1 00:00:01,673 --> 00:00:03,758 This is Toy Story, Disney Studios, 2 00:00:03,883 --> 00:00:07,178 February 4th, 1995. Recording Tim Allen as Buzz. 3 00:00:07,262 --> 00:00:10,140 So, this is that beginning section where you must have written. 4 00:00:10,223 --> 00:00:11,266 Do you read me? 5 00:00:12,600 --> 00:00:15,228 Buzz Lightyear to Star Command. Come in, Star Command. 6 00:00:16,646 --> 00:00:18,606 Star Command, come in. Do you read me? 7 00:00:19,024 --> 00:00:20,525 Why don't they answer? 8 00:00:21,026 --> 00:00:23,445 ANGUS MACLANE: When we were making Toy Story, the first one, 9 00:00:23,528 --> 00:00:27,907 it was just director John Lasseter and a very small group of us 10 00:00:27,991 --> 00:00:30,827 coming up with the characters and situations. 11 00:00:30,910 --> 00:00:33,913 And, of course, the toy version of Buzz. 12 00:00:33,997 --> 00:00:35,915 And now we're about to release a film 13 00:00:36,041 --> 00:00:38,835 about the origin story of this Buzz Lightyear character. 14 00:00:40,587 --> 00:00:42,380 We get to grapple with this question, 15 00:00:45,633 --> 00:00:47,469 "Who is Buzz Lightyear?" 16 00:00:56,978 --> 00:00:59,898 I'm Buzz Lightyear, Space Ranger, Universe Protection Unit. 17 00:00:59,981 --> 00:01:04,569 His job in the first films is to show up and basically push Woody's buttons. 18 00:01:07,072 --> 00:01:09,407 He's the best of the best, and he knows it. 19 00:01:11,284 --> 00:01:13,495 He understands everything in all the manuals, 20 00:01:13,578 --> 00:01:14,913 he's studied the hardest. 21 00:01:14,996 --> 00:01:16,081 Woody, are you all right? 22 00:01:16,164 --> 00:01:19,000 He's the strongest, he's the fastest, he's the estest. 23 00:01:19,501 --> 00:01:21,127 (TOYS GASP) 24 00:01:21,211 --> 00:01:25,048 Buzz is the most upright citizen... 25 00:01:25,131 --> 00:01:27,842 We will not rest until he's safe in Andy's room! 26 00:01:27,926 --> 00:01:32,806 And takes his policing job very, very, very seriously. 27 00:01:33,098 --> 00:01:34,724 Watch yourself! Halt! Who goes there? 28 00:01:34,808 --> 00:01:36,976 He's the straight guy, he's the very literal guy. 29 00:01:37,060 --> 00:01:40,855 Everything that's on the box is the sum total of his knowledge. 30 00:01:41,106 --> 00:01:43,608 BUZZ: I protect the galaxy from the threat of invasion. 31 00:01:43,691 --> 00:01:45,401 He doesn't understand that he's the toy 32 00:01:45,485 --> 00:01:48,655 based off of this character on the big screen, 33 00:01:50,115 --> 00:01:51,574 He thinks he is that character. 34 00:01:51,658 --> 00:01:53,910 Very impressed with Andy's new toy. 35 00:01:53,993 --> 00:01:56,454 - Toy? - T-O-Y. Toy. 36 00:01:56,538 --> 00:02:00,542 Excuse me, I think the word you're searching for is "Space Ranger." 37 00:02:00,625 --> 00:02:04,087 And the comedy all comes from that disagreement over the nature of reality. 38 00:02:04,170 --> 00:02:05,880 (GASPING) 39 00:02:08,383 --> 00:02:09,759 (GAGGING) 40 00:02:10,218 --> 00:02:13,179 It was Woody's movie, but you need one for the other to work. 41 00:02:14,764 --> 00:02:15,932 It's a dance. 42 00:02:17,892 --> 00:02:20,228 Good morning, I'm Pete. 43 00:02:20,311 --> 00:02:23,439 Today we'll learn how to animate in less than two minutes. 44 00:02:23,523 --> 00:02:26,734 We type in the magic UNIX commands. 45 00:02:26,818 --> 00:02:29,737 In 1990, Pixar had done a bunch of short films. 46 00:02:31,781 --> 00:02:34,993 I knew that the goal was to eventually do a feature, 47 00:02:35,076 --> 00:02:36,578 and the thought was, 48 00:02:36,661 --> 00:02:39,122 "Let's do an intermediate step, we'll do a Christmas special." 49 00:02:40,081 --> 00:02:43,459 Using characters from one of the short films, Tin Toy. 50 00:02:47,839 --> 00:02:50,300 That just seemed like a very appealing, fun world, 51 00:02:50,383 --> 00:02:54,179 the world of toys. Seeing things from the toys' point of view, way down low. 52 00:02:55,680 --> 00:02:59,809 The thrill was this must be what it feels like to be this small 53 00:02:59,893 --> 00:03:03,188 on the floor and encounter a giant reckless baby. 54 00:03:06,357 --> 00:03:09,194 At the same time, Disney said, "Hey, you know what? 55 00:03:09,694 --> 00:03:12,030 "We'd be willing to spring for a feature. 56 00:03:12,113 --> 00:03:15,033 "What do you want to do?" And we were like, "I have no idea." 57 00:03:15,116 --> 00:03:18,036 So we thought, what if we just use the Christmas special 58 00:03:18,119 --> 00:03:20,163 that we are writing as the first act 59 00:03:20,246 --> 00:03:22,540 and then we'll just go from there, 60 00:03:22,624 --> 00:03:24,709 because we had no idea what we were doing. 61 00:03:25,168 --> 00:03:26,461 In animation at that time, 62 00:03:26,544 --> 00:03:28,755 it was musical, musical... Only musicals. 63 00:03:28,880 --> 00:03:32,467 So the idea that we could do some other kind of storytelling 64 00:03:32,550 --> 00:03:34,010 was really attractive. 65 00:03:36,095 --> 00:03:39,098 One of the first things that happened, in our story, was that 66 00:03:39,182 --> 00:03:43,519 Tinny met this other ventriloquist doll, the old established toy. 67 00:03:43,603 --> 00:03:45,355 And this new toy comes 68 00:03:45,438 --> 00:03:50,235 and is now threatening this old toy's place in Andy's room. 69 00:03:50,318 --> 00:03:53,488 This new cool, amazing tin toy? 70 00:03:54,322 --> 00:03:56,491 So we're like, "Okay, that doesn't quite work." 71 00:03:56,574 --> 00:03:58,534 What was the toy we all wanted as kids? 72 00:03:58,618 --> 00:04:00,578 We wanted action figures, you know, 73 00:04:00,662 --> 00:04:03,539 with, like karate chop action or exploding briefcases, 74 00:04:03,623 --> 00:04:05,667 all kind of like, these moving parts. 