Is Cars a Bad Franchise? - An Analysis of All 3 Cars Movies

[@Ryzard]

Cars ages better the more you learn about racing history. There is clearly so much love put into it for racing, despite the detracting factors.

[@juanin200]

YES, the problem is that most of the Pixar fanbase back then (and even now) don't know a lot about racing or NASCAR, so they think it's a bad movie

[@weiwu1442]

Learning that Michael Schumacher voiced the Ferrari in Gudios shop made that scene hit different

[@juanin200]

@@weiwu1442 Also Mario Andretti has a short cameo towards the end of the movie, and Richard Petty (NASCAR legend) voiced The King. Bob Costas and Darrell Waltrip voiced Bob Cutlass and Darrell Cartrip, they are very well known commentarists in NASCAR as well.

[@LotsOfToubleUsuallySerious]

like Paul Newman dubbing essentially HIS own car in the first movie

[@DemonArshan]

Yeah and learning about HISTORY of racing to "make us feel better and have sympathy" for this franchise doesn't really help, Because at that point you're just trying to convince yourself using real world references.

[@EneTheGene]

The "why is Chick allowed to crash out everyone" problem isn't even a problem. It's a part of the sport. Like real life NASCAR. Crashing out others is a legitimate though debated strategy.

[@notarealspy4090]

Somebody want to tell him about Dale Earnhardt?

[@Latenivenatrix_Mcmasterae]

@@notarealspy4090well yes and that did make me sad but it’s still part of the sport

[@johnnycrown5097]

I wanted to send that... I'm happy someone did... And it's funny to hear this from an American considering you guys have rugby...

[@johnnycrown5097]

I mean, it so obvious that I can't believe he didn't just assume that... I mean everyone saw it and no one said it was against the rules... It's like saying in quidditch, why are the Slytherins allowed to plow into a people... Or again rugby, why are people allowed to slam into each other... It's so freaking obvious, not all sports are the same whereby serious injuries aren't allowed... Most sports pay a lot of money to their athletes because of this reason...

[@johnnycrown5097]

​@@notarealspy4090are we supposed to feel bad for whomever this person is who gets paid a lot of money to participate in this dangerous game??? If sports are meant to be easy and painless, they won't get paid that much for such a nonessential occupation...

[@IronBeagle2003]

I think my biggest problem with Cars 2 was that it only mentions Paul Newman’s passing with a passing glance like “Oh yeah Doc’s dead. Sorry.” Like, Doc was a huge part of the first film and that’s due to Newman’s phenomenal performance. So not only does Cars 3 feel like a proper sequel to the first film, it pays respect to Doc and Paul Newman. I love movies like that.

[@Theover4000]

Same. Cars 2 really felt like a completely separate movie, rather than a mainline cars film…

[@jesustovar2549]

@@Theover4000 Some people thinks it shouldn't be named Cars 2, like, it's a big title.

[@Theover4000]

@@jesustovar2549 I believe that too, I’m no marketing genius but something like “Cars: Maternational” (off the video game) makes more sense. It’s barely focusing on the actual part of cars that matters, McQueen and his racing career…

[@enetonic]

Cars 2 should have been a mater spin off film. Unlike Cars and Cars 3, McQueen is a side character in Cars 2.

[@Theover4000]

@@enetonic absolutely agreed. It was totally a spinoff advertised as a sequel.

[@EvilMike349]

Guido's pit stop is still the coldest moment in cinematic history to this day. Goosebumps every time. I love that guy.

[@shawndashno6022]

I swear it's not just the scene or the joke that makes it work. It's the accent. 😂😂 Just saying it doesn't work. It's ALL about the accent. 😂😂

[@ninjanibba4259]

​@@shawndashno6022why not all of it?

[@LotsOfToubleUsuallySerious]

@@shawndashno6022 *P I T STOP*

[@marvinspower1]

Cringe scene tbh. I even hated it as a kid. Worst scene of the movie...

[@whenursoboreduneedanewlife8343]

@@marvinspower1 massive L take

[@DoxyRuff]

If you ever feel useless just remember there’s buses and taxi cars in a movie where everyone is a car

[@tapgames3465]

It's possible that they are either tour guides, or just guides other cars to their destination

[@mallios13]

Ignoring the fact that all these cars still have doors, and so have interiors intended for humans.

[@hawaiianwater1913]

I just realized this

[@cyborgbob1017]

Buses make since. In the movie they’re kinda like rich people taxis. Taxis themselves however, do not.

[@eddiethefriendlytenderengine]

I think the taxis work by guiding cars to where they need to go. Buses, however? That's a different story.

[@GregInTechnicolor]

Cars 2 was all a dream that was dreamt up by Mater to help him cope with the loss of Doc. That's why it's so focused on him. Classic English Super Mario 2 story.

[@Enea_28]

That's actually a good theory

[@blackgohan1420]

Would be a good theory if Mater was actually shown to be close to doc and actual thought of him as a close friend more than "my friends friend so I'm going to respect him"

[@LemoneVR]

No it is not. It is just the same as "it was all an hallucination!" Or "The main character was in a coma!" ​@@Enea_28

[@JackAtlass]

@@LemoneVR🌝

[@FurKid_the_Gg_roo_99]

​​@@LemoneVRto be fair, how *should* someone logically try to canonically justify the existence of Cars 2 of all things - if they truly feel the need to?? It's a piece of sh!t that was the start of a decline in quality for the 2010s' Pixar films - for the most part, & it's just downright the worst Pixar film in general; almost any justification for it's existence can do!!

[@astrobat1638]

The scariest part about Cars 2 is that it is the darkest film in Pixar history where they showed mutilated corpses of cars and the murder of a car onscreen albeit briefly.

[@whoasked9500]

in fairness Cars 1 did have deleted scenes that showed they would do something relatively similar to that

[@nakedslayer6685]

This made me laugh

[@InkyBlitz]

This guy hasn't seen Toy Story or Toy Story 3.

[@chackbro1]

@@InkyBlitz I think the thing that made Cars 2 stand out to them was the fact that they gave a good character a personality and then they killed them whereas in Toy Story they kill a random toy and in Toy Story 3 they show The inferno which doesn't kill anybody but implies the fate of all other scrapped toys. For me, I'd say WALL-E is the darkest Pixar movie because of how it shows a post-apocalyptic humanity relying on capitalism to the point that they stop living their lives

[@AmaruBlack]

Don’t forget about the lemon party in plain sight

[@despacheeto]

Easily the biggest sin of cars 2 was the lack of racing from the WGP. As a racing fan, seeing Nascar, Rally, F1, LMP and GT cars all in one race is a stupid fun concept and in the first race in Tokyo watching each car pull to its strengths was so amazing and I wanted so much more

[@perminator218]

Cars 2 is extremely good But I think the movie would've worked better as a spinoff rather than a sequel

[@mendozerosu3041]

As a kid, I zoned out from all the mater spy stuff, I was way more invested in the racing with Lightning.

[@The_Raptor]

I can agree, the Cars 2 WGP was basically just a Forza race, any car, any year, just as long as they're all similar in skill/power. And I'd love to see races like that go down, It's just sad the WGP wasn't all that included in the movie.

[@antlionworkerfan2007]

Would have been nice, seeing some of the Finnish rally cars argue over the Italian F1 cars about whether or not a country backroad is a valid race track or not

[@merafirewing6591]

​@@antlionworkerfan2007that definitely would've saved Cars 2.

[@BabyGirlTiny]

My biggest issue with cars 3, is that we don’t see Lightning McQueen a actual racing career. So the ending doesn’t really do what it’s meant to do because we don’t get to see him be a big racer. It’s told to us but we never actually see it

[@ey3z4ya]

Sad part is they shat all over the opportunity to explore McQueen's later years as a racer in cars 2

[@margogoralski6294]

@@ey3z4ya Exactly. And why do so many people call Cars 3 "the bad one" agajn?

[@hassansulaiman3848]

@@margogoralski6294 I think people say the first one is good the second one is bad the third one is ok or mediocre

[@asadaduf]

That was Cars 2's job. Unfortunately...

