re: in retrospect, Cars is not the shitshow the MTV Board argues

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Toy Story is so great because the universe is incredibly layered and incredibly terrifying when you think about it. Toy Story 1 didn't even crack surface, with only going after a kid who loves blowing up his toys. These toys Gods are children, Gods that will certainly abandon them at some point, and that creates quite a fricked up little world about a group that is doomed to be left for dead in a landfill.

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Nothing close to resembling this has ever crossed the mind of any kid while watching Toy Story. They are thinking wouldn't it be cool if my toys could come to life, like in Doc McStuffins.

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It's ridiculous and requires almost no creativity besides car puns.

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in your opinion.

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It is not important at all in the Cars franchise that they are cars.

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Why does this matter?
It's not important that Simba is a lion. Where's the bitching for that murderous movie that was given a 1 seed if i recall correctly. Did we really need minions? we couldn't just use midgets like on Willy Wonka? Why did Nemo have to be a fish? they could have all been humans and told the same exact story? Why did they have the little gnomes in Frozen? could have just been humans.

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These movies tell us about the light and dark sides of nature that we take for granted, and everyone can relate to them. Not so much with Cars.

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Everyone except kids, b/c they aren't thinking that deep about this kids movie.
So you don't think Cars told a story that kids can relate to? you think it was just cars acting like humans and pointless?
Cars is simple. It's a funