Pixar Feature Animation Eras Explained (2018)

[@ModernMouse]

Did we nail these eras or do you think Pixar should be divided into different eras? AND let us know your favorite Pixar film of the bunch!

[@colleenross8752]

Network, Monsters Inc.

[@ModernMouse]

Colleen Ross I’ve always had a soft spot for Monsters Inc. -Josh

[@LiamP-597]

Obviously, WALL-E. Beautiful animation, music, story and overall moral. Oh yeah, and a pretty good robot love story to round it out too.

[@julioaugustosamaniegolopez3456]

Network 1901 Finding Nemo :)

[@Ironwaterson5219]

The entirety of Toy Story. I honesty see this staying as one of the greatest trilogy's every, except for lord of the rings

[@thatgoninanlife]

To be honest, I haven’t thought much about the different Pixar eras, but your explanations made a lot of sense

[@ModernMouse]

Thank you! I put some thought into it. I wanted to make sure I didn't miss something. -Josh

[@Mickelraven]

I hope after Toy Story 4 we'll get original films which might kickstart the Pixar Renaissance era *EDIT:* With Onward and Soul announced, and that Pixar announcing that they would do no more sequels, i am so far calling this next era the "Pixar Renaissance era"

[@TECfan1]

That's exactly what's happening. They announced last year that TS4 is their final sequel. This era is ending where it began and then their next films will all be original.

[@Ironwaterson5219]

Your wish will be granted with Pixars Onward

[@AdamDGoff]

Yeah! Onward is gonna come out after Toy Story 4, and it looks really exciting! They said they're going to do all original after Toy Story 4.

[@AntiFaGoat]

Who's "they?"

[@Mickelraven]

@@AntiFaGoat "They" is Pixar. We use the word "they" because that's the subject we're talking about

[@elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770]

The “experimental era” should be called the sequel era.

[@ModernMouse]

I'd say that however we may end up in the Sequel Era with Pete Docter at the helm and we are believing that Disney is currently starting their own sequel era. -Josh

[@TECfan1]

@@ModernMouse They announced earlier in 2018 that Toy Story 4 is their last sequel and thus an end to this current journey. They have at least 4 movies slated after it and all of them are original stories.

[@1996koke]

Well let's not forget the original films of this era and even the sequels were experimental and tried to break boundaries

[@elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770]

No. They really weren’t all that experimentel.

[@JoshawattGaming]

Yeah thats what ive always considered it as

[@dominicmoore2113]

The Merger era has to be my favorite with Wall-E, Up, Ratatouille, and Cars being in my top 5 Pixar films.

[@ModernMouse]

It is my favorite. Wall-E has always been one of my top 3 films from Pixar and Ratatouille has moved up my list after seeing it again. It really feels like Pixar found their perfect blend of storytelling, character development, and pushing the animation style further. I'd say the 3rd era feels like they started coasting on what worked instead of continuing to push forward. -Josh

[@TECfan1]

Same. It was kind of like their own Renaissance era. Their best films came from it. Now they're kind of lacking (except for Coco and Inside Out).

[@nitinanku]

Th.El.Co._1 What rose have they done apart from those recently

[@annagonzalez3211]

@@nitinanku they have done soul and their upcoming film Luca looks good

[@TECfan1]

I for one hope this next era and will return them to their more mature and adult roots. They were truly for the whole family before. You could laugh and be in awe as a kid, and notice clever and deep themes as an adult. It was truly magical. It seems they already started again with Coco and Incredibles 2.

[@ModernMouse]

Lets hope! My favorite films tend to fall into that second era because they were mature themes. -Josh

[@1996koke]

Don't forget inside-out

[@annagonzalez3211]

@@1996koke along with soul

[@boop53]

What are you top 3 fave Pixar movies: Mine: 3.The incredibles 2.Up 1.Wall-E (my fave) Wall-E is amazing because wall-E and Eva don’t even talk much in the movie and is still a lovely romance. In my opinion the ‘define dancing’ scene in space is one of the most beautiful scenes in animation ever.

[@DonChij]

Imo Up is overrated. It's overshadowed by it's beginning. But Ratatouille is my fav

[@mysterylover9546]

1. Wall-E (EV-AAAHHH) 2. Finding Nemo (You totally rock dude!) 3.Ratatouille (I want a rat to teach me how to cook)

[@ElladanKenet]

I really wish Toy Story 4 would not happen. Toy Story 3 is such a fantastic movie, it would feel cheap if 'the end' was just a segue into the next chapter. Don't get me wrong, new chapters are fine and all, but why can't a thing just end?

[@nickytembo4112]

ElladanKenet because it’s popular (obviously)

[@Ironwaterson5219]

While I don't want this either I still have hope, both Tom Hanks and Tim Allen have both said that they could barely read their lines because the ending was so emotional

[@9nikola]

@@Ironwaterson5219 It was emotional because it was sad that the movie had gotten so bad. Just kidding, I bet Toy Story 4 will be amazing!