75 00:04:06,334 --> 00:04:07,961 Tinny had to go up on the shelf, 76 00:04:08,044 --> 00:04:11,756 and his part was taken over by this brand new character that we were creating, 77 00:04:11,839 --> 00:04:13,174 named Buzz Lightyear. 78 00:04:14,550 --> 00:04:19,639 Initially, Buzz was more of a golden age space hero from the '30s. 79 00:04:23,810 --> 00:04:27,772 I did all these things that almost looked like water heaters with fins on them. 80 00:04:28,356 --> 00:04:30,942 Things that were based on Roman legionnaire helmets 81 00:04:31,067 --> 00:04:32,777 and all that older, classic stuff. 82 00:04:41,369 --> 00:04:43,496 LAUREN GAYLORD: We have so many drawings of Buzz 83 00:04:43,579 --> 00:04:45,623 that sometimes it's hard to differentiate. 84 00:04:47,458 --> 00:04:50,128 This is one that we have nicknamed Big Hair Buzz. 85 00:04:50,211 --> 00:04:53,589 It's a distinguishing part of this stage of character design, 86 00:04:53,673 --> 00:04:55,800 because in the end Buzz has no hair. 87 00:04:55,883 --> 00:04:58,761 DOCTER: Buzz Lightyear wasn't always called Buzz Lightyear. 88 00:04:58,845 --> 00:05:00,263 He was even called Lunar Larry. 89 00:05:00,346 --> 00:05:03,016 One of the suits has, like, the LL on it. 90 00:05:04,726 --> 00:05:07,895 This is from an early animation test. 91 00:05:07,979 --> 00:05:12,275 Woody is Slim, and the character that would become Buzz is Tecor, 92 00:05:12,358 --> 00:05:16,404 But it looks like they weren't necessarily satisfied with that 93 00:05:16,487 --> 00:05:21,159 because on this particular script, they've made all these other acronyms for him. 94 00:05:21,284 --> 00:05:24,704 He could have been TOLAR or MICROZ. 95 00:05:25,038 --> 00:05:27,957 JEFF PIDGEON: And then one of them was Tempus from Morph. 96 00:05:28,041 --> 00:05:32,795 I don't know if we use that for more than that one test. 97 00:05:36,758 --> 00:05:38,051 Hey, pal, whatcha doin'? 98 00:05:38,176 --> 00:05:40,053 I'm Tempus from Morph... 99 00:05:40,136 --> 00:05:41,804 Yeah, what's this button? 100 00:05:41,888 --> 00:05:44,265 Say, you weren't thinkin' of flyin', were ya'? 101 00:05:44,349 --> 00:05:47,143 - Well... - You know, Andy loves toys that can fly. 102 00:05:47,226 --> 00:05:48,394 BUZZ: Really? 103 00:05:48,478 --> 00:05:50,188 When we look at the final drawings, 104 00:05:50,271 --> 00:05:53,941 we think that was the right Buzz to choose. 105 00:05:54,025 --> 00:05:55,651 But how did we get there? 106 00:05:57,153 --> 00:06:00,281 So fun to just see all the iterations. 107 00:06:05,078 --> 00:06:07,538 Just warming up still. Yes. 108 00:06:08,373 --> 00:06:13,669 When I came on, John Lasseter wanted to have a contemporary new toy 109 00:06:13,878 --> 00:06:17,590 and asked if we could do something more like an astronaut. 110 00:06:19,759 --> 00:06:23,262 So we looked at NASA. We looked at the astronauts. 111 00:06:23,346 --> 00:06:25,473 Same time, we're going to the toy stores, 112 00:06:25,556 --> 00:06:29,644 we're taking things apart, figuring out how they work, how they articulate. 113 00:06:30,144 --> 00:06:33,564 And the wings needed to function like we're going to make this thing. 114 00:06:33,648 --> 00:06:37,193 So I came up with the way that they would swing out to the side. 115 00:06:37,276 --> 00:06:40,905 I thought you could make that. I can see a toy being built with that. 116 00:06:41,572 --> 00:06:44,409 The minute we said 12 inches like G.I. Joe, "Yes". 117 00:06:44,492 --> 00:06:45,993 The minute we said new, "Yes". 118 00:06:46,077 --> 00:06:48,287 Let's give him karate chop action, "Yes". 119 00:06:48,371 --> 00:06:51,290 The minute Bob Pauley said "What if we make it white 120 00:06:51,374 --> 00:06:53,292 and give it a little accent with color?" 121 00:06:53,376 --> 00:06:54,377 we are all like, "Yes." 122 00:06:54,502 --> 00:06:58,131 And he should have some declarative thing that he says. 123 00:06:58,214 --> 00:07:01,008 To infinity and beyond! 124 00:07:03,428 --> 00:07:05,430 That just made everybody laugh. 125 00:07:05,513 --> 00:07:08,182 We loved that it made no sense. (CHUCKLES) 126 00:07:08,641 --> 00:07:12,228 There is no beyond infinity. Infinity is infinite. 127 00:07:12,311 --> 00:07:14,480 Henceforth there is no beyond infinity. 128 00:07:14,564 --> 00:07:17,817 Felt like it really captured the essence of who he was. 129 00:07:19,444 --> 00:07:22,822 LEE UNKRICH: They had a sense of who Buzz was and who they wanted him to be. 130 00:07:22,905 --> 00:07:27,452 But once the decision was made to cast Tim Allen as Buzz, 131 00:07:27,535 --> 00:07:29,954 so much of his character just clicked into place. 132 00:07:30,079 --> 00:07:34,584 It was actually Tim Allen's idea to play Buzz like an average street cop. 133 00:07:35,334 --> 00:07:37,253 They've been watching Sid in the backyard, 134 00:07:37,336 --> 00:07:39,922 the mean kid, blow up the Combat Carl with the M-80. 135 00:07:40,006 --> 00:07:41,799 - I coulda stopped him. - Right. 136 00:07:42,383 --> 00:07:43,426 What's going on? 137 00:07:43,509 --> 00:07:47,263 So instead of being this unrealistic, kind of, 138 00:07:47,346 --> 00:07:50,641 "I'll save you, eager young space cadet," kind of guy, 139 00:07:50,725 --> 00:07:52,393 he's playing it more like, "Yeah, 140 00:07:52,477 --> 00:07:55,104 "I'm going to be hanging out around the corner." 141 00:07:55,188 --> 00:07:57,482 There's a kid over in that house who needs us. 142 00:07:57,565 --> 00:07:59,192 Now let's get you out of this thing. 143 00:07:59,275 --> 00:08:00,693 DOCTER: He's a bit more realistic. 144 00:08:00,776 --> 00:08:02,570 He's a little more earthbound. 145 00:08:02,653 --> 00:08:05,114 No, no, no. Go, go. Just go. I'll catch up. 146 00:08:05,198 --> 00:08:08,326 And it really shaped the way we wrote the character, 147 00:08:08,409 --> 00:08:11,287 the way we thought of him, in major ways. 148 00:08:11,370 --> 00:08:12,413 Sheriff! 149 00:08:13,206 --> 00:08:14,248 Sheriff? 