The First Full Toy Story 4 Trailer Has Been Released And It Is...Meh?

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We can all agree to temper our expectations about Toy Story 4 after seeing that trailer, right? When the first teaser came out last year, I said Forky has all the looks of a movie ruiner.

And based on everything I’ve seen since, Forky still has all the makings of a movie ruiner. Neurotic, annoying, no real connection to the characters from the original flicks. Then on top of that, the plot appears to be very similar to the first three Toy Story movies (toys getting lost in the real world and Woody thinking about ditching his human counterpart until a last second change of heart) except with these creepy little assholes replacing legendary villains Sid, Stinky Pete, and Lotso.

FUCK these dolls and anybody that ever owned them.

I know it’s hard for Disney not to milk every franchise it has until dust comes out of the udders, especially since a new Toy Story Land just opened in the parks. But couldn’t Mickey & Co. just be happy collecting the revenue from the first 3 films and ending the trilogy with what was essentially Michael Jordan’s series-winning shot in Utah to instead going for more cash/glory with what feels like the beginning of the Wizards years? If Toy Story 3 wasn’t the end of this saga, Toy Story 4 sure as shit won’t be.

Eh, who am I kidding? I am going to be one of the zillions of people to watch this movie in the theater as well as play it on loop once it’s available for streaming because my kids love it and know it will at least be a C+ because Pixar is too good to fuck things up too much. But it would be nice if they went back to coming up with original ideas again instead of just making sequels to all their movies that were cutting edge years ago.