[@EvilMariobot]

As long as they can keep up the storytelling, I'm all for more adventures (and hey, Bo Peep is back!)

[@jake27990]

They can't end without ever telling us what happened to Bo Peep. She just disappeared.

[@gokusondbz]

Of the most recent era of Pixar films I think Coco hands-down is my favorite ❤ .

[@ModernMouse]

Coco is fantastic. I was lucky enough to see a preview of it with the staff from Pixar that made the film and some of the marketing people from Disney. (I was invited by a friend from the studio) and it will be something that sticks with me forever. -Josh

[@lutube7897]

Same! I don’t even remember if I cried at the end, but I SWEAR that I did!!! SUCH A GOOD MOVIE!!!!

[@Crystal_959]

Pixar's so good at twist villains, John Lasseter turned out to be the real villain in real life

[@ModernMouse]

This legit got a laugh from me! -Josh

[@bryanwhite175]

And incredibles 2 I didn’t see it coming

[@staringcorgi6475]

The incredibles 2 villain sucked but coco's twist villan was good

[@julioaugustosamaniegolopez3456]

My favorite Pixar film is Finding Nemo.

[@ModernMouse]

When I originally watched Finding Nemo I didn't get the hype but now as an adult revisiting that film it made me feel for Marlin. I don't even have children but I understood the serious adult message of the film and I do love it now. -Josh

[@uptown3636]

Excellent premise for a video, but you left me wanting more. Please consider revisiting the concept as the next phase begins to take shape. I would love to hear your analysis as the era develops.

[@kevinrosario2729]

Toy Story 4 and Onward are part of a new era of Pixar

[@ModernMouse]

Thats correct!

[@jamesclark7827]

Late to the game here, but I’ve always thought of Toy Story to The Incredibles as the Golden Age. It’s nice to see a KZbin channel confirm this. Thank you! I’ve thought of the Merger and Experimental Eras as the Silver and Bronze Age respectively.

[@jake27990]

The upcoming era will focus on all original stories again, thank god. The experimental or "sequel" era was by far everyone's least favourite and the best movies in it (Inside Out, Coco) were original ideas. Apart from Toy Story 4, which should be considered the last movie in the experimental era since it's Lasseter's last movie, Pixar's next 6 movies or so are all original ideas - There's Onward about elves in a Suburban Fantasy World, there's a movie about a deaf child and sign language, there's a movie about farm dogs in England, there's a movie about a boy raised by leopards in the African Savanna, there's a western move about wild horses, and there's a movie about the FC Barcelona soccer team.

[@PantheraRex]

I loved this video, and I love the idea of defining eras for Pixar films in a similar way to Disney Films. I agree with the definition of the Golden Era, as it's the one who started it all; the same goes for the Merge Era, as it introduced more mature stories. However, I would define two different eras for the next films according to its storytelling rather than order of release: the Nostalgia Era, and the Finding-Yourself Era. The Nostalgia Era includes all of the sequels to the classical Pixar films, with Cars 2, Monsters University, Finding Dory, Cars 3, Incredibles 2, and Toy Story 4; this era brought a deeper look into its classical and beloved characters with a sense of nostalgia for the original films. On the other hand, the Finding-Yourself Era would include Brave, Inside Out, The Good Dinosaur and Coco; I named it "Finding-Yourself" because of its stories: a main character who grows, expands its mind, and find a new path as Merida, Joy, Arlo and Miguel. It was a short era, caught in between all the sequels and prior to the Covid-19 crisis. After it, I would say Onward, Soul and Luca form a new era, the Lockdown Era, because of the social context of its releases during the coronavirus crisis.

[@ModernMouse]

This is something I've been thinking about with Disney's animated films as well. Seems like there could be a "streaming era" which would leave some of those films to their own category. The "Finding Yourself era" is a good idea. As I expand upon this and do a follow up I'll be keeping this in mind!

[@filmmandan6758]

I feel like the 2020's decade might be more known as the Experimental Era (Onward - Luca atm), since this decade will basically be new directors and storytellers with the only veteran director being Pete Docter (Soul) and Dan Scanlon having his first original Pixar film from scratch (Onward). From Onward also marks a new era in leadership with Pete Docter now in charge of Pixar and having control of what films are being produced starting from Luca, as well as a promise for now being only original films after Toy Story 4 with no sequel in sight (although that will change as the decade goes on as I think there will be at least one or two sequels produced, but nowhere near the sequel output of the 2010s). I love the Golden Age group and the Merger Era group. Maybe the 2010's decade will be known as the Post-Merger Era with films varying from critical and box office success with some flops in-between (Cars 2 being a critical failure and Good Dinosaur being a box office failure) as well as the larger focus on sequels whose quality varied from film to film. I wouldn't say Dark Age for the 2010's (Cars 2 - Toy Story 4) because outside of a couple films, I don't think Pixar got as bad as Walt Disney Animation Studios did in the 2000's with most of them being critical and box office flops, with an exception to only a few from that era.

