…Are you OK, Toy Story 4? The first teaser for the fourth installment starring Woody, Buzz Lightyear, and the rest of Andy’s toys seems to, um, be working some stuff out. The Joni Mitchell music choice is certainly unusual… but then you have a fork voiced by Buster from Arrested Development screaming “I’M NOT A TOY” and from there it just devolves into WTFery.
Just watch it for yourself:
Kinda disturbing, right? The synopsis from Disney•Pixar provides some context:
Woody has always been confident about his place in the world and that his priority is taking care of his kid, whether that’s Andy or Bonnie. But when Bonnie adds a reluctant new toy called “Forky” to her room, a road trip adventure alongside old and new friends will show Woody how big the world can be for a toy.
That’s Tony Hale as Forky—and there’s something messed up about the fact that Forky is actually a spork, right? There are some weird layers here, as director Josh Cooley (“Riley’s First Date?”) told Collider: “The world of Toy Story is built upon the idea that everything in the world has a purpose,. A toy’s purpose is to be there for its child. But what about toys that are made out of other objects? Forky is a toy that Bonnie made out of a disposable spork, so he’s facing a crisis. He wants to fulfill his purpose as a spork, but now has a new toy purpose thrust upon him.”
Hoo boy. Toy Story 4 comes to theaters June 21, 2019.
OMG, that trailer seemed like all the toys had taken drugs!
I had no idea that Toy Story 4 was a thing, but the idea of non-toy toys grappling with their existence honestly sounds pretty hilarious.
I mean, Bo-Peep was a lamp and she seemed okay.
Yep. The toys have definitely been doing drugs. That was WEIRD.
Judy Collins, not Joni Mitchell. But it’s still weird. And I want it Now!
This only brings forth all manners of disturbing questions. Like, are guns aware of themselves too? Do they, especially those designed for warfare, think their purpose is killing? Don’t get me started on the toilet paper…
Do cars have self consciousness as well? Did they evolve into the dominant species replacing mankind, and that is the origin of the Cars franchise? Did– Okay, I will stop now, I guess.
@5, there’s a hilariously extensive discussion of the implicit worldbuilding of Cars over on the Pixar Rewatch series and its comments.
Oh, and three words on your excellent question about sentient guns. The Iron Giant.
@5, @7, One word about sentient swords: Nightblood.
Speaking of taking the idea of sentient objects to its logical (and horrifying) implications: The only reason I know this movie exists is because somebody sitting exactly diagonal from me on a flight (across the aisle and in front of me) was watching it on their laptop, and it was entirely too raunchy/juvenile for my tastes (and I have no problem with the occasional adult humor) but Sausage Party is basically a movie about all of the implications of sentient food and intended to be a subversion of the whole 3-d animation sentient object kid’s movie. Which is actually a really clever idea, but they took it way, way, way to the lowest common denominator type of humor and I kind of resent having to sit with it in my line of sight for an entire flight, lol.