Four extra minutes of footage were added to Iron Man 3's Chinese release to give more focus to Chinese characters, British TV presenters Kate Thornton and Jonathan Ross replaced the voices of Joan Rivers and Larry King for the UK release of Shrek 2, and Disney favourite Zootopia was originally marketed as Zootropolis in Europe (even being called Zoomania) in Germany.
Toy Story 2 isn't alone in altering its story for international versions and it's more common than you'd think. At least Buzz's scene was only changed for stylistic reasons. Only last year, the movie's blooper reel that set up Toy Story 3 was altered to remove a scene of Stinky Pete and Barbie Dolls that was accused of promoting sexual misconduct. However, this isn't the only time the acclaimed sequel has faced a rejig over the years. In some releases, the final scene of Wheezy singing had him standing on blocks spelling his name, while others had blocks that were simply covered in stars. Fair point, really.īuzz's speech wasn't the only change Toy Story 2 had between countries. Toy Story 2 is a tremendous sequel which remains one of the finest achievements in Western animation, and may be the crowing glory of PIXAR as a studio. Buzz and the gang race to save Woody after hes kidnapped by a greedy toy. Short version: they made the version with the US flag then figured viewers outside the US would prefer a more 'international' version. 88 Metascore 1999 1 hr 32 mins Family, Comedy, Kids G.
