Pixar’s excellent Toy Story trilogy has left Andrew with a few questions…
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Firstly,Simon had questionsabout theCarscinematic universe, thenBrendan didnt, and now I too have questions.
These ones are about the more popular Pixar trilogy,Toy Story.
Now, it is very important that you take this article incredibly seriously.
I want to hear those chins being stroked.
For these features arent interested in being silly, and they certainly arent interested in being entertaining.
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Also its a bit patronizing to suggest that because something is for children it doesnt require any intellectual rigour.
However, this begs many questions: when do the toys come to life?
What is that experience like?
In which case, why is Buzz Lightyear convinced he is the real Buzz Lightyear?
Were these toys alive?
Is the act of manufacture itself enough to animate them?
This raises two further questions, one of which is more important than the other.
Firstly, whats the cutoff point?
Like, is Swingball alive?
If so, I hope its into masochism.
Secondly, does this mean that humans are creating a race of toys without realising it?
I think we can rule out the manufacturers.
Which one you prefer depends on your theological position.
If you think that a god has given toys life deliberately, it begs the question Why?
Whats the reasoning behind this?
It depends on which gods you believe in I suppose.
Because really, theres no clear extra purpose to giving toys sentience.
They dont appear to worship any gods apart from The Claw.
How do toys die?
A lot of action figures and toys are made with acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, which is not biodegradable.
How many toys go to landfill?
The island of Midway Atoll, in the North Pacific Ocean, has plastic items wash up daily.
The middle of the ocean is littered with plastic items that havent biodegraded.
Can toys actually die then?
What sort of god would create such a life deliberately?
Sids toys have been cut up and rearranged without dying.
Yet when Woody is burned with a magnifying glass he screams once Sid is out of the room.
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