant replacing the franchise's oldest fear—kids growing up—with a modern threat sitting right on the bed.
In this video essay, we break down how director Andrew Stanton solved the modern "iPad kid" problem without turning the movie into a preachy, anti-technology morality tale. By stepping away from Woody and making Jessie the emotional anchor, the screenplay brilliantly reopens a wound from 1999 to face a terrifying new obstacle: the Lilypad smart tablet. We explore the script's structural mechanics, Stanton's "two plus two" storytelling theory, and how Pixar used a perfectly functioning device to force physical toys to evolve.
If you enjoy deep-dive film theory and screenplay breakdowns, leave a like and subscribe to Mackinflix for more.