![]() And if those lessons are accompanied by action filler.ĮVANS: (As Buzz Lightyear) We're being pursued - massive robots (ph). MONDELLO: As always with Pixar, life lessons abound about setting realistic goals, learning to relinquish control, about how even heroes need allies. Chris Evans does the vocals here, bringing a bit of Captain America's authority to a Space Ranger who has thick brown hair to go with that massive dimpled chin and equally massive ego.ĮVANS: (As Buzz Lightyear) I'm better off just doing the job myself. MONDELLO: Director Angus MacLane and his team offer plenty to applaud in "Lightyear" - state-of-the-art visuals, some even created in IMAX a gratifying level of diversity, both in racial and LGBTQ terms clever matching of this real-life Buzz to the Tim Allen voiced toy. ![]() Well, that's very considerate of you, robot feline. SOHN: (As SOX) I was issued by Star Command to ease your emotional transition after your time away.ĮVANS: (As Buzz Lightyear) Oh. ![]() SOHN: (As SOX) I am SOX, your personal companion robot. And because Buzz misses all those moments - and we do, too, except for quick glimpses - they acquire an emotional tug, much like the opening married life montage in Pixar's "Up." To help him cope, Alisha surprises him. She finds a wife, has a son, becomes a grandmother. MONDELLO: What Alisha knows that Buzz doesn't quite grasp is that as he approaches hyperspeed, time will slow for him, so his minutes away will be years for folks he leaves behind meaning while he keeps testing, Alisha lives a rich, full life. So with his pal Alisha in command.ĪDUBA: (As Alisha Hawthorne) I'm going to grant you four minutes to be off planet. He does not get it away in time, and they're marooned until he can achieve light speed again. UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: (As character) Are you sure?ĮVANS: (As Buzz Lightyear) I'm Buzz Lightyear. UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: (As character) Do you need my help? Go It Alone.ĮVANS: (As Buzz Lightyear) Come on. MONDELLO: And he'll need to focus because this planet is hostile, afflicted with hungry vines that snatch anything new and drag it underground, including their spaceship if he can't get it away in time.ĮVANS: (As Buzz Lightyear) Let's get everyone home. UZO ADUBA: (As Alisha Hawthorne) Who are you talking to?ĪDUBA: (As Alisha Hawthorne) You were narrating again.ĮVANS: (As Buzz Lightyear) I was not - just doing the mission log.ĪDUBA: (As Alisha Hawthorne) You do know no one ever listens to those.ĮVANS: (As Buzz Lightyear) I know that. It begins with Rangers Buzz Lightyear and Alisha Hawthorne - not toys but people, although, of course, they're still computer-generated - landing on a new planet, Buzz swaggering as he generally does.ĬHRIS EVANS: (As Buzz Lightyear) Buzz Lightyear mission log - there seems to be no sign of intelligent life anywhere. And critic Bob Mondello says the animated adventure "Lightyear" also breaks new ground.īOB MONDELLO, BYLINE: A legend on the screen reminds us that in 1995, a boy named Andy received a Space Ranger toy for his birthday that was based on a character in his favorite movie. PFEIFFER: Now Buzz Lightyear gets a movie all his own. TIM ALLEN: (As Buzz Lightyear) To infinity and beyond. In fact, the first sentence in the USA Today article says it all, “Lightyear is taking queer representation to infinity and beyond.” Disney largely capitulated to the culture.When Pixar's groundbreaking family comedy "Toy Story" premiered 27 years ago, it introduced us not just to computer animation but to a delightfully full-of-himself toy. Once we abandon common sense societal values, there is virtually no limit on where unsanctified passions may lead us. Social science statistics unambiguously support the strategic significance of “gender differentiated parenting.” Neither mothers nor fathers are replaceable in the process. As such, both are essential in the rearing of children. The reality that according to a consensus of sociological metrics, women and men enjoy strategic complementarity. Despite Disney’s capitulation, reality remains the same. ![]() A montage shows glimpses of Alisha and her female partner even starting a family together. Hank Hanegraaff, president of the Christian Research Institute and host of the □□□□□ □□□□□□ □□□ broadcast, comments on the headline in USA Today, “‘Lightyear’ Features Queer Character, Same-sex Kiss.” As noted in the article, the new lesbian character named Alisha Hawthorne stole the show as she gets engaged to a woman on the mission’s science crew.
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