When I reviewed Lightyear, I found it to be bland and recommended the TV show, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command. Lo and behold, that film was not the first attempt to make a movie, as this movie exists.
Basically, this film can be considered a special edition of the first three episodes of the series, as this was actually released before the whole thing premiered. After a mission ends with the loss of his partner, Warp Darkmatter, Buzz swears to work alone, even going as far as to reject Commander Nebula, who makes Mira Nova, a space ranger from the planet Tangea, and even XR, a robot who can be reassembled, but when the LGM's Unimind is stolen, the robot is made silly and useless. However, he must team up with those three, as well as Booster, an alien who works as janitor for Star Command, to stop him from using it to control everyone and everything in the universe.
As a movie, this has a lot of things that would be removed for the show. For starters, Tim Allen voices Buzz in this version, while the show would replace his voicework with Patrick Warburton, who voices Buzz for the show, and the start has a special intro in the world of Toy Story. While it has some flaws (some characters are meh, while Buzz falls victim to spewing one-liners like good always winning), the story and action is perfect, and the voice actors all do a good job. This is a movie I would recommend more than the new Lightyear movie, as this does a lot of stuff better.
Basically, this film can be considered a special edition of the first three episodes of the series, as this was actually released before the whole thing premiered. After a mission ends with the loss of his partner, Warp Darkmatter, Buzz swears to work alone, even going as far as to reject Commander Nebula, who makes Mira Nova, a space ranger from the planet Tangea, and even XR, a robot who can be reassembled, but when the LGM's Unimind is stolen, the robot is made silly and useless. However, he must team up with those three, as well as Booster, an alien who works as janitor for Star Command, to stop him from using it to control everyone and everything in the universe.
As a movie, this has a lot of things that would be removed for the show. For starters, Tim Allen voices Buzz in this version, while the show would replace his voicework with Patrick Warburton, who voices Buzz for the show, and the start has a special intro in the world of Toy Story. While it has some flaws (some characters are meh, while Buzz falls victim to spewing one-liners like good always winning), the story and action is perfect, and the voice actors all do a good job. This is a movie I would recommend more than the new Lightyear movie, as this does a lot of stuff better.