That-Soup3492 t1_j9ieorx wrote on February 22, 2023 at 4:42 AM

Reply to comment by eddymarkwards in Pixar head Pete Docter on why Lightyear failed by JannTosh17

Lightyear is actually an interesting science fiction film that just shouldn't have anything to do with Buzz Lightyear.

It's another victim of only spin-offs getting greenlit, so everyone with an original screenplay has to cram it into some other property that people have heard of.

eddymarkwards t1_j9ighh8 wrote on February 22, 2023 at 4:58 AM

I think this is the correct answer. Well thought out and explained.

PiLamdOd t1_j9iirlt wrote on February 22, 2023 at 5:21 AM

If it wasn’t a Buzz Lightyear movie, people would have been praising Pixar’s unique hard sci fi adventure movie.

Mestewart3 t1_j9inzoj wrote on February 22, 2023 at 6:17 AM

Except it really isn't. It's a Frankenstein of tired and worn out sci fi tropes that have all been done better before, with a forced 'Pixar message' that does nothing but detract from the A plot.

The movie was bad.