Sometimes we all suffer from sequel and reboot fatigue (with the rare exception of Quentin Tarantino has officially declared which franchise he refuses to invest in moving forward.
The Pulp Fiction director was recently interviewed on Bill Maher’s Club Random Podcast, where he revealed that despite his enjoyment of the first three entries, he will not watch the fourth or fifth installment of the Toy Story franchise. “I have no desire to see the fourth one,” Tarantino said of the Pixar franchise is borne out of love.
“In the case of Toy Story, bunch of toys on their way to an incinerator (trigger warning), but he’s not about to invest in Toy Story 4’s Forky.
Perhaps Tarantino’s affinity for the franchise comes from its multiple shots of Woody’s boots, scrawled with the name Andy, since the director has a noted penchant for (oft-unmanicured) feet. In any case, he’s on to something when he refers to the Toy Story franchise as a trilogy, since the first three Oscar-nominated films follow Woody and the gang while they’re owned — and eventually donated — by Andy, before Bonnie overtakes the toy box in the fourth film.
Tarantino’s mention of the Pixar franchise was part of a broader discussion of trilogies, in which he named Sergio Leone’s Dollars Trilogy as one that “completely and utterly works to the Nth degree.” Later, he cited the Mad Max franchise as one that wasn’t quite able to stick the landing. The director, who also made mention of his film The Movie Critic, might be saddened to learn that the Toy Story universe is only continuing to expand.
A fifth installment was the Pixar Theory will one day include a bunch of animated feet, and Tarantino will be compelled to in once more.
Published: Aug 26, 2024 10:02 pm