Toy Story 5 shows 'terror' of children's screen addiction

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2026-06-17
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胡迪、巴斯光年,陪伴几代人成长的经典角色又要和大家见面了。但这一次,这些老朋友面临的不是什么反派玩具,而是一块让孩子们彻底挪不开眼的电子设备。汤姆·汉克斯坦言,看到孩子们低头刷屏、抬头发呆的样子,内心充满恐惧。蒂姆·艾伦更直言,十几岁的女儿连一部电影都坐不住,因为早已习惯了七秒短视频的节奏。当屏幕正在悄悄“吞掉”下一代的注意力,这部动画究竟想向我们发出怎样的警告?让我们跟随 Ronan 一起走进今天的文章吧。
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US actor Tom Hanks has said the latest Toy Story film highlights children's addiction to screens, an issue that he says strikes "terror in the heart".

The fifth instalment of the animated franchise sees Woody, Buzz and Jessie threatened by a new frog-like tablet known as Lilypad, which captivates the film's children.

Hanks said the cast related to the storyline because they had all "met that disinterest" of young people who "look down at their phone, look up, look down, look up".

The actor highlighted "a moment in the movie where we look out on the cityscape and we see that blue glow of a phone in bedrooms and whatnot, and it does strike terror into the heart".

Toy Story 5, released later this month, sees Hanks, Tim Allen and Joan Cusack return to their roles voicing Woody, Buzz Lightyear and Jessie, while Past Lives star Greta Lee joins the cast to voice Lilypad.

The film comes at a time of wider debate about the potential harms of too much screen time, particularly social media.

Allen, who voices Buzz Lightyear, recalled how he recently took his teenage daughter to the cinema, but she struggled to concentrate for the whole film because children "are so used to seven-second movies on Instagram", he said.

But, Allen acknowledged, every generation has its own debate about certain technology, and his parents had similar concerns when he was young.

"As soon as I said 'put that phone down', I remember my parents going 'turn the music off', " he laughed.

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Toy Story 5 shows 'terror' of children's screen addiction

2026-06-17

胡迪、巴斯光年,陪伴几代人成长的经典角色又要和大家见面了。但这一次,这些老朋友面临的不是什么反派玩具,而是一块让孩子们彻底挪不开眼的电子设备。汤姆·汉克斯坦言,看到孩子们低头刷屏、抬头发呆的样子,内心充满恐惧。蒂姆·艾伦更直言,十几岁的女儿连一部电影都坐不住,因为早已习惯了七秒短视频的节奏。当屏幕正在悄悄“吞掉”下一代的注意力,这部动画究竟想向我们发出怎样的警告?让我们跟随 Ronan 一起走进今天的文章吧。