[@alessandro5932]

Like Lilo & Stitch and ENG

[@alexanderg1297]

Golden Age or the Lassiter Era 1995-2006 Toy Story (1995) A Bug’s Life (1998) Toy Story 2 (1999) Monsters Inc (2001) Finding Nemo (2003) The Incredibles (2004) Cars (2006) Merger Era 2007-2011 Ratatouille (2007) Wall-E (2008) Up (2009) Toy Story 3 (2010) Cars 2 (2011) Experimental era and sequel era 2011-2019 Brave (2011) Monsters University (2013) Inside Out (2015) The Good Dinosaur (2015) Finding Dory (2016) Cars 3 (2017 Coco (2017) The Incredibles 2 (2019) Toy Story 4 (2019) Spin-off and Revival era? 2020-??? Onward (2020) Soul (2020) Luca (2021) Turning Red (2022) Lightyear (2022)

[@adamdisney312]

Awesome Video!!!👍 Keep it up

[@ModernMouse]

Thank you so much! -Josh

[@angusng816]

List of Pixar Animated Film Eras Golden Age of Pixar (1995-2004): Toy Story A Bug's Life Toy Story 2 Monsters Inc. Finding Nemo The Incredibles Merger Era (2006-2010): Cars Ratatouille WALL-E Up Toy Story 3 Experimental Era (2011-2018): Cars 2 Brave Monsters University Inside Out The Good Dinosaur Finding Dory Cars 3 Coco Incredibles 2 Post-Exprimental era (2019-present): Toy Story 4 Onward Soul

[@lutube7897]

Wow, I didn’t know Pixar was once a computer company! Interesting... Also, my favorite Pixar film has to be Coco (but then it’s also gonna be Onward, I just know that it’s gonna be good. I just know it!!).

[@kachroolalagrawal1261]

Subarban fantasy world is now named onward

[@SirIkeMedia]

Pixar needs to hire new people. Seriously.

[@ModernMouse]

With Pete Docter now in charge they have already allowed new members of the team to step up. They released a video on KZbin a few weeks back about their "spark shorts" which allowed anyone in the company to write and direct their own short film so they can see where everyone's talent is. -Josh

[@A.Mayflower127]

It would be interesting to see Lucasfilm, Marvel and other Disney Properties

[@ModernMouse]

My struggle with doing Lucasfilm and Marvel is that they are definitely already divided up but I can definitely talk about the time periods and reasonings for what happened during those times. Lucasfilm is an easier one than Marvel. Angie and I are currently working on going in depth on the Disney animation eras. Angie should have a video in the next few weeks about Disney's Golden era. -Josh

[@A.Mayflower127]

Network 1901 okay! I think 20th Century Fox might be really interesting. Tbh Lucasfilm and marvel are already divided up: Marvel: Phase 1, Phase 2, Phase 3, Phase 4? Lucasfilm: Original products, late 90’s-Early 2000s, After The Disney Purchase

[@thepizzaontheroof]

Pixar's Star Wars haha. Imagine Yoda in Pixar's animation style

[@leonardbrown8414]

I love these type of vids

[@ModernMouse]

We will continue making them! We are currently talking about each individual Disney animation era and we will be working on a Disney live action eras video too. -Josh

[@callumdrage1051]

I never really thought of Pixar having distinct era's, but now you say it, it kinda does make sense. I still feel as though Pixar is very much still in their Golden Era though: I mean Toy Story 1 and 2, Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Cars, Ratatouille, WALL•E, Up and Toy Story 3 are masterpieces, and I don't feel Pixar's quality has dropped off too much since then, give or take one or two films. Pixar Ranked: 22: The Good Dinosaur 21: Cars 2 20: A Bug's Life 19: Monsters University 18: Finding Dory 17: Up 16: Coco 15: Brave 14: Monsters, Inc. 13: Toy Story 4 12: Cars 3 11: Toy Story 10: Cars 09: Toy Story 2 08: Incredibles 2 07: Onward 06: WALL•E 05: Ratatouille 04: Inside Out 03: The Incredibles 02: Finding Dory 01: Toy Story 3

[@Pokeforce1GetRickRolled]

I liked all Pixar movies

[@ModernMouse]

Pixar is great. No denying that idea here! -Josh

[@JaySherer]

I’m SUPER bummed that Ed Catmull is leaving. I gained a ton of respect for him after I read CREATIVITY INC. (it’s fantastic). I don’t know how he factored into the Lassiter issues, but he seems like a cool guy.

[@NMW567]

Inside Out and Coco are the only good movies in that era of mediocre sequels.

[@TECfan1]

I liked finding Dory and Incredibles 2. They may not have been GREAT but they were both solid. Cars 3 was pretty decent, too. Good Dino I will say was shit. It had potential with it's premise of the dinosaurs never going extinct and thus evolving to be human like. But the execution was boring. I expected something like Zootopia.

