Episode 283 - Toy Story 3

“So long… partner.” Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting duo – Ian & Liam – as we stare mortality, memory, and molten doom right in the eye in our 283rd episode, covering Pixar’s emotional rollercoaster Toy Story 3 (2010). We’re trading poisoned apples for daycare drama and incinerator trauma as we ask whether this trilogy-closer really is the perfect goodbye:

• We are so very thankful for a new piece of kit that limited our downtime this week
• We talk about why Toy Story 3 might just be the best third act in any trilogy ever.
• Ian reflects on the passage of time, growing up, and how Pixar weaponised emotion in the final 20 minutes.
• Liam bravely tries to hold it together during that incinerator scene—and that goodbye with Andy.
• Is Lotso one of Pixar’s greatest villains and what is it about him that Liam hates so much but Ian loves so much?
• We talk about daycare as dystopia, Big Baby as horror icon, why Mr. Pricklepants deserved more screen time and who exactly is watching these kids at the daycare?
• Why does this hit so hard for adults? Is it just about toys—or everything we leave behind?
• Ian breaks down the film’s narrative structure and how it perfectly mirrors growing up and letting go.
• Whether Toy Story 3 is the Best Film Ever—or just the most emotionally devastating G-rated film of all time.

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