Lovely analysis, except for one thing - the TV cartoon show of Buzz Lightyear shows that Buzz "really is" a Space Ranger - in one universe at least... this leads to a possible further interpretation of the dualistic/Gnostic nature of reality (or reality as TV as in Videodrome - the TV self of Buzz, seen in both movies, being more real than his "real" self). Or is it, like Star Wars, really just about d***? Woody (!) and Buzz (a mass-produced vibrator with all sorts of attachments) of course battle over the girl in Toy Story 2, with Woody's natural (that wood pun again) and rare quality lusted after by a very dodgy old man.
Perhaps we should consider the root (pun not intended) of the Toy Stories as sealed within Buzz's catch phrase/koan "To Infinity - and Beyond!!"
Lovely analysis, except for one thing - the TV cartoon show of Buzz Lightyear shows that Buzz "really is" a Space Ranger - in one universe at least... this leads to a possible further interpretation of the dualistic/Gnostic nature of reality (or reality as TV as in Videodrome - the TV self of Buzz, seen in both movies, being more real than his "real" self). Or is it, like Star Wars, really just about d***? Woody (!) and Buzz (a mass-produced vibrator with all sorts of attachments) of course battle over the girl in Toy Story 2, with Woody's natural (that wood pun again) and rare quality lusted after by a very dodgy old man.
Perhaps we should consider the root (pun not intended) of the Toy Stories as sealed within Buzz's catch phrase/koan "To Infinity - and Beyond!!"