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and stress, well, less. - You are a - Actor. Hey brother. Okay guys, we are finally
starting to get some exciting new information about the
upcoming movie, Lightyear, with the latest trailer,
which was just dropping bombs that don't seem to totally add up. And I do mean that quite literally. We have known for quite some time now that Buzz is setting up for a
launch that will basically slingshot him around the
sun, or at least a sun. I guess we can't verify which one. During this journey, at least
according to this whiteboard, we know that four years will have passed, but for Buzz it will only
feel like four minutes. At least that's the plan. Why they're doing it,
we don't totally know. But thus far, what we
do seem to know is that while Buzz is gone, Zurg is
going to show up on the planet and it will be up to Buzz to
defeat him upon his return. And as far as the story is concerned, I think that much of it is true, but we definitely got some new information that throws everything out of whack. According to the new trailer, not only does Zurg show
up while Buzz is gone, but Buzz is gone for way
longer than what was planned. Instead of four years, it
ends up being 62 years. And that is where the problem
arises because 62 years simply doesn't fit inside
of the Pixar timeline. It just doesn't work. And trust me, we have
studied this timeline a lot and there is no place for this to go. Which I won't lie was starting to make me a little bit nervous. Like is Lightyear, of all things, going to be the one that
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on one big timeline. It all starts with The
Good Dinosaur or Soul depending on how you wanna look at it. And it all ends with
Monsters Inc. or Brave, depending on how you wanna look at it. And every year with
each new Pixar release, we get a new chapter to the Pixar theory. And so far everything has fit snuggly, but then enter Lightyear
in the most recent trailer and the very unplaceable 62 years. Allow me to walk you through our dilemma. Lightyear is going to be a
very unique movie for Pixar because Buzz in the movie
is obviously going to be the inspiration for the toy Buzz
Lightyear that we already know. It's kind of like the
world's oddest prequel. Like, could you imagine if
you watched Lightyear first and then you're like, whoa,
I wonder what happens next. To the actual man Buzz Lightyear? Well, nobody actually knows, but to the toy that was inspired by him, we have got a story for you. I mean a four part story. Or, well, three. Buzz kinda feels like an
afterthought in the fourth one. The point is we actually
know quite a bit about how and when space toys came to be popular in the Pixar universe, thanks to the prospector in Toy Story 2. - Sputnik. Once the astronauts went up, children only wanted to
play with space toys. - This is a seemingly innocuous line that is pretty fitting for
Woody's own experience, but it's actually very important. Sputnik, in case you don't know, is a Soviet Union satellite and was notably the first
artificial satellite from earth to be launched into space. This took place in 1957 and was obviously quite
the accomplishment. This is true out here in the real world, but is also obviously also
true within the Pixar universe. In fact, you can actually see
Sputnik in Wall-E right here. But I dare say that at this point, some of you are probably
starting to see the problem. Because of the incredibly
advanced level of technology and space robotics that we're
seeing in the previews for Lightyear. Literally everything we
see is way more advanced than Sputnik. But Sputnik was the starting
point of space travel. So all of this pretty much
needs to be taking place after 1957. But if that's true and while Buzz travels a solid 62 years have
passed on that planet then at minimum 1957 plus 62
lands you in the year 2019. Which like, ugh just
in time for a pandemic. Welcome back to earth. Except it can't be 2019. Hoorah! Hoorah because no pandemic. This is because the Buzz
Lightyear action figure that we see in Toy Story is
based off of the character that we are going to see
in the movie Lightyear. And Toy Story takes
place in the year 1995. So, somehow between the
years of 1957 and 1995 Star Command becomes so
advanced at space travel that they're literally able
to send humans to space to other planets where that
it can then be marooned for an entire year
before Buzz goes and has 62 years of additional space travel. And on top of that does
whatever he does to ultimately become such a
prominent in household name to where he could be made
into an action figure - You are a toy! - Yeah, but Woody, he was a human first. There are not enough years for 62 years to pass in this timeframe. It just doesn't work. And as a result, I was like does this just mean that
