Garbage toy story 3 incinerator4/7/2024 ![]() One of the striking aspects of the Toy Story movies-their visual aesthetic, ironic humor, and childhood nostalgia-is that Disney purchased the rights to represent branded toys, which means that the films jettison the craftsman’s uniqueness and the playroom’s timelessness. In the real world, there seems to be a failure of imagination when it comes to what happens next to the toys that we treasure. These fates belie the luminous fantasy sequences that begin each movie, the alternative world of childhood play. In a consumer culture that tells us that pieces of plastic are our friends, as the theme song “You’ve Got A Friend in Me” underscores, how do we justify their constant replacement? In the first Toy Story movie, Woody fears replacement by Buzz Lightyear or destruction by a vicious neighbor in the second, he faces being broken by his owner or consigned to a museum shelf and in the third, donation or the trash heap loom large. This scene highlights a theme central to all three Toy Story movies: anxiety about waste. In this scene, Woody fears becoming a part of our culture’s detritus: “I am a lost toy!” Woody laments, recognizing that, if unclaimed, he might become just another piece of garbage. With this play on Sunoco, Pixar reminds us of fossil fuels, our cars running off of dinosaur bones. ![]() One of the best sight gags in Toy Story comes when Sheriff Woody and Buzz Lightyear are stranded at a “Dinoco” gas station, its brand logo a silhouette of a brontosaurus. ![]()
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