[@SICProwl]

@@TECfan1 I saw TGD more as 'boy and his dog' movie - except the Dino being the boy and the human his dog. I don't really remember much about the movie, but if it as you say - I need to watch it again o_o

[@calebdonaldson8770]

Yeah, only these two really contend with Pixar's best from the 2000's, whereas films like Cars 3 and Incredibles 2 were slightly above average. I would even say that Toy Story, Bug's Life, and Toy Story 2 aren't the best either, with Monster's Inc really kicking things up a notch.

[@jerrelljones9991]

Really good analysis I enjoyed it a lot

[@ModernMouse]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for always watching

[@jerrelljones9991]

@@ModernMouse oh no prob you're always Welcome

[@r3n3gad33]

I don't think it's fair to divide Pixar into uneven eras when the latter has the most films. In my point of view, it's definitively Pre-Lasseter Era: 1986 - 1994 Classic Era: Toy Story - Up Sequel Era: Toy Story 3 - Incredibles 2 Post-Lasseter Era: Toy Story 4 - ???

[@ModernMouse]

The Real Delphox 616 My eras aren’t definitive and are just my take. I can see where you are coming from. -Josh

[@carlyrussell8461]

Even though to first era is being referred to as the golden age, more of my favourite Pixar films come from the merger era (Ratatoullie, Up and Wall-E.) I don't have any attachment to the Cars or Toy Story franchises. The stand alone films will always be my favourites

[@ModernMouse]

I can see that as they definitely matured in that era. I personally think Wall-E is one of the greatest Pixar films due to how adult it was and the risk of making a silent film for the first 30 minutes. I also really like Ratatouille. It's a movie that grew on me and continues to be a film that climbs up my Pixar rankings.

[@veryhairylarry1036]

If Pete Docter would've become a doctor, he would be Dr. Docter.

[@ModernMouse]

This is a true fact.

[@Automatik234]

Cars stating the "merger era" also makes sense from it's technical innovation. If I'm correct, it's their first movie done with ray tracing.

[@ModernMouse]

I may go into more detail in future videos and I do think Cars is a special film because of ray tracing. It's not my favorite film, but it did lead Pixar in a new direction. Thanks for watching. -Josh

[@RS-qc4tg]

I actually think the ‘experimentation era’ ended in 2017 after Cars 3 and a new better era occurred later in 2017 with the amazing Coco, the pretty good Incredibles 2, the way-better-than-it-should’ve-been Toy Story 4, the decent Onward, and the incredible Soul.

[@morfeasrellas3561]

Onward, Soul and Luca are part of a new era of Pixar

[@ModernMouse]

I would agree since Pete Docter has taken over!

[@andrewdotmp4]

Who else kind of likes cars 2

[@EvilMariobot]

It was far from unwatchable; but you can definitely tell Disney was pressuring Pixar to make a sequel to Cars so they can sell more merchandise for it (and "Planes" just wasn't bringing in the bank). Cars 3 definitely felt more like the sequel they wanted to make in the first place.

[@bryanwhite175]

Ya lol nobody liked planes and Disney wanted merch cars 3 is much better but if they have a fourth I think it will be Disney wanting merchandise again

[@staringcorgi6475]

That movie sucked and shouldn't be considered a sequel because it focuses on mater instead of lightning McQueen

[@lordroy88]

Lol I was thinking of drawing eras out for Pixar

[@ModernMouse]

Feel free to use ours if you'd like.

[@lordroy88]

Network 1901 lol k

[@powerpup97]

Very intriguing.

[@ModernMouse]

powerpup97 Thank you! We love talking animation history and Pixar is one of the Kings so this was fun to make!

[@lordroy88]

Classic Era 1995-2004 Toy Story A Bug’s life Toy Story 2 Monsters Inc Finding Nemo The Incredibles New Golden Era (2006-2010 Cars Ratatouille WALL-E Up Toy Story 3 Downfall Era 2011-2013 Cars 2 Brave Monsters University Renaissance Era 2015- Inside Out The Good Dinosaur Finding Dory Cars 3 Coco Incredibles 2 Toy Story 4

[@jclkaytwo]

calling it a renaissance era but including the good dinosaur and 4 sequels is really contradictory.

[@lordroy88]

JCL Kaytwo well, it would be weird to put them in their own category since they’re in different times

[@jclkaytwo]

@@lordroy88 the good dinosaur definitely belongs in the same era as cars 2 and brave.

[@lordroy88]

JCL Kaytwo I know.

[@MisterVercetti]

