New Story Announcement

Like I said in my review of the movie, Zootopia 2 is the best WDAS movie since Encanto and their best sequel since Fantasia 2000. Like other fans, I was curious by the post-credits scene with a mysterious feather.

Ever since the discovery, I deiced to brainstorm an idea for a potential Zootopia 3. We probably won't get an official Zootopia 3 until the 2030s, but in the meantime, I wrote my own take on Zootopia 3. Here's the synopsis below.

It's been one year since Zootopia integrated reptiles into the city. One day, Nick finds an injured hawk and brings it to the ZPD. Judy is horrified, since she's afraid of birds. Chief Bogo tells Nick and Judy that birds aren't native to Zootopia or neighboring cities, and that they're only found on an island far south of Zootopia's continent and to the west Outback Island. Now Nick, Judy, Nibbles and Cory (the hawk) have to travel far beyond Zootopia to return Cory home, unaware that birds have a dark secret: The predatory birds eat other animals, even if they're sentient.

As usual, I put lots of work in this story. I even made a list of every species of bird that lives on Canary Island (where the birds live), some of which you most likely never heard of.

Cassowaries

Kiwis

Brown quails

Puffins

Geese

Albatrosses

Boobies (blue-footed and red-footed)

Macaws (scarlet, blue-and-yellow, hyacinth, and spix)

Hornbills

Hawks

Harpy eagles

Golden eagles

Owls

Fruit doves

Canaries

Bali mynahs

Ibises

Birds of paradise

Secretary birds

Cardinals

Blue Jays

White-necked ravens

Dark-eyed juncos

Swallows

Roseate spoonbills

African crowned cranes

Kookaburras

Aracaris (a toucan relative)

Hamerkops

Along with a whole flock of new birds, there are also some returning characters including Benjamin Clawhauser, Mayor Brian Winddancer, Nibbles Maplestick, Jesus the basilisk lizard, and even Leodore Lionheart!

Zootopia 3 will be uploaded on July 18th. Just be warned that this story tackles a subject that is very taboo: Slavery.

Movie Review: Toy Story 5

Movie Review: Toy Story 5                                                                                                       6-19-26

In this movie, Bonnie Anderson gets a LilyPad in the mail, a frog-shaped tablet that can do anything you want it to, including make friends with complete strangers online. Jessie, who took over for Woody after he became a lost toy, believes that Bonnie should make friends with people in-person and not just online. With the help of toys both old and new, Jessie goes off on adventure to find a human around Bonnie’s age who’s not brainwashed by tech: A nine-year-old aspiring cowgirl named Blaze.

Toy Story 5 may reuse story elements from previous installments, but it makes up for it with animation that’s lightyears ahead of what was possible for even Toy Story 3, fun new characters, another great score from Randy Newman (if you ask me, however, Randy should retire soon), and a strong message on how relying too much on technology can be unhealthy for you.

There’s also an army of newer Buzz Lightyears who were stranded on a tropical island, all of whom think they’re actual Space Rangers. They go on a journey to find ‘Star Command’, which they think is an actual star. The Buzzes aren’t really necessary to the plot, but they make up for it in the movie’s third act.

Like other movies I reviewed in the past decade, there are some nitpicks I have about Toy Story 5: Bonnie is supposed to be eight, but still looks five. I know it’s a little unfair, but look at Inside Out 2. It may have been two years, but Riley Anderson (no relation to Bonnie Anderson) went through quite a growth spurt. In fact, her old outfit from Inside Out 1 doesn’t even fit anymore!

Also, it’s supposed to be three years after Toy Story 4, yet the characters are already using SmartPhones and tablets. To quote Timon in The Lion King, “Did I miss something?!”

In conclusion, despite its small flaws, unless Coyote vs Acme says otherwise, Toy Story 5 is the ideal movie to see in theaters during the summer, especially when you look at two other titles that seem inferior: Minions & Monsters and a live-action Moana. You’re telling me that Disney is spending millions upon millions of dollars to remake one of their most loved animated movies of the 2010s when it doesn’t need it, yet you’re skipping out on movies that could benefit from a live-action remake like The Aristocats, The Fox and the Hound, Oliver and Company, or even Atlantis? The only good thing that could benefit from a live-action Moana remake is a potential remake of Moana 2, which could definitely use a fixer-upper.

Rating: 4 stars out of 5