Cars

[Ponine]

Yeah but Lightning is like deviod of everyuseful car item there is...
I mean Stickers? really.

[Alex]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

ETA - Alex, I don't think they ever manipulated objects with their doors.

Yeah, I know. If I'm not sure they ever had their doors open in the movie I'm definitely not recalling any instance when they were put to useful puprose. I was just trying to give a reason for why they'd have them anyway.

As you say, if we're nitpicking there is a lot you could question.

Why are tractors essentially bovine but other "working" vehicles are still human. Is the fact that the cars require gasoline to operate a sign of Pixar's support of intelligent design since the cars couldn't exist until refining technology had been developed which couldn't be developed until cars existed? And yet the movie seems to also argue for evolution since the cars are presented as being on a fast track of technological improvement from the towns founder Mr. Steamer to Sally's porsche.

What is the method of procreation? Is racism (model-ism) acceptable since obviously different classes of vehicles were designed for different purposes. Is it slavery that the cotton-picking combine picks cotton?

Are cars essentially immortal or can they be killed in a horrific racetrack accident? Do they feel pain? And if so in what ways? It seems clear that the cars shown in accidents were feeling pain but a blown tire didn't bother McQueen.

Crap, now I've talked myself into hating the movie.

[Gemini Cricket]

If the Cars eyes are the windshield, how do they use the rear view mirror? Or the side mirrors for that matter.

I'm being half nitpicky/half joking. But it's something I bet the animators talked about...

[Alex]

I'm sure they did. I suggest that the rearview mirrors (and side-view mirrors) are tied into an ocular complex so that they are essentially an extension of the eyes.

They don't look into the mirrors to see what is behind them. They see directly with the mirrors.

[Alex]

Weird, I definitely only clicked once.

Well, assume I said something witty here.

[Gemini Cricket]

I was looking for baby cars in the movie and don't remember if I saw any or not.

And if McQueen is riding inside a truck, isn't that kind of gross in the Cars world?

And if getting a little stencil is like getting a tattoo, is getting your whole body painted like a full body tattoo or plastic surgery?

[Gemini Cricket]

Are electric cars like android cars or like cars with artificial parts like a pacemaker or something?

Is global warming a huuuuge problem in the Cars world?

When a car plays with himself is it autoautoerotic?

[Ponine]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

And if getting a little stencil is like getting a tattoo, is getting your whole body painted like a full body tattoo or plastic surgery?

Neither. It's a new wardrobe.
The metal is the body, the paint covers it.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by Ponine

Neither. It's a new wardrobe.
The metal is the body, the paint covers it.

But they refer to Sally's back "tattoo pinstriping" which she's obviously embarrassed about - if it was just wardrobe she'd get it removed.

All this nitpicking is going to show that it's not flawless...one could do the same to all the other Pixar flicks. In fact, that's what I thought when I read Coaster Matt's negative reaction - each Pixar flick is a full movie of puns, be it about toys or fish or monsters or cars, so if you like that sort of thing, you love Pixar (which I do, apparently)

[Ponine]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

But they refer to Sally's back "tattoo pinstriping" which she's obviously embarrassed about - if it was just wardrobe she'd get it removed.

Ah, see I didnt read that as embarrased. I saw that as coy.