Did you ever wonder what happened to your toys when you weren’t around? I did, but after I saw Toy Story as a child, I had the answer. Now, almost 14 years after its release, Toy Story and Toy Story 2 are being rereleased in theatres for a two-week only engagement beginning October 2.
This isn’t just any rerelease though. It is meant to correspond with the release of Toy Story 3 next June. The third installment of the Toy Story franchise is set to be released in 3-D, so its two predecessors will also be shown in this double feature event in 3-D. Given the more than 10 year gap between Toy Story 2 and Toy Story 3, this is also, undoubtedly, meant to introduce a new generation of children to the beloved franchise and get them excited for the third movies release next summer.
Like any good Pixar fan, Toy Story holds a special place in my heart. When it was released in 1995, it marked the first major motion picture collaboration of the Walt Disney Corporation and Pixar Animation, a partnership that has gone on to release 10 of the most beloved children’s movies in the generation after ours as well as the finest animated movies made today. It also forever changed the way animated movies are made, catalyzing the move from hand-animation (beginning to be aided by computer at that time) to full-fledged computer animation less than a decade later.
The Toy Story franchise is not the only neoclassic Disney movies getting the 3-D treatment. Before it is rereleased on DVD and released on Blu-Ray for the first time, Beauty and the Beast will also be rereleased into theatres in a 3-D format sometime in fall 2010, just one year before the films 20th anniversary. This trend smells vaguely of the IMAX rereleases Disney attempted (to very little success) in the early millennium. It is my hope, however, that these do much better, because some of the classic and neoclassic Disney movies would be a fantastic 3-D adventure. In the meantime, journey back to your childhood and take a few hours to relive one of the greatest Pixar triumphs like you’ve never seen it before!
Friday, October 2, 2009
Thursday, October 1, 2009
The Two Best New Shows on TV this Fall
I love TV. Mostly because, in college, it gives me about an hour everyday where I can kick back and relax for a bit before getting back to my hectic life. I have my usuals on my specific days. Mondays I watch The Big Bang Theory and How I Met Your Mother, most Thursdays I watch The Office. In the spring I'll watch Lost and American Idol.
But as you can see, this schedule has a few holes in it. Luckily, I have found the 2 best new shows in the fall lineup to fill the void.
Wednesday nights at 9 pm, FOX airs the smash hit Glee. This amazing new show is everything good TV should be, and I think the reson for it's appeal to me is its quirky humour that almost has a British edge to it. As someone who watches the BBC equal to the amount of American TV I watch, this appeals to me.
It also appeals to the music lover in me who enjoys, above all else, watching talented people perform. Lea Michele is the next great vocal performer and I can't wait to see what she does. The pilot is everything I love about this show, and I was pleased when this week's episode seemed to return to the things that made me love the show in the first place. The cast's vocal abilities are uncanny and the singles they keep putting out make me feel like I'm falling in love...because on some level, I am.
Thursday nights at 8 pm, ABC airs its new drama FlashForward. Why do I love it? Because it's everything that got me hooked on Lost before they turned it into a circus that I couldn't stop watching because I was too involved to leave (like a bad relationship).
FF returns to the question I wish Lost had continued to answer: "Where is the line between Fate and Coincidence?"
This show has me on the edge of my seat for an hour every week. During the premiere, I literally sat stone still for the entire episode without realizing (until it was over) that I hadn't moved in an hour. And just when I think it's going one way, it completely switches directions.
I know I have said it once before, but this show is what Lost should have been.
So that's it. These are the best two new shows on TV this fall. Glee has already received its full season order, and I really hope FlashForward recieves the same (because I HAVE to know what the heck is going on).
But as you can see, this schedule has a few holes in it. Luckily, I have found the 2 best new shows in the fall lineup to fill the void.
Wednesday nights at 9 pm, FOX airs the smash hit Glee. This amazing new show is everything good TV should be, and I think the reson for it's appeal to me is its quirky humour that almost has a British edge to it. As someone who watches the BBC equal to the amount of American TV I watch, this appeals to me.
It also appeals to the music lover in me who enjoys, above all else, watching talented people perform. Lea Michele is the next great vocal performer and I can't wait to see what she does. The pilot is everything I love about this show, and I was pleased when this week's episode seemed to return to the things that made me love the show in the first place. The cast's vocal abilities are uncanny and the singles they keep putting out make me feel like I'm falling in love...because on some level, I am.
Thursday nights at 8 pm, ABC airs its new drama FlashForward. Why do I love it? Because it's everything that got me hooked on Lost before they turned it into a circus that I couldn't stop watching because I was too involved to leave (like a bad relationship).
FF returns to the question I wish Lost had continued to answer: "Where is the line between Fate and Coincidence?"
This show has me on the edge of my seat for an hour every week. During the premiere, I literally sat stone still for the entire episode without realizing (until it was over) that I hadn't moved in an hour. And just when I think it's going one way, it completely switches directions.
I know I have said it once before, but this show is what Lost should have been.
So that's it. These are the best two new shows on TV this fall. Glee has already received its full season order, and I really hope FlashForward recieves the same (because I HAVE to know what the heck is going on).
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