Welcome, and thank you for reading the first ever post of The Toy Story Buzz. Let me start things off by introducing myself:
I have been a Pixar fan for as long as I can remember. I have long been impressed by the brilliant animation, acting, and storytelling that is displayed by Pixar every year without fail. Pixar films are always the ones I am most excited to see. Toy Story was the first experience most people had with Pixar, it was a great first impression and a great indication of what was to come. Toy Story 2 is one of the few sequels that manage to be just as great as its predecessor. So it stands to reason that I would be excited about the third installment, and I don't think I'm alone in my excitement. I plan to use this blog as a way to capture that excitement. I will provide all the most recent Toy Story 3 news as it becomes available. I will also provide my own opinion and speculation every opportunity I get. So thank you for being excited about Toy Story 3 and for visiting my blog. Please share your excitement, opinion or speculation by leaving comments.
Now that we have the introduction out of the way lets get down to business. About a month ago Pixar started releasing pictures and short descriptions about new Toy Story 3 characters on their Facebook page. In the past week they started to get a little sneakier about releasing new character information. The two newest characters haven't been revealed on the Facebook page yet, instead they have had an exclusive debut on two separate blogs: The Pixar Blog and Cartoon Brew. I will feature an in depth look at each new character with every new entry of this blog, starting with the most recently revealed. Here's an ensemble picture of the complete new cast with the one yet-to-be-revealed character in the dark:
Cliffhanger Edition
Sunday, March 28 Lee Unkrich (the director of Toy Story 3) announced via his twitter account that a "cliffhanger edition" of Toy Story 3 will be touring to several college campuses. The selected colleges will host a 65 minute version of the film. Only people with a valid student ID will be permitted and no recording devices, or even cell phones, will be allowed in the theater. The official announcement can be seen here.
The fact that only students will be permitted, and that even cellphones are restricted from being in the theater shows that Pixar is really serious about keeping the film under wraps, which I think is great. The fact that the screenings will omit the ending indicates that its really going be something magnificent, also the strict camera policy just makes it all the less likely the movie will get spoiled for me before I get a chance to see it legitimately.
Chatter Telephone
This is my favorite of the newest characters so far. It is clearly based on the classic Fisher-Price toy that every toddler has played with at one point or another. It also seems to be the only one of the new characters so far that is directly based on on a real life toy. I love when they base characters on real life toys, it makes the whole premise seem so much more realistic. When the fictional toys are interacting with real life toys it just makes everything seem more plausible. The Chatter Telephone is a particularly brilliant choice. Pixar is great at choosing toys that will be timeless, like Mr. Potato Head and Barbie, that keep the films from feeling too dated. I remember playing with one of these phones in my doctor's waiting room when I was 7 years old and I'm willing to bet that its still there. Chatter was first seen in the most recent Toy Story 3 trailer, in which he appeared to be a bit of an unfriendly character, which is particularly funny considering that in reality the toy has a painted on happy face.
Leave a comment to let me know what you think of Chatter telephone.
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