# Official CARS Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 20, 2006, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-cars-thread/349136 "2006-03-20T15:21:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![iluvurmom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iluvurmom/32/7276_2.png) [@iluvurmom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iluvurmom)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2006, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-cars-thread/349136/21 "2006-05-01T14:59:52Z")
Meet Guido and Luigi!! Two new character ads to get your little hearts racing!! Exclusive “Guido” and “Luigi” character ads, Wed 4/26 > **[Pixar wants-a you-a to meet-a pair of CARS-a named Luigi and Guido!!!](http://legacy.aintitcool.com/node/23129)** > > Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. Disney has sent out exclusive character profiles from many of the cars in well, CARS, all around the internet. We got the below two. Luigi and Guido (voiced by Tony Shalhoub and Guido Quaroni respectively) are my... ---
**Author:** ![iluvurmom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iluvurmom/32/7276_2.png) [@iluvurmom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iluvurmom)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2006, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-cars-thread/349136/22 "2006-05-08T14:42:39Z")
Here are two more very cool links: Here’s one about Sheriff and Mack (the two newest characters): [http://upcomingpixar.blogspot.com/2006/05/sheriff-and-mack.html](http://upcomingpixar.blogspot.com/2006/05/sheriff-and-mack.html) Here’s one that tell what all of Filmore’s bumperstickers say: [http://upcomingpixar.blogspot.com/2006/05/fillmores-rear-window.html](http://upcomingpixar.blogspot.com/2006/05/fillmores-rear-window.html) ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2006, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-cars-thread/349136/23 "2006-05-08T21:56:59Z")
From the same blog, I’ll recommend [“The Man Who Could Save Animation,”](http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,1186017_1%7C8963%7C%7C0_0_,00.html) as well as [“The Inside Track,”](http://www.electric-escape.net/node/1253) two articles that cover both the making of _Cars_ and provide some insights into John Lasseter’s mind. ---
**Author:** ![PastAllReason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@PastAllReason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastAllReason)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2006, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-cars-thread/349136/24 "2006-05-09T00:16:14Z")
I’ve been a big fan of the Pixar movies. I’ve got all of them on DVD. I’m not eagerly anticipating this one, and don’t have any definite plans to see it all. Maybe when it goes to the second run theatres. Why? Well, call me a girly girl, but an animated movie about cars and car racing doesn’t do anything for me. It’s not because they are anthropomorphizing objects. Heck, I’m old enough to remember when the first Pixar short with the desk lamp came out. I loved it. I loved the one with the snow globes. But this movie? It’s about cars. And car racing. I feel overwhelmingly meh-ish about the whole thing. It may not actually be so, but from the previews I’ve seen the movie seems to be targeted far more to the XY chromosome set. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2006, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-cars-thread/349136/25 "2006-05-09T06:29:27Z")
> [@PastAllReason](#): > > But this movie? It’s about cars. And car racing. I feel overwhelmingly meh-ish about the whole thing. It may not actually be so, but from the previews I’ve seen the movie seems to be targeted far more to the XY chromosome set. It’s not. As the movie’s tagline says, “Life’s a journey. _Enjoy the ride._” It’s about slowing down and enjoying the things in life, _not_ blowing past them at 200mph. And advanced word says that it’s a tear-jerker that makes everything else Pixar has done before seem like lighthearted jocularity by comparison. I hope it’s not _that_ depressing, myself, but I’m sure it’s got a lot more depth than just zoom-zoom-zoom. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-cars-thread/349136/26 "2006-05-10T19:28:48Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > Love the _Toy Story_ reference on the tires. I can’t see anything. What’s on the tires? And will there be a Pizza Planet delivery truck with LGMs hanging from the rearview mirror? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-cars-thread/349136/27 "2006-05-10T19:31:59Z")
> [@Elendil's Heir](#): > > I can’t see anything. What’s on the tires? _LIGHTYEAR_ ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-cars-thread/349136/28 "2006-05-10T20:06:22Z")
“Buzzard” tires by the Lightyear Tire Company, to be exact. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-cars-thread/349136/29 "2006-05-10T20:31:10Z")
