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Lightyear

AnimationScience FictionFamilyAdventure

Directed by Angus MacLane

Legendary Space Ranger Buzz Lightyear embarks on an intergalactic adventure alongside a group of ambitious recruits and his robot companion Sox. From TMDB

203 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, TMDB reviews, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Nov 3, 2026 · last updated Nov 4, 2026 · How this works

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Lightyear is a 2022 animation science fiction family film, directed by Angus MacLane, starring Chris Evans, Keke Palmer and Dale Soules.

  • 168 people have posted about this film on Bluesky, TMDB reviews, Mastodon, Lemmy
  • posts span Jun 13, 2022 to Nov 3, 2026

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  • Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 3, 2025

    Thomas Jefferson: Buzz Lightyear went woke, the movie went broke 3rd grader: do u have any thoughts about Liberty? do u like organizing countries? Thomas Jefferson: they have my soul in a crystal! Help me children!

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  • Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 23, 2025

    Well there was a Buzz Lightyear movie that implied lesbians existed so now I hope you understand

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  • Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 20, 2025

    Seeing British stuff like this is really good for Americans because it’s like “what the fuck lol what is this ridiculous nonsense?” and then they go back to reading a press release from a Senator complaining that the Buzz Lightyear movie from 5 years ago had an implied background lesbian marriage

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  • Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 25, 2025

    It’s very typical of you “sir” to have a scavenger hunt instead of focusing on what real New Yorkers with real struggles are going through such as how the Buzz Lightyear movie from 3 years ago had a non heterosexual couple in a brief shot

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  • John Scalzi @scalzi.comBluesky · Jun 25, 2025

    1. It pains me to say this, but animated scifi is littered with underperforming films: Treasure Planet, Titan AE, Meet the Robinsons, Mars Needs Moms, Chicken Little, Lightyear, Strange Planet, etc. Even the original Lilo & Stitch was originally only a modest success. www.bbc.com/culture/arti...

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  • John Scalzi @scalzi.comBluesky · Jun 25, 2025

    I have a specific reason for why Lightyear failed: The opening crew tells us that this movie was the one that started Andy's "Buzz Lightyear" obsession. Andy was a 90s kid! They shoulda given us a fun cheesy 90s sci fi adventure! Instead of a turgid 2020s-coded slog, which is, alas, what it was.

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  • Robinson Meyer @robinsonmeyer.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 29, 2025

    LIGHTYEAR is NOT a movie about the toy. It is a movie about the PERSON who the toy was based on.

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  • Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 30, 2025

    Hegseth: Buzz Lightyear went woke…the movie went BROKE Admiral in charge of coordinating with NATO forces: alright

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  • Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 20, 2025

    Buzz Lightyear went woke, the movie went broke

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  • John Scalzi @scalzi.comBluesky · Jun 3, 2024

    I have many thoughts about Lightyear, because here was a film that 100% absolutely should have worked and didn't. My theory is that they didn't do what they said they were going to do: Show the movie 8-year-old Andy would've fallen in love with. THAT movie would have to be more fun than what we got.

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  • Zane Schacht - Voice Goblin @voicesbyzane.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 8, 2026

    Lightyear is a really funny movie because it opens with this dumb text that's like "Andy watched this movie" but also it's a dry as toast stinker of a movie made with 2020s sensibilities when Toy Story 1 Andy's lightyear movie would be cartoony and fun like the Buzz lightyear TV show

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  • Crimson Mayhem @crimsonmayhem.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 8, 2026

    Lightyear is one of the worst films that Pixar has ever produced. Does that mean I am going to treat my friends any lesser if any of them likes the film? No. You don’t get the license to be an asshole to one and another solely based on the type of media they consume. Stop it. Get some help.

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  • Discontinued FoOoOods! 👻🎃 @discontinuedfoods.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 10, 2024

    Lightyear Cereal (2022-2022): A promotional tie-in for the Buzz Lightyear spin-off film, this cereal featured vanilla-flavored star-shaped cereal pieces, and green and purple "space ranger marshmallows", shaped like crescent moons and rocket ships

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  • Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 25, 2025

    Snoop really said he couldn’t explain how two women can have a baby about a movie most famous for a tweet that explained its premise as “And just to be clear, this isn’t Buzz Lightyear the toy. This is the origin story of the human Buzz Lightyear that the toy is based on.”

