And this is knowledge you admit to having?!

Well I told you I was not a Nascar (racing) fan. :blush: Coulda been worse, I could have tossed Jackie Stewart's name in the mix...:)

I know nothing about NASCAR. What did the numbers on that tall skinny digital clock thing mean?

It's too bad about the Doc Holiday similarities. That story was trite and done a thousand time for many decades before even Doc Holiday came along. That it's now been filmed 82 times instead of 83 shouldn't be much of a big deal.


I get a kick out of the comments that the scenic animation was impressive because it looked so real. Um, hello! This was done by a computer. It could have looked completely photorealistic at the touch of a button.

Computers don't work on their own. Artists are involved. Not only that but the trees in 'The Incredibles' weren't as good. There were some birds eye views of the island Mr. Incredible lands on in his pod where they show thousands of treetops... all the same color.

Did you notice the white car with the number G4?

The numbers on the tall clock thing (if I know what you're talking about) indicate the current place and lap of all the cars. Since the lead cars can. actually catch up to and lap the cars behind them you can't actually tell just by looking at the track who is in the lead (the front guy could be a full lap behind the person behind him).

Photorealistic images and photorealistic animation aren't quite the same thing. Though for unmoving backgrounds they would be close.

That makes sense. I wondered how people knew that. :)

I don't get the G4 reference. Although I do know that some of the cars had numbers that corresponded to the birthdates of some people in the production.

I also heard that the name 'McQueen' was in reference to someone who worked on the film and not Steve McQueen. I thought for sure that they were making a 'Bullitt' reference.

When I heard Pixar was making a movie about cars, I just about groaned.
Cars?!?!?
We saw it... I on the other hand felt the beginning was S-L-O-W, and was darned close to walking out I was so bored.

The kids, and my step-mother laughed non stop.
Myself, I hit two chuckle points, and two shock points. (If you know me, this is not surprising)

I cried when Mater got his wish, again with the Ferraris, and as soon as Ranft's name hit the screen I was bawling.
My apoloigies to Ratzenberger, I was crying too much to see what must have been great bits for you.

Paul Newman, Michael Keaton, you kept me in that theatre. I had forgotten how much I loathe Wilsons'.

Our theatre was quite full, had a great time, and the four children with me, 2,7,11, and 12, were ALL entertained.

I wished they had explained a little more why Mater wanted to fly in a helicopter. They could have worked in a 'car being grounded, not able to fly' kinda schmaltz... It was still pretty touching. Pushing the King across the finish line was amazing, though.

Tow Mater. It took me a second, but I got it half way through the flick. :D

Who doesn't want to fly in a helicopter?