I'd personally split the Experimental Era into two different eras, one starting with Cars 2 and ending with The Good Dinosaur, and the other going from Finding Dory onwards. I'd call the first one the Dark Age, since with the possible exception of Inside Out, none of the films from this era have been fondly remembered, even by Pixar die-hards. Overall, they felt either cheap and lazy (as with Cars 2 and Monsters University), or they felt bland and uninspired (as with Brave and The Good Dinosaur). Inside Out was arguably the only film during this era that had what I've come to call "the Pixar spirit". The rest more or less just faded into the background, and while none of them (with perhaps the exception of Cars 2) are outright bad films, they also came nowhere close to the level of excellence that Pixar established during the previous two eras. The second one I'd call the Retread Era. After the overall lukewarm reception most of the Dark Age films saw, here we see Pixar retreating to the comfort of what's worked in the past. Hence, three of the four films in this era are direct sequels (four out of five if you count the upcoming Toy Story 4), with only one film, Coco, being completely original. It's perhaps unsurprising, then, that Coco has received by far the most positive reception of all the films in this era. The sequels, on the other hand, while not receiving outright negative reception like Cars 2 and Monsters U, haven't exactly been met with resounding praise either. Most agree that Finding Dory, Cars 3, and Incredibles 2, while decent films in their own right, don't hold a candle to their predecessors. It'll be interesting to see the direction Toy Story 4 takes: will it follow the trend of the previous three in improving upon the series in virtually every aspect, or will it fall into the same traps as its fellow Retread-Era sequels, and be received with a hearty "meh"? Either way, I think we might just see the fifth era come to life afterwards as they run out of sequel material. Hopefully it'll be a Pixar Renaissance instead of a second Dark Age, but time will tell.

[@ModernMouse]

Our list is definitely subjective and you could split things up that way. I think its an interesting take you have! -Josh

[@alhur1918]

Suburban Fantasy World isn't the real name of the upcoming untitled film.In December,it was announced as Onward.It will follow two elf brothers who are on an adventure in a magical world in search of something that would cure their father, and will be releasing in 2020. O wonder what other animated films that will be released in 2020? Overall, I am excited for this new era of Pixar that will be overseen by Pete Docter. I hope they won't rely heavily on sequels like the upcoming Toy Story 4, and shift their focus more mainly on new and original films.Not to say I dislike their sequels.

[@cosmicsyzygy3250]

While I am excited for Toy Story 4 (mainly due to the actors praising the script), I can't think of any other PIXAR movie worthy of a sequel at this point. I'd like to see The Incredibles 3 one day to round out a trilogy, but that can obviously wait for a while.

[@TECfan1]

The sequels are done. They announced 4 original films are upcoming starting in 2020. TS4 is their last sequel, a fitting film to close this era. That's also why they started the Pixar Sparks program.

[@alhur1918]

Cosmic Syzygy, Brad Bird said he won't do another sequel for Incredibles 2.

[@alhur1918]

@@TECfan1 Oh really!?, 4 new animated films that are original.Guess Pixar's future is in safe hands.By the way, it is kind of a coincidence that Pixar 's last movie is a Toy Story movie, and the first movie Pixar ever created was a Toy Story movie.

[@rnb8220]

I don’t like that this arrangement of eras basically fully disregards the role that animated shorts have played in Pixar’s History in terms of output. It also fully disregards things like the Toy Story Holiday Specials. Arguably most of their experimentation across their history is found within their shorts. Only talking about their features is doing a disservice to PIXAR.

[@ModernMouse]

I agree that their shorts are important, however, the video is called "Pixar Feature Animation Eras Explained" for that reason. I may end up doing a video in the future about Pixar's shorts and tv specials but I felt like that would have been a pretty big mess in this video. We do the same with our Disney Feature Animation Eras Explained video too. We cut the shorts out because there are already a lot of movies and adding in the shorts definitely complicates things. -Josh

[@rnb8220]

Network 1901 Fair enough I guess but I say because unlike Disney, Pixar has been very consistent with attaching a Short from the studio alongside nearly every single PIXAR feature release. Further, many Directors of the Shorts are being groomed to take on a feature. For myself, seeing a PIXAR short is a key aspect of seeing a PIXAR film that sometimes overshadows the film its attached to.

[@ModernMouse]

There is no doubt that the shorts are a showcase of things to come. Pixar has been way more consistent and does showcase their shorts better than any other animation studio. Its a video we may have to look into doing sooner than later. -Josh

[@drewevans3054]

4th Era includes: Toy Story 4, Onward, Soul, Luca, Turning Red and Lightyear

[@callumdrage5889]

PIXAR RANKED: AMAZING: 01: Ratatouille 02: Toy Story 3 03: Finding Nemo 04: The Incredibles DEEPLY PERSONALLY RESONANT: 05: Inside Out 06: Onward 07: WALL•E 08: Toy Story 09: Coco GREAT: 10: Soul 11: Luca 12: Incredibles 2 13: Toy Story 2 14: Cars 15: Toy Story 4 16: Monsters, Inc. FUN: 17: Cars 3 18: Brave 19: Up 20: Monsters University 21: Finding Dory 22: A Bug’s Life A FEW CONCERNS: 23: Turning Red 24: Lightyear BAD: 25: The Good Dinosaur 26: Cars 2

[@StevenVillman]

I said this in the "Disney Feature Animation Eras" video, and I will say it here: *_Two-dimensional (2D) animation ≠ hand drawn animation (when it comes to_*_ _*_*newer*_*_ _*_2D animated works)!!!_*

[@theconductoresplin8092]

Huh that's interesting So they wanted to sell computers

[@ModernMouse]

Its definitely something many people don't know or remember these days. Steve Jobs didn't invest in a film studio, he invested in what he thought would basically be the next great computer product after Apple. -Josh

[@theconductoresplin8092]

@@ModernMouse I had no idea Thanks for teaching me something new today

[@Andunia]

The new era i think it will be named the non sequel era because they said they done with the sequels

[@MrAndrewsaccount92]

A little update on this : Toy Story 4 can be considered the end of the experimental era, and Onward as the beginning of the Streaming Era.