the Pixar theory is over? Is it out? Is it done? But then I realized something. This actually goes beyond
just needing to fit within the Pixar theory timeline, which I guess the writers over at Pixar don't technically have to abide by. Because also don't worry,
we're gonna make it work, no matter what they throw
at us, that is the game. The real problem that I realized is that it doesn't even fit
into the Toy Story timeline. And that as far as I am concerned,
they do have to abide by. So even if you at home
don't think that the entire Pixar universe timeline does exist, which let's face is just flat out silly. I mean, Riley is at the
aquarium in Finding Dory. Explain that. And, and here's a toy Buzz
Lightyear in the waiting room of Finding Nemo and, and
Boo has the Jesse doll. Do you see the problem here? I could go on and am tempted to. In the movie UP, when he's
flying up you could see the luxo ball in the little
girl's room and Latso! I'm getting worked up over here people. Somehow I am under the impression
that despite the fact that you're watching this video
you're arguing with me, which makes no sense, but neither do the timetables. And we're back. How is it possible that
the narrative of this movie will fit with the story
of Buzz the toy Lightyear? Well, my first thought
here is that maybe 62 years is more fluid than we think. Like it's 62 years on this planet which is not necessarily the
same as 62 years on our planet. But I also don't think that
that totally solves our problem because within the movie Lightyear, we also find out that
his partner Hawthorne was able to age up enough
to not only have kids, but also grandkids and fully
grown grandkids at that. And it feels like despite
the planet you're on the aging process of a human should still be the same, right? Although if you do really think about it age is just a mindset, isn't it? Either way though, there
actually is even some discrepancy as to whether or not
Buzz is even from earth. He does say to Woody, - We're not on my planet, are we? - No, we maybe are not, Buzz. I'm not actually sure. At the very least it sounds
like he's not from earth then considering the fact
they're currently on earth. Exhibit A. Although Buzz could also
just be unaware of this because he also says, - I've crash landed on a strange planet. - But it doesn't really
matter either way because there is the ultimate inevitability
that he becomes famous on earth because there
are toys made of him. In fact, the commercial
for his toys even says - Planet earth needs your help. - Did you hear that? Planet earth. Exhibit A! But, okay, so does that
mean that you are telling me actual earth was under threat from Zurg? - So we meet again, Buzz Lightyear. - Or that even a Zurg like villain actually existed out there somewhere because that's kind of scary. I mean, after all, according to Buzz, - Emperor Zurg has been
secretly building a weapon with a destructive capacity to
annihilate an entire planet. - This means that if the toy
is based on a real person then within the Pixar universe, there either was or still
is a legit death star. Hey, that's cool. Spherical ship. Okay, so possibility number one is this that maybe despite Sputnik
being out there and being a very real thing that
Star Command has also existed for a very long time and their
technology is just way ahead of anything else on the planet. Like artificially
intelligent cats named Sox and are also capable of
traveling to other planets and hyperspace travel,
but mostly the Sox thing. - Sox, do you like that? - I do - Huh. - But also to be fair we do know that within the Pixar universe,
humans do eventually form a kind of space travel
similar to this in Wall-E. As such, despite the impossible timing of everything else in the movie, we know that everything must
have happened a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. See what I did there? It was a reference. And the reason that everybody on earth ultimately knows about it is because Buzz is a mission log nerd. - Just doing the mission log. - You do know no one
ever listens to those. - I know that. - Ha! Little does Hawthorne
know that everybody will ultimately listen to it and merchandise the crap out of it! - Buzz, Buzz, Buzz
Lightyear to the rescue. - It's also possible that maybe someone in the Pixar
universe could potentially copy the plans for the death star. - [Syndrome] Ladies and gentlemen, it's too much for Mr. Incredible - Which is possible. I mean, after all, the
Incredibles probably does give us the best glimpse into hyper advanced tech that would've existed in the late 1950s. Syndrome does after all
have a literal rocket. Must have just not been
able to conquer that like space portion of it. All of that though brings me
to possibility number two, none of it is real. By which I mean that
