Hub 130 by Various

Author:Various
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Science Fiction, Horror, Fantasy
Publisher: Right Hand Publishing

There is undoubtedly an element of fan service here, of consoling the viewers that grew up with the films that these beloved playthings won’t be discarded even when, like them, Andy moves out of his childhood bedroom. There is still also raw emotional power, like the moment when the posse face what seems to be their doom, hand in hand. However, it’s almost like the script team should have gone back and watched the other films – especially 2 – one more time. Woody is going through exactly what rambunctious cowgirl Jessie (Cusack) went through in the last movie. That film’s heartbreaking musical flashback to when she was abandoned by her previous owner is an exact precursor to the narrative heart of this film, but it’s relegated to a quick aside instead. Similarly, Lotso (Beatty), the strawberry-scented bear that secretly rules daycare, is an overstuffed retread of that film’s bad guy, the seductive but venomous prospector Stinky Pete.

More troublingly, that all leaves the narrative at a bit of a loose end of what do with Buzz. Whereas previously he was Abbott to Woody’s Costello, this time around the hero of Space Command is a bit player, with probably less screen time than Mr and Mrs Potato Head (Riccles and Harris, keeping up the old vaudeville charm.) What he does have is goofier (such as the antics when his factory settings get restored) or serve as a distracting sub-plot and a way to keep Jessie involved in the storyline. She in turn has been sidelined, in part because the film dedicates so much time to the knowing romance between the discarded Barbie (long-time Disney voice talent Benson) and the newly-arrived and knowingly-metrosexual Ken (Keaton.)

Ultimately what the film does for the franchise is, well, grow up. It’s about leaving old purpose and old friendships behind while finding a sense of community that can outlast any one situation (it’s also a probably unintentional but still rewarding two fingers to the Ayn Rand crew that seem to be sweeping through the American media that Woody and Co. are at their strongest and best when they all work together.) Toy Story 3 may not raise the bar, but it’s a satisfying way to mosey into the sunset.

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