[@lytwawa]

Coco will be in the Renaissance era with Toy Story 4, Onward, Soul and Lucas ! So excited to see what's Next 😍

[@jake27990]

Says everything that the only 4 great movies in the experimental era (Inside Out, Finding Dory, Coco, Incredibles 2) were made by the original 4 directors from the first 2 eras.

[@alexcninjagotuber]

Here’s what I think it’s eras are: 1. Platinum age (1995-2004) 2. Golden age (2006-2010) 3. Dark age (2011-2015) 4. Sequel age (2016-2019) 5. Renaissance (2020-present)

[@stardogsmasher6217]

This is probably an unpopular opinion, but in my opinion when Toy Story 3 came around that's when I couldn't help but feel that things were about to go down hill. I don't know why, but I just wasn't interested in a 3rd Toy Story when Toy Story 2 is a master piece alongside the original and that there was no way Toy Story 3 could possibly top those 2 in my opinion and it doesn't. It's not bad but I can't say it's that great either, you could put me in the same category as the Nostalgia Critic from his Disneycember review of the movie. So this decade has really been a mixed bag to the us general audience and man it really shows.

[@clintonwhite1170]

I LOVED IT

[@jackcorbett937]

Modern Mouse it’s been a few years some time since you last updated the Pixar eras so could you please make a new Pixar eras explained video and post it pretty soon as we could do with a new one right now.

[@Spike-pp5hx]

My Pixar movie ranking 8 toy story 3 7 incredibles 6 up 5 finding memo 4 wall-e 3 cars 2 toy story 2 1 toy story

[@bryanwhite175]

Spikester HD you forgot incredibles 2

[@bryanwhite175]

And brave

[@bryanwhite175]

And inside out

[@bryanwhite175]

Did you even watch the video :3

[@hmmmlemmesee7621]

The pixar's 4th era Is a Name of era: zoitic era 2019 - 2030

[@Dan_d00d]

Agree with first 2 eras and the partition and reasons. But 3rd could be split up more. an era doesnt have to be lots of movies, esp as the process for these is approx 4 yr cycles. I think the last 2-3 movies are itself an era, given the model of the movie life cycle and how far ahead the hype begins. Also another impt point - and not so much an oversight as an omission on the vid essay here, the movie success is no lnoger at all related to how much air time or space and love a franchise gets. that was mentioned but the reason is $$$$$$$$$. Disney looks at profit only first. and the truth is. what a movie makes in sales (and its ranking, % rating) is not what drives things. its OVERALL earning, and the cars franchise, average as the sequels may be, earns a HUGE amount in toys and merch. Like massively. so thats why it persists in all media and formats and attrations. But yes, typically and traditinally that isnt how pixar in its own right, would gauge success and form their oncoming strategies. The fact does remain, all disney animation properties are in a sudden flux with the remval of the hawaiian shirt man and so new eras are really here for thenext few yearsto be settled into.

[@ModernMouse]

You could be right that the 3rd era would be broken in half with some of the later films being their own era and a transition into a Pixar without Lasseter. Great thoughts all around! -Josh

[@animationnerd2748]

I didn’t know Pixar also had eras

[@ModernMouse]

We are probably the first people to do such a thing so it really hasn't been done prior to us but our audience asked for it. -Josh

[@theflev-matic4892]

In hindsight, Coco clearly started a new era

[@ModernMouse]

This is a video I'll have to revisit and update soon. You might be correct, but I'm also kind of thinking that Onward is the beginning of a new era.

[@theflev-matic4892]

@@ModernMouse why that one over Coco? Including Coco, it's been the longest era where the good outnumbers the bad

[@theflev-matic4892]

@@ModernMouseI have though of Coco to Present as a Pixar Renaissance where they got their stuff back together.

[@lilronne1]

Great video

[@ModernMouse]

Thank you! -Josh

[@Realchrisjbeale]

This is so good!!!!!

[@reubenshupe2273]

Toy story three isn’t just a great sequel. It is also a fantastic prison break movie as well

[@ModernMouse]

Correct...I feel as though the elements of prison break or heist that the film has are underutilized since they don't hold the emotional weight of other moments in the film.

[@jackmacisback]

Experimental era should be dubbed the sequel era - I think the new era is WAY more experimental with stuff like Soul and Luca

[@garrettgiauque9945]

In My Uncalled Period There Is Four Pixar Films In It 1 Monsters Inc, 2 Three Of My Own Epic Badass (Strong Inspiration And Influence Of “The Real 3”) Action Pixar Movies. And In The Favorite Past There Is Six Pixar Films In It 1 Nemo(Fix It) And The Incredibles And 2 Four Of My Own Even More Advanced Epic Badass(Strong Influence And Inspiration Of Same Thing “The Real 3” And Different, Anime And Epic Live Action Films)

[@mustachetwirler7617]

What’s the name of the electro swing music you used at the end of the video?