150 00:08:14,540 --> 00:08:15,625 There you are. 151 00:08:18,669 --> 00:08:22,381 PAULEY: When we were designing Buzz, I thought we had something. 152 00:08:22,507 --> 00:08:24,050 You know, it was cool. 153 00:08:24,133 --> 00:08:28,804 But we didn't have a clue that this was going to become some kind of phenomenon, 154 00:08:30,264 --> 00:08:32,600 that Woody and Buzz would be household names. 155 00:08:33,893 --> 00:08:36,604 To infinity and beyond. 156 00:08:50,743 --> 00:08:54,205 (SPEAKING IN OTHER LANGUAGES) 157 00:08:56,958 --> 00:08:58,167 Space Ranger. 158 00:09:03,548 --> 00:09:05,550 WOODY: Buzz, this is the Oscars. 159 00:09:05,633 --> 00:09:07,426 It's supposed to be formal. 160 00:09:07,510 --> 00:09:09,845 Well, that would explain all the penguins then 161 00:09:09,929 --> 00:09:12,390 The whole thing was shocking. 162 00:09:12,473 --> 00:09:16,477 I remember when the film came out and driving down the freeway and be like, 163 00:09:16,561 --> 00:09:18,896 "There's a billboard for Toy Story." 164 00:09:20,356 --> 00:09:24,819 And it was really wild to see Buzz go up on the International Space Station. 165 00:09:27,029 --> 00:09:29,407 That was wow. 166 00:09:29,490 --> 00:09:31,784 You created this character who wants to be in space, 167 00:09:31,867 --> 00:09:35,371 and now he's literally gone further than most of us ever will. 168 00:09:35,454 --> 00:09:37,748 For us to think we would get to do anything more 169 00:09:40,459 --> 00:09:42,837 would have been just crazy thinking. 170 00:09:43,713 --> 00:09:45,089 Buzz Lightyear mission log. 171 00:09:45,172 --> 00:09:48,634 The local sheriff and I seem to be at a huge refueling station of some sort. 172 00:09:48,718 --> 00:09:52,888 Buzz was kind of a deluded sidekick, and somehow he really spoke to kids. 173 00:09:55,516 --> 00:09:57,768 I'm not sure exactly what that means. 174 00:09:59,770 --> 00:10:03,608 We tried to design a toy that would be really cool for Andy, 175 00:10:03,691 --> 00:10:06,652 that Andy would set aside Woody for. 176 00:10:07,403 --> 00:10:11,449 PAULEY: Turns out that we created a toy that in the movie was a good character, 177 00:10:11,532 --> 00:10:14,619 but also actually a pretty darn good toy in reality. 178 00:10:15,578 --> 00:10:17,580 JENNIFER TAN: He is the toy that all the kids want. 179 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:25,296 There's always an interest in continuing the exploration of Buzz as a toy. 180 00:10:30,551 --> 00:10:32,720 How else can we have fun with Buzz? 181 00:10:37,350 --> 00:10:41,312 He's this superhero that every kid either wants to be like 182 00:10:41,437 --> 00:10:43,481 or wants to be friends with. 183 00:10:44,440 --> 00:10:47,985 Buzz appeals to adults and kids of all ages, 184 00:10:48,110 --> 00:10:49,737 of all genders, 185 00:10:49,820 --> 00:10:51,906 And that's why you see Buzz everything. 186 00:10:53,616 --> 00:10:57,036 There's Buzz costumes, Buzz sneakers. 187 00:10:57,203 --> 00:11:02,083 We work on action figures, pencil toppers, apparel... 188 00:11:02,166 --> 00:11:03,459 TAN: Buzz backpacks, 189 00:11:04,585 --> 00:11:08,047 lunchboxes, juice boxes, paper towels, 190 00:11:08,756 --> 00:11:10,091 anything you can think of. 191 00:11:11,092 --> 00:11:13,469 Stickers on bananas, socks. 192 00:11:13,552 --> 00:11:15,763 I love my Buzz and Woody socks. 193 00:11:16,472 --> 00:11:18,849 I love how Buzz is everywhere 194 00:11:18,933 --> 00:11:22,228 and people have made their versions of him. 195 00:11:24,730 --> 00:11:26,190 UNKRICH: A lot of it's handcrafted. 196 00:11:26,273 --> 00:11:28,317 A lot of it's not coming out of factories. 197 00:11:28,401 --> 00:11:33,197 It's just people making cool little wooden pull toys or puppets. 198 00:11:33,781 --> 00:11:35,741 People just love the characters. 199 00:11:35,825 --> 00:11:38,828 PAULEY: I guess, in a way, the design worked out, and it looks good 200 00:11:38,911 --> 00:11:41,288 because you can be still so far off 201 00:11:41,414 --> 00:11:44,125 and you know there's a Buzz in there somewhere. 202 00:11:44,208 --> 00:11:46,544 SUSMAN: I have seen some bizarre ones. 203 00:11:47,670 --> 00:11:50,673 They look like Buzz was put in a microwave. 204 00:11:50,756 --> 00:11:54,427 It's not really the real Buzz, but you can tell it's Buzz Lightyear. 205 00:12:00,558 --> 00:12:02,226 MACLANE: When I started working at Pixar, 206 00:12:03,436 --> 00:12:06,689 I was just blown away by the Buzz Lightyear character. 207 00:12:07,523 --> 00:12:10,276 His square personality, I always thought, was hilarious. 208 00:12:11,444 --> 00:12:13,821 DOCTER: Angus became the go-to Buzz animator. 209 00:12:14,905 --> 00:12:16,907 If I'm having trouble, I can go to Angus, 210 00:12:16,991 --> 00:12:20,202 not only with technical things, but with artistic choices. 211 00:12:20,286 --> 00:12:22,204 Like, what kind of expressions he makes, 212 00:12:22,288 --> 00:12:24,373 - and hand gestures. - (GASPING) 213 00:12:25,082 --> 00:12:28,502 And I'd always wondered what was the show 214 00:12:28,586 --> 00:12:31,213 or the movie that Buzz Lightyear came from. 215 00:12:31,297 --> 00:12:35,509 And so that was something that was always cooking in the back of my head. 216 00:12:36,218 --> 00:12:39,138 Terrain seems a bit unstable. 217 00:12:39,221 --> 00:12:42,433 SUSMAN: Lightyear and Toy Story are intrinsically connected. 218 00:12:43,184 --> 00:12:49,064 Andy, the kid in Toy Story, is so excited to get this Buzz Lightyear doll. 219 00:12:49,148 --> 00:12:51,025 Why is he so excited? 220 00:12:51,108 --> 00:12:55,279 Well, we all thought that he was excited because he probably went to see a movie. 221 00:12:56,197 --> 00:12:58,491 And we're saying that that movie is Lightyear. 