Comments on: Cars 2

By: Disney’s Planes to Star Dane Cook » DVDs Worth Watching

Disney’s Planes to Star Dane Cook » DVDs Worth Watching — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 19:45:16 +0000

[...] video release is a trailer for the upcoming Planes. This Disney animated movie is a quasi-sequel to Cars, although it won’t be made by Pixar. Instead, it’s being produced by DisneyToon Studios [...]

By: Johanna

Johanna — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 11:30:24 +0000

Oh, of course Toy Story was in 3-D. Thank you. I don’t know where I picked up the wrong idea that it was Cars 2.

Like you, I think it will be interesting to see where Pixar goes next. The direct-to-video Planes is a first for them; previously, all their releases have been theatrical. That’s much more a Disney extend-the-brand thing.

By: tom

tom — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 05:04:49 +0000

Nice review and overview, thank you. The Cars movies never seemed like my (or my children’s) kind of movies and it looks like that continues. Oh well, other Pixar films fill the void.
One correction, I believe Toy Story 3 was the first 3D film Pixar made and this is the second.
I wonder about where Pixar is headed now. Just a niggling feeling, but I could watch almost all of their films with my kids and not worry about any of it until Toy Story 3 where, in addition to the handholding melodrama near the end, I felt really icky about the light gay joke concerning Ken’s handwriting at the very end. Why should I have to explain that to my children? Totally unnecessary. Now this film comes out and it seems like a vehicle (no pun intended) for a money grab and not a “Pixar film”.
Maybe when Pixar took over Disney pressures came in to do this kind of stuff? Obviously that’s pure speculation, but I wonder what the next few films will hold.

Tom.

By: Holley Shiftwell and June Brownbill: English Girls in Cars 2 » DVDs Worth Watching

Sun, 06 Nov 2011 18:18:30 +0000

[...] major new characters in Cars 2 is the female spy car Holley Shiftwell [...]

By: Toy Story: Hawaiian Vacation Clip » DVDs Worth Watching

Toy Story: Hawaiian Vacation Clip » DVDs Worth Watching — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 12:43:19 +0000

[...] clip from the Toy Story Toon “Hawaiian Vacation” (from the just-released Cars 2 DVD) [...]

By: Johanna

Johanna — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 18:22:41 +0000

Oh, yeah, she was a great addition, and she pops up briefly in this cartoon, too. She makes a great partner for the other dinosaur toy.

By: Thad

Thad — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:05:34 +0000

“My only caveat was that it maintains some of the problematic gender characterizations of the original films, such as Mrs. Potato Head as a shrill fun-spoiler, or how most of the active toys are male, with the female toys there for decoration.”

Indeed, and they don’t even have the “But the toys’ OWNER is a boy!” excuse anymore.

(Haven’t seen the short yet but I did love Kristen Schaal’s triceratops character in Toy Story 3.)