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  • Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 19, 2026

    Now just to be clear this isn’t the real Buzz Lightyear from the movie LIGHTYEAR, this is the toy version that Andy bought because he loved the movie LIGHTYEAR so much

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  • ToonHive @toonhive.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 25, 2025

    Snoop Dogg says he’s “scared to go to the movies” after seeing an LGBTQ+ couple in ‘Lightyear’ with his grandson: “I didn't come in for this s***. I just came to watch the goddamn movie.”

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  • Michael Edwards @medwardsva.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 11, 2025

    Thought back to Lightyear randomly, and I am still blown away by how that might be one of the most botched execution's for a film. You had so much potential to make a fun space adventure with robots, alien planets, & made one of the most dull, & confusingly scripted animated sci-fi films ever

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  • The Wicker Dan @oddballuk.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 24, 2025

    Snoop Dogg losing it over lesbian representation in Lightyear of all films is not only the lamest way to out his bigotry, but probably the biggest impact on culture that that film is ever going to have

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  • rue @deathcarpets.enterdeepfo.restBluesky · May 23, 2025

    baby i don’t know how many times i have to explain this to you, the movie isn’t based on Buzz Lightyear the toy. It is the origin story of the human Buzz Lightyear that the toy was based on. you’re embarrassing me in front of your family with this shit.

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  • Ysabell Weatherwax @ysabellweatherwax.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 10, 2026

    Age verification? I was adamant we recorded the movie premier of Buzz Lightyear of Star Command on our vhs player because I didn't understand the concept of re-runs.

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  • Out of Context Simpsons Treehouse of Horror 🎃 @ooccouchgags.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 20, 2025

    Watched Elio Pixar strikes again and does a much better job of a Sci-Fi film than Lightyear. The animation is easily at it's best with the character designs and backgrounds, the voice acting and characters are great and the writing remains to be strong.

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  • Melo @letitmelo.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 9, 2026

    Is the gay pixar story an exec's overreaction to Lightyear being poopy cava cause I think the problem with that movie is that it was poopycaca anx not that a couple of gays made eye contact

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  • Eddie Bowley @eddache.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 3, 2024

    Lightyear was bland, lifeless and failed to live up to it's premise. Elemental, while a fine film overall, was definitely Pixar-by-numbers. Both were designed for mass appeal & failed. Luca and Turning Red are the best post-Lasseter Pixar movies by far. Sweet stories, original ideas, unique styles.

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  • Minerva Mistress of the Dark @arerosesblue.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 25, 2025

    I can hardly think of a funnier movie for Snoop Dogg to get freaked out by than Lightyear

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  • Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 19, 2026

    “Look, I don’t know what’s so difficult to grasp here kids. The Buzz Lightyear movie from the 90s was so popular that Andy bought the toy of Buzz Lightyear and THAT’S the character in all the Toy Story movies…. yes the movie came out in 2022 but it was SUPPOSED to be from 1995… let me start over!”

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  • Shelly Dontoya @shellydontoya.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 25, 2025

    Literally "blink and you missed it". I hate that I have to defend Lightyear but there are more valid reasons to say that movie sucks than THIS: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLLi...

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  • Hipster Sasquatch, trapped on the planet of the nepo babies @hipstersasquatch.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 1, 2025

    "Additionally, Toy Story spinoff Lightyear whiffed at the box office in 2023 after right-wing pundits ignited a furor over its same-gender kiss." No, 'Lightyear' failed because it was a confusing movie that was rewritten to death, and that had no purpose to exist except to cash in on Toy Story.

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  • Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 19, 2026

    Having to explain to my three kids that Buzz Lightyear in the new Toy Story movie is not the same character as Buzz Lightyear in the movie LIGHTYEAR, this character is the toy version of the real Buzz Lightyear

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  • Matt Patches @misterpatches.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 8, 2025

    They should make a movie based on the life of the real Buzz Lightyear

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  • Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 27, 2025

    I misread the title of Pixar's LIGHTYEAR as LEVIATHAN, and, long story short, I have a brilliant idea about what studio should make the next HELLRAISER movie.

