Disney Pixar's Cars

Post by **YCougar** » June 23rd, 2006, 3:12 am

Yes!! Our minivan is red! *glee*

Now I definitely need to hunt for one of these. I was talking about how great these would be with my family, too.

Post by **macontosh2000** » June 23rd, 2006, 8:35 am

Here is a link to the article Violet was talking about.

http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,1204709_1_0_,00.html

Post by **Meg** » June 23rd, 2006, 8:56 am

BTW, no kidding, do you know that one of the lines for TS 3 was going to be: "To infinity and b ee-otch!" ?

Good lord. That makes me want to hurt something.

Thank goodness it was scrapped...

Post by **James** » June 23rd, 2006, 11:16 am

Get ready to see DW steal that line for the next Shrek movie!

Post by **ShyViolet** » June 23rd, 2006, 12:29 pm

I just want to say that I got the Cars soundtrack and I love it!

Post by **Meg** » June 23rd, 2006, 1:30 pm

Yeah, it is a really nice soundtrack...Still gotta get my hands on a copy though.

Post by **ShyViolet** » June 23rd, 2006, 1:41 pm

You get a free poster with it! (folded inside)

I put it on my wall. (Hey, it looks cool.

)

Post by **Meg** » June 23rd, 2006, 1:48 pm

I have a bunch of Cars stuff tacked on my wall, so a free poster would be awesome! Guess I won't just buy it on Itunes after all.

Post by **Kaszubas** » June 23rd, 2006, 5:47 pm

Wow! I've seen Cars today !

As many have said the begining of the movie was somehow odd - I was worrying for about 20 minutes that it really is not as good as I expected - but afer that I realized that I shouldn't be worry

Beggining had something in common with Shark Tale style (which I didn't like), but then old good Pixar came back

And now I would even suspect that it was intentional manipulation to make a contrast between this new, action and pop refs packed type of movie (rather flat and not engaging) and that warm and cheerful storytelling (more emotion and engagement). This is what the movie is all about so it's reflected even in the change in storytelling as much as in main character evolution. Another strange thing is that intensity of action in that movie is nearly inversely proportional to the intensity of emotions

I really enjoyed that slowdown in the middle of the movie that allowed me to contemplate every litttle bit of surrounding world - it reflected the pace of that simple life in small forgotten town away from rush and noise of big cities. Maybe I'm emotionally unbalanced or maybe just don't have time and occasions for that kind of emotions but I have to confess that my eyes gone wet somewhere in the middle of the movie and hadn't time to dry because of diversity of impulses for cheerful laughts and touching moments. Story is quite simple but I don't mind - good old pixar formula is still there and works great for me - I have to see it again soon

PS. Scenery was sooo MAGNIFICENT!

Post by **PixarVixen** » June 26th, 2006, 2:32 am

If IMDb.com is right about this, and this could be true, then Joe Ranft has voiced 2 characters in Cars.

We all know he is Red, but according to IMDb.com, he is also the voice of Peterbuilt, the semi-truck Lightning mistook for Mack when he was lost.

Has anyone seen this elsewhere, even in the movie credits maybe?

~~=oP

Post by **James** » June 26th, 2006, 10:19 am

Official Cars Credits:

<TT>Lightning McQueen. . . . . . OWEN WILSON
Doc Hudson . . . . . . . . . PAUL NEWMAN
Sally Carrera. . . . . . . . BONNIE HUNT
Mater. . . . . . . . . . . . LARRY THE CABLE GUY
Ramone . . . . . . . . . . . CHEECH MARIN
Luigi. . . . . . . . . . . . TONY SHALHOUB
Guido. . . . . . . . . . . . GUIDO QUARONI
Flo. . . . . . . . . . . . . JENIFER LEWIS
Sarge. . . . . . . . . . . . PAUL DOOLEY
Sheriff. . . . . . . . . . . MICHAEL WALLIS
Fillmore . . . . . . . . . . GEORGE CARLIN
Lizzie . . . . . . . . . . . KATHERINE HELMOND
Mack . . . . . . . . . . . . JOHN RATZENBERGER
<B>Red. . . . . . . . . . . . . JOE RANFT</B>
Chick Hicks. . . . . . . . . MICHAEL KEATON
The King . . . . . . . . . . RICHARD PETTY
Harv . . . . . . . . . . . . JEREMY PIVEN
Bob Cutlass. . . . . . . . . BOB COSTAS
Darrell Cartrip. . . . . . . DARRELL WALTRIP
Van. . . . . . . . . . . . . RICHARD KIND
Minny. . . . . . . . . . . . EDIE MCCLURG
Tex. . . . . . . . . . . . . HUMPY WHEELER
Rusty Rust-eze . . . . . . . TOM MAGLIOZZI
Dusty Rust-eze . . . . . . . RAY MAGLIOZZI
Mrs. The King. . . . . . . . LYNDA PETTY
Fred . . . . . . . . . . . . ANDREW STANTON
Junior . . . . . . . . . . . DALE EARNHARDT, JR.
Michael Schumacher Ferrari . MICHAEL SCHUMACHER
Jay Limo . . . . . . . . . . JAY LENO
Mario Andretti . . . . . . . MARIO ANDRETTI
Kori Turbowitz . . . . . . . SARAH CLARK
Not Chuck. . . . . . . . . . MIKE "NO NAME" NELSON
<B>Peterbilt. . . . . . . . . . JOE RANFT</B>
Boost. . . . . . . . . . . . JONAS RIVERA
Snotrod. . . . . . . . . . . LOU ROMANO
Wingo. . . . . . . . . . . . ADRIAN OCHOA
DJ . . . . . . . . . . . . . E.J. HOLOWICKI
Tia. . . . . . . . . . . . . ELISSA KNIGHT
Mia. . . . . . . . . . . . . LINDSEY COLLINS
Motorhome Race Fans. . . . . LARRY BENTON
Motorhome Race Fans. . . . . DOUGLAS "MATER" KEEVER</TT>

Post by **Ben** » June 26th, 2006, 1:01 pm

That is such an obvious merchandising angle it has to be real. The only surprise is how rare these things seem to be!

Post by **PixarVixen** » June 26th, 2006, 6:23 pm

I looked up everyone who voiced a minor character in the film, and most of them are Pixar crew members. Go figure.

~~=oP

Post by **ShyViolet** » June 26th, 2006, 6:45 pm

Yeah, wasn't Boo's voice from a little kid of one of the animators?

Post by **PixarVixen** » June 26th, 2006, 7:38 pm

You've got it!

She's Mary Gibbs, daughter of Rob Gibbs. He was a story artist for Toy Story 2 and Monsters, Inc.

And did you know that Boo's real name IS Mary? I didn't until now. LOL

~~=oP