[@ModernMouse]

It's been so long since I made the outro that I totally don't remember the song. It was a generic royalty free song but I don't know the name. -Josh

[@elizabethpate2740]

I think Toy Story 4 (2019) was still part of the Experimental Era. I think Cars is the first of the Merger Era.

[@Spike-pp5hx]

I love toy story movies there my fav movies

[@nicholassims9837]

How come there's a Pixar Theory ? But no DreamWorks theory or Illumination theory? Or Blue Skies Theory ?

[@ModernMouse]

These are good questions. I'm not much for creating theories typically, but I'd say that because Pixar, especially in the beginning, was consistent with their output and always hid easter eggs in their films, for both previous and upcoming movies, it was easy to connect them. I don't think any of the other animation studios do that to the extent that Pixar does.

[@megmoore8681]

My favorite is Ratatouille!

[@alexanderg1297]

I’ve heard of the Disney Eras and was wondering if this was a thing.

[@ModernMouse]

I searched around and couldn't find anything so I figured this would be the time to create it since the company is well established with a long catalogue of films.

[@yikesitsjoel3713]

No one remembers Planes and their terrible sequel 😂😂😂

[@bryanwhite175]

Joel Rodriguez I have a confession

[@bryanwhite175]

I’ve never saw that movie Bc my friends where nice and warned me XD also

[@bryanwhite175]

I think......

[@bryanwhite175]

Moto moto Likes u I LIK EM BIG I LIK EM CHUNKY,I LIK EM BIG I LIK EM PLUMPY

[@fredrikstaffansson4473]

Inside Out and all the Toy Story movies are so fucking awesome. Some of the best films ever made.

[@bryanwhite175]

Fredrik Staffansson you seem like the person who would curse on my Christian Minecraft server -band-

[@bryanwhite175]

Bans*

[@paulieluce5303]

How you gonna do Brave like that? It was amazing

[@ModernMouse]

I'm not sure what you mean. Do you mean my saying that it wasn't a box office success? I actually really like Brave but it didn't generate as much money as some of Pixar films. -Josh

[@zoilaarteagarodriguez2866]

Coco and the incredibles 2 are part of the fourth era

[@arthurdonohue2281]

Brave was a great movie

[@ModernMouse]

I saw it only a year ago for the first time because I believed everyone who said it wasn't great but I really loved it too! -Josh

[@captainhowlerwilson508]

One thing I will disagree on. There is no way Cars is more mature than Finding Nemo or The Incredibles. The other four though from the Merger Era I would say are just as mature or slightly more so.

[@artistsometimes2729]

lee unkrich's out as well! And Andrew Stanton/ Brad Bird don't look like they're returning any time soon... Pixar's been absorbed I'm afraid. The old guard is either bribed with promotion or has jumped ship. It hasn't been the same since the merger, and particularly the flop of Cars 2. I personally would argue that UP and Coco were actually both quite weak films, especially in terms of plot, context and character development. And Finding Dory/ Incredible 2 took literally no risks. And why the hell is there a Toy Story 4! The end to that trilogy felt so well done that I don't think I can face it honestly. It's clearly being pushed by disney and likely has none of the old guard working on it (Lasseter, Pete Docter, Stanton, Unkrich and the rest) meaning it will probably be a flop. You just wait. Pixar's dead, I can't see it ever escaping the cash-cow clutches of Disney unless it virtually bankrupts itself. Maybe in ten years, but even then, who will be there to pick up the pieces? It's tragic, but engineered by Disney out of sheer pursuit of profit and market dominance and I'll never forgive them for it. Unless Pixar becomes an independent company with a group of young, imaginative directors/animators/writers/storyboard artists working on truly original projects free from creative influence from Disney, and with a reasonable fixed timescale and budget (less budget more time would be ideal) and a decent distribution deal with a pull away from merchandising towards greater security of that creative control and long timescale for production (with an adequate budget), then I'll never forgive Disney.

[@ModernMouse]

Have you seen the Pixar Spark Shorts they've put out recently? It seems like Pixar is reaching for new storytellers and are ready to change the landscape of their company, even with Disney still owning them. There does seem to be hope that things will go on an upward swing. -Josh

[@MoviesUnderTheSurface]

dude, turn off that background music. seriously

[@ModernMouse]

I see what you are saying. I always try and pick out music that feels like it goes with the video. I didn't mean for anyone to be annoyed by it. -Josh

[@isabellaearnhardt6380]

❤️

[@ModernMouse]

So you've spent your whole day watching these I see!

[@isabellaearnhardt6380]

@@ModernMouse 😂 guilty as charged. There great as always

[@ModernMouse]

@@isabellaearnhardt6380 Thank you!

