I love the “Toy Story” franchise so I went into “Buzz Lightyear Of Star Command: The Adventure Begins” with high expectations. I was more than satisfied with what I got here. This is a fun spin-off that serves as the beginning of the “Buzz Lightyear Of Star Command” animated series.

Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen “Toy Story”, “The Santa Clause”) vows to work alone after his partner, Warp Darkmatter (Diedrich Bader “Office Space”), appears to die during a mission. However, Buzz will eventually find that he cannot face the threat of Emperor Zurg (Wayne Knight “Rat Race”) by himself. With new friends, he must battle Zurg in effort to restore peace and security to the galaxy.

It’s great having Tim Allen voice Buzz. Apparently, he didn’t do it for the series and that’s a real shame because I cannot imagine anybody else doing as good a job in the role. The other characters are enjoyable. This is a 2D animated film and so was the series so it does look substantially different than the “Toy Story” films. However, we do get a scene at the beginning with the characters from “Toy Story” and that’s done in the 3D style and looks just like a scene from one of the main “Toy Story” films.

“Buzz Lightyear Of Star Command” is a fun sci-fi/action cartoon flick. The tone is absolutely perfect for the target audience as it contains some exciting action but it’s never too dark or violent. Some of the comedy here is charming even if it is rather predictable a lot of the time. If you are a fan of the “Toy Story” films then definitely think about giving this spin-off a watch. I definitely liked this better than some of the other “Toy Story” spin-offs such as “Toy Story Of Terror”.