procedure is what separates us from the wicked forces of chaos if it means less paperwork i'll
take chaos let me try heyo you remember the year 2000 for me it feels both like it was yesterday
and a lifetime ago all at the same time next year will be 22 years since the y2k scare of then and
with that we'll be getting a movie from disney and pixar one i didn't think possible we'd ever
see come to fruition well yeah come to fruition light here a film following the real adventures
of buzz lightyear that the buzz toy from toy story is based upon it also is presumably about his time
in star command if we follow our buzz lightyear related solo venture from the fateful year of
2000 aptly named buzz lightyear of star command now it could go in a different direction sure
let's not jump to concussions here conclusions what you mean conclusions yeah what did i say
concussions oh maybe i have one regardless i have been hopeful we'd ever see a return to the actual
stories of buzz lightyear at some point as i have fond memories of the show that gave us
a look beyond the toy and into some fun cosmic shenanigans so for today i wanted to dive into
why you may barely remember buzz lightyear of star command and hopefully show you why
i am excited to see where the new light year film next year takes us strap in as we get ready to go
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greatly and i'll show you my vintage digimon card collection it's no secret in the last few years
we as a viewing audience have received numerous prequels we never asked for glimpses into the
backstories of predominantly secondary characters from much more successful main disney franchises
solo maleficent cruella just to name a few whether you or i have enjoyed them or not
it probably wasn't something high on your list of wants from those franchises and if it was
cool i support you soon like i mentioned joining the disney roster of one named backstory prequels
is lightyear that will answer all those desperate burning questions you have about who exactly is
buzz lightyear but unlike the aforementioned films in this case yeah i asked for this one i thought
it would be impossible to ever see but it's happening and i am pretty excited for it for those
of us who are around in the early 2000s we know that the buzz lightyear prequel already exists
that those questions have already been answered thanks to the animated show buzz lightyear of
star command it was a 2d animated walt disney tv series that ran from october of 2000 to september
of 2001 mostly as a part of disney's one saturday morning programming block a weekend cartoon block
on disney from 1997 to 2002 that included shows like doug recess and pepper anne while not quite
as classic as some of the other shows that debuted during this cartoon block buzz lightyear of star
command did serve as an interesting piece of world building for the toy story universe with
the opening sequence of the show which featured all of andy's toys gathering around a television
set heavily implying that it is the same saturday morning cartoon buzz originally came from the show
within a movie if you will despite the fact that pixar were the creators of toy story and thus the
creators of buzz himself the production company had very little to do with the animated series
serving only in an occasional consulting role to star command's production crew and providing the
3d animated opening sequence with all the toys the world of buzz lightyear of star command or
more accurately the universe of buzz lightyear of star command takes place in the far distant future
where the galaxy alliance a union of planets home to various aliens keeps order across the universe
through star command an organization of space rangers who investigate threats to universal peace
buzz in the show is a famous experienced space ranger who leads a team of rookie rangers on
missions across the galaxy the show is nearly exclusively episodic with most of the threats to
peace being caused either directly or indirectly by stark man's most wanted evil emperor zerg with
the concept of emperor zerg being briefly alluded to in toy story 1 and shown in toy
story 2 in the movies emperor zerg is played as a parody of darth vader with the similarities
between their designs and narrative positions as space-themed antagonists being a reoccurring joke
in the franchise cue the buzz i am your father scene you killed my father i am your father
while it's easy to pick up in the movies that zerg is a darth vader ripoff here's something
you may not have known through the movies but you do learn through the show beyond being simply
stated as evil emperor zerg is also a crime boss and a warlord what are his war crimes i can't say
for sure i'm still waiting for my clearance to go through with space force so i can read the
space geneva convention but he rules an empire of heavily armed robots and enslaves various alien
races that he forces to work in opposition of the galactic alliance so whatever these crimes are
they're probably not that good the pilot episode of the series buzz lightyear of star command the
adventure begins is in fact a 70 minute straight to video movie that disney later broke into three
episodic parts that was made after the rest of the show was completed what had happened was
that the production team had finished the series in early 1999 and were fully ready to release
it when it was deemed unwise to release the show until after toy story 2 had premiered to prevent
any spoilers or confusion in the extra time this created the production team decided to make the
adventure begins which gave a more firm start to buzz's origins as the leader of his rookie crew
the pilot movie also managed to secure tim allen his original voice roll as buzz lightyear versus
in the rest of the series where that part was taken over by patrick warburton hey zerg in the
adventure begins while dealing with the apparent and recent death of his star command partner warp
dark matter buzz is assigned a new partner against his wishes his new partner is princess miranova a
rookie ranger and heir to the tangent throne through the tv series princess mira's alien
abilities to phase through walls or ghost as it is often referred to as well as to read minds
are explored along with her position in the crew as co-pilot and often the voice of reason
buzz and mira investigate the case that warp and buzz were working on last when they meet booster
munchapper a sweet naive and incredibly strong dinosaur looking alien janitor on the planet joaot
booster after helping his hero buzz throughout the movie ends up enlisting in star command at the end
of the film and joins buzz's crew as another of his rookie rangers fourth and finally the movie