[@QueenOTheSea]

Hey, if you play Cars: The Video Game from 2006 and some of its sequels, and watch the racing scenes from Cars 2 and pretend the rest of that movie doesn't exist then that's a pretty decent way to experience McQueen's racing career before watching Cars 3!

[@oliyes406]

The opening scene with Real Gone and Mcqueen rolling out of Mack is still one of the coolest things in human history.

[@stepneydr_n.5561]

Agree

[@djpemb]

And the tuner scene

[@quintonconoly]

Only rivaled by the comeback laps during The Big Race

[@curtquarrick3024]

facttsssss

[@finalfroggitapproaches6418]

I was never big on cars (the actual vehicles, not the film series), but I remember sitting in the theater, hearing McQueen rev his engine as the music swells in that scene and thinking “WOAH. That’s the coolest sound ever.” It gave a six year old girl goosebumps, and it still hypes a twenty-four year old woman up to this day.

[@jonathanadair6847]

The first Cars is a true classic.

[@AhmedAamir185]

It's peak cinema!

[@baalfgames5318]

Cars 3 is underrated.

[@darthvader2053]

@@baalfgames5318 seriously

[@QuebecGamer20]

When I was a kid I watched that movie like 3 times a week (AKA too many times)

[@nailinthefashion]

I wish it wasn't so it'd be a bit easier to get Lightning McQueen crocs

[@verde7595]

Shortly after Cars was released, Owen Wilson survived a very publicised suicide attempt. This is reportedly part of why Cars 2 didn't have McQueen much: Pixar wanted to reduce the amount of re-dubbing needed had Wilson not been available, and to reduce the pressure put onto him as a worker. Pretty dark I'd say

[@TheDr502]

Is there an article about this? I still like Cars 2 about as much as the guy who uploaded this video (aka not at all), but I'd definitely be more understanding of the decisions Pixar made with that movie if this is true.

[@SearchforKevinWestleyonYT]

"He won three piston cups!" "He did what in his cup!?"

[@n19ntendods]

😂😂😂 COMEDY GOLD!!! 👌

[@boltthewolf]

😂

[@CarsDiecastGuy]

the scene where comedy peaked

[@vat513]

It's like asking what does the sound of clapping your hands would do good to you.

[@Blankettaper80007]

Remember the scene where Mia and Tia "flashed" Lightning?

[@Bald_Cat2007]

I'ma be real here. At the end of cars 3, when McQueen had a livery to honor doc, I shed a tear

[@vanessasandoval96]

When McQueen learn about how doc crash then it is same thing in cars 3

[@ChillkittzGT]

And it's practically a double tribute, for Doc Hudson in the Cars universe, and for Doc's VA irl.

[@YoungMrBlue]

Wasn’t earned The buildup to McQueen moving on is hollow

[@JasonRamme-g9w]

Cars is a good franchise

[@chackbro1]

Your Cars 2 section was the most entertaining thing involving that movie I've ever seen. The way you broke down how terrible the spies are made me laugh so much. It made the movie actually entertaining

[@nittyclips]

it’s a solid movie you just have bad taste

[@courtemanche437]

I have no idea why but when he talks about the opening at 29:37 and all those cars getting blown up it breaks me down into laughter XD And yeah Nic pointing out how much of an idiot Finn is, especially when he was hoisted up by the helicopter, was hilarious.

[@cardiv5zuikaku944]

Same As I think about it, LEGO Movies have a similar plot idea (A nothing nobody got dragged to a very important mission by a professional) but they have a better way of dealing with it, as the Master builder immediately recognized Emmet was nobody, it just so happens he got attached to the rare artifact to save their world, so they don't have a choice but to bring him, as the movie goes on, Emmet actually helped the plot moving and actually help them get closer to save the universe, and in the end when Emmet finally becomes master builder and actually safe the world is so satisfying.

[@Daniel.Emmanuel10]

I think he was being far too nitpicky in his review.

[@blackgohan1420]

​@@cardiv5zuikaku944 bro you cannot compare those two greatly different things 💀

[@britbongtankie]

Chick Hicks being referred to as a "chick magnet" in the first movie already raised the question of car reproduction

[@YoungMrBlue]

Mix up their blueprints and send it to the manufacturer

[@amduck6894]

@@YoungMrBlue but whos the manufacturer? is it like God or a group of cars that own factories

[@Huddleston07]

​@@amduck6894Me.

[@Speed_311]

​​@@amduck6894Well, Mack does say "Thank the Manufacturer, you're alive!". The way Mack says this greatly implies that the Manufacturer is the equivalent of God in this universe. So yes. It is like a god. I think. I dunno, I'm probably overthinking this-

[@SonicEXEProductions]

I get why you’d question that, but is that all you can think of and not how cars get into relationships in the first place and how the relationships work?

[@SgtAJ218]

8:56 Fun Fact: The scene where Lightning McQueen gives The King a push actually happened 12 years later at the NASCAR 2018 Watkins Glen. Except instead of the Rookie giving the 7-Time Champion a push, it was the 7-Time Champion giving the Rookie a push. Link to Video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJXaq5mGbNSjaZI A beautiful case of life imitating art.

[@ModelY303]

“It’s like poetry, it rhymes.” -George Lucas

[@manuelbonelli3690]

And i think later on the guy who got pushed also became a champion

[@YoungMrBlue]

Ok, that’s heartwarming

[@craigstephenson7676]

Yeah I’m a Chase Elliott fan and that’s all I think about when I remember his first win. Also I’d like to point out he won that race it wasn’t a perfect parallel

[@nick.100]

I mean not really he won the race straight up if anything it’s the opposite of the movie cause essentially his running out of fuel was the king crash Ing and the rookie kept driving and won

[@tomas23769]

I honestly love that you showed the 4:3 version. Seeing Cars in a smaller aspect ratio in a lower quality makes me feel like it's a summer afternoon in the late 2000s and I'm watching cars on my rinky dink tube TV in my living room. As a kid who was born in 08 and earliest memories only go back to 2010, I'm glad I can still get an emulated version of that experience without getting to feel it as it was

[@Jake_Garcia]

Did you just say born in 08??? Earliest memories in 2010???? Goddamn i feel even older now.

[@badman_iiixiii]

Lightning McQueen went through more character development in Cars 1 than many characters go through in an entire series nowadays

[@stepneydr_n.5561]

True

[@sheevhernandez3869]

I agree (believe me a lot of "certain mods) in fnf don't have that cause... Well alot of them are idiots and want some quick fame and don't get me started on mid fight... That mod really never had a good polish. But yeah other fandoms can also have that issue and all. But some defend it for no reason 💀

[@LunarBloodRose27]

​@@sheevhernandez3869what are you talking about

[@thegamingprozone1941]

Lightning McQueen > Rey Dullwalker

[@TheCommissarIsDead]

@@LunarBloodRose27shhh just let him rant,he needs it😂

[@ChatookaMusic]

"what are the odds that McQueen ended up in the same town where the Hudson hornet is hiding" an old friend of mine used to combat arguments like that with "well if things like that didnt happen to the main character, the movie wouldnt be about them, would it?"

[@paperluigi6132]

90% of stories are built around fate and coincidences leading the main character to either the setting or meeting a certain character, and in most cases both at once. Some pieces of media even do some “What If” scenarios about what would happen if things had gone differently.

[@33link333]

@@paperluigi6132 While out in town last week, I met an old friend of mine that I hadn't seen in years. What are the odds of that? it's so unrealistic. God is a terrible writer to come up with something so contrived. Stories wouldn't happen without coincidence, and life is filled with them just the same.

