Toy Story changed animated movies. (Where did all the 2D movies go???) In 1995, our kid brains saw it as a fun "story about toys." But reexamining it today, we can see that it's laden with themes and rich subtext with truths about who we are and how the world works.
In this episode we watch Toy Story from a Christian perspective, zooming in on the main characters Woody and Buzz—asking, "What do these characters represent?"
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