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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Ben Child

To infinity and bewilderment: what on earth has happened to Buzz Lightyear?

Beyond infinity … Lightyear.
Beyond infinity … Lightyear Photograph: Film PR review

Toy Story has become one of those Hollywood franchises that will never die, like Star Wars, Batman or James Bond. Some of us wondered if stretching out the much-cherished adventures of Buzz, Woody and the gang to a fourth instalment in 2019 was pushing it too far, only to be proved completely wrong by the geniuses at Pixar all over again.

But now there’s Lightyear, the latest trailer for which dropped this week. And we find ourselves peering at it like the crew of the Nostromo inspecting Alien eggs. What is this strange concoction that appears to be a Toy Story movie of sorts, but one stretched out of all natural proportions, as if the movie screen has been dumped in a hall of mirrors?

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