222 00:13:01,452 --> 00:13:03,204 MACLANE: Then it was trying to figure out, 223 00:13:03,287 --> 00:13:06,165 "Well, what kind of story are we telling with Buzz?" 224 00:13:07,166 --> 00:13:11,962 And the character is more than just the character in the Toy Story world. 225 00:13:12,046 --> 00:13:13,839 It's a different character. 226 00:13:15,174 --> 00:13:19,178 There's a general way that Buzz moves through the world, a confidence, 227 00:13:19,261 --> 00:13:20,346 This way! 228 00:13:20,429 --> 00:13:21,514 A belief in himself. 229 00:13:21,597 --> 00:13:23,808 I'm Buzz Lightyear. I'm always sure. 230 00:13:23,891 --> 00:13:26,268 But we have to feel like he has this inner life. 231 00:13:27,603 --> 00:13:32,149 SUSMAN: Having an iconic character to start from doesn't solve it for us. 232 00:13:32,233 --> 00:13:34,151 It makes it a little easier, 233 00:13:34,235 --> 00:13:37,279 but there's a whole lot of discovery we have to do. 234 00:13:37,363 --> 00:13:40,074 And the stakes are even higher when you're reimagining 235 00:13:40,157 --> 00:13:42,451 such a beloved character like Buzz Lightyear. 236 00:13:43,369 --> 00:13:46,789 I think the texture is the next thing, and then lighting. Which... 237 00:13:46,872 --> 00:13:48,874 STANTON: The biggest thing a director does... 238 00:13:48,958 --> 00:13:51,877 This is nice and elegant, but it has to be pushed up just a hair. 239 00:13:51,961 --> 00:13:54,129 You're a coach, you're a cheerleader... 240 00:13:54,296 --> 00:13:55,506 It feels pretty great. 241 00:13:55,589 --> 00:13:56,924 I love the gesture of the nose. 242 00:13:57,007 --> 00:14:00,594 You're a vision keeper and you're a navigator. 243 00:14:02,972 --> 00:14:05,975 There's a lot of times you're just at the bow of the ship 244 00:14:06,058 --> 00:14:09,353 where there's just a ton of fog, and you're saying, "There's land there, 245 00:14:09,436 --> 00:14:11,397 "Believe me, I promise you we'll get there." 246 00:14:12,231 --> 00:14:14,859 I think the action is actually just the steam. 247 00:14:14,942 --> 00:14:21,782 A lot of great sci-fi hinges on a real world parable or a deeper truth. 248 00:14:21,866 --> 00:14:24,285 So I was trying to find what's the deeper truth? 249 00:14:28,497 --> 00:14:31,166 When you're making a movie, it takes such a long time. 250 00:14:32,501 --> 00:14:35,754 You need to find something you can latch onto that feels personal. 251 00:14:38,340 --> 00:14:43,012 This campus is one of the inspirations for the movie. 252 00:14:43,095 --> 00:14:45,598 I have different memories from different years 253 00:14:45,681 --> 00:14:48,392 that go back 20, almost 22 years now. 254 00:14:49,018 --> 00:14:51,186 That's where I brought my daughter to work 255 00:14:51,270 --> 00:14:54,398 for the very first time when she was six months old. 256 00:14:54,481 --> 00:14:56,400 We finished the movie there. 257 00:14:57,067 --> 00:14:59,528 That's the last time I saw that person alive. 258 00:14:59,612 --> 00:15:02,072 Having been at the studio for a long time, 259 00:15:02,156 --> 00:15:05,492 the sense of time passing was first and foremost in my mind. 260 00:15:07,161 --> 00:15:10,915 When you work on films, the perceived time passes differently. 261 00:15:12,791 --> 00:15:16,921 You do these four-year jumps, these five-year jumps, 262 00:15:17,004 --> 00:15:20,007 When you stick your head out of the hole, you go, "What happened?" 263 00:15:20,090 --> 00:15:22,801 Everyone else is like, "All kinds of things happened." 264 00:15:25,554 --> 00:15:27,431 The pandemic certainly added to that. 265 00:15:29,475 --> 00:15:30,915 DEAN KELLY: It's like Groundhog Day. 266 00:15:30,976 --> 00:15:33,854 We have our deadlines and then my kid's school year. 267 00:15:33,938 --> 00:15:36,273 That's how you knew that time was passing. 268 00:15:37,107 --> 00:15:40,945 At Pixar, we've been lucky to be able to work through this pandemic. 269 00:15:41,028 --> 00:15:44,573 SUSMAN: Immersed back in our families in ways that we hadn't been. 270 00:15:44,657 --> 00:15:49,036 KELLY: Looking at it now, it's evident that the pandemic influenced Buzz's story. 271 00:15:49,119 --> 00:15:53,374 Being able to overcome these odds, but also know that you're not alone 272 00:15:53,457 --> 00:15:55,584 and trying to do what you need to get done. 273 00:15:56,835 --> 00:16:01,006 It's amazing to see how connected we are and how separated we are at the same time. 274 00:16:02,549 --> 00:16:04,969 "That would be an interesting problem for Buzz. 275 00:16:05,052 --> 00:16:06,637 "Could he be in a situation where 276 00:16:06,720 --> 00:16:09,598 "he was traveling through time at a different rate than others?" 277 00:16:09,682 --> 00:16:10,724 It's looking good. 278 00:16:10,808 --> 00:16:13,018 I don't want to overwork the dough on that stuff. 279 00:16:13,519 --> 00:16:14,520 - All right. - Great. 280 00:16:14,603 --> 00:16:16,081 - Hey, welcome, everybody. - MAN: Same. 281 00:16:16,105 --> 00:16:20,818 MACLANE: The Pixar story process is simultaneously regimented 282 00:16:22,361 --> 00:16:23,737 and also chaos. 283 00:16:23,821 --> 00:16:27,282 The first few years of the film, it's actually the story department 284 00:16:27,366 --> 00:16:30,244 and editorial kind of building the film from scratch. 285 00:16:31,870 --> 00:16:35,374 In story, we're drawing every single thing that's on the page 286 00:16:35,457 --> 00:16:36,959 in a very cinematic way, 287 00:16:37,042 --> 00:16:40,587 and we get to see how each part of the script is working or not working. 288 00:16:41,422 --> 00:16:44,299 BUZZ: I'm not sure you could classify this as wallowing. 289 00:16:44,383 --> 00:16:47,261 It's interesting how quickly it starts to feel like a movie. 290 00:16:47,344 --> 00:16:50,723 Couple of frames in and you're like, "Okay, this is what this is." 291 00:16:50,806 --> 00:16:53,058 He's like, "Hang in there, guys." And then... 292 00:16:53,142 --> 00:16:55,394 (IMITATES EXPLOSION) Blast! 