In celebration of the release of “Toy Story 3” on Friday, I’m going to try to make most of this week’s factoids tie in to Pixar movies somehow.
So, let’s begin.
Honestly, where have the Pixar outtakes gone? Usually released two or three weeks after the movie originally came out, the outtakes provided me a reason to return to the movies – and I faithfully did. The last time I remember them doing outtakes was for “Monsters, Inc.” back in 2001.
Maybe Pixar has just gotten too mature for them, or maybe the outtakes have found a nice place in the DVD extras. But whatever the reason, I sincerely miss seeing them attached to the movie itself. Maybe “Toy Story 3” will have them … although it looks like Pixar will be printing money with it. They won’t need the outtakes to get people to come back.
Marshall and the Movies 
I’d imagine that they felt the clips were either played out or on their way to becoming played out, but I’ll cosign this – if it’s been nearly 10 years, it’s high time for their return, and TS3 marks a perfect occasion, what with its return after a long hiatus as well.
I’ll take any minuscule amount of extra time I can get with these characters. I’d watch spin-offs for any of these characters, but thankfully Pixar is classy enough not to subject us to that.