[@speedscampi5217]

You have to suspend disbelief to a point with a movie, you can use that argument for 90% of movies, sometimes coincidences just happen, or sometimes you just need to enjoy the ride

[@RancorSnp]

Precisely. While plot convenience in writing is real, and sometimes can be a detriment to the story. The "what are the odds x happened for the movie to take place" are the most nothing argument people can come up with. The quote your friend used is absolutely perfect, you could also point out that if the odds of this something happening weren't low - there wouldn't be a need to make a movie about it. Not to mention - just because something has low odds, doesn't mean that it can't happen. There isn't an adult person alive on this planet that didn't experience at least one event in their lives that was so unlikely they have never expected it to happen

[@speedscampi5217]

@@RancorSnp I think there’s a line to it also, for example Star Wars the last Jedi where a ship hits a one in a million chance to blast through the star destroyer saving the alliance. This event breaks Star Wars which is why in the next movie they tried to add the line that it’s “one in a million”. This event along with many others in the trilogy break Star Wars. It’s ok to suspend disbelief as long as what your suspending does not fundamentally alter the universe

[@fakeemojace4196]

I think the ending to 3 should've gone like the cut ending but combining it with the realization of "It's cruz's time, not mine" would also nicely parallel how Lightning gave up his first big race for the sake of something more important (helping the King) in cars 1

[@fakeemojace4196]

Which did happen in the final one bit Idk seeing Mcqueen do the trick would've been way too good

[@user-MB17]

⁠​⁠@@fakeemojace4196I think the realisation of “it’s Cruz time, not mine” is ultimately undermined if he ends up winning the race at the end anyway

[@singletona082]

Mater's 'Dents' moment was one of the few actually heartfelt things in Car's 2.

[@djharrisonfb1008]

In your opinion, yes, but that dent was removed in Cars 3.

[@vanessasandoval96]

You mean how lighting McQueen was angry at mater for kicking him and never want his help again

[@santinoeli71506]

Cars not Car's

[@velociraptorxz]

@@djharrisonfb1008wait really?

[@alexo_pog]

@@velociraptorxz yes, its one of many proofs that cars 3 happens after cars 1 and that the writers themselves saw cars 2 as an embarrassing sequel and just started over with more passion

[@anthonyhack1164]

Regarding Chick Hicks, he actually WAS supposed to be disqualified in an earlier script, but they decided to just give him the trophy and show that it was worthless anyway.

[@Saucygremlinsks]

If Chick Hicks was an IRL driver, he’d be Brad Keslowski

[@Mizu-AM]

"cars 2 is a movie" this feels like a controversial take

[@YoungMrBlue]

Hahahaha * - 1 sin *

[@coleseidell9109]

Cars 2 is basically a an ultimate Mater's tall tales

[@andrewhaywood1262]

"Well shoot! You was there too!"

[@TimoXtheMilkman]

You could be right because iirc cars 2 isnt even canon so

[@Living_In_Paradise]

​@@TimoXtheMilkman It is. Y'all juts coping and seething

[@joshmanis9860]

⁠@@Living_In_Paradisethe second was a fever dream mater had

[@oomi9030]

Tbh, Cars 2 kinda feels like Tokyo Mater and Mater Private Eye stitched together and stretched into a full length movie

[@jedbedrock2944]

One quick scene i noticed in a recent watch of Cars 1. Sally mentions how she was well off but not happy. Mc Queen has a really quick but very heart felt reaction before he snaps back. Thats a moment that really hit well.

[@yourcollegedebt8384]

Okay, so I'm just now imagining a version of Cars 2 where it's more along the lines of 1, and focuses mostly on Lightning. It would still have the breakup between Mater and Lightning, and Mater would be missing for most of it. But occasionally, Lightning or one of the characters would ask "Huh, I wonder what Mater's up to?" and it cuts to him in some high-action spy thriller stuff, like him defusing a bomb or making a big escape from armed goons. The race has no conspiraxy, there's plenty of actually good writing throughout, and at the very end, there's Mater covered in black soot, and has an optional thousand yard stare. Lightning asks "Whoah, you look like a bomb exploded in your face. What happened to you?" And Mater, unusually quiet, just says "You don't want to know." Like, seriously, just imagine Larry the Cable Guy saying something like "Why didn't you evacuate the orphanage!?" while Mater is defusing a bomb is making me laugh rn.

[@Double_D__]

I will always defend Cars 1 and 3; my family has a connection to this franchise, as my Dad collects and manages classic cars, Hudsons being his favorite since he grew up with them. Back when Cars 1 was in theaters, my dad made a whole family event out of seeing it: family came over from across the country, we rode in Hudson Hornets to the theater, and we had a fun time watching the movie, and my dad loved all the actual parallels to racing history and Route 66 in the film. And Cars 3 continues on that ethos. It's about coming to terms with your own mortality and helping the next generation find their way. As for Cars 2... the issues it has and the questions it raises irreparably damaged the franchise, and Planes was just a soulless attempt to cash in on the franchise, but even then, those movies have good things going for them.

[@Tigershark_3082]

Seeing a bunch of Hudsons all driving to the movie theater must've been one of the coolest things

[@tessa6347]

Thanks for sharing this memory, it made me share a tear imagining your family and your dad being so invested in this movie

[@khalilmartinez6063]

Cars 2 is underrated and overhated.

[@chaoticmoron-zl6nv]

​@@khalilmartinez6063 yeah It's bad but it's not as bad as people seem to claim and thinks

[@aerostrafe1075]

@@khalilmartinez6063 You can claim its overhated but you can never claim its underrated. Its a bad movie and people can like bad movies. It doen't make it a good movie though. Its Pixar's first fumble and nothing will change that.

[@despacheeto]

The respirator bit makes some sense because real cars need oxygen for their intake and if they take in water they break. However, it's weird for the air bubbles to be coming out of the mouth piece instead of the exhaust pipe where the "exhaust" is expelled

[@user-qz5dv1bw8i]

And organic food existing in cars makes sense too because they might have a body part that acts as a stomach to allow them to consume food and drinks.

[@yossarian00]

​@@user-qz5dv1bw8i but why would they

[@benbrown1430]

"He did WHAT in his cup?" Will forever be my favorite joke in cinema

[@JackAtlass]

😏

[@kw695lh]

Piston cup

[@bryantan863]

It is a shame that Paul Newman is no longer here but he will be in everyone's hearts because he was a great man along with being a great actor.

[@fanofeverything30465]

R.I.P Paul Newman

[@Dylanf1fan]

I'd loved to have a prequal about Doc

[@unlisted9494]

He's still with us on store shelves. Never forget that Newman's own brand products give all profits to charity.

[@jesustovar2549]

To think Doc was Paul's last role after a 5 decade of acting, I'm glad that Cars introduced me to Paul and made me search up for his filmography. The Man was a National Treasure.

[@ShaymonMizu]

the spies meeting in person to exchange the photo actually makes sense because it’s so risky to send something, even like a picture, like that digitally. And since it’s a spy thing, hackers, or the enemy, could intercept it, and receive the photo instead. And that would be detrimental to the mission.

[@MrCalls]

Still it's strange that they'd meet in such a public place. I know that's a regular feature in spy films like Bond, but I don't understand why they can't just go down a dark alley and do it there

[@ShaymonMizu]

@@MrCalls ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ who knows, my guess is they use the public as a sort of cloak, cause an alley would be sus, and they could easily get cornered there, but if they're in public they can use that as their advantage if they need to hide. Just loose them in the crowd. It would make it pretty easy to get away.

[@zonebro6205]

​@@ShaymonMizuThen why did they do it where no-public person was there? Do it in a party, and when no-ones looking, sneak it to the other spie

[@ShaymonMizu]

@@zonebro6205 Bruh…they literally did that…they met at the party to exchange the photo… and it was going to be exchanged in the loo, where there aren’t a lot of people.

[@zonebro6205]

@@ShaymonMizu If their plan was to do it outside of a public area, why not meet somewhere else?

[@PhoenixTwoFiftySix]

Cars 2 is closer to a family guy gag than an actual pixar film

[@impcityangel3245]

This is more exciting than the time I got to do some espionage during an international race!

[@toon4thought]

This is another one of my favorite videos from you because despite still being largely liked by the public, it's become all too hip to look down on this franchise and it really hasn't gone away. So it was refreshing to see someone give the first and third films the praise they deserve, and find some positives to say about the second.

[@kingkoopa64]

Yeah, and I blame youtube reviewers like schaffrillas for ruining any good from it he thought I was worse than onward, FRICKING ONWARD HOW???

[@koda_dawgg]

​@@kingkoopa64that's honestly so crazy. onward is so bad compared to cars.

