Everything Wrong With Lightyear In 23 Minutes Or Less

Lightyear is the movie that Andy saw back before Toy Story that made him want to get a Buzz Lightyear toy. And it's exactly as convoluted a set-up as it sounds. Which might be why it came and went with a whimper. Anyway, it's got sins, of course, so we counted 'em.

Thursday: Space sins.

Remember, no movie is without sin. Which movie's sins should we count next?

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[DJWArt]

"the movie makes me wanna feel things but didn't spend enough time making it so that I feel things" is a perfect description for this movie haha

[MrBattlecharge]

I laughed insanely hard every time Sox opened his mouth and not-white-noise came out. Hilarious!

Props to whoever edited that bonus round. It was hilarious 😂

[diehappy]

My main problem with this movie is that there is zero chance this would have been released in 1995, let alone popular. They had the chance to make a retro hero movie and blew it.

[CocoaSucculent]

“It’s a line from the Toy Story Movies! Quick, everyone orgasm!”

I almost choked on my drink 💀

[thedragonskull]

If they revealed that Lightyear was actually a remake of the movie Andy watched as a kid the toy was based on I would’ve like it a lot more. They could’ve added a post credits scene of an older Andy watching it in the cinema with his own family or something and he could say “That was great, but it could never top the original” or something like that. It would’ve made much sense because I find it difficult to buy that a young Andy got a Buzz toy based on THIS movie

[Kanif]

I still can not get over the implications of Toy Story 2 where Zurg does the "I am your father" bit and knowing this movie is the one that Andy saw makes this movie canon in his world...

[josiahryan]

The absolute worst part of Lightyear is the fact that we already had a fantastic movie call Buzz Lightyear of Star Command

[WackoMcGoose]

Super Carlin Brothers proposed that this is just the "origin story" movie, and that _Lightyear 2_ is the movie that _actually_ made Andy want a Buzz Lightyear toy, because literally none of the plot points Toy Buzz talks about are present in _this_ movie. Honestly, it's a far more plausible explanation.

Personally though, the _true_ "movie that Andy saw" was the animated _Buzz Lightyear of Star Command._ This one is at best a "gritty live-action reboot" by in-universe Pixar.

[BillyBob-xiih]

Woody did tell Buzz that being a toy is a lot cooler than being a space ranger 😂

[GeoEstes]

15:49 Of course Zurg didn't see him. Have we not established that Buzz has terrible spatial awareness?

[SerHeadwig]

Props to the editors on the team. They've come a long way and the "Living Droid Count" and Bonus Round were both really well done.

[civil_villain]

My kids hated this movie. They said everyone was too dumb to be space rangers, let alone regular citizens.

[babswilcox]

Something that bothered me about the thing where we find out Buzz's old partner was actually happy so he can kinda let go of his guilt a little is that...she was only one person. And yeah, she had a decent life there and found love, but what about everyone else on that mission? People who probably already had loved ones and families back home? I get that it was meant to be a long trip, hence the hypersleep, but that that doesn't mean that people didn't leave a spouse or kids or anyone behind.

[andreasilvestri]

The Whilelm scream is probably the only thing that makes sense in this movie, since it's actually supposed to be a movie made in 1993 or 1994. So the use of the Whilelm scream was probably very prominent in those years, since it's something that has been noticed and made fun of in the past 10-15 years (I guess).

[gor]

There just wasn’t any creative reason for this movie to exist when “Buzz Lightyear of Star Command” is a perfectly acceptable origin story for Buzz.

[stevesamuals]

I feel like the team behind this movie could have benefited from researching sci Fi movies of the mid 90's

[Aurorak-il]

I didn’t realize there were so many buttons. The characters had to push throughout the movie. The bonus round was funny. And so many Sox white noise machine outtakes.

[nicholaspratt]

6:55 An inside joke is that tool Buzz grabs from the side compartment. That's an E6B. Pilot's joke about it being old but reliable. We've been using it since the 30s.

[joecool]

18:42 I definitely agree. I heard many people were walking out of the theater when they saw this scene.