Why Disney & Pixar Aren’t Good Guys, & on Authority Figures

The New Buzz Lightyear does look like the cop that would want to kill first and ask questions later

By the time this article comes out, the movie this screenshot is from would have been will be for over a week now. And I’ll be honest, I’ll probably still not have watched it. It’s part that I grew up with a much different Buzz Lightyear, but also mostly I wouldn’t have cared for the new image Disney/Pixar are trying with this property.

The magic of Toy Story was the entire cast of characters, and the very unique world it had built. Not because a cowboy doll & a spaceman action figure got along, at least the way I saw it this was the case.

In case you didn’t already know, from old articles or my bio, but I am a military veteran. I do know the value of listening to others & giving up some autonomy to an authority figure. Hopefully this isn’t the message given by Disney/Pixar in this movie.

Most likely, it will be a romanticized version of Buzz Lightyear’s fictionalized life within the Toy Story universe. The property of Buzz after all has been built up to be not exactly a parody of other properties Disney owns, nor is it satire entirely either. It’s more akin to how another property, and another genre of entertainment, tends to treat world building; It’s less serious, and it’s more “Marvel vs. Capcom”.

I think people forget, that these things are supposed to be meant for children first; sure adults can enjoy them too, but they’re supposed to be for kids first. But, they are made by adults.

And these adults aren’t trying to shape or indoctrinate any child that watches this content. But, they are trying to appeal to as many children as possible, while still trying to give something that the parents of these children will approve of. Parents have always been those who call for censorship first, and lessons right after. To be clear, perhaps they should.

Most parents will be ok with this movie, if what I’m saying about it will come to be true. A movie that teaches that you can work within a system, perhaps you rebel a little, but ultimately that you can work within it to make it better. It is after all, a basic premise of democracy.

This will reinforce the notion, that as long as your system of authority is taking care of you that you don’t need to venture too far. The…