Toy Story Trilogy

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The “Toy Story” Trilogy The “Toy Story” franchise is composed of three movies. The first being “Toy Story”, released in 1995, followed by “Toy Story 2”, released in 1999, and finally “Toy Story 3”, released in 2010. The series stars two main protagonists, Woody, an old pull-string cowboy doll, and Buzz Lightyear, an astronaut action figure, plus a plethora of supporting characters who aid the two main characters in their adventures. While each movie introduces new characters, locations, and themes, it does revolve around one central point, which is to get a toy that has been lost, mistakenly sold, or accidently thrown away, back to their owner. This gives the whole series a connection on another level which cannot be achieved by just reusing the characters over and over again. There are three main reasons why the “Toy Story” trilogy is the best trilogy ever shown on the silver screen. The first is the fact that John Lasseter was involved with the series, the second would be that the amount of positive reviews it got was overwhelming, and finally the writing was top-notch and won it many awards. John Lasseter is becoming a household name. He is a co-founder of Pixar, has directed three Pixar films, and has sat as the executive producer for all eleven of them. John Lasseter was a graduate of California Institute of the Arts which helped him to achieve his dream of becoming an animator at Disney (Garraham). Lasseter then became so fixated on the idea that computer animation was the way of the future, but none of the higher-ups at Disney thought this was the case, “So [John] went around his [bosses] back and created a 30-second demonstration, only to be shown the door shortly afterwards” (Garraham). This small act of rebellion would be the seed which would eventually grow into Pixar. After his stint at Disney, Lasseter was able to get a job at Lucasfilms Computer

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