The Impact of Toy Story 3 on This Summer and Beyond!

June 14, 2010 by jameslucas.

By Charles CSC Taylor

In a time where video games can look more realistic than real life and CGI infiltrating live action movies more than ever, computer generated cartoon characters have become no big deal. Though CGI cartoons have become essentially the norm, even on TV shows, Toy Story, the movie that started it all, is doing its best to stay relevant. As usual with almost anything Disney and Pixar touch it seems to be succeeding. There has been tons of buzz over Toy Story 3, a 3-D installment to the already legendary series, and it’s sure to grow exponentially as we get closer to its June 18th release date.

The Toy Story series has always helped itself gain box office success by making the movies as enjoyable for adults as they are for kids and this next movie seems to follow that same trend. The story focuses on what happens when Andy, the owner of all these iconic toys, is getting ready to leave for college. This plot fits almost perfectly with the time line of the original target audience. It is an almost perfect fit for parents whose children were young when the first one was released in 1995 and will be going through the empty nest stage of their life soon if they haven’t already. This also fits inversely, because the young adults who were kids when Toy Story came out are now approximately college age and can also relate. Almost the entire cast of characters including Tim Allen and Tom Hanks are back, and stars like Michael Keaton (who from early rumors has struck comic gold as a short shorts wearing Ken doll) and Timothy Dalton have joined up, providing even more for adults to go see the movie.

The buzz doesn’t just stop with the newspapers and critics however. Like with most Disney movies, stores are starting to load up with Woody and Buzz Lightyear toys and costume stores have begun to stock up on Toy Story costumes from Buzz and Woody to characters as obscure as the army men. Considering its well timed summer release, this Halloween is bound to look like a coast to coast casting call for a live action Toy Story movie. I’ve even seen more than one sexy Bo Peep costume floating around for adults!

Toy Story 3 is almost guaranteed to be the most popular movie of the year, and Toy Story toys and costumes will be the some of the biggest trends of the year. Don’t say I didn’t warn you if you’re the only one who gets caught not headed to infinity and beyond!

Article Source: Charles CSC Taylor

The Impact of Toy Story 3 on This Summer and Beyond!

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