293 00:16:55,477 --> 00:16:58,814 We're constantly revising our movie, 294 00:16:58,897 --> 00:17:00,190 our story, our script. 295 00:17:00,315 --> 00:17:02,818 HEADLEY: You never think, "That's good, we're finished." 296 00:17:02,901 --> 00:17:05,237 There are holes that are just filled with stuff 297 00:17:05,320 --> 00:17:07,489 that aren't going to be a part of the movie. 298 00:17:07,573 --> 00:17:11,285 MACLANE: Unpacking why things are funny, why things work is part of the job. 299 00:17:12,119 --> 00:17:15,664 We have to get to the next bit, and I feel like the next bit is 300 00:17:15,748 --> 00:17:17,708 Zurg holding Buzz, right? 301 00:17:17,791 --> 00:17:18,792 So he turns... 302 00:17:19,418 --> 00:17:22,629 What if it's a reaction, like Zurg's like... And he reacts? 303 00:17:22,713 --> 00:17:25,466 That way. Just so we know that something is wrong. 304 00:17:25,549 --> 00:17:28,385 What's great about science fiction is you can do anything. 305 00:17:31,805 --> 00:17:37,686 We've written so many sequences that don't exist anymore, that are just so fun. 306 00:17:38,312 --> 00:17:41,273 Laser heists and sticky space situations, 307 00:17:41,523 --> 00:17:43,442 falling from great heights, 308 00:17:43,525 --> 00:17:44,693 killer robots. 309 00:17:44,860 --> 00:17:46,945 All these things that you're trying out, 310 00:17:47,029 --> 00:17:49,239 and ultimately none of that matters. 311 00:17:49,323 --> 00:17:52,785 What matters is what's happening with these characters in this moment, 312 00:17:52,868 --> 00:17:55,746 how they're changing from these people into these people. 313 00:17:57,831 --> 00:17:59,333 Ready, Captain Lightyear? 314 00:17:59,416 --> 00:18:01,460 Ready as I'll ever be, Commander Hawthorne. 315 00:18:01,543 --> 00:18:03,462 - To infinity... - And beyond. 316 00:18:03,545 --> 00:18:04,963 - (IMITATES EXPLOSION) - (GASPS) 317 00:18:05,047 --> 00:18:06,131 (GRUNTS) No. 318 00:18:06,215 --> 00:18:08,467 ANGUS MACLANE: Buzz in this film is a Space Ranger. 319 00:18:09,051 --> 00:18:13,347 He is a human from Earth, dedicated to Star Command. 320 00:18:17,351 --> 00:18:19,520 CHRIS EVANS: The movie begins with Buzz Lightyear 321 00:18:19,603 --> 00:18:22,022 and his people on this giant, giant ship. 322 00:18:26,026 --> 00:18:30,864 They stop on a detour 'cause they notice a planet that has some resources. 323 00:18:34,535 --> 00:18:37,663 Buzz Lightyear Mission Log. Stardate 3-9-0-1. 324 00:18:37,746 --> 00:18:41,166 Sensors have detected potential lifeforms on an uncharted planet. 325 00:18:41,792 --> 00:18:44,461 There seems to be no sign of intelligent life anywhere. 326 00:18:45,546 --> 00:18:48,841 EVANS: The ship gets attacked, then, as they're trying to take off, 327 00:18:48,924 --> 00:18:52,094 Buzz is responsible for the ship crashing. 328 00:18:53,846 --> 00:18:56,515 MACLANE: He spends an entire film trying to get back home. 329 00:18:57,891 --> 00:19:00,435 Not only is it his fault, based on his actions, 330 00:19:00,519 --> 00:19:03,564 but he had the opportunity to be assisted. He could've had help. 331 00:19:03,647 --> 00:19:05,691 I'm better off just doing the job myself. 332 00:19:07,317 --> 00:19:10,487 In trying to return home, 333 00:19:11,488 --> 00:19:16,702 Buzz would have to be doing tests that would cause him to time travel. 334 00:19:22,666 --> 00:19:25,085 COMPUTER: Approaching 50% hyperspeed. 335 00:19:25,169 --> 00:19:28,463 It takes him about four or five minutes to do one of these missions 336 00:19:28,547 --> 00:19:30,966 while everybody else on the planet ages four years. 337 00:19:31,049 --> 00:19:35,345 He is aging at a different rate than all of his friends, 338 00:19:35,429 --> 00:19:39,224 and he sees them grow old as he continually fails 339 00:19:39,308 --> 00:19:41,268 to make up for the big mistake. 340 00:19:42,102 --> 00:19:45,397 That social dislocation was the most captivating to all of us. 341 00:19:45,731 --> 00:19:46,940 Thought we'd lost you, Buzz. 342 00:19:47,024 --> 00:19:48,525 Alisha? What happened? 343 00:19:49,443 --> 00:19:50,485 Time dilation. 344 00:19:50,569 --> 00:19:51,653 What? 345 00:19:51,737 --> 00:19:53,155 Time dilation is quite simple. 346 00:19:53,238 --> 00:19:55,282 As you approached hyperspeed, 347 00:19:55,365 --> 00:19:57,743 your time slowed relative to our own. 348 00:19:57,826 --> 00:20:00,913 I'm glad you asked me about time dilation, because I am a physicist. 349 00:20:01,163 --> 00:20:03,749 Right? So the faster... 350 00:20:04,333 --> 00:20:05,500 Oh, boy. 351 00:20:05,584 --> 00:20:07,502 The faster you travel, 352 00:20:07,586 --> 00:20:11,006 relative to something that is not traveling at that speed, 353 00:20:11,089 --> 00:20:16,136 your time slows down because time is relative and... 354 00:20:16,220 --> 00:20:20,265 The faster you you go toward... Approaching the speed of light, 355 00:20:20,891 --> 00:20:26,063 the less time passes for you relativistically. 356 00:20:26,647 --> 00:20:29,191 Now, nobody actually can hit the speed of light. 357 00:20:29,274 --> 00:20:31,360 You would become infinite mass. 358 00:20:31,443 --> 00:20:34,363 Would explode type of thing... Like, you wouldn't be. 359 00:20:35,280 --> 00:20:36,740 That makes no sense. 360 00:20:36,823 --> 00:20:39,952 You really should get somebody really smart in here for this. 361 00:20:42,496 --> 00:20:46,917 Station, this is Angus MacLane and Galyn Susman with Pixar Animation. 