Pixar Runs Out of Gas in Sequel -- Dumbs Down Formula
The Commercial Appeal (2007-Current) › June 24, 2011
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"Cars" never was one of my favorite Pixar films, possibly because I can't help thinking the premise is more disturbing than cute - more suggestive of "Maximum Overdrive"-era Stephen King than of Walt Disney or Thomas the Train Engine.
The idea of a world clearly constructed by and for people yet devoid of all "life" except for sentient cars with morphing facial features suggests the aftermath of some sort of rise-of-the- machines apocalypse, as if a government artificial-intelligence experiment had gone haywire and resulted in the extinction of the human race. Imagine if the characters in "Toy Story" capered about in a land similarly empty of flesh-and-blood creatures. Wouldn't you eye Woody and Buzz with suspicion and ask: What have you done with the people?See the full content of this document
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Pixar Runs Out of Gas in Sequel -- Dumbs Down Formula
Of course, crediting the cars with intelligence might be a bit of a stretch, considering that the franchise's breakout star, Tow Mater, a buck-toothed tow truck, has the voice and personality of Larry the Cable Guy.
In any case, a se...See the full content of this document
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