Video Game Trailer

Director Lee Unkrich announced yesterday that all of the work on Toy Story 3 is officially 100% complete! Now it's time to just count down the days until the premiere!

Sunday the trailer for the Toy Story 3 video game was unveiled on Youtube. Read my first impressions of the game here. The trailer does make me a little more optimistic than I was in that post. Just a little though. Here's the trailer so you can judge for yourself:

I have to say it does look pretty fun. The graphics are pretty impressive, of course they aren't quite as good as the movie but they do a pretty good job of staying close to the look of the films. The colors are bright, Buzz looks like Buzz and Woody looks like Woody. It sounds like the films voice actors are going to provide the voices in the game, which is great. Nothing distracts more from the experience from one particularly wrong sounding voice actor. The trailer puts a big emphasis on the new "toy box mode," the emphasis on building worries me a little bit. i have never much liked games that force you to build and customize elaborate things in order to progress (with The Sims being a huge exception, I love those games). It is good that you get to choose between the "toy box mode" and regular story mode. I just hope that the inclusion of two separate modes doesn't hamper the quality of both.

Twitch

Today's new character for in-depth observation is the insect warrior action figure Twitch. Twitch was first exclusively revealed on the website /film. There is no word on who is voicing him, but I have the hunch that Twitch is going to be a silent character like many of the toys from Sid's room in the first film. He actually reminds me of a toy from Sid's room. It would be an interesting piece of fan service to see some allusions to the the first film in Toy Story 3. As for Twitch's role in the film, I see him as being an innocent victim. My guess is that he is one of the toys who are oppressed by Lots-o and Ken.

Time for more Facebook Feedback

Once again it's time to take a look a what people have to say about this character on Pixar's official Facebook page. The last names have been removed as usual to protect the posters privacy.

Michael

C'mon Pixar and Disney, you can do better than this. Please don't ruin Toy Story.

People seem pretty confident that this film is going to ruin the Toy Story franchise. Pixar is all about making quality films (I wouldn't say the same about Disney itself). They are going to do all that is in their power to make Toy Story 3 the best film it can possibly be. Besides that Twitch is a realistic character because he is reminiscent of a cheap action figure that you would get at a dollar story. These are the kinds of toys that are in daycares. This character and many of the new characters are brilliant observations of what kinds of toys little kids play with. Also he's a bug and bugs are neat-o.