362 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:48,085 Do you hear us? 363 00:20:48,168 --> 00:20:49,336 How do you hear us? 364 00:20:50,045 --> 00:20:52,631 The time dilations is real. 365 00:20:52,714 --> 00:20:54,675 Because the speed of light is the same 366 00:20:54,758 --> 00:20:57,719 no matter who's looking, who's observing it, 367 00:20:57,803 --> 00:21:00,430 that time progresses more slowly 368 00:21:00,514 --> 00:21:03,058 for people and objects that are moving fast 369 00:21:03,141 --> 00:21:05,227 compared to the objects that are not moving fast. 370 00:21:05,310 --> 00:21:08,039 MAN: Station, this is Houston ACR. That concludes the event. Thank you. 371 00:21:08,063 --> 00:21:09,543 MACLANE: Thank you. SUSMAN: Thank you. 372 00:21:11,275 --> 00:21:13,360 That's what time dilation is. 373 00:21:13,443 --> 00:21:14,987 And I don't want any letters. 374 00:21:16,321 --> 00:21:19,283 MARGARET SPENCER: One of the biggest nuts to crack 375 00:21:19,449 --> 00:21:21,368 was why Buzz cares so much. 376 00:21:21,451 --> 00:21:23,495 Something that really helped us out was 377 00:21:23,578 --> 00:21:26,999 the creation of this character, Alisha, the partner, 378 00:21:27,082 --> 00:21:29,835 somebody who we could track aging as he was staying the same. 379 00:21:30,877 --> 00:21:33,505 UZO ADUBA: Alisha is a dynamic... 380 00:21:33,588 --> 00:21:34,798 That's an order. 381 00:21:34,881 --> 00:21:36,425 Capable leader. 382 00:21:36,508 --> 00:21:38,677 I'm gonna grant you four minutes to be off-planet, 383 00:21:38,760 --> 00:21:40,804 but then you come right back to us. 384 00:21:40,929 --> 00:21:43,765 Trying to advance and save the universe 385 00:21:43,849 --> 00:21:46,476 along with her friend, Buzz Lightyear. 386 00:21:46,810 --> 00:21:49,354 Okay, but maybe we should think about this. 387 00:21:49,438 --> 00:21:52,190 The great tragedy of it is 388 00:21:52,274 --> 00:21:56,486 because he was so focused and so consumed with the mission... 389 00:21:56,570 --> 00:21:59,656 - That's what Space Rangers do. - At what cost, Buzz? 390 00:21:59,740 --> 00:22:02,242 Are you willing to lose another four years? 391 00:22:02,868 --> 00:22:05,829 He missed all of her life. 392 00:22:08,040 --> 00:22:12,252 SUSMAN: What Alisha represents is the life well-lived, 393 00:22:12,753 --> 00:22:13,962 that he never had. 394 00:22:15,672 --> 00:22:17,174 Buzz Lightyear to the rescue. 395 00:22:18,342 --> 00:22:21,595 Buzz Lightyear, the character design is extraordinarily iconic. 396 00:22:22,220 --> 00:22:25,640 And I wanted to celebrate and get away from that design. 397 00:22:26,933 --> 00:22:30,312 SUSMAN: Trying to get the right balance 398 00:22:30,395 --> 00:22:35,359 of the Buzz people are expecting to see when they walk into the theater 399 00:22:36,735 --> 00:22:40,030 with enough new, different mystery... 400 00:22:40,572 --> 00:22:42,491 "I'm now the protagonist, 401 00:22:43,867 --> 00:22:45,786 "and have my own story and growth." 402 00:22:45,869 --> 00:22:48,997 That balance is really tricky. 403 00:22:50,040 --> 00:22:51,458 He will step out of the ship. 404 00:22:51,541 --> 00:22:54,503 And if you remember all the way back in Toy Story, 405 00:22:54,586 --> 00:22:56,713 when we first met Buzz, 406 00:22:56,797 --> 00:23:00,592 you pan up and you see his face, well, we have a shot very similar to that, 407 00:23:00,675 --> 00:23:03,637 to try to help get people into the, "Okay, this is Buzz"... 408 00:23:03,720 --> 00:23:05,990 I will explore further the oddities of this strange planet. 409 00:23:06,014 --> 00:23:07,641 This is kind of the Buzz we know, 410 00:23:07,724 --> 00:23:10,977 but this is not the Buzz we know. Because it's a different Buzz. 411 00:23:13,021 --> 00:23:15,107 And the stakes are even higher 412 00:23:15,190 --> 00:23:17,734 when you're taking a beloved character like Buzz Lightyear 413 00:23:17,818 --> 00:23:19,653 and you're reimagining him. 414 00:23:19,736 --> 00:23:24,408 There's somebody out there with a Buzz Lightyear tattoo on their arm. 415 00:23:24,491 --> 00:23:26,952 I don't want that person coming up to me later and be like, 416 00:23:27,035 --> 00:23:28,870 "Look, man, you ruined my childhood. 417 00:23:28,954 --> 00:23:30,414 "You ruined my arm." You know. 418 00:23:32,165 --> 00:23:34,668 SUSMAN: Character design starts from the Toy Story Buzz, 419 00:23:35,335 --> 00:23:39,714 but Toy Story Buzz has this ginormous chin. 420 00:23:40,382 --> 00:23:42,717 That's just not real. That's not human. 421 00:23:42,801 --> 00:23:44,511 Nobody has a chin that big. 422 00:23:44,594 --> 00:23:46,555 To get the Buzz Lightyear from the toy 423 00:23:46,638 --> 00:23:50,308 to now this actual human action hero, 424 00:23:50,392 --> 00:23:52,060 he becomes a Space Ranger. 425 00:23:52,144 --> 00:23:54,271 But we also see his heart grow. 426 00:23:56,731 --> 00:24:00,986 To tell that story, there had to be stakes and issues 427 00:24:01,069 --> 00:24:03,822 that a man would deal with and not a toy. 428 00:24:05,907 --> 00:24:09,619 When I design a character, it's usually an emotional reason first. 429 00:24:10,579 --> 00:24:14,958 Then later we can start talking about shape and why he did certain things. 430 00:24:15,041 --> 00:24:19,254 But as an artist, I can't say, "Oh, this is how we made him vulnerable." 431 00:24:20,005 --> 00:24:22,257 Somehow putting your heart into something, 432 00:24:22,340 --> 00:24:24,134 as humans, we just know that. 433 00:24:26,052 --> 00:24:27,721 That's very ethereal. 434 00:24:29,347 --> 00:24:31,600 DEAN HEEZEN: The art of caricature is all about pushing 435 00:24:31,683 --> 00:24:34,394 the shapes and certain features. 436 00:24:34,478 --> 00:24:37,772 Taking what's there in real life and emphasizing it. 437 00:24:38,565 --> 00:24:43,236 We were laughing 'cause when we tried the big chin, and the round eyes, 438 00:24:43,320 --> 00:24:45,280 and the severe brows, 439 00:24:45,363 --> 00:24:49,451 those proportions, it was hard not to make him look like a jerk. 440 00:24:50,660 --> 00:24:54,080 The biggest thing is, in our film Buzz has hair. 441 00:24:54,164 --> 00:24:57,626 NOLTE: We never saw Buzz Lightyear without his... They call it a snood, 442 00:24:57,709 --> 00:24:59,544 the purple thing he wears on his head. 443 00:24:59,628 --> 00:25:00,795 Thank goodness for Google. 