《玩具总动员4》：为何有些动画电影永不过时?

'Toy Story 4' and the ageless appeal不老的；永恒的魅力 of animation

① "Toy Story 4" and "Finding Dory" put nine and 13 years between themselves and their predecessors.前任 "Frozen" will have been on ice 雪藏for six years when the sequel 续集blows back into theaters around Thanksgiving.

② Welcome to the ageless world of animation, and the new math新算法 when it comes to sequels -- capitalizing on利用 the genre's time-defying qualities不朽的品质 to turn sequels into occasions盛事（special or noteworthy events）.

③ At first blush咤一想, the idea of animated movies practically skipping generations sounds counter-intuitive. Eight and nine year olds who thrilled 感到兴奋、激动to "Toy Story 3" or "Finding Nemo" have had enough time to move on to college and even graduate from it, likely putting aside 搁置some of their more childish occupations.消遣（a way of spending your time）

④ The reality, however, is that these movies never really go away. They play on TV and sit on DVD shelves and are watched via Netflix or whatever streaming service that will wind up 最终carrying 供应them, amassing 积累new little consumers and offering parents the comfort of familiar faces.

⑤ Producers also don't have to worry about actors aging out of超出……的年龄 their roles. The trend in live-action, in fact, has been to churn out 大量生产，大量炮制movies in twos and threes while everyone's available, and in the case of child actors, before puberty 青春期intervenes干预.

⑥ Animation has long demonstrated that it's different in that respect 在那方面-- that "The Simpsons" can run for 30 years, with Bart and Lisa never growing a day older.