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  • A. Marmot 🌱 @aminus.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 21, 2024

    hey aren't you Buzz Lightyear? [whispering] I love your movie

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  • Blue sky nice ghost @rajandelman.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 8, 2026

    I feel like the reception of that weird Buzz Lightyear movie made everybody at Pixar insane

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  • mike @sonuvafitch.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 25, 2025

    it would be more difficult to explain to a child why the movie Lightyear was made

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  • 🜏 Elex 🜏 🔜 MFF @elex.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 24, 2025

    He’s talking about a kiss scene between two girls in Lightyear, an animated film 💀

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  • Toon Brains @cartoonbrains.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 6, 2025

    I'm about halfway through my rewatch on Lightyear and it's still ass. It sucks because I think the first 20 minutes are great but the film gradually falls apart as it progresses. Not my least favorite from pixar but its gonna be on the lower end of my ranking

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  • Lelly🎃 @lune-redd.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 16, 2026

    I'm gonna pretend Star Command was the thing he saw that made him want a Buzz Lightyear toy instead of the movie

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  • Sam “The Great Pumpkin” Thielman @samthielman.comBluesky · May 28, 2025

    Said this before but a recent Pixar movie everyone hated but me is LIGHTYEAR

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  • Mysterious Z (DATE OF BIRTH AUGUST 2ND) @mysteriousz.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 22, 2026

    Remembering that Lightyear Movie was supposed to be an in-canon film for Toy Story Lore/the movie Andy saw is still hilarious to me because not only would it look like the most expensive CGI Film ever made for that universe's 1995, but also the lesbian kissing scene would blow up 90s Politics

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  • Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 19, 2024

    It makes everyone look like Buzz Lightyear, which is what you want in a space movie.

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  • DG ❤️🇨🇦 @dgct2.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 31, 2025

    Love Is Love ❤️🌈 #filmsky #Lightyear #scriptsky "... it was so natural to write "she" instead of "he" As small as that detail is in the film, I knew the representation effect it could have. Small line, big deal. I was elated that they kept it."

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  • HBO MaXXXinoparsnip @dekkoparsnip2.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 26, 2026

    Went to see TOY STORY 5 and enjoyed it but I really wish I understood the backstory of the movie Andy watched in 1995 to get him excited about Buzz Lightyear, but made in a way that is nothing like a kids film of 1995

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  • Stereogum @stereogum.comBluesky · Aug 31, 2025

    Snoop Dogg apologized for homophobic comments he made about the Disney movie ‘Lightyear’

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  • Michael Edwards @medwardsva.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 11, 2025

    On top of the bullshit marketing saying this is the movie Andy saw that made him want Lightyear, there's next to nothing fun about this that would really hook a kid. It's a sluggishly paced film with stock characters, a boring lead, and an infuriatingly stupid twist that just leads to more questions

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  • Jessica Ritchey @jmritchey.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 15, 2024

    Such a perfect example. "Lightyear, a film for literally nobody, bombed, clearly this is Turning Red's fault."

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  • Spooky Zolo @studiozolo.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 26, 2026

    Technically, the first PG rated Toy Story film is Lightyear 🤓

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  • Rob (Ro2R) @ruleof2review.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 15, 2025

    Over the past week my wife and I randomly rewatched all the Toy Story movies for the first time in years (for each respective flick) then we watched Lightyear for the first time. Man…Toy Story is a PERFECT movie series. Each film is a 10/10. Flawless. And Lightyear was super fun! Really dug it.

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  • Karl (Karlamon) 🇳🇿 @karlamon.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 31, 2026

    Lightyear gets way too much hate because it's unfairly compared to the mainline Toy Story movies and the Star Command series. If you look at it as a standalone film, there's a lot of amazing stuff in it.

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  • Jason the Cartoon Fan @jasonthecartoonfan.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 22, 2026

    I just got out of the theater. Not only was the movie a much better theatrical experience than Lightyear, but it managed to surpass Soul as my favorite Pixar film after Coco.