[@whoasked9500]

ong bro I like Schaff but Onward had to be the most mid and forgettable Pixar movie ever made@@kingkoopa64

[@Cerri22PG]

Finally someone who defends the Cars 3 ending, I grew with McQueen, I was one of the people who wanted him to crush Strom at that race, but when I watched the ending they went for, I couldn't imagine a better way to wrap up the story. As you said, the point of it was the cycle Doc went into and then McQueen did, but learning from what Doc passed trough, as he left his friends and all the world of racing for years until he met McQueen, then he could avoid all of that, choose when to quit and also giving a young racer the opportunity he once had and did not realize what big of a deal it was, simply perfect

[@shinji2898]

Honestly, it’s nice seeing other people agree that the ending of cars 3 is good. So many people claim that it would’ve been better if he had one final race and I never understood why.

[@BrianRanleh]

We hate it cuz its bs. The writers cornered themselves in a corner by making an antagonist that op so they came up with a deus ex machina.

[@Ish_the_drift_boi]

⁠​⁠@@shinji2898 For me personally it’s because in every movie when it was the final race of the movie he never finished it or came first, and they use the final race to teach some sort of life lesson , which I don’t think is wrong it’s a kids movie after all. But I think the problem is (and I could be wrong here) that we never actually got to see him cross that finish line himself for the gold. I mean I know technically he also won in the 3rd race for example but it was on technicality not because he crossed the line himself. I mean they show races in between were he wins races like in the 2nd movie and the beginning of the 3rd but never when it was the “big one” for the story. It just kinda felt under whelming to me, like when a team wins a championship on a technical error from a referee making a bad call or something of that sort. I mean sure he was getting old but first movie showed that you could still be competitive despite not being as young as everyone else in characters like the the King and Chick they were obviously from much older generation then McQueen but that didn’t stop them from being competitive. But anyway to each there own

[@Cowboycomando54]

The ending made no sense because Cruz was a production car that only had it's exhaust cut and had no where near the amount of modifications that Lightning or any other car in that race had to compete as a stock car. She would have been too heavy and slow to even keep up.

[@apagan0075]

Wasn't there a alt ending tho?

[@bigbadseed7665]

Honestly, the part where Mater calls Lightning his best friend like it's the most obvious thing in the world warms my heart every time.

[@Little-Oshawott-2010]

Cars 3 does have a few references to Cars 2.... 1. Mater attending every single Piston Cup race in the movie presumably after fulfilling a promise to Lightning McQueen at the ending of Cars 2 2. Sterling has a picture of Sir Miles Axlerod, the main antagonist of Cars 2 in his office. 3. The Paris kissing couple from Cars 2 appears on Lightning McQueen's TV inside his trailer. 4. Lightning McQueen still has his headlights from Cars 2. 5. Jeff Gorvette makes a cameo and tells Lightning McQueen to win one for the old folks.

[@blissykoopa]

And don't forget about Lewis Hamilton having a cameo in the movie as well.

[@henrythef1guy768]

@@blissykoopa that’s not meant to be the same character. The voice is totally but still

[@blissykoopa]

@@henrythef1guy768 Even though the character name is "Hamilton" it still means Lewis Hamilton is canon in the film, expect he doesn't have a physical form of him, unfortunately.

[@margogoralski6294]

The thing about all of these though is that they can all exist perfectly fine without ANY context of Cars 2, so none of it even definitely proves Cars 2 happened. Stuff like that kissing couple is just them reusing footage from part 2 for a different purpose.

[@DepravedCoTApologist]

Tbf, Jeff Gorvette's real life counterpart, Jeff Gordon, was working for Fox Sports' NASCAR coverage at the time, so it can easily just be a reference to that as well as Cars 2

[@heyitscj7726]

Idea for Car’s 3: One thing that always bugged me about Doc’s death is that other cars who are WAY older than he was were still alive. Like his old trainer. Instead of Doc’s trainer being the one to help McQueen, what if it was the rookie that forced Doc out originally? Maybe he feels guilt for Doc’s accident after the years have past, and heals himself through helping McQueen

[@macgeorge8229]

Some times people just die at difrent ages for no aparant reason.

[@docvolt5214]

It's a flat head V8 engine, being driven hard at the end of its life, he could have threw a rod and that was it. Meanwhile his trainer is a truck, and they never push themselves to the limit daily

[@sonicthehedge]

To be fair, There are parents that have outlived some of their children. For example my Great Grand mother who sadly passed away at the age of 99 outlived a few of my Great aunts/uncles who passed away in their 70s. Just because you are older doesn't mean you'll die of old age first. In the context of cars, there are Car make/models that are just much more durable and better

[@paperluigi6132]

@@sonicthehedgemy father passed away at age 40 a few years before his father at around his mid-70s.

[@Jake_Garcia]

Good insight about the rookie, but as for doc, i believe he was already sick/not 100% in the first movie so we can assume he passed at a relatively younger age than his peer's average life expectancy

[@thegirlofmanyfandoms99]

I feel like Sheriff and Sarge were there as, like, bodyguards for Doc. Like, if someone recognized him and came up to him, Sheriff and Sarge would protect Doc from any hassle.

[@passengerseatreviews]

Why is no one giving props for what a well written, engaging, thorough and well done analysis of the movies this is. Honestly great work mate I enjoyed every second of this.

[@lennysummers]

Yeah this was an amazing video

[@MichaelStrawn_I_am]

When you talked about your 4th gripe on the first cars movie you have to remember that in NASCAR you’re able to get away with such actions because there are no rules prohibiting them. Crashing into other cars is just another strategy. Essentially, the only rule is you cannot go over the yellow line.

[@whoasked9500]

to be fair in the 2000s in real life Chick would probably have been penalized considering NASCAR had a different philosophy on dirty racing than they do now

[@Trilobiteer]

Something small I love about Cars is that it's McQueen's own toy of himself that causes him to get lost on the way to the big race and one of the first things that happens when he gets to Radiator Springs is his lightning bolt, his image of himself gets covered up by molten tarmac, they're small things but I really think they represent part of what is happening to McQueen, his arrogance leading to his downfall, being removed by the town and allowing him to grow into a better person (car?), I just think they're great visual metaphors for the story overall and I love it.

[@lightishredgummi9654]

I like the ending we got for 3. mcqueens point was that he didn't want to be TOLD he was done, the most satisfying and less cliche way to wrap that idea up is for him to CHOOSE to step away from being a racer. having him win against all odds in this case would be something done purely for the excitement of it rather than the thing that just makes sense. it works as a "starting from the bottom" underdog story, not quite as much for an "I've been AT the top until now" one unless you simply want to see the main character win.

[@DavidBContentExtravaganza3967]

He did say he's going to keep racing so he's not stepping away from it. That's what he decides in the end after he and Cruz win the race. He wouldn't be the same if he's not racing because it's part of his character which would never change.

[@protoharry552]

Regarding the Finn McMissile respirator thing, internal combustion engines require air to operate and the cars have been shown to have engines so that one, to me, actually makes sense.

[@simplegaming6116]

🤓

[@TeenWithACarrotIDK]

@@simplegaming6116 still makes sense.

[@Muhluri]

I mean, they literally kill one of the spies by destroying his engine block

[@H_Is_A_Letter_That_Is_Cool]

The The first time you have a

[@fishandchipsinnit]

that's also why some off-road cars have snorkels. just like humans use snorkels. because we both need air

[@tocino-kk3yt]

Life is a highway, I’m going to ride it all night long.

[@copyboy1327]

Thinking about the why they’re cars reminds of how good character design is made. I feel that the use of the different individual models of each car allows the audience to more easily understand each character. I love how age is portrayed with older models of cars and how each of the main cast have pretty unique silhouettes.

