Forky, the most popular new character in
Toy Story 4, is also the character most representative of the film
itself: a piece of garbage.
Remember when Andy stopped playing with Woody in both the original Toy Story and Toy Story 3, and Woody's response in neither film was to abandon his owner and run off to become a carny?
"Now, Woody, he’s been my pal for as long as I can remember. He’s brave, like a cowboy should be. And kind. And smart. But the thing that makes Woody special is he’ll never give up on you. Ever. He’ll be there for you, no matter what. You think you can take care of him for me?"
Oh but then I guess Bonnie doesn't ever notice or care when Woody goes missing at the end of Toy Story 4, even though she loved him enough to write her name on him, which is apparently an incantation powerful enough to bring a plastic spork to life.
(Other choice quotes from Toy Story 3:
Remember when Andy stopped playing with Woody in both the original Toy Story and Toy Story 3, and Woody's response in neither film was to abandon his owner and run off to become a carny?
"Now, Woody, he’s been my pal for as long as I can remember. He’s brave, like a cowboy should be. And kind. And smart. But the thing that makes Woody special is he’ll never give up on you. Ever. He’ll be there for you, no matter what. You think you can take care of him for me?"
Oh but then I guess Bonnie doesn't ever notice or care when Woody goes missing at the end of Toy Story 4, even though she loved him enough to write her name on him, which is apparently an incantation powerful enough to bring a plastic spork to life.
(Other choice quotes from Toy Story 3:
Woody: "We always said this job isn’t about getting played with. It’s about being there for Andy."
Woody: "And someday, if we’re lucky, Andy may have kids of his own."
Rex: "And he’ll play with us then, right?"
Woody: "We’ll always be there for him."
Buzz: "Come on, guys. Let’s get our parts together, get ready, and go out on a high note."
Woody: "And someday, if we’re lucky, Andy may have kids of his own."
Rex: "And he’ll play with us then, right?"
Woody: "We’ll always be there for him."
Buzz: "Come on, guys. Let’s get our parts together, get ready, and go out on a high note."
My god, it's like they knew.)
Buzz has had the same pre-programmed voice samples for 25 years but all of a sudden they become the basis for his character arc in this film. Except it's not an arc because he doesn't change or learn anything, it's just a gimmick to distract you from the fact that Buzz Lightyear, the co-protagonist of the original film, has nothing to do in this movie.
None of the returning characters except Woody have anything to do. Mr. Potatohead, one of the most memorable characters from the first three films, barely has any dialogue. Don Rickles is dead but they recast Slinky Dog for Toy Story 3 after Jim Varney died. I had to check if Estelle Harris was also dead because I don't think Mrs. Potatohead said a single word in the entire film.
Bo Peep, a character so minor they didn't even bother putting her in the third movie, suddenly has the second biggest role in Toy Story 4. She was just Woody's girlfriend in the innocent playtime society of Andy's Room. Children's toys don't need complicated romantic lives.
But Woody abandons his kid and all his friends just to pound that porcelain pussy. She doesn't even get an interesting back story to explain the change in her character. She just brushes off Woody's questions in a single line; her broken arm is set up then never mentioned again.
Also, Bo Peep calls Buzz "my old moving buddy" in reference to her line in Toy Story 1 "I've found my moving buddy," which she jokingly says after Buzz flies around Andy's room, but after Buzz gets lost Rex says everyone already has a buddy. Woody and Buzz make the trip together in Andy's car so Bo Peep's line in Toy Story 4 makes no sense except as a callback for people who remember her line from the first movie but nothing that happened after that.
Talky Tina forces Woody to give up his voicebox to save Forky, then we're supposed to feel bad for her when the little girl doesn't want her. Why not have her let Forky go and have Woody give her his voicebox voluntarily since he thinks Bonnie doesn't need him anymore?
Even worse, after Woody loses his voicebox it never comes up again. There's never the scene where someone pulls his string and for the first time in 25 years he doesn't say "There's a snake in my boot!" He doesn't seem to suffer from its loss at all.
When they first announced Toy Story 4 everyone was like "why?" Apparently it was to sell merchandise of something your child could literally make out of trash. Other than that, this movie has no reason to exist. The first two films are perfect, and the third said everything there was left to say about these characters and this world. Toy Story 4 is just "And then this also happened. DEFINITIVELY THE END, again!"
"Does the ending of Toy Story 4 mean this is the last Toy Story movie???" Sure, just like the ending of Toy Story 3 meant that was the last Toy Story movie. They can just keep extending and definitively ending the series forever, with a more depressing ending each time!
Seriously, I think the Triceratops from Toy Story 3 had more dialogue than Slinky Dog, Hamm, Rex, and the Potatoheads put together.
Thanks, I hate it.
Buzz has had the same pre-programmed voice samples for 25 years but all of a sudden they become the basis for his character arc in this film. Except it's not an arc because he doesn't change or learn anything, it's just a gimmick to distract you from the fact that Buzz Lightyear, the co-protagonist of the original film, has nothing to do in this movie.
None of the returning characters except Woody have anything to do. Mr. Potatohead, one of the most memorable characters from the first three films, barely has any dialogue. Don Rickles is dead but they recast Slinky Dog for Toy Story 3 after Jim Varney died. I had to check if Estelle Harris was also dead because I don't think Mrs. Potatohead said a single word in the entire film.
Bo Peep, a character so minor they didn't even bother putting her in the third movie, suddenly has the second biggest role in Toy Story 4. She was just Woody's girlfriend in the innocent playtime society of Andy's Room. Children's toys don't need complicated romantic lives.
But Woody abandons his kid and all his friends just to pound that porcelain pussy. She doesn't even get an interesting back story to explain the change in her character. She just brushes off Woody's questions in a single line; her broken arm is set up then never mentioned again.
Also, Bo Peep calls Buzz "my old moving buddy" in reference to her line in Toy Story 1 "I've found my moving buddy," which she jokingly says after Buzz flies around Andy's room, but after Buzz gets lost Rex says everyone already has a buddy. Woody and Buzz make the trip together in Andy's car so Bo Peep's line in Toy Story 4 makes no sense except as a callback for people who remember her line from the first movie but nothing that happened after that.
Talky Tina forces Woody to give up his voicebox to save Forky, then we're supposed to feel bad for her when the little girl doesn't want her. Why not have her let Forky go and have Woody give her his voicebox voluntarily since he thinks Bonnie doesn't need him anymore?
Even worse, after Woody loses his voicebox it never comes up again. There's never the scene where someone pulls his string and for the first time in 25 years he doesn't say "There's a snake in my boot!" He doesn't seem to suffer from its loss at all.
When they first announced Toy Story 4 everyone was like "why?" Apparently it was to sell merchandise of something your child could literally make out of trash. Other than that, this movie has no reason to exist. The first two films are perfect, and the third said everything there was left to say about these characters and this world. Toy Story 4 is just "And then this also happened. DEFINITIVELY THE END, again!"
"Does the ending of Toy Story 4 mean this is the last Toy Story movie???" Sure, just like the ending of Toy Story 3 meant that was the last Toy Story movie. They can just keep extending and definitively ending the series forever, with a more depressing ending each time!
Seriously, I think the Triceratops from Toy Story 3 had more dialogue than Slinky Dog, Hamm, Rex, and the Potatoheads put together.
Thanks, I hate it.
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