I loved Toy Story 3, but watching the climactic scene where the toys were sliding towards a pit of lava and all hope seemed lost-- really, I actually thought Pixar was going to finish the series by killing the toys-- I became completely lost in the movie, and forgot things like "It is a kids movie, they would never kill the beloved toys." Were children across the nation traumatised by this movie? Or is the rule "the toy story toys will get away" just completely ingrained in their psyche... to the point where it is a stronger instinct than "sliding uncontrollably towards lava is BAD"? Do movies/TV still scare children, or are they better able to compartmentalize narratives, to be scared of real things but remember happy-ending rules than I was at the same age (I remember clearly being traumatised by, among other things the STTNG episode "Skin of Evil" and several of the darker "The Real Ghostbusters" episodes)?
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