382 Days From Release — ‘Toy Story 3′ Teaser Arrives

Yayayay! I am also just glad to know it's coming out. I won't be frothing waiting for the release, so I don't mind a super-early tease.

They forgot "Bo Peep"

Wow, I would have thought that this teaser would have excited me, but nope: I feel nothing. Once too many times to the well for Pixar, perhaps? Now "9" on the other hand–that looks cool.

BTW: "UP" Sucked…least entertaining, weak and incoherent plot, gravitates mostly towards adults, kids…bored out of their minds. Sorry Critics…."UP" Sucks!

Yeah, how dare an animated movie try to be about something instead of just entertaining kids… Seriously, you're the reason why they churn out Ice Age after Ice Age and Shrek after Shrek, Alexander.

I love the first two films. Pretty sad that the best buddy pictures Hollywood can point at in the last decade are a couple of animated movies whose target market is children.

I'm amused by the teaser, but don't understand it either. Then again, I'm not a marketing guru. Maybe they put this out in order to create buzz & conversation just as we're doing.

Not Really…see I think movies can be both entertaining and smart. Since I despise the films you mentioned as either just plain sophmoric and stupid…I.E Ice Age….or Liberal Politically Correct Post-Modernist Crap like Shrek…you are not pegging me right. Pixar makes outstanding smart films that are entertaining…from Wall E, to the Incredibles and everything else…even CARS was great. "UP" is just a mess, it does not even come close to the other efforts. Most of the kids in the movie theater were bored and the parents were wondering if they were suppose to ponder existential feelings on relationships and life…or laugh at the inane intelligent talking dog collars and their owners that made no sense in relationship to the story. Its just NOT great…its okay…but its not PIXAR worthy. The critics are way off on this one. It for the most part sucked…sorry it just did. Great Animation…bad story – strange plot- …just not good.

I'll excuse you again: Pixar's target market is not children. Never has been, never will be.

As I pointed out in the "Up" thread, brainless Saturday morning cartoons have conditioned people to think of animated movies as kidstuff. In the case of Pixar, that label is both unfortunate and entirely undeserved.

As for the concept of teaser trailers, I don't entirely understand the rationale either, but they're still fun to watch as long as one is aware it's only a teaser. When I saw Up on Friday, there was a teaser for Ice Age 3 that was a real hoot; had me laughing. If the precedent set by the first two Ice Age movies continues, the teaser will be more fun than the actual movie. Pixar reverses that formula: their teasers are lame, their movies are great.

Hmmm. Everyone but me thinks Up is great. The critics have run out of superlatives. 90%+ on Rotten Tomatoes.

It's obvious. Everyone is wrong except me. Yep, that must be it.

Seriously, I think you must have some sort of preconceived notion that kept you from giving it a fair shake. Don't like grumpy old men? Don't like annoying fat kids? Terrorized by demonic balloons as a child? Whatever it is, you can just say this movie didn't do it for you, without saying it sucked. For me, Monsters is my least favorite Pixar flick, but I know people (and have read some critics) who think it's Pixar's best. They're entitled to their (stupid) opinion, and I'm not going to say Monsters sucked — just didn't float my boat. Same with Wall-E — not my favorite, but pretty good (first half was great), and I'm not going to question the sanity of those who opine differently.

If you have an ounce of humility in you, the fact that Up is nearly universally lauded should at least give you pause.

I just let my three year old son watch the teaser. He sat in my lap with his jaw hanging open, then screeched, "WOODY! BUZZ!"

The only thing that could excite him more would be a teaser from "Cars 2."

I myself have had enough of Toy Story. If any of the Pixar films deserves a sequel or for this matter, a trilogy, it should definitely be the Incredibles.

Was that an innuendo

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