Because it’s like repainting the Mona Lisa because Van Gogh suddenly decided she should have a bigger smile. The CGI additions stand out like a sore thumb and alter the story in annoying ways. “Han shot first.”
Hmmm, I didn’t even know that this was going on. Glad they are not adding any new shots.
And I’ll try to see the movies when they are in Theaters.
I have only one thing to say: Good for them and good for us.
In fact, why would we want new stuff added to the movies? It got me upset after seeing Hayden Christensen instead of old Anakin in Episode VI. 
Thank you, Pixar. Bring on the 3D glasses, 'cause there’s a film knocking on my living room’s door! 
But what would Pixar change in the movies? I’m not seeing anything that would need it. Was there a character in the first film who was voiced by someone else in the 2nd film? Was there a character anyway different from one movie to another? Or will be different in TS3?
Well, the important thing is that the classics won’t be chewed alive. For that, we must be thankful to Pixar who makes lots of good movies. What if they started making movies with 2D animation like in The Simpsons Movie (the most recent with this kind of animation), or 80/90% real life? Certainly the company would become more versatile and the films would still be good, right?
I hope not, for all three movies. I don’t intend to see them only in 3D. Some good traditional movie watching is always welcome.
Regarding the question about the releases. The article said that TS/TS2 would be released solely in 3D while TS3 would be in both standard and 3D formats.
Glad to hear that! 
That’s fine and dandy, but it’s so difficult to catch the 3D-rendered ones here in my country; either due to lack of money (I doubt the tickets would be cheap) or due to lack of cinemas showing them (the latter problem involves my location more). Hopefully, I’m able to at least catch one show this time. 
That can’t be good. So you’re saying that to watch TS1 and TS2 we’ll need a pair of 3D glasses every time? What if these become uncomfortable on the head?
Um… you can still watch the old “regular” version on DVD but the new release will be only in 3D.
The problem is that I don’t have the old version. I only have the VHS, which has inferior quality.
TiagoJ7: The reason Pixar is re-releasing Toy Story and Toy Story 2 is to get audiences ready for Toy Story 3. Think about it, besides Pixar/animation fans, why would you go to the theatre to see a movie that you own on DVD/VHS? That’s why they’re releasing it in 3D, which is awesome because now we get to see one of our favorite movies in new dimensions and with higher quality graphics, I bet you could sit through an extremely entertaining 80 minute movie with glasses on, the experience wil immerse you so much, you might forget that you are wearing them. By the way, you might want to run over to your local DVD retailer NOW, the Toy Story 10th Anniversary Edition and Toy Story 2 Collector’s Edition will only be available until the end of January next year, and they are a Pixar fan MUST HAVE, trust me! If worse comes to worse, you’ll have the TS movies in normal resolution and you’ll be able to watch TS3 in standard as well.
martini833: OK, thanks. But I’ve never seen those DVDs around here. I’m now seeing if I can order them, but something worries me. I’ probably never saw them because they’re not shipped to Portugal…
I’ll continue looking. 
Don’t knock VHS. At least they don’t skip frames every so often. For this reason I have both the VHS and DVD versions of Toy Story 1and 2.
Thankfully my local theater is getting the new Dolby Digital 3D projectors this fall. So I’ll be able to see this movie when it comes to Theaters.
i think the new rendering will increase quality and money income. This will be great for fans and pixar.
Well I’m not sure if I’d want to see them in 3D or not. I’m sure it would be interesting to see. But I would be just as content with the standard format.
They can say that they aren’t going to change a shot, but the films are not stereo-optic. Defining a 3D plane for the films is changing shots and they will be changing every shot.
I know what was meant by the statement, but for clarity’s sake, I think it’s important to note that these versions are changing information in every single frame of their respective features.
Huh?!
Me as probably the used-to-be Toy Story’s biggest fan (I ruined my VHS watching it too many times. XD) I’m gonna go see both in 3D. Hopefully on the release dates. I’m getting more into the “I can’t just see it whenever it’s in theaters, but on the opening day” atittude lately. Like I’m gonna see Up on May 29 (besides, it’s the day after my birthday. Why wouldn’t I?) and Cars 2 on June 24, 2011. And Toy Story 3 whenever it comes out (don’t have the date memorized). Oh, and about the used-to-be thing, yeah, I’m probably Cars’ biggest fan now. 
But I still enjoy Toy Story. Too bad the cost of 3D 'round here is more expensive than normal. Oh well. I’ve got more than enough money in my wallet at the moment to just watch one movie in 3D on my own.
I didn’t know they were re-rendering Toy Story.
Fortunately, a cyborg from the future will come and change the timeline by stopping Pixar from alter their own films.
For a convincing 3D effect they kinda have to.
Just trying to extract the stereoscopic information out of a 2D image won’t look as good in most cases, hence the re-render with dedicated camera positions for the left and right eye.