Disney is releasing a ton of movies this year, including two live action remakes. And within this extremely bizarre scheduling, and prior to fricken Frozen 2. Is Toy Story 4. Released covertly, to me anyway. I mean, it's what, two months away? I haven't seen a single add for it. The only thing I've seen around is the trailer. Do you think they dropped the ball on something here, or am I just doom speaking?

I just don't really see the need for a new one. I thought they wrapped the story up perfectly with the 3rd movie. And yeah aside from the trailer, which I only knew about from seeing it on Reddit, I haven't seen a single advertisement about it. It looks good but I just don't think people really care that there's a new one. The evil dummies look a lot like Slappy from "Goosebumps" so I am excited about that.

dkmec20 : Maybe there's such a thing as making too many big movies in a year? Toy Story 4 is sandwiched between Aladdin and The Lion King.

Think that dkmec20 said it best. I personally don't care for the same reason. I don't need to see another story about love, and about the toys when the 3rd movie finished the arc so well. The idea is getting old at this point, and to have a long standing series, we need better world building that this. I could be wrong, but I wouldn't be surprised if Pixar already know's the idea isn't that great, and therefore people won't care too much.

I mean, what will we watch it for? To learn that we should always be loyal to the people we love? You can't repeat the same thing forever and get away with it. Look at Star Wars, it's being eaten alive. I'm surprised more people didn't fall away at The Force Awakens instead of The Last Jedi what with another Death Star. Just so I can laugh really hard, I hope we get another--nother Death Star in Rise of Skywalker!

GOTH is not a series I watch, but it has a really deep world, and an ongoing conflict. That's interesting. Toy Story is feeling like the new Ice Age at this point--burnt out, and recycled.

You have to have a long term plan for your series if you want to keep giving it life. You have to have good characters, and a good settings. If you only have good characters, then long term investment in the world falls out, and you're audience ceases appreciating it.