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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/23620581

Tim Allen says Disney would not be making "Toy Story 5" if it was just about the money. The last two films in the franchise grossed $1 billion.

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[–] AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works 78 points 7 months ago

Tim Allen is a conservative piece of shit, this is a grift.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 60 points 7 months ago (1 children)

All movies made by companies are about the money

[–] ech@lemm.ee 60 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] xtr0n@sh.itjust.works 27 points 7 months ago
[–] smokebuddy@lemmy.today 40 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Andrew Stanton is directing “Toy Story 5,” which will center on Buzz, Woody and the rest of the toys as they go head to head with the electronics that now consume the attention of children.

Oh boy, please go hard on cable TV channels and radio stations aimed at kids, Internet streaming services, toys-to-life video games, licensed mobile cash grabs developed by Gameloft and Club Penguin-like experiences! Any company in the business of those is evil.

[–] Isoprenoid@programming.dev 31 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Oh boy, please go hard on ... Internet streaming services

My hope is not high for this. The movie will be made by Disney, so I don't think they'll be going after Disney+.

[–] pixelscript@lemm.ee 5 points 7 months ago

Oh, I expect they well may, in Wreck-It Ralph 2 fashion. They might make it the target of a quick tongue-in-cheek remark at its own expense, but its mere appearance will nonetheless be an ad for the brand.

[–] theangryseal@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

Nah they’ll just have a talking tablet and little Tommy’s phone will wake up when he leaves the room and have a horrified look on its face. Apps will be opening and talking to each other. Buzz gonna discover AI and build a rocket. There’s gonna be a toy convinced that the room is a Fortnite map. “This is a straaaange game server! Build something! Fight Meeee!”

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 15 points 7 months ago (2 children)

But Woody stayed behind with Bo Peep to rescue other lost toys at the end of 4. I thought that was supposed to be the end because it was no longer Buzz and Woody. Buzz stayed with the family.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Maybe that's the reason Buzz gets involved; some newfangled electronic gizmo stole his wife.

[–] swab148@lemm.ee 4 points 7 months ago

I'd watch a Toy Story version of Taken

[–] kratoz29@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

I kinda remember they still see each other post credits scene?

I could be wrong though.

[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 4 points 7 months ago

They'll probably go hard on toys that teach.

Those drones you have to learn to fly and repair.

Those video games that require critical thinking.

Those mechanical legos that teach you to build.

What else don't they make money on?

[–] uberdroog@lemmy.world 35 points 7 months ago

Anything that has a part 5 is a cash grab, what are you even saying?

[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 32 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Roll film:

Narrator Buzz Lightyear, "It was about the money. It was always about the money."

[–] protist@mander.xyz 14 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Not just about the money, 90% money and 10% brand awareness

[–] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I thought it was 10% skill

[–] BlueLineBae@midwest.social 14 points 7 months ago

... Fifty percent increased shareholder value

And a hundred percent reason to remember the Toy Story IP

[–] Dagamant@lemmy.world 13 points 7 months ago

That is the exact quote people use when it’s 100% a cash grab

[–] EpicMuch@sh.itjust.works 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I still haven’t seen # 4. Probably should

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I wasn't a fan. 3 was brilliant, though

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago

3 should have been the end of the whole thing tbh. It was the perfect send-off imo.

[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I have been consistently surprised by how good each of the Toy Story films was. I can't think of a way to make 5 after the way 4 ended (unless it has new protagonists) but I expect the folks making the movie to surprise me again.

[–] jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

They were all good films. 4 had a very definitive "end of story, close the book" feel to it. It wrapped everything up nicely. It's going to be very hard not to ruin it but we'll see.

[–] TheImpressiveX@lemm.ee 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

@remindme@mstdn.social 538 days

[–] remindme@mstdn.social 7 points 7 months ago

@TheImpressiveX Ok, I will remind you on Thursday Jun 18, 2026 at 9:52 PM PDT.

[–] socsa@piefed.social 6 points 7 months ago

"Toy story 5 is exactly like cocaine"

[–] nutsack@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The last one wasn’t good.

[–] nutsack@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

didn't watch it because I'm not a baby

[–] VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 7 months ago

It can be both.