Tim Allen Says 'Toy Story 5' Not a Cash Grab: 'Script Is Really Good'

I mean. In all fairness he's not the current CEO and he is very much malighned as Disney's CEO. He's the main Blame for Disney's worst years.

But also I can't find the actual source for that quote your referencing anywhere. Just a bunch of other posts, memes, and comments saying he said it. In 1981 he worked for Paramount. He didn't work for Disney until 1984. So I'm a bit skeptical he even ever said that. Though it's obviously absolutely possible.

"Resting" here is likely the industry term for "I have asked my agent not to book me auditions in the following period."

I just finished a 9 month comedy residency, followed by a Christmas show nov-dec, I have asked my agent to reste me in January.

Broken clock blah blah blah.

Toy Story 4 didn't really wrap anything up, in my opinion. It feels like its own detatched thing.

I say it's still a decently good film, it definitely didn't "ruin" anything by existing like so many sequel-queasy people like to screech. Woody had an arc that developed him in a direction that felt natural for the character and I was pleased by Bo Peep's return.

But the themes explored in this film definitely don't feel core to the overarching narrative the original trio had. The toys' relationship to Andy was the point. The passing of the torch to the new kid was the bookend. Yes, playing with the question of how toys come to life in the Toy Story universe is neat and all, and I think they handled that tastefully. But that didn't seem like a question that really needed a spotlight on it.

Every narrative issue explored in Toy Story 4 felt like a solution looking for a problem. The hallmark of a phoned-in story. It was phoned in quite well, all things considered, but it was still phoned-in.