everything we're going to see is actually a movie that
exists within Toy Story. Kind of the same way that in our worlds, Captain America or Star Wars are movies. So, what happens if when
we're watching Lightyear the movie ultimately ends
and we pan out and see Andy in his red cowboy hat with
his mom watching the movie. It would be a pretty wild origin story for how Andy ultimately became a fan of Buzz Lightyear in the first place. And it would also fall
under a movie trope that I will admit is very hard to pull off. This trope is commonly referred to the it was all a dream conclusion. Basically the way that this
works is that we watch this fun, wild, occasionally
trippy story only to discover that it was all just happening
inside of someone's head. In this case, it's not
an actual literal dream, like Andy definitely
actually watched the movie. The point would be that
the events of the movie are not as real as we the
audience believe them to be. Because what we would be seeing is that within the fictional Pixar universe, this is an additional
layer of fictional story. And this is not completely
unheard of though, like remember this little girl with the Incredibles comic book? Although to be fair that's
of course based on events that really did happen. But here's the thing though, if this is a movie that
happens inside of a movie, then a lot of the other
pieces of the puzzle start to click into place pretty nicely. Like for example, the
extreme merchandising of this particular character. When we go inside of Al's
Toy Barn, there are literally floor to ceiling, wall
to wall Buzz Lightyear action figures and accessories. It's just not really the
kind of toy that is made for people who really exist. I mean, for example, there
are action figures for real world astronauts like
Neil Armstrong or Buzz Aldrin, but not with this level of branding. But do you know who is sold like this out here in the real world? The Avengers, Star Wars, Barbie. - I'm tour guide Barbie. - On top of that, they also
make Zurg action figures. That in particular feels pretty telling because otherwise it would
seem pretty disrespectful to the real world Buzz
Lightyear to also be making action figures for like a very real galactic threat to the planet. Like we wouldn't think
twice about buying, you know a Thanos action figure, for example, but like who's out there buying
like a Hitler action figure? Beyond that though,
there's also the fact that neither Buzz nor Zurg seem
to know how their story ends. Zurg is still out hunting Buzz and Buzz is out there thinking
that Zurg still has this like planet killing weapon ready. But I have to tell you that
something that I think would be pretty disappointing while
watching the movie Lightyear would be like, if Buzz
doesn't defeat Zurg. Like if that happens and toy
Buzz is based on real Buzz, shouldn't he know? He should know! And he doesn't know just about anything. - Where's that bonding strip? - On that note though, this
possibility also opens up the door for a somewhat
like double twist ending where Buzz sacrifices
himself to defeat Zurg. This would obviously be super sad, but the blow might be
lessened a little bit when you then discover that
it was all just a movie. But that would also account
for why Buzz doesn't know the actual ending to his own story. - I am your father. - No! - If this is true, it
all also plays into the greater Buzz Lightyear narrative which is mistaken identity. Because in all three of
the first Toy Story movies, at some point in time Buzz
believes himself to be an actual space ranger. And this would totally flip
the script on us, the audience where we've always known
that Buzz is a toy, but he believes himself
to be a space ranger. Now weed think that he
is an actual space ranger and he would actually know
that he's just an actor. And with that, my last
thought is just simply this. We watch the movie end and discover that what we just watched is a
movie within another movie. Then we will watch Andy and
his mom leave the theater and be on their way to home
or Pizza Planet or somewhere. And while they're in the car,
they will drive by a statue or a monument or a structure
of some kind that we can fully and readily recognize
to have been something that we just saw in the movie. Meaning what Andy just
watched is just a movie, but also everything we just
watched happened in real life. So we'd have a movie within
a movie based on real events that are fake, I think. But there you go guys,
for my question of the day I want to know what you think. How will the Lightyear movie play out? Will it be a movie in a movie or will we just have to
figure out where and when Lightyear happens? Let me know the towel section down below. But guys as always be
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