[@TheDr502]

Just to add onto this sage point about Cars' character designs, I love how they placed the cars' eyes in their windshields. I recall reading some complaints about Pixar placing the cars' eyes in their windshields, claiming that their eyes should've been in their headlights. Placing their eyes in their headlights would've made the characters' eyes too small, like they're squinting. They therefore would've looked lifeless, creepy, and expressionless, possibly even snake-like or reptilian. By placing the eyes in the windshields, the cars' eyes are more anthropomorphic. Their eyes are much bigger and sillier. Thus, Pixar was able to make the vehicles look friendlier, funnier, cutesier, more cuddly, more expressive, and most importantly, more sympathetic. Clearly, it worked, given that Disney/Pixar have earned $20 billion+ from Cars movies and ancillary markets. Cars isn't quite 20 years old yet, but it's made close to what Star Wars has earned, despite Star Wars being a good 20+ years older. The series has earned about as much as other popular franchises such as Mario or DBZ. Whether you're watching animated content from Japan, Canada, the US, or France, cartoon characters tend to have large eyes because large eyes make them funnier and more expressive. Big windshield eyes worked great in other animated car shorts like One Cab's Family and Susie the Blue Coupe. It's a common design philosophy that, for good reason, has endured since the days of Felix the Cat and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit.

[@copyboy1327]

@@TheDr502 This point reminds me of that one car in the market in Cars 2.

[@che3se1495]

I really hate the "Why are they cars?" argument. The story quickly falls apart if you actually think it through. Why would lightning be in his race car between races for transportation? That isn't how race drivers travel between races. There's also no reason for lightning to have trouble with repaving the road, he would simply get out of his race car, get into a better suited vehicle, and pave the road.

[@Living_In_Paradise]

​​​@@che3se1495 Also Cars 2 with the engine photo, that's basically how they identify the mastermind and Cars 3 McQueen would just have to change his old race car for a modern new gen one Actually none of McQueen's friends would have to retire or be fired they could just change their old race cars for new gen ones

[@Living_In_Paradise]

​​@@copyboy1327 That was basically to poke fun at talking car desings that have the eyes in the headlights and how weird they would look in the Cars artstyle lol

[@thelankylegendshow182]

18:38 I think the reason why Sally didn't go is, most likely, she was still upset with Doc. We last saw her storming off after Doc called the people running the Piston Cup, telling them where Mcqueen was - and, seeing as Doc had also asserted himself as Mcqueen's new crew chief, I imagine Sally probably wanted to go but hadn't really forgiven Doc yet

[@SentientMeatloaf1]

If he’s actively trying to make up for his mistake then I don’t see where the conflict is. Not unless Sally is just being petty and refusing to forgive him, even in the face of going to support the car she obviously has a thing for. Either that, or she wanted to keep lightning in town indefinitely, which is kinda F’ed up. What was she really hoping for? That he would never leave to go to this huge important race?

[@Banondax]

It also could be just that she really didn't want to go back to Cali anymore.

[@ethanbeverley1943]

I personally always thought it might be because they need someone to stay back and run the town, but then I realised - why not keep Sheriff there? That's what he's there to do.

[@theparadigm8149]

Yes, and they also needed someone to govern the town while he was gone. Lizzie and Red were the only others from the town that stayed back, and do you really trust them to keep watch?! Red is too shy and Lizzie has dementia, so…

[@theparadigm8149]

@@ethanbeverley1943 Dang, I didn’t even read your reply before I made mine, I swear! We have the same theory

[@Starblockss]

10:20 You forgot to mention the second part where Mcqueen rants about rusty old cars, which hurts Mater's feelings in the scene. At the end he sticks to his old sponsor because it's a brand with products that help maintain old rusty cars.

[@gravygraves5112]

On the note of the spies being bad spies. It's inspired by the older Bond movies. Bond and the other spies in that IP get into a lot of large scale gun fights with explosions that any actual spy would avoid and drive extremely flashy cars that stick out like sore thumbs on most streets. They also don't always fit in with their surroundings (been several times Bond has been to places where he looks very different from everyone else and does not try to cover up his appearance at all) and use their actual names

[@Rockaway-v6k]

Yeah John Lasseter grew up with classic spy thrillers from the 60s-80s

[@jesustovar2549]

Cars 2 is what actually got me into James Bond and action spy thrillers as a kid.

[@thewerepyreking]

Also, Cars 1 is the plot of Doc Hollywood. I'm surprised people don't bring this up more often, it's basically an adaptation. It's clear where their influences are - movies they loved when they were kids/younger

[@ExternalDialogue]

I feel like Cars 2 can be enjoyed pretty well as long as you dont try to take it too seriously, the movie doesn't really take itself very seriously either. Its still a problem as it sticks out so much in the lineup of it and the other 2 movies but in a vacuum its not really that bad.

[@graymonk5972]

being a yeehaw southerner who grew up watching nascar, the cars movies always have a soft spot for me. i think a lot of people who don’t know about stock car racing and general southern small town vibes don’t fully get the meanings of the og Cars. but it was definitely a huge part of my childhood

[@Saucygremlinsks]

As a young man who grew up racing figure 8’s on small time asphalt at a reasonably sized asphalt speedway in colorado(colorado national speedway) I get where you are coming from brother!! This movie also holds a special place in my heart as well!! Trust me bro we are 2 in the same..

[@TheOldScrapIron]

32:45 - 33:28 The lemons’ plan B always made sense to me because it’s a backup. In their mind the chances of their main plan failing would be second to none. McQueen said, on live television, that he would use Allinol during the London race because he believed it was safe after Filmore checked it. The lemons had no reason to believe he would not use Allinol, nor that their plan would fail. When it does, Professor Z is completely shocked and tells Grem to transition to their backup plan. If you watch the scene at the pits closely, Mater is parked right next to a tank of Allinol. When McQueen shows up right in front of him, Professor Z tries to activate the bomb while all three are in close proximity to each other. When Mater suddenly runs off, Zundapp is caught off guard again. But while McQueen is chasing him and gaining, he realizes he can still make the plan work and tries again when McQueen is inches behind Mater. But it turns out they were now out of range. Making Mater blow up out on the track wasn’t the original plan B. He was supposed to explode in the pits while McQueen and the fuel were in close proximity. The explosion would have likely destroyed most of the evidence of the bomb, and most people would have concluded that it was the fuel that caused it based on the previous accidents. It wasn’t the most foolproof plan but the lemons didn’t think it had to have been. If their A plan worked out the bomb would have just added to the perceived danger of Allinol, along with the removal of a potential threat (Mater).

[@pirate_cove_man]

"Mater is actually funny in Cars 1" Of all the languages available to be spoken on this planet called Earth, you really chose to speak facts

[@sirembrum49thegreatmoth2]

KACHANG!! ... AH!

[@Feartheviper]

A hairpin is a type of tight corner, it’s an ubiquitous racing term hence why it was used and included. Also crashing people out is not an illegal manoeuvre in NASCAR/stock car racing which is what the first movie’s race is based on.

[@simula152]

the type of corner is NAMED after an ACTUAL HAIRPIN SO IT STILL DOES NOT MAKE SENSE. The Hairpin came first.

[@ronha9181]

​​@@simula152yeah but you can't ignore a textbook term from racing world, or road in general.

[@acog_quarks8753]

It is an illegal move, nascar was just inconsistent with when they enforced it.

[@ColdFuse96]

Cars 1, as you said, was a love letter to classic Americana that touched the hearts of everyone. Cars 2 was the "LETS ADD GUNS TO IT!!!" movie. It was basically their Shadow the Hedgehog!!!

[@TheDr502]

Like Shadow the Hedgehog, Cars 2 was also an unmitigated disaster. It's almost like taking a goofy, fun, and lighthearted series and turning it into an edgy, grimdark series full of explosions and bullet holes is a bad idea.

[@blackgohan1420]

​@@TheDr502wasn't really edgy or grim dark at all it had dark elements because it's a spy "cars" movie actually majority of the movie was the opposite of edgy or grim it was either bright or fun

[@thelunaticcultist5157]

Hey, I appreciate you showing the LEGO movie as an example while talking about movies that were made to push toys. The LEGO movie was absolutely a movie meant to make people buy more LEGO but it’s such a good and hilarious movie that I thoroughly enjoyed that it doesn’t really matter.

