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i think it might have turned out better if they had lost the movie - Toy Story I and III have really good plots, but the screenplay of Toy Story II isn't that s

i think it might have turned out better if they had lost the movie - Toy Story I and III have really good plots, but the screenplay of Toy Story II isn't that stellar; is it possible that they would have changed the story of II if it had been lost? (Mr. Potato head might have said that they lost the movie on purpose)

franklinho 10y ago
They actually did rewrite the entire story. What they recovered was completely remade (per the answer in the OP)
- rootbear 10y ago
  The original version did have Woody being stolen by a toy collector and being rescued by the other toys. I don't think many of the specifics beyond that survived the rewrite, but I don't know for sure. There are links elsewhere in this thread to claimed versions of the original story, but I can't vouch for their authenticity. I never saw any of the in-progress story reels.
- brazzledazzle 10y ago
  On a somewhat related note I hope someday they'll take the scene assets they have from the older films, beef up the models or substitute them with newer ones from recent movies and re-render them. The stories are solid and a remaster of older Pixar films would be a hit I think.
danielvf 10y ago
I'd actually disagree with you - I think the story in Toy Story II as released is top notch.
- tzs 10y ago
  Unlike most people, I found TS3 to be the weakest of the three. It seemed like a terrific idea for a short that got padded to make it feature length and the padding was pretty average. I wish they had made that short. I think this might be due to timing. I saw TS when it first came to premium cable. Then I fell way behind on animated films. In 2012 I went on a binge to catch up, and re-watched TS, then saw TS2 for the first time a week later, then TS3 for the first time a week after that. So for me I was watching TS3 while TS and TS2 were still fresh. Most people were seeing TS3 after a long gap so they may have forgotten details of TS2, and that gap also helped TS3 get a huge nostalgia factor. TS2 was fresh in my mind, and I had no nostalgia. I'm not sure if I'd put TS or TS2 on top. TS had more novelty, but TS2 explored more weighty themes and had deeper emotional content.

franklinho 10y ago

They actually did rewrite the entire story. What they recovered was completely remade (per the answer in the OP)

rootbear 10y ago
The original version did have Woody being stolen by a toy collector and being rescued by the other toys. I don't think many of the specifics beyond that survived the rewrite, but I don't know for sure. There are links elsewhere in this thread to claimed versions of the original story, but I can't vouch for their authenticity. I never saw any of the in-progress story reels.
brazzledazzle 10y ago
On a somewhat related note I hope someday they'll take the scene assets they have from the older films, beef up the models or substitute them with newer ones from recent movies and re-render them. The stories are solid and a remaster of older Pixar films would be a hit I think.

danielvf 10y ago

I'd actually disagree with you - I think the story in Toy Story II as released is top notch.

tzs 10y ago
Unlike most people, I found TS3 to be the weakest of the three. It seemed like a terrific idea for a short that got padded to make it feature length and the padding was pretty average. I wish they had made that short. I think this might be due to timing. I saw TS when it first came to premium cable. Then I fell way behind on animated films. In 2012 I went on a binge to catch up, and re-watched TS, then saw TS2 for the first time a week later, then TS3 for the first time a week after that. So for me I was watching TS3 while TS and TS2 were still fresh. Most people were seeing TS3 after a long gap so they may have forgotten details of TS2, and that gap also helped TS3 get a huge nostalgia factor. TS2 was fresh in my mind, and I had no nostalgia. I'm not sure if I'd put TS or TS2 on top. TS had more novelty, but TS2 explored more weighty themes and had deeper emotional content.