[@zoilaarteagarodriguez2866]

Cars 2 is part of the merger era

[@bethannierose1885]

Brave didn’t do well in America????? omigosh it’s my favorite Pixar film personally :((((

[@ModernMouse]

I know! I actually avoided it because I had heard it wasn't great but after watching it around 2 years ago I fell in love with it! Angie and I also run a shop that sells mickey mouse ears to wear at the theme parks and we are just about to release Merida ears. I'm so excited for them! -Josh

[@SuperZ11569]

Update?

[@ModernMouse]

This will be something I hit on early next year. I'm currently working my way through the live action film eras, but I do want to make this a priority once I'm done there.

[@pizzabot2023]

6:28

[@kayden2119]

Honestly considering all of their films are amazing besides cars 2 I see no reason to split it into eras.

[@ModernMouse]

This is our list and in no way is definitive. I think we see film not just as the storytelling and art that it is but also as a business and how that business impacts the art and vice versa...but again, its just our take. -Josh

[@kayden2119]

Network 1901 oh no I agree with you and splitting it into lists is still cool and this video was really good but as a entertainment product they are all so similar there aren’t really “eras” to me. That’s just my take on it though

[@Metroid4ever]

Ah, so that's why Pixar's gone to shit. IGER. **spits in his face**

[@garrettgiauque9945]

Th Only Pixar That Betrayed, Lied, Trashed My Life If And Hate, Is Nemo(2003) I Thought It After Watching Monsters Inc, Would Be Epic Like “The Real 3”’s(The Mysterious Adventure Part 2) Influence And Anime, Not Crying, Not No Action?, Not Again With Fishes(That’s Beginning Age Like What We Saw The Little Mermaid And We Don’t Take That Thing With Us Because Back In The Beginning Age Was Only Crying, Tantruming, Fear, Death, And Horror, And Only Peaceful(Not Want To Say This “Gay”), Magical, Before Epic Begun After The Beginning Age’s Last Movie Fantasia 2000, Not A Parent Always Rescuing His Child From Some Stupid Evil Humans That Kidnapped Nemo (That’s Over “We Fight Evil Not Have To Get Captured Again “Stupid”, And That Didn’t Have Villain Deaths Scene To Satisfy Me And Other Kid Fans Under Age 3 After What We’ve Been Through After The Beginning Age? “That Didn’t Ever Make Sense To Me It Sucks, That’s Not How It Works In The Evolutionary Epic Badass Action Animacron Lore Works “NO” “Someone Remake, Rewrite, Change It, Fix This Movie”, I Hated It, It’s Awful

[@sasharogers7066]

why are you typing like this? i dont understand anything 😭

[@JaySherer]

Ed Catmull story: My wife and I were at Disneyland, and I see Ed Catmull walk by (I had just read Creativity Inc.). I tell my wife, and go, “That dude wrote one of my favorite books of all time!” So she says we should go see if we can find him and tell him. We walk to where they were going (back in New Orleans Square), and we’re stopped by a CM barrier. And I say to one CM, “Is Ed Catmull back there?” And she looks at me, looks around cautiously, and then goes, “I’m afraid I’m not allowed to say who’s attending tonight’s special event.” 🤣🤣🤣 I didn’t get to see him. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@lhadzyan7300]

I do agree that maybe at least four eras of Pixar animation, but I think they might be different from your arrangement: 1. Begginings: 1995-1999 - The era of the very first two Toy Story movies and A Bug´s Life, which happened in the shadow of Disney´s Renaissance time, and the whole movies were pretty experimental on their own. 2. Golden Era: 2000-2009 - The time of the best Pixar movies, aside of the Toy Story franchise, and with the exception of Cars, all were successfull stories. It could be argued to divide the era into two halves, one from 2000-2004 before the strife with Disney about being fully independent company or merging with the larger associate, and the second half 2005-2009 were finally that issue got solved and while Disney still didn´t start a proper new bright-golden era of animated features, Pixar got the whole main leadership on theme with such successfull serious works as Ratatouille, WALL-E and Up. 3. Up and down time: 2010-2014: A very experimental time where it did start great with Toy Story 3 but ended in a very unneasy spot with the pitfalls that followed. It also contrasted with the Disney main company as it got fully into their Second Renaissance or Revival Era getting into their mature peak in the middle of the decade, while Pixar experienced darker times. It seems as if Lasseter and Catmuil got much into their Disney works that helped the main company into get a new time but their home company got forsaken in behalf. 4. Upward again time: 2015-2019: Still kept the very experimental time of the former first half of the 2010´s but somehow they remembered how great Pixar was and could be and so they did more successfull work and very original ones eventhough they still had some pitfalls of The Great Dinosaur or Cars 3, and ended as great the decade started with the very last Toy Story movie. There might start a new Pixar era with the new 2020´s decade but for now, there indeed have been four eras of Pixar already gone.

[@questworld360]

Incredibles 2 was amazing

[@ModernMouse]

I've heard mixed reactions. I thought it was a good and better than Ralph Breaks the Internet but I don't think it deserves to win any awards over Into the Spiderverse. Sony knocked it out of the park this year. -Josh