[@amusedapple4933]

Didn’t even realize it was an ad at first viewing but like.. the funniest part is that it KNOWS it’s an ad but again it’s still good

[@HaughtyToast]

The "Why are they cars? This story could have easily been made with people." question kind of bothers me because the stories told in the first, third, and even the Planes films are all tried and true stories that HAVE already been told with humans time and time again. Happiness and Cyanide even took a swing at it. Cars decided to make the characters cars because it makes the movie stand out. I haven't seen people talk about other racing movies as much as cars ever so clearly it was the right choice even if not all the things said about it are good.

[@vilakshangoel]

Can you link the video

[@roxanne_]

Not only does it make the movie recognizable and stand out, but it humanizes something that isn’t even alive. That takes a lot of creativity and imagination to flesh out nonliving machines and create a very simple and human film. We understand the plot and it is realistic enough to buy it. The characters are likable, realistic, and designed well enough for marketability and popularity. No really mentions these aspects of movies and the creative intent behind them. Sometimes we need to take a step back and put ourselves on how someone could tackle something so nonsensical like talking cars and make it into a movie.

[@summerwoodsmusic]

I was also thinking….could The Lion King be told with human characters? Of course. But lions are just awesome.

[@HaughtyToast]

@@summerwoodsmusic It has been told with human characters. It's Hamlet.

[@complex2live]

"Do they milk the tractors?" -The best criticism ever spoken.

[@margogoralski6294]

I've said this before, but I'll say it again, I cannot thank you enough for this video, Tug. As a nearly lifelong Cars fanatic, this deep dive brought a tear to my eye, and further made me feel proud and excited to be a Cars fan. So glad that it's finally returned.

[@santinoeli71506]

HEY I'M SO SORRY FOR MISTAKING LIFELONG AS LIFETIME!!!!!!!!😪😪😪😪😪😪😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@margogoralski6294]

@@santinoeli71506 Ok

[@Miltypooh2001]

What I love about cars is that it pretty much relates to Nascar drivers from a rookie making a name for themselves under a mentor, to becoming pros then retiring and becoming mentors themselves to guide the next generation of Nascar racers, it really becomes full circle

[@JamestheParodyMaker7446]

3:40 One of the best moments in Cars. Thanks to the important life lessons from the townsfolk in Radiatior Springs, McQueen sacrificed the Piston cup to help the King, so he would end his career on a high note and that he wouldn't suffer the same fate as Doc. That moment alone shows just how much McQueen changed from a cocky stubborn racer from someone with empathy to help his fellow racer.

[@austinbickle5060]

Another good pay off in the first film is that in the first race we see McQueen only stop for gas, no tires. But in the second race we see him stop for tires, no gas, showing how he stopped being a one man show and also showing how much he trusts the crew from Radiator Springs

[@Sky-Queen]

I like Cars 2 purely for nostalgia's sake. I am more than aware of its problems, but so many of the scenes have become iconic for me after watching it almost nonstop as a kid because my brother was absolutely obsessed. I like the first and third movies way more, but the whole series is good to me.

[@Supersd_]

Cars 2 is actually my favourite

[@mariannebec9871]

sameee

[@moonbased7796]

Honestly same. Yeah sure Cars 2 has flaws (all of the movies do) but honestly I can’t hate it as much compared to most people. I remember when I was a kid (I was a kid when the first two movies came out and was about to become an adult when the third came out) I had an Cars 2 themed beach towel, I don’t remember what happened to the towel but I remember loving it

[@micahlewis8775]

I can't agree with you more than this. I love the entire franchise, I think it's filled with so many things that I can relate to and just overall enjoy. And even though Cars 2 was a flop, I still enjoy it because without it, the franchise wouldn't feel complete. Even when I binge-watch them all, I have to watch the 2nd one to have sort of a "Rising Action" to the 3rd. It's honestly satisfying. 😂

[@noxturne16]

cars 2 will forever be my favorite, something about the insanity of all the different cars and racing (i also love spy movies) made me adore the movie as a kid

[@highlighterjelly]

i had a weird reaction to Cars 2. i loved it when i first saw it in theaters. i was 6, Cars was my favorite franchise, and i loved it for years after. around the time i was 12/13, i started to dislike it. i thought Mater was annoying, and i didn't like how different it was to the original. but now in 2024, i'm almost 20 and i honestly love the movie again. ofc i see problems in it. i understand why people don't, and why people say it's a bad movie. but i still love it. it's one of the few i can watch in one sitting and always enjoy it

[@jaredpoon5869]

One thing I have to note, which I enjoyed, was that Lightning never actually retires at the end of Cars 3. Certainly, he's older and is training Cruz, but he hasn't decided to quit just yet. And what I liked about that note was that it also fulfilled that somewhat hanging bit of Doc's arc, where even though his happiest time was coaching Lightning, he still had a lot of racing ability left in him.

[@chichizekitty5694]

I watched Cars 3 for the first time, literally last night, and I gotta say, out of the 3 endings you talked about, They definitely chose the best ending. It was a perfect wrap-up of the character of Lightning, He went from a one man team, I can do anything myself, to a student, to a champion, and then moved on to be a teacher.. And I LOVED That for him.. Did not like him taking on Docs colours and name though.. it was a little too "Hey look, he's acting like what his mentor was for him".. but I guess its a kids movie after all

[@BOTNature]

yeah thats what i thought as well, like doc said; Mcqueen and doc are not the same, mcqueen has a different personality, he shouldn't try to revive something that is dead, just move forward, and become a different and perhaps better mentor (for cruz)

[@BabyGirlTiny]

We never seen him become a champion though

[@chichizekitty5694]

@@BabyGirlTiny In movies, you don't really have to SEE something happening, for it to be true ^^

[@jensennguyen02]

I did think that him taking doc's look worked because cars 3 really goes out of its way to show how much lightning respected him. The ultimate pay off of that is that he decides to embrace who doc was with cruz, the visuals also I think just look great on him in my opinion

[@pistincup352]

In my opinion, the trilogy is extremely underrated

[@liladoodle]

As I said on the original, the WGP was going to have five races. The Russia & Germany races were cut for time and the Britain race was moved to the end.

[@Zacman1123]

Well that's frustrating

[@Mrcdndbwb]

69th like

[@NitroIndigo]

The Art of Cars 2 says they cut the Paris race. Where did you get your information from?

[@SplashCinder]

that doesnt fix anything but sure, whatevs

[@mildly_miffed_man1414]

I hate that. It’s literally called Cars. Why are we not seeing cars doing car stuff.

[@henrythef1guy768]

I really don’t think Chick Hicks should have been disqualified for wrecking other cars, because this sport is based on NASCAR, a sport filled with drivers who have habits of causing crashes. Kyle Busch, Kevin Harvick, Joey Logano, even Dale Earnhardt, sr., they all have/had tendencies to take out other drivers. And up until last year, none of them were penalised. But, yeah, for causing The King to have his hard crash, he should have been disqualified from the race *and* the season results, akin to what happened between Michael Schumacher and Jacques Villeneuve at Jerez in 1997.

[@wyattgoralski818]

Hey, man. Any other thoughts you'd wanna share on the video here?

[@henrythef1guy768]

I am writing the script for a kinda-sorts response video to Schaffrillas’ “Why Cars is a conceptually bad franchise” video. I will do it in his film analysis style and will at-least-almost directly quote this video multiple times.

[@craigstephenson7676]

I would like to point out that under NASCAR rules McQueen should’ve won that piston cup. A crash that bad would definitely cause a caution even on the last lap, freezing the field (by this point race to the yellow was banned) with Lighting in first.

[@geokim8590]

​@@henrythef1guy768would love to see that video, It would be interesting to see how you combat schafrillas points

[@dixie5761]

​@@henrythef1guy768Are you still going to make that video?