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  • Eddie Bowley @eddache.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 7, 2024

    Moana 2 except it's the Moana Disney+ show they previously announced patched together as a film. Expect a new Toy Story movie except it's just the boxset for "Buzz Lightyear of Star Command".

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  • Patrick | He/Him @traincrossin.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 29, 2026

    With the ride update, I don't think Buzz Lightyear needs its film projector for the speed tunnel anymore. Looks like it was getting repaired with parts from old Epcot projectors, there's tags for China and The Land on it. Check out that film loop cabinet!

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  • Skeletal Stephie 🏳️‍⚧️ @stephiesparda.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 8, 2025

    Nearly three years later and I'm still flabbergasted by the twist villain of Lightyear (and the film as a whole). Like......what the hell and why????

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  • Asher HELLbein @asherelbein.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 17, 2024

    Sure, a brief same-sex kiss is what killed Lightyear -- a film with a deeply convoluted and unclear premise -- at the box-office. Y'all have really cracked the case on that one. No motivated reasoning there whatsoever

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  • All Paulo's Eve @oneofthegoodpauls.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 11, 2026

    I think the weird opening crawl backstory of Lightyear being the movie Andy saw that made him want the toy was a detriment and made very little sense. They should have said "This is the Buzz Lightyear reboot movie that Andy wrote as an adult after he became a writer"

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  • Joseph Monasky @redjoey92.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 5, 2026

    Watching Lightyear right now. This is to Pixar what Wish is to Disney Animation. A film that completely polarized people because it doesn't align with what people envisioned in their heads.

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  • Cine Updates @updates4cinema.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 22, 2026

    ‘HOPPERS’ final runtime is 1 hour & 45 minutes. Pixar’s longest film since ‘Lightyear’ (2022). #Hoppers #Pixar #AnimatedMovies #Lightyear

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  • Jessica Ritchey @jmritchey.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 3, 2024

    You want to talk "universal" films, it means franchise slop like Lightyear. Films from nowhere, from no POV save "can we build a ride in the parks based on it?" Flavorless, gray blocks of content paste pretending to be a film.

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  • RoidingOldMan @[email protected]Lemmy · Aug 24, 2026

    Lightyear (2022) had a trailer that is straight up false advertising. The trailer shows him contacting Star Command, something that never occurs in the movie. Still bitter about that. Battle Los Angeles (2011) probably the biggest gap between the trailer's quality and the film's quality I've ever seen. Giglie (2003), a movie on a lot of lists for being one of the worst of all time. The story behind it is that Ben Affleck and J-Lo got together during filming. The problem is, it wasn't a…

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  • . *∙ ☽ 🔥𝔖𝔭𝔦𝔠𝔶𝔎𝔞𝔯𝔡𝔦𝔫𝔞𝔩🔥 ✧ .° @skarletkardinal.mu.socialBluesky · Jul 13, 2026

    tbh, i didn't care much for Lightyear. wasn't there already a Buzz Lightyear movie, that being Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins? and there was also the Buzz Lightyear animated series that aired on Disney Channel.

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  • TheImpressiveX @[email protected]Lemmy · Jun 19, 2026

    Official Discussion - Toy Story 5 [SPOILERS]. **Summary** Buzz, Woody, Jessie, and the rest of the toys face a new challenge when they find themselves competing with modern technology for the attention of a new generation of children, forcing them to confront what it means to be a toy in a changing world. **Director** Andrew Stanton McKenna Harris **Writer** Andrew Stanton **Cast** * Tom Hanks as Woody * Tim Allen as Buzz Lightyear * Joan Cusack as Jessie…

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  • 𝚂𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚌𝚘𝚕 @2ndaryprotocol.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 23, 2025

    TRIVIA: Billy Crystal declined the chance to voice Buzz Lightyear. After seeing the finished film, he said the decision was the biggest mistake of his career. Upon learning this, John Lasseter telephoned Billy to offer him the role of Mike Wazowski in 'Monsters, Inc.'. (IMDB) 🖤

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Chris Evans
Buzz Lightyear (voice)
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Keke Palmer
Izzy Hawthorne (voice)
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Zurg / Old Buzz (voice)
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Alisha Hawthorne (voice)
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Mary McDonald-Lewis
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Isiah Whitlock Jr.
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