introduces xr short for experimental ranger a short quick talking robot that has a numerous
amount of useful attachments built specifically to aid buzz during his missions an added bonus
of xr is that he's a robot and as such after being destroyed he can easily put himself
back together again which is good because he's blown up nearly once per every mission lord have
mercy i'm about to bust by the end of the movie buzz has his crew and a newfound determination to
beat emperor zerg once and for all and with that the adventure begins or began i guess
back in 2000 the creation of the show came about when tadd stones mark mccorkle
and bob schooley were just finishing up the production of hercules the animated series
when they were approached by disney to make a buzz lightyear tv show on an 8 million dollar budget
despite the fact that this would mean that they would be working on two shows at the same time
finishing up their work on hercules and starting buzz they agreed to disney's offer
in the beginning when the production of both shows overlapped the most mccorkle and skoolie found it
very difficult to balance the workload stones though was a little less involved with hercules
by this point and was able to give buzz more focus this made the early portion of the show's creation
be heavily influenced by stones with a more comedic adventure vibe to the tone of the series
it dipped away from this when schooly and mccorkle were able to more firmly commit to the project
tortomorp's space opera soft science fiction tone years later in an interview stones wondered
whether john lasseter the original creator of toy story would like his original idea of the show
more than what they ended up with since he had learned that lasseter had publicly stated years
earlier that he had hated the show despite the fact that he was one of the key figures
the show was originally pitched to beyond the original creator of toy story not liking the show
buzz lightyear of star command also had difficulty accuring a dedicated fan base amongst the general
audience during its original airing for one mainly recognized reason since the show's first two
seasons were finished before the show premiered when it did air those episodes were often out of
order in different seasons on different channels during different time slots this made it hard
for a real regular viewing audience to form for the show interestingly enough a similar
thing occurred with the airing of the fox 2002 show firefly though all that supposedly was a
deliberate move done by fox to tank this show so they can greenlight another sci-fi show with a
bigger name lead actor the out-of-order airing of buzz lightyear felt less deliberate and more just
careless it seems less like disney trying to tank a show that they decided they didn't like
and more that disney has a ton of money and tends to greenlight a bunch of cartoons for 65 episode
runs so they can throw them against the wall and see what sticks much like those sticky hand toys
they would fling around for a while until they got all gunked up by dirt and dust and lint you know
what i'm talking about right no those things that you would fling around that were shaped like hands
very descriptive they were like those hand clapper things except they weren't plastic and they were
stretchy and they gripped the surfaces okay now you've just lost me completely the things that
you know it doesn't matter well buzz lightyear of star command didn't receive much praise in
its time it was genuinely a good show at least in my opinion i remember watching it as a kid eyes
glued to the screen to see how buzz was going to save the day and defeat the bad guys that week it
was filled with heart and humor and a cast of fun creative characters and say what you will about
it but buzz in the show was true to buzz in the movies he was a stickler for procedure and rules
who sometimes bulldozed over those around him for his own stubbornness he was also confident and
kind and brave and everything else you'd want in an intergalactic hero to be as a big fan of sci-fi
and mainly space related adventures the show gave me that fix of what helped propel my love for the
genre growing up visiting many unique planets moons and other locations that visually gave
the series constant new settings like i mentioned before the show hit that 65 episode limit meaning
it ran its disney hauted course and the final episode if you could even watch it in order was
titled 42 which saw some interesting development in terms of that character 42 the ai of buzz's
ship and giving xr a nice little story arc oh don't take it so hard we can still be friends
she wants to be friends never mind he's down bad so yeah it didn't have this big climactic ending
for our space rangers which ultimately leaves it on this average note as many of the other episodes
would casually end on so it probably didn't leave that lasting remembrance in your mind
as a conclusion to the series concussion ha you got it wrong this time i said it right concussion
conclusion concussion conclusion conclusion concussion oh come on idiot rabbit season
duck season fire the show also had a video game produced titled the same name as the show released
for nearly everything out in the year 2000 minus a home nintendo console instead releasing on
the game boy advance and was produced by activis sorry something about that word makes me sick to
my stomach the game received mixed reviews light year is set to come out next year in the summer
and i'm looking forward to seeing what direction they go in based off the teaser we've been left
with since they announced it i think chris evans is a good choice even though both tim allen and
patrick warburton were both the two main voices i grew up with i understand for the non-toy version
as well as the added star appeal that this was a smart move i mean it's chris evans i'm fine with
that it will be interesting to see if any elements of the show will be referenced in light year when
it comes out next year if the galactic alliance will still be around if zerg is still the galaxy's
great enemy if we will get to see the characters we've come to love like princess mira booster and
xr again or if it will totally be a news story with new friends and foes along for the journey
no matter what direction pixar decides to go with this new movie either building off the old
or making something completely new as long as it has that heart humor and bravery of buzz lightyear
that buzz lightyear of star command was able to capture so well that i can say that buzz will be
buzz whether as an action figure space ranger or galactic hero to infinity and beyond now you've
heard from me and i would enjoy hearing from you did you ever watch this show are you excited
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