Originally Posted By AutoPost This topic is for Discussion of <a href="http://www.LaughingPlace.com/Latest-ID-78017.asp" target="_blank"><b>Latest: Pixar Makes Gas-Guzzlers the Bad Guys in Cars 2</b></a> <p>Discovery.com writes about the decision to make gas-guzzlers the bad guys in Cars 2 - a decision Pixar claims was not an attempt to sent a message but critics say is an attempt to indoctrinate children into the "green" movement.</p>
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I thought that it was pretty clear that it was done to try to indoctrinate kids. Whether that's a bad thing or not is another discussion, but like many of the other things in the film, the motive behind it seemed rather obvious. And while the 'bad guy' cars aren't really gas guzzlers (how much gas does a Pinto really use when compared to almost any modern car?), I did think that it was very clever that they used real makes and models that people already don't like.
Originally Posted By DyGDisney I don't see the problem with this because gas cars are not the future. I checked out the Chevy Volt last week, and that is a cool car! It's not considered electric, or hybrid because it doesn't switch to running on gas if the electricity runs out. The gas actually charges the electricity so you aren't tied to outlets or charging stations. The "gas" mileage on this car is something like 100 miles/gallon.
Originally Posted By Bellella And just what is so wrong with trying to send progressive messages about being green to kids? Already they have to live with our mistakes, so who's to say they shouldn't have the right or the ability to fix what we should already be fixing? It's going to be their world, so they should be encouraged to take care of it as much as possible, and so should our generation. BTW, I enjoyed Cars 2 for some different reasons than the message that alternative fuel is good. I loved the way that they made Mater into more of a character. He's a leading man now!!!!! Dad gum!!!!!
Originally Posted By DlandDug Gas guzzlers? It was "lemons" that were the bad guys, regardless of whether they are gas guzzlers. I swear, the way people keep trying to stretch a point to criticize Pixar...
Originally Posted By dshyates How can they miss the mark by so much. It wasn't "gas guzzlers". Big Oil is the bad guy.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros If they wanted to take on a real challenge with the Cars characters, I think it would be interesting to see how they might frame the story of the LA Red Cars, being taken out by the auto companies so that freeways could replace them. The way it was approached in Roger Rabbit was a creative take on it, but I feel like they could do soemthing really interesting if the cars and trolleys were the characters. Not sure if they could tell that story and still have any of the automobiles as 'good guys'.
Originally Posted By mawnck >>It was "lemons" that were the bad guys, regardless of whether they are gas guzzlers. I swear, the way people keep trying to stretch a point to criticize Pixar...<< This. Although I think it's not so much anti-Pixar-ism as it is our current climate of political hyper-partisanship. The movie has fossil fuel in it, so it *must* be making a political point, right? Must ... stay ... out ... of ... World ... Events .......
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