If there’s some executives somewhere down the line who get really desperate for money in the next 10-30 years, it could happen.
Remakes had been pretty uncommon until the last decade. I can’t put my finger on what suddenly pushed other studios to do it, but most likely it was the idea that if people loved that iteration, they’ll love it all over again.
I try to always be optimistic about PIXAR, but I can’t help but feel a long time in the future, we could have another sequel-showdown, or even a reboot round-up.
Do animation films even need remakes? They’re good as they as, just improve the quality and they’ll be down to today’s standards. A remake would kill Toy Story for what it was. I’m definitely against the idea and its best if some films Hollywood or Pixar kept its hands out.
And who says Toy Story doesn’t look “up to date?” I still think it’s one of the best computer animated films out there in terms of animation as well. Even so, Pixar has made minor modifications along the way to fix glitches, and even improve textures.
Also, Pixar has a perfect record; they’ve never made a wrong move when it came to movies. Even if there was the possibility that it could become a hit, would they even take that risk?
Very true. I hadn’t even thought about the “Circle7” garbage they were trying to do with TS3 in regards to this topic. That would have completly trashed the franchise, and we wouldn’t have what the real TS3 is today. As the emotion of, largely the second half of the movie has shown that Pixar can do what few others can. If Circle7 and Disney had chosen to screw Pixar out of it’s characters the outcome would have scarred the series in the public eye and Disney would decide that the series couldn’t bring in enough to warrent a 4th movie, and that would be it for the Toys.
If there is anything I could see being “Re-Done” would be the animation in the first and second, but Pixar sees it as being part of the charm of the originals and something that doesn’t really need to be changed. They could, but there is no real need to, just to have the quality up-to-par with what is capable with current technology. Anything else would wind up pissing off people, especially fans. Because the only reason would be for Disney to pull something stupid to make a quick buck off of a familiar franchise. Which is essentially what Sony is doing with Spidey. It’s got Marvel fans pissed, it’s got the fans of the original series pissed, and most of the moviegoers arn’t interested in a Batman-Styled reboot of a movie they’ve seen less than 10 years ago. Especially with the release of the 3rd one, no doubt a lot of people went back and watched the first two, which would re-implant it in most people’s heads.
Like Dinoco said, how does it not look “up to date”? Sure, the quality of textures is “Low” compared to what they can do now, but in 1995 it was outstanding, and still holds up. Luckily enough the guys at Pixar know this, and like I said, it’s kind of part of the charm of the movie, it’s what we all remember from back when it first came out. Dinoco, you thought you were jacking the thread, i’m a lot worse. Sorry for these monsters of posts, but i’m really big on movies and I think that Pixar is one company smart enough to know that wanting money is not the reason to re-try a popular Story.
I’m sure that if Circle 7 had continued, we never would have given the toys closure or had Andy grow up.
Like Christopher Robin in the ‘Winnie the Pooh’ series, Andy would have stayed locked in an enternal childhood…and of course, we’d have the majority of the voice actors not returning, with the exception of those who see a paycheck as a paycheck (coughTim Allencough).
Yeah, I trust them. To me, remaking a movie defeats the point of it being old!! That, and there’s no way it could even be better on a microscopic level.
Interesting. The only reason I can see for this being done is if audiences of the future are just so different that they can’t relate as easily to the original piece, and if it’s deemed that the story can be successfully re-worked to serve a modern audience. For instance, it may take longer than 40 years for the change to be apparent enough, but the way we speak our language changes all the time (You know how old movies “sound” outdated to us now…).
One thing I love about Toy Story, though, is that it truly is a piece that represents this generation. Thematically speaking, it poises itself right on the cusp between the analog and the digital age, and a lot of it is about the way we deal with the onslaught of this future, and our changing frontier. Although Toy Story has many universal themes, it’s very rooted in this cusp at the turn of the 21st century. It would definitely lose this quality in any remake. What symbols can possibly update the Wild West/Space Race contrast? Is there yet another frontier out there to be had? o.O Oh, I know! A quaint and homey Mission to Mars hero gets replaced by a daring deep-space-time traveler! XD
Plus, perhaps the reason animation has been pretty immune to remakes is that it’s more obviously a piece of “art” that isn’t as easily tampered with.
Very very interesting outlook there, opallena. I hadn’t even thought about so far into the future being re-modernized. But it’ so true. The contrast of a Sheriff and a Space Ranger relating to this century.
Kind of Ironic but something I noticed was when Walt Disney was refering to the underground tunnels beneath Disneyland for employees, so that they wouldn’t walk through areas to get backstage and cross the theming. He mentions specifically that the way they engineered the parks that “You’ll never see a Cowboy walking around in TommorowLand with a Spaceman.” The most ironic part is that one of Disney’s biggest franchises does just that. And now in both parks, California and Florida you can go to Pizza Planet and meet Woody and Buzz.
I can’t get over that. That’s such a hugely mind-boggling thought about the future audience eventually getting so far that the small “Everytown U.S.A.” community would need to be alterered. I mentioned ealier that the animation of the time is part of the charm, but you said it so much better.
As much as I think how good Toy Story would look with improved, up-to-date CGI. I wouldn’t want them to remake it. I have always liked it the way it is.
Disney didn’t remake Snow White or Pinnochio, so I don’t see any reason why they would need to remake Toy Story. Also, PIXAR has a very secure grip on their characters and definitely would not license the series to anyone else.
Based on what I’ve read here and what I’ve missed (too much! ), I’m going to take my opinion and put it simple: Remake = never going to happen. If Pixar were so desperate for money to even think about doing something like this, they could do so much better. We as devoted viewers trust that, I’d hope.
), I’m going to take my opinion and put it simple: Remake = never going to happen. If Pixar were so desperate for money to even