Lightyear
- by Jason Headley and Angus MacLane, directed by Angus MacLane
- Animated Feature Film
- Science Fiction
- Families
- Definite Time Travel
- English
- Lightyear by Jason Headley and Angus MacLane, directed by Angus MacLane (at movie theaters, Philippines et al., 15 June 2022).
Despite having relativistic time dilation, actual time travel, and a nice treatment of various time travel tropes, the story of Buzz Lightyear (the movie character) who was the basis for Buzz Lightyear (the toy) fell far short of infinity in terms of plot and fun.
—Michael Main
Time dilation is quite simple. As you approached hyperspeed, your time slowed relative to our own, so during your mission, you aged only minutes, while the rest of us have aged years. Simply put, the faster you fly—
Tags
(6)
- Time Periods
- Timeline Models
- Branching Timelines: Although not explicitly mentioned as taking place in a new, branched-off timeline, the writers seem to want to set that up. So old Buzz lived in a timeline where he was arrested on his final (and successful) test of the hyperfuel; then 50 years later, he returned to a time shortly before his arrest. The arrival of Buzz (a.k.a. Zurg) and his attack robots branched off a new timeline where the movie takes place.
- Themes
- Relativistic Time Dilation: multiple occurrences
- Self-Defeating Acts: If Buzz were successful in stopping the original accident, then he would never have turned into the person he did turn into, and he would never have come back to stop the accident. The self-defeating act never actually takes place, though (he does not stop the accident), and even if it did, we believe that the story is supposed to be taking place in a branched-off timeline, so everything is jake.
- Self-Visitation: Buzz, meet Zurg; Zurg, meet Buzz.
- Fictional Tags
Variants
(1)
- Lightyear by Jason Headley and Angus MacLane, directed by Angus MacLane (at movie theaters, Philippines et al., 15 June 2022).
Jason Headley (story)
Matthew Aldrich (story)
Angus MacLane (story)
Matthew Aldrich (other contribution)
Andrew Stanton (other contribution)
Lauren Gunderson (other contribution)