Yes, Pixar, but don't do that on sequels.

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Recent trailers of Toy Story 3 continue the trend of Pixar having the "from the creators" thing.

(sigh) Except, they shouldn't do that to a film like Toy Stor's second sequel.

"From the creators of Up and Finding Nemo".Really? Was that necessary? Do they think that we don't know what Toy Story is? They should only do that to films that are not sequels.

Sure, it would make sense for the people who don't know what Toy Story is, but good luck locating people who don't know it.
 
It could be for the kids who have seen movies like Finding Nemo and Up, but haven't seen the first two Toy Story movies. Those little kids weren't born or old enough to see Toy Story one or two when they came out and they might not have had access to video tapes. Now that the two movies are available on DVD, a lot of kids could see them for the first time. Plus, mentioning their past movies might get those kids even more excited for Toy Story 3, depending on how much they liked their past movies.
 
I guess kids today don't know what Toy Story is. Apparently, they don't watch things that were made before they were born. :shrug:
 
Especially considering that they had this movie back in theaters recently with 3D and that Disney just released a DVD/Blu-Ray combo pack for it, it should be even more fresh in the public eyes.

But I really don't care if they mention "This was the Studio that brought you X and Y" Dreamworks does it for their sequels, so I kind of half-expect Disney to milk Pixar like that as well.
 
I think that at the same time it's for advertising "Up" and "Finding Nemo." A person who hasn't seen one of those could say "OH! It's from the Toy Story dudes!I wanna watch those!"
 
That doesn't really feel random to me. It isn't like Pixar is the only company doing something like this. There still could be kids who weren't able to watch the first two movies prior to seeing the trailer for the third film. Though, I totally forgot about the recent re-release in theaters, so that was my mistake. :sweat:

Plus, I don't really see why mentioning their past films is such a problem. It doesn't take away the fact that they're promoting Toy Story 3 quite nicely.
 
From the creators of TOY STORY; we bring you TOY STORY 3.

Yeah, I figured the "From the creators of Finding Nemo" and whatnot was just so people wouldn't think "Oh, this is Dreamworks/Disney/whatever!" I mean, there are a lot of people who (used to) think anything 2D was Disney, now many people think anything 3D is Pixar. So I guess to separate themselves, Blue Sky, Dreamworks, Pixar, everyone puts what popular movies they made over the past few years
 
Yeah, but wouldn't those kids be in the minority by a significant margin?

If these were lesser-known films from a more obscure studio, sure, but not films that any kid that has set foot in the Disney/family section of their local home entertainment store at any point in the last, oh, ten years would have at least seen.

I agree that this probably is more possessive than anything (i.e. this is, beyond the shadow of a doubt, a Pixar film)
 
On the other end of the age scale, there's my coworkers (almost all middle aged to elderly, well past raising small children... though some have grandchildren), at least one of them who haven't heard of "Toy Story" (or of Pixar and any of its films for that matter), until I and another coworker mentioned them to her. Granted, my coworkers aren't animation fans in the slightest (most of them viewing cartoons as "just for kids" or something they would never watch unless forced to or with kids/grandkids)...

-B.
 
Shouldn't this be in the Disney/Pixar forum?

Also, I don't think every Pixar film has the exact same team working on it. I remember the trailer for Up saying it had something in common with Monsters, Inc. and only Monsters, Inc. (It mentioned a few other films, but not in the same way.) I can't remember what it was, though it may be director Pete Docter.
 
That's a good point. I totally forgot about the toys and other products for Toy Story. I was just thinking about how available these movies could have been for some kids prior to the theatrical re-releases and DVD releases. My mistake.



Not really. As others have mentioned, they've done it with most of their other movies, so I don't really see how it's such a big deal. While it's true that it's the third film to a series, they may want to continue the tradition of mentioning their past hits with their newest film. As Super Leviathan, it could also be used as a way to prove that it is a Pixar film. I've never been bothered seeing the titles of other movies in their trailers, so I can't really see why it would be a bother to have them for a Toy Story 3 trailer.
 
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