Here’s my one and only concern with the picture- A lot of the success of the past Pixar films is that they show off the unlimted possibilities of computer graphics by taking us to unique and very picturesque/colorful environments. Toy Story I & II, the suburban/urban environment at the miniature scale. We see everything familiar to us but from a miniature perspective. Bug’s Life, again the miniature persepctive but in a rural/nature setting. Finding Nemo, the colorful vivid underwater world of oceans and coral reefs. The Incredibles, a lush tropical green green island with cool grottos, caves, etc. with modern hi-tech badguy fortress. Monster’s Inc, the weakest of the bunch and maybe for this reason. It took us to an unfamiliar place with some dull colors. Nothing too interesting in a warehouse/factory setting. Which brings us to Cars. From the previews it looks like it’s mostly set in the desert (not a very exciting color pallete there) and at racetracks at a normal human scale. While the story is very important, the rest of the movie should still shout “EYE CANDY” especially coming from Pixar. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-cars-thread/349136/30 "2006-05-10T20:58:41Z")
“We never go into these movies thinking, What _haven’t_ we done? Ocean water? OK, let’s do that. That’s thinking from your technical side. We think from our story side.” –Andrew Stanton, director, _Finding Nemo_ (From [“Welcome to Planet Pixar”](http://www.electric-escape.net/node/983)) And I don’t know what previews you’ve seen, but the _Cars_ stuff I’ve seen include desert vistas that took my breath away, second only to the Grand Canyon… ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2006, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-cars-thread/349136/31 "2006-05-10T21:02:22Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > Which brings us to Cars. From the previews it looks like it’s mostly set in the desert (not a very exciting color pallete there) and at racetracks at a normal human scale. While the story is very important, the rest of the movie should still shout “EYE CANDY” especially coming from Pixar. Not familar with the [Painted](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Painted_Desert%2C_Arizona) [Desert](http://astro4.ast.vill.edu/66/97285406.jpg)? ---
**Author:** ![iluvurmom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iluvurmom/32/7276_2.png) [@iluvurmom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iluvurmom)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2006, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-cars-thread/349136/32 "2006-05-17T21:28:29Z")
Yeah that was one of the first things I was drawn to, the previews are never that appealing b/c they are all teasers…they give you littel to nothing besides the visual wonder of the film. Have you looked at the podcasts? They are prett fresh and they will give you more info on the animationa nd behind the scenes stuff. [http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=152605772](http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=152605772)) ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-cars-thread/349136/33 "2006-05-18T06:43:18Z")
[_Time_ magazine reviews _Cars._](http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1194022-1,00.html) ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-cars-thread/349136/34 "2006-05-18T06:47:08Z")
What makes this thread “official”? Is Disney in charge? ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-cars-thread/349136/35 "2006-05-18T15:13:03Z")
In one of the other Cars threads here on the 'Dope, i posted a message stating that i was waiting for “Larry the Cable Guy” to work a “Git 'er Done” into the movie somehow… i was scoffed at well, go to the Cars website and click on “Ads” and load up the NASCAR ad and watch it… go on, i’ll wait… ---
**Author:** ![pizzabrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9c0ed/32.png) [@pizzabrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pizzabrat)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-cars-thread/349136/36 "2006-05-18T15:25:01Z")
> [@MacTech](#): > > In one of the other Cars threads here on the 'Dope, i posted a message stating that i was waiting for “Larry the Cable Guy” to work a “Git 'er Done” into the movie somehow… > > i was scoffed at > > well, go to the Cars website and click on “Ads” and load up the NASCAR ad and watch it… > > go on, i’ll wait… :rolleyes: _alright_! ::gets on knees:: ::unzips:: ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-cars-thread/349136/37 "2006-05-18T18:05:29Z")
I’m impressed that they’ve got Richard Petty himself playing “The King” as a Petty-blue #43 Plymouth Superbird. And I think it’s funny that the lead character is named after Steve McQueen. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-cars-thread/349136/38 "2006-05-18T19:43:25Z")
> [@brianjedi](#): > > And I think it’s funny that the lead character is named after Steve McQueen. Actually, it’s a reference to Glenn McQueen, a Pixar animator who died in 2002. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-cars-thread/349136/39 "2006-05-18T20:36:10Z")
LtCG’s catchphrase aside, i’m really looking forward to this one, i’m a gearhead myself, and i just love the _detail_ that’s gone into this movie, i mean they sweated every little detail, even down to the piston firing order of each car and the exhaust note of the vehicles in question… When Lightning’s driving through the desert in the opening, there’s tire tracks in the clouds, many of the cliffs are carved to look like hoods or tailfins, the V-8 Cafe’s roof over the pumps are a series of pistons holding up head gaskets and valve covers… this one’s gonna’ be good ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-cars-thread/349136/40 "2006-05-18T23:58:09Z")
> [@Walloon](#): > > What makes this thread “official”? Is Disney in charge? Not Disney, Fiat. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-cars-thread/349136.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-cars-thread/349136.md?page=3)