444 00:25:00,879 --> 00:25:02,506 Snoods. I'm like, "What is that?" 445 00:25:02,589 --> 00:25:04,674 I look it up. "Okay, that's what that is." 446 00:25:05,592 --> 00:25:07,761 MACLANE: So he's got hair. We work with the hair. 447 00:25:07,844 --> 00:25:10,222 The hair was first. What's the hair gonna look like? 448 00:25:10,305 --> 00:25:12,682 His chin is pretty defining. Got to have the chin. 449 00:25:12,766 --> 00:25:15,435 He's got the little curly cue, which is like a dimple chin. 450 00:25:15,519 --> 00:25:16,853 He's got big, round eyes. 451 00:25:16,937 --> 00:25:19,773 How do you work them into the stylization of the world? 452 00:25:20,148 --> 00:25:22,484 He's got a barrel chest and narrow waist. 453 00:25:22,901 --> 00:25:25,737 NOLTE: What did he look like underneath the space suit? 454 00:25:26,488 --> 00:25:28,406 And that was an exploration too. 455 00:25:28,990 --> 00:25:31,576 Angus wanted him to feel a little bit more vulnerable, 456 00:25:31,660 --> 00:25:32,786 a little more relatable. 457 00:25:32,869 --> 00:25:34,120 I can't get out of this. 458 00:25:34,621 --> 00:25:38,416 So I can't get a sense of... I can't get any emotion out of it. 459 00:25:38,500 --> 00:25:40,502 Story-wise, it's about the birth of a hero, 460 00:25:40,585 --> 00:25:42,379 not a hero that became a bigger hero. 461 00:25:43,630 --> 00:25:47,717 I would start him off as John Glenn and turn him into Han Solo. 462 00:25:49,135 --> 00:25:52,764 The most difficult aspect is the head, and you're totally nailing that. 463 00:25:53,682 --> 00:25:55,517 NOLTE: Once we got approved in art, 464 00:25:55,600 --> 00:25:59,104 that goes on into the character modeling rig department. 465 00:26:00,814 --> 00:26:02,816 Very, very, very collaborative discovery. 466 00:26:05,485 --> 00:26:09,781 We just pass it around like a football, always after the same goal of 467 00:26:09,864 --> 00:26:12,701 maintaining the appeal that was in the original art 468 00:26:12,784 --> 00:26:14,661 but discovering new problems. 469 00:26:15,787 --> 00:26:18,582 Just feeling a little harsh, right in there. 470 00:26:19,833 --> 00:26:22,752 We've got an established character that everyone knows and loves. 471 00:26:22,836 --> 00:26:27,924 It was up to us to go back and flesh out this whole world 472 00:26:28,008 --> 00:26:29,884 that we've never encountered. 473 00:26:29,968 --> 00:26:33,179 We've just got little bits and pieces of it through toy Buzz. 474 00:26:33,263 --> 00:26:38,059 So we had tried a lot of different callbacks and homages like Lunar Larry. 475 00:26:38,143 --> 00:26:40,812 That's where we get this sort of orangish red color. 476 00:26:41,896 --> 00:26:44,858 We made sure to call back to the original Buzz Lightyear suit, 477 00:26:44,941 --> 00:26:48,069 so we still have buttons on it. Got the wing logo, 478 00:26:48,153 --> 00:26:50,280 the wrist communicator, all that stuff. 479 00:26:50,363 --> 00:26:52,741 The gear, you know. Angus loves the gear. 480 00:26:52,824 --> 00:26:54,159 He loves all the stuff. 481 00:26:54,242 --> 00:26:56,328 We gave him lots of cool accessories. 482 00:26:58,538 --> 00:27:02,083 That he promptly loses immediately, 'cause that's what would really happen. 483 00:27:02,375 --> 00:27:04,252 ALEXANDER: Angus cares about everything. 484 00:27:04,336 --> 00:27:08,381 And when I say he cares about everything, literally everything. 485 00:27:10,175 --> 00:27:12,552 NOLTE: "Does that lever have some sort of ribbing on it 486 00:27:12,636 --> 00:27:15,472 "so your thumb would be able to slide it easy?" 487 00:27:15,555 --> 00:27:19,476 Whether it's how deep a panel line is or 488 00:27:19,559 --> 00:27:22,062 even belt buckles, lots of belt buckles. 489 00:27:29,861 --> 00:27:32,947 MACLANE: I arrive at a picture of the whole 490 00:27:33,031 --> 00:27:35,283 through a series of connected details. 491 00:27:36,826 --> 00:27:38,703 I really wanted things to be tactile. 492 00:27:38,787 --> 00:27:42,290 You should be able to feel like you can touch this thing. 493 00:27:42,374 --> 00:27:45,251 Buttons, switches. 494 00:27:45,335 --> 00:27:48,880 More just making a world that feels believable and lived in. 495 00:27:48,963 --> 00:27:51,424 That will allow the emotional story to come forward. 496 00:27:51,508 --> 00:27:55,011 You might also see that he's, through years of being an animator, 497 00:27:55,095 --> 00:27:58,431 is kind of obsessed with the performance of hands in the movie. 498 00:27:59,391 --> 00:28:01,142 I'd be curious if we could build the hands 499 00:28:01,226 --> 00:28:03,770 so that the index finger was aligned like that. 500 00:28:05,146 --> 00:28:08,775 Angus wants that hand to say exactly what a character is feeling. 501 00:28:15,490 --> 00:28:19,536 To him, a hand pose can signify how much power 502 00:28:19,619 --> 00:28:22,288 and strength a person has. 503 00:28:22,372 --> 00:28:24,541 Depending on how you pose the thumb, 504 00:28:24,624 --> 00:28:27,752 it can show whether that person is a strong character or not. 505 00:28:33,425 --> 00:28:34,634 MACLANE: I like toys a lot. 506 00:28:35,969 --> 00:28:37,721 I have strong opinions about them. 507 00:28:40,056 --> 00:28:43,518 And so for a lot of the big ships, I just built them out of LEGO bricks. 508 00:28:44,144 --> 00:28:45,854 I want something like this. 509 00:28:47,564 --> 00:28:50,400 GREGORY PELTZ: LEGO bricks are Angus' medium. 510 00:28:50,483 --> 00:28:52,569 He does all these awesome mockups. 511 00:28:52,652 --> 00:28:54,696 Here's how he sketched it out in LEGO bricks. 