Lightyear Takes Toy Story 4's Buzz Lightyear Insult To The Worst End
Pixar's Lightyear is an insult to the original Buzz Lightyear, but not because of the recasting of Tim Allen. The problem runs a lot deeper than that, continuing the worst thing about Toy Story 4, and taking Buzz's mistreatment to the worst extreme. Considering the popularity of the original Pixar character, it's little surprise that Lightyear's version didn't quite land.
Criticism in Lightyear's reviews focused on its inability to meet the quality of Pixar's best movies — or even the middling ones — with question marks over how this movie could possibly be the 6-year-old Andy's favorite movie. The tone doesn't work for a child, despite the saving grace of Sox the cat, and it doesn't quite balance its story enough to hit both family and adult audiences — that pillar of Pixar movie success. And putting aside the ridiculous review bombing that comes from any even remotely challenging content, Lightyear is mostly disappointing because of its potential.
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Buzz Lightyear was one of Pixar's truly great characters, an egotistical but wholesome hero who was admirable enough to actually make Tom Hanks' Woody feel like Toy Story's villain. The idea that Buzz had to be reinvented to work in Lightyear makes no sense at best, and is an outright insult at worst, but then that's no surprise when the Toy Story sequels stripped away what made the character great with each release. By Toy Story 4's ending, Tim Allen's space ranger was a parody, lacking even basic intelligence who was badly sidelined as the movie chose to continue Woody's story. And that sidelining was ultimately made significantly worse by Lightyear's decision to throw Allen's characterisation out of the
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