[@yeoobabab404]

I think i totally agree with you, everytime i watched Cars 2, it feels non-canon to the Cars trilogy, and it just feels like another episode of Mater's Tall Tales

[@27Games23]

When my camp watched cars, the scene where guido gives McQueen a pit stop had the entire camp clapping for him after he was finished. It was awesome

[@speed12gaming16]

Totally understand the feeling of betrayal when coming to grips with cars 2’s shortcomings. As a kid, I absolutely loved the movie. I had recently gotten into F1 and seeing the likes of Lewis Hamilton, Francesco, and David Hobbs (who was one of the voices of American F1 commentary) in my childhood franchise was surreal. This movie was just a long Mater’s Tall Tale and unraveled the beautiful universe the first one created. What stung the most was the lack of respect they gave Doc’s death in this one. Really stung once the nostalgia washed away and it kinda tainted my view of the third one

[@vladvulcan]

Thanks for the great work! Cars 1 is a golden classic, and I can also quote every line. Cars 2 is goofy, but also good (I love the action). Cars 3 is ... deep, but I felt like something was missing. I wished they kept the ending with McQueen racing in Dinoco colors and winning the race (although then he had to confront Cruz... ouch)

[@speedscampi5217]

I felt the same way about 3 at first, especially as someone who grew up on the Cars series who just wanted to see Storm get dusted. I rewatched it again recently and I realized the empty feeling was just the bittersweet feeling the movie is intending to make you feel. It isn't just a cinematically awesome story of McQueen defying time and beating storm, its kinda just real. Eventually there is going to be someone better than you at what you love, and its best to live life on your terms. A huge theme was McQueen not wanting to go out like Doc, where he lost the chance to end his career on his terms due to tragedy/ being forced to retire to preserve his brand like Sterling wanted. McQueen still got what he wanted in the end, he went out on his own terms and gave Cruz a chance to live her dream. As the viewer, of course you just want to see McQueen comeback and dust Storm, but I think the movie ended up having a better message by McQueen realizing his time was coming and ended his career in a way Doc did not get the chance to. The last scene of McQueen wearing similar paint to Doc is the perfect scene to end on

[@vladvulcan]

@@speedscampi5217 I agree. Not sure if changing the cars mid-race is legal, maybe in their world is like changing a driver in real NASCAR races.

[@speedscampi5217]

@@vladvulcan yeah true, but at the same time if a tow truck got jet boosters with 0 training and while holding McQueen he’d probally crash or at the very least kill McQueen so I don’t think there are really rules for that universe 😂 Also I’m pretty sure Smokey says smth like “the number has to be out there it doesn’t matter who wears it” so there’s that too

[@vladvulcan]

@@speedscampi5217 I heard the saying, I'm just wondering if this is relatable to real life.

[@joshuaW5621]

Tug freaking out over the glasses of beer is the funniest part of the video.

[@setheatontheautobot4586]

To answer the question about the dinosaurs: Yes, they did exist, otherwise, Dinoco wouldn't have been made. Although, I wonder why they did car dinos in the Cars on the Road show when Dinoco has a flesh dinosaur on it.

[@lankyboy90]

I think Dinoco was more of a convenience plot wise to link it to the wider Pixar multiverse. Dinoco is seen multiple times in both Toy Story and Wall-E iirc

[@brandontan2335]

Also Dinoco is a reference to the irl fuel used for NASCAR, Sunoco

[@lethauntic]

The bizarre thing about the "why are they cars, tho" sentiment is that not everything needs an overt message behind it. _"Oh well, you see, we decided to make the movie about cars-- the characters themselves being the cars, because we wanted to comment on... capitalism and the overwhelming desire to scratch your face when you have no arms. Listen, our writers are striking again and our social media manager was the only one in the office that day",_ which isn't necessarily good or bad, commentary in general, but there's a time and place. Not that it needs to be a commentary of course, Inside Out is a good example. It doesn't need to mean anything in itself. The characters are just cars. It leads to creative animation, which I'm glad you pointed out. Again, it doesn't *_need_* to mean nothing, but there's nothing wrong with it meaning nothing. It just is, and that's cool.

[@emersoninfinitystone5785]

"KA-CHOW!" ⚡⚡⚡ To answer 18:37 *"Why did Sally not go to Los Angeles at the end?."* It was probably for the best she didn't so as to not be a visual distraction for Lightning during the race. Knowing how close they'd become by the end of the film, him daydreaming of her basically proved that. Plus there still needed to be somebody to stay and manage the town to take care of things.

[@diegosanchez5412]

I also heard from another comment that if Sally went to the race, Radiator Springs would only been populated with an old lady and a non-verbal red firetruck.

[@ilikeminecraftgaming9331]

@Diego Sanchez I agree,I think she stayed behind to keep a eye on them and the town.

[@TheRonin2024]

​@Diego Sanchez they have a name too lizzie and Red

[@callum110597]

Also, Sally said out loud she wasn't happy in California.

[@Creative_StudioMic]

I think, Cars 2 could be reworked pretty nicely, so Mator wouldn't end up annoying. They could have showed him from a different side, like Dori, just like you said. Also no this darn mistake with a spy, because he and Mator don't look remotely the same, they're even different car models! The spy is a small compact car and Mator is a darn tow truck. It would be better this way: Main villians - guys hired by McQueen's rival (Chick, for example), to take McQueen out of the Grandprix race. You know, racing is competitive sport, and where is competition, there's always people who are ready to play unfairly (for example, boosting themselves with different substances or removing strongest opponents by setting up injuries). These guys meet McQueen and Mator at the hotel they were booked in, and introduce themselves as hotel staff. Once they settle in, Mator goes off to chat with other hotel guests and explore the hotel itself, when he gets into the "staff only room" (curiosity, the sign doesn't stop him, something like: "just for a sec, they won't see me.") And he accidentally overhears the conversation of the hired guys, when they talk about purposely injuring McQueen right before the race. And this can show Mator from a different side - as a not very smart, but genuinely caring friend, who just leaves everything to protect McQueen from the danger, while not stressing out his friend as well (because he's already stressed out with nearing race and some other conflicts). It has place for cute and serious moments, and can show a comic-relief character from a more serious side.

[@user-zz3ii8xy3v]

Cars 2 is still better than half of what the thomas franchise has let out in my opinion

[@ThomasAndRandomRobloxGames]

lol

[@josephmarrison4606]

Amen.

[@vanessasandoval96]

No I disagree about cars is a nice hood thing I like 1 2 and 3

[@Zacman1123]

Agreed

[@thebluefool]

U mean recently right

[@nomansland1494]

I remember being one of the people that thought mcqueen should’ve won the last race on his own, but as time went on I began to appreciate and love the ending we got in the final version.

[@seymourpant]

I don't get how you can ignore the massive plot problems in Cars 3: 1. Cruz, like McQueen, should be physically inferior to the new-gen racecars, given the fact that she's not a racecar - she's a sportscar. 2. It makes no sense that you can substitute one athlete for another halfway through a race. This is just not a believable plot point. Bonus flaw: Cruz mirrors Anakin in the Phantom Menace: a tagalong that ends up in the climax somehow and doesn't actually deserve to be an 'equal' to the other characters. Out of place, annoying, show-stealing.

[@PaperBanjo64]

In NASCAR relief drivers are a thing...a driver can start the race, but a different driver can get in the car and finish the race, but...in the Cars Universe this SHOULD NOT be legal as the car is the driver...also the deleted scene with Sterling discovering Cruz makes more sense because he could be lying and firing Lightning because Cruz would race for less money.

[@mrBluesky1986]

Heck yeah brother, im not alone you get it

[@MugmanTheMugOfficial]

Cope

[@seymourpant]

@@MugmanTheMugOfficial do you have an argument?

[@ItzzzBeamo]

Another neat thing about the first movie was the inclusion of particular voices for roles, like how the Rust-Eze guys sponsoring Lightning are Tom and Ray Magliozzi, the Tappet Brothers Click & Clack for the car-repair radio podcast Car Talk, and lightning's old manager Harv in the UK was voiced by Top Gear's/The Grand Tour's Jeremy Clarkson. Make's Enthusiasts point at the screen like "They did that!"

[@keeveekoomoo2083]

I think cars 2 would have benefited severely from being a spinoff movie, with a lack of mater, but just a spy movie in the cars universe. As explained in this video, it doesn't really work as a sequel because it doesn't explore any relative themes to the first movie, but as a spinoff, it would have been given some freedom to be different, with different expectations.

