![]() The phrase is heard in a commercial advertising Buzz Lightyear toys.Andy, as he plays with Buzz before the family outing at Pizza Planet.Buzz Lightyear, just before demonstrating how he flies to the toys.1.5 Buzz Lightyear of Star Command TV series.The authoritative record of NPR’s programming is the audio record. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at for further information. He likes it.ĮVANS: (As Buzz Lightyear) SOX, do you like that?Ĭopyright © 2022 NPR. KEKE PALMER: (As Izzy Hawthorne) He's purring. And though the merchandizing notion behind "Lightyear" - kids' favorite movie spawns kids' favorite toy requiring new origin movie - feels a tad ominous, I'd be dreading the inevitable SOX spinoff more.ĮVANS: (As Buzz Lightyear) Come on. This may be mid-level Pixar, but that's still respectable. That's just the price of making it to the cineplex these days. SOHN: (As SOX) That was utterly terrifying, and I regret having joined you. 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. 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.
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