As many have heard exciting and long-awaited animated sequels are coming out in the next couple of years. I would consider the target audience for most animated movies to be children between the ages of 5 and 12, but with some of these sequels that audience doesn’t make much sense. The original watchers of many of the movies with upcoming sequels are at least 15. I myself am 19 and I grew up watching Cars, Finding Nemo, the Incredibles, and Toy Story. All of these movies have a sequel coming out, the youngest original film of these being 10 years old. Sure the movies stay around and are old time favorites but are the film producers trying to bring in the children or the children’s parents?
First off, let's take a look at Toy Story the oldest of the group and one of my childhood favorites, it came out in 1995. It’s a year older than me so I watched it slightly after its prime but within the same generation of kids. Naturally, my generation who is now starting to bear children has kept their children up to date with this favorite from our past. It has had two sequels added to the original movie and the new sequel comes out in 2018. If it weren’t for our generation of parents showing this 20-year-old film to our children would there be any market for this movie? Is the film industry is trying to reel in the parents votes using the nostalgia of our past?
Next in the line is Finding Nemo. I remember watching this as a kid in the morning when my sister and I couldn’t sleep after an early morning shopping for black Friday. This 13-year-old movie is getting its sequel the soonest out of the group, Finding Dory hits theaters on the 17th of June! This movie will most likely be viewed by teens more than any other. The 15-20 year-olds who have been waiting for this sequel for almost all of their lives! I can attest to the fact that teens are more excited because while some younger kids understand yeah it’s Dory’s turn, but I am so psyched, I may go twice!
In 2004 the Incredibles came out, sibling rivalry and marital problems and everything. June 21, 2019, the sequel comes out and we can only hope it is as good as the first. I’m personally excited to see what situation the family finds themselves in and if Violet is still with her man! While young kids may understand the sibling rivalry, the marital dynamic has always been for the parents, which is now my generation.
Shortly after, Cars came out in 2006. While there is obvious appeal for children, there are hidden references laid in for adults everywhere. There have been 2 sequels added to the original already. Kids may be excited to see these comical cars again, but our generation has seen their lives from the beginning and we need to see if they finally have baby cars!
As you can see all of these movies have really huge aspects for our age. And since people our age have the money, I bet they are trying to butter us up because they know we couldn’t say no to a sequel. So, we can let those kiddos think they are for them, but we know they aren’t!