[@mrs.dollkiller]

Yeah I agree with this, Pixar really needs to understand the universe of this movie

[@1685Violin]

I actuality enjoyed the 2nd film mostly because of the humor and fast paced action. Does hold a candle to the first? I don't know really. I haven't watched the third movie though yet.

[@harshlarose6670]

​​@@1685ViolinIt's mostly that it doesn't fit thematically, and undermining the intelligence of spies. Very minor issues that could be easily fixed by switching the A and B plot and changing Mater's motives for the spy stuff. There is also the universe breaking stuff but that is only if you focus too much on smaller details, not a problem for most studios but this is Pixar, known for attention to detail. All of this was explained in the video btw.

[@evergreen4103]

On the "why are they cars" question it really stuns me how little people bring up what clicked with me when i watched these movies. Kids, especialy young boys, anthropomorphise objects all the time. Particularly if those objects move and have "faces" like many cars do. Thats why i never even questioned the premise of this world because it was how I already thought about my own world

[@annoyingginger5077]

Fun fact: In the German Dub Lightning McQueen is dubbed by Daniel Brühl and The King is dubbed by Niki Lauda, an Austrian F1 legend. Daniel plays Niki in the 2013 film 'Rush', which recounts Niki's rivalry with James Hunt and includes a scene recreating Niki's 1976 German grand prix accident, a horrific fireball crash. So overall, that end scene is literally the guy who later played Niki voicing a character who pushes a character voiced by Niki across the line. Also Mika Häkkinen makes a cameo instead of Mario Andretti and Michael Schumacher, of course, revises his role as he also does for the Italian dub, which makes sense since Michael won so much with Ferrari in f1. Ps. I literally grew up with the uk dub and my German compression is crap, but I understood enough to sit through however long the first cars film is while understanding only odd words or phrases.

[@Pufftarot]

Say what you want about Cars 2, but the single fact that Finn McMissile, the single coolest dude in the universe was spawned from it, makes it good.

[@boltthewolf]

Facts

[@randompersonxy1033]

His theme is just too good

[@shiningstone6771]

Holley Shitfwell is so sexy and attractive. I like her when she speaks English with Italian accent.

[@AbsoluteRatBastard]

@@shiningstone6771Chill, man. It’s a vehicle

[@AnAncientCatBoi]

​@@shiningstone6771Bro it's a car 😭 chill tf out

[@artsyhoodies]

Cars 3 really said "What Cars 2?" and we love it for that.

[@Manstam]

Well since this is a reupload, i wanna say: i love this review. it actually goes in depth instead of making extremely vague arguments that dont mean anything and can be applied to literally any series

[@savagegunner9040]

I love the involvement of people involved in motor sports. Like Darrel Walltrip, Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt Jr. and even the Michael Schumacher cameo

[@NitroIndigo]

I think A Bug's Life is another one of Pixar's classics that's a black sheep. It's not hated, but hardly anyone ever talks about it.

[@MugmanTheMugOfficial]

After rewatching the movie, I’m having a hard time understanding why this is the case. My only 2 gripes is how flik’s and Atta’s relationship doesn’t feel that genuinely imo, and the liar revealed plot. Other than that, this movie is a very top tier movie, and I’m tired of pretending it’s not

[@gilbertmartinez57]

Say what you guys want about Cars 2 but you can't deny it's got killer soundtrack! One of my favorite pieces of music is the end where they have the final race in Radiator Springs!

[@DavidBContentExtravaganza3967]

Not to mention it's villains.

[@SMFH999]

Cars 2 trash

[@ethancatalan4259]

Weezer’s cover of a song from “The Cars” rubs me the wrong way on so many levels 😐

[@gilbertmartinez57]

How so? I find it catchy.

[@koda_dawgg]

​@@ethancatalan4259its still crazy to me that its weezer covering the song, lol. i don't mind the cover version, though.

[@raphaeldagamer]

I had surgery last summer, nothing urgent, an optional surgery to deal with a condition called pectus excavatum. I was in the hospital for 3 days afterward. I decided to watch Cars on one of these days since I was 17 at the time and set up in the children's recovery ward. I never realized how much I loved the scene with Doc racing around Willy's Butte until the scene came up and all the machines I was hooked up to started going bonkers and beeping like I was about to explode. I paused the movie to look thinking "was I so excited I forgot to breathe for a few moments?" No. My heart rate was at 145 bpm. That is how much I love this movie.

[@ShockInazuma]

40:00 Because it’s a hairpin turn, that’s why the announcer calls it that. A hairpin turn is basically a very sharp u-turn.

[@XhoiZhuleku]

Still doesn't make sense for the word "hair" to exist in this universe.

[@thesudriana016]

Pixar's Cars really do represent Americana and racing. Doc has to be my favorite character from the the film series and it still blows me away how the film people got the some real racers to voice some of the characters. Also, you kinda forgot to mention how George Carlin (Filmore in the first film) and Teresa Gallagher (on the second film) who originally voice acted on Thomas prior in different eras had worked on this film series.

[@cookiedoujones7538]

Being able to see the potential in things is truely a curse. I saw it in this movie, in ghostbusters 2016, in damn near every bad tv show, game, and movie. And thats worse than just going "Oh, that kinda sucked" Because now Im left with the question of what if. And then I cry cuz Im passionate about art 😭

[@billofwrights7695]

Finn McMissile is essentially the James Bond of the Cars world.

[@akyer8085]

Someone had an idea to make a Cars 2 movie themed around the 4 punk tuner cars that messed with Mack shown in the beginning of Cars 1. Those 4 tuner cars are the whole reason that kickstarted McQueen's journey to personal growth. Exploring the world of tuner cars and street racing in Tokyo would be a lot more fitting than a spy thriller action movie centered around the conspiracy of lemon cars holding oil monopoly.

[@1995ToyotaCresta]

I mean why not. Most of Cars is happening in the USA, a huge portion of Cars 2 was happening in Europe, now all we need is a movie from the Cars franchise set in Japan

[@DLASH17]

cars 4: Tokyo drifting (ignore the Mater's Tall Tales one)

[@David_Mattox]

I remember watching the movies in preparation for this video, and I gotta say I agree with your ranking: 1) Cars 3 2) Cars 3) Cars 2 Side note, I still remember how the name Sir Nigel Gearsley was dropped during the Italy race. I appreciate that little nod as a train fan.

[@Lampironstudios215]

same here but that might mean the flying scotsman and even mallard might exist in the cars universe

[@David_Mattox]

@@Lampironstudios215 That… might actually be cool to see. Think they would have embedded faces like Mallard in the Railway Show book?

[@Lampironstudios215]

@@David_Mattox they may do.

[@kingkoopa64]

@@Lampironstudios215 so was there a car alan pegler. So that's kinda cool

[@Lampironstudios215]

@@kingkoopa64 and sir William mc. Alpine

[@Saucygremlinsks]

When this movie came out when I was 13 it was pure nostalgia!! I couldn’t get a ticket for two weeks two see it.. when I finally saw it I balled like a baby.. I grew up racing figure 8’s out at an asphalt track called Colorado national speedway in Eerie, CO.. won the local circuit championship twice before I had a bad wreck and dislocated my elbow and broke 7 ribs.. I was out for months.. My car was a Dodge Neon chassis with a 5.2 liter ford made v8 powering the car itself with multiple different specs I would rather not speak of.. I loved racing, one of the best times of my life!! That’s why cars is such an important movie to me.. the scene where radiator springs gets passed up by the major interstate gets me in my feelings every time I see it ❤❤😢😢 there’s multiple small towns along I 25 in Colorado that just get passed upon and looked at as “meth towns” because Colorado has such a bad problem with crystal meth addiction, but in actual reality you can find some of the sweetest and most heartfelt people in these little towns!! It’s sad that people don’t give them a chance

[@n19ntendods]

The first Cars movie is indeed a Pixar classic and masterpiece! While I can totally understand why you don’t think it’s on the same level as Toy Story and The Incredibles, for me, it’s better than both movies combined! 🤩🤩🤩

[@selarom2018]

You can not only recite the lines precisely and on time, but the tone and articulations they're contextualized with. You are insane.