512 00:28:55,280 --> 00:28:56,781 And then I did my pass on it. 513 00:29:00,368 --> 00:29:05,874 This is the 15th ship Buzz uses to test this light speed fuel. 514 00:29:07,041 --> 00:29:09,961 PELTZ: It's a movie that's full of cool stuff to make toys out of, 515 00:29:10,044 --> 00:29:12,422 that was made by people who love toys. 516 00:29:12,839 --> 00:29:15,175 This is the best one. This is the best thing. 517 00:29:17,260 --> 00:29:20,805 And Angus remembers details on movies that are insane. 518 00:29:20,889 --> 00:29:23,308 He has an encyclopedic knowledge of cinema. 519 00:29:23,391 --> 00:29:26,102 Chased through a trolley graveyard. 520 00:29:26,186 --> 00:29:29,647 Little more Me, Myself and Irene, than Raising Arizona. 521 00:29:30,231 --> 00:29:31,858 Gandalf. "Fly, you fools." 522 00:29:31,941 --> 00:29:33,151 Indiana Jones. Scooby-Doo. 523 00:29:33,234 --> 00:29:34,545 Shawshank. Beautiful Mind-ing it. 524 00:29:34,569 --> 00:29:36,613 You need to Double Impact it a little bit. 525 00:29:36,696 --> 00:29:37,947 Like, he remembers... 526 00:29:38,990 --> 00:29:39,991 not just lines. 527 00:29:40,074 --> 00:29:42,160 No, Kaa from Jungle Book... 528 00:29:42,243 --> 00:29:43,345 HEADLEY: Sorry, I'll use his name 529 00:29:43,369 --> 00:29:45,431 that's a different animation cycle. That's like... 530 00:29:45,455 --> 00:29:49,042 HEADLEY: He remembers the timing of where roughly it happens in a movie. 531 00:29:49,125 --> 00:29:52,170 He's like, "I think it was at two minutes into the second act, 532 00:29:52,253 --> 00:29:54,547 "you'll see this happen and this musical cue." 533 00:29:54,631 --> 00:29:56,800 And you're like, "Wow, that's so specific." 534 00:29:56,883 --> 00:29:59,052 A million small details that you have to focus on, 535 00:29:59,135 --> 00:30:01,429 and you can make all of the elements awesome. 536 00:30:01,513 --> 00:30:04,265 And then when you watch the movie, it may not be awesome. 537 00:30:04,349 --> 00:30:06,351 There are a million things that can go wrong, 538 00:30:06,434 --> 00:30:07,727 and you won't even know. 539 00:30:07,811 --> 00:30:09,145 It's a crazy, crazy thing. 540 00:30:09,479 --> 00:30:11,272 It's wonderful and it's horrible. 541 00:30:11,606 --> 00:30:12,816 All directors go insane. 542 00:30:17,612 --> 00:30:21,282 The first thing I directed was a play when I was in kindergarten. 543 00:30:21,407 --> 00:30:25,286 And I have to say I may have obsessed a little bit too much about the costumes. 544 00:30:26,579 --> 00:30:30,250 Even though there weren't swords involved in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, 545 00:30:30,333 --> 00:30:32,585 in my version, there were a lot of swords. 546 00:30:34,838 --> 00:30:39,592 Design and acting and performing and movies was just my thing. 547 00:30:42,345 --> 00:30:45,223 I was really obsessed with things. 548 00:30:47,475 --> 00:30:48,977 When I finally came to Pixar, 549 00:30:50,186 --> 00:30:51,187 I wasn't the only one. 550 00:30:52,564 --> 00:30:55,233 Buzz Lightyear to Star Command. Come in, Star Command. 551 00:31:10,582 --> 00:31:13,084 HEADLEY: I have a working theory on storytelling, 552 00:31:13,209 --> 00:31:15,295 and why we enjoy stories, is because 553 00:31:15,378 --> 00:31:18,548 primarily we're dumb and we can't remember things. 554 00:31:18,631 --> 00:31:23,261 And so we need to have the same lessons taught to us over and over again, 555 00:31:23,761 --> 00:31:25,346 so that we remember to be decent, 556 00:31:25,430 --> 00:31:28,266 and we remember that we're a part of a community. 557 00:31:29,934 --> 00:31:33,980 And it's certainly a way that I learn and carry things with me through life. 558 00:31:35,023 --> 00:31:37,901 SUSMAN: I was always driven by making a picture. 559 00:31:38,192 --> 00:31:41,905 But there was something about the collaboration of different skills 560 00:31:41,988 --> 00:31:46,534 that come together when you do a film that was just so much more 561 00:31:46,618 --> 00:31:49,662 rewarding and entertaining, 562 00:31:49,746 --> 00:31:53,541 and I could see doing that every day for the rest of my life. 563 00:31:54,542 --> 00:31:56,628 When you've worked at Pixar for 10 years, 564 00:31:56,711 --> 00:32:01,299 you get a really cool bronze statue of Buzz Lightyear. 565 00:32:03,843 --> 00:32:08,097 PETE: Buzz represents a certain amount of tradition, 566 00:32:08,181 --> 00:32:09,933 but he's also kind of the new guy. 567 00:32:11,267 --> 00:32:13,811 There's something so aspirational about Buzz. 568 00:32:15,438 --> 00:32:19,192 If you want to acknowledge a decade spent 569 00:32:19,275 --> 00:32:23,112 and at the same time say, "To infinity and beyond," 570 00:32:23,196 --> 00:32:25,239 you've got lots more to do together, 571 00:32:25,323 --> 00:32:27,575 what better character than Buzz? 572 00:32:41,798 --> 00:32:43,466 EVANS: Gonna say it like the classic, 573 00:32:43,549 --> 00:32:44,926 - "To infinity..." - EVANS: Sure. 574 00:32:45,259 --> 00:32:47,470 To infinity and beyond! 575 00:32:52,517 --> 00:32:54,102 No one can touch Tim Allen, really. 576 00:33:00,441 --> 00:33:02,694 Question. Are we saying... Because as a... 577 00:33:02,777 --> 00:33:05,488 Just so we're clear about it, now is an admission section. 578 00:33:05,571 --> 00:33:06,781 As a Toy Story fan... 579 00:33:12,787 --> 00:33:16,666 Are we saying it like the way Buzz... 580 00:33:16,833 --> 00:33:17,959 Okay. Copy. 581 00:33:23,131 --> 00:33:24,298 "To infinity..." 582 00:33:26,759 --> 00:33:29,137 Sorry. I'm so sorry. 583 00:33:30,722 --> 00:33:32,807 I'm excited. That was just a good one. 584 00:33:32,932 --> 00:33:34,559 (LAUGHS) 585 00:33:34,642 --> 00:33:37,645 Sorry. I couldn't even continue. I was like... 586 00:33:45,695 --> 00:33:46,988 Oh, my gosh. 587 00:33:54,120 --> 00:33:55,329 It's crazy. 588 00:34:02,837 --> 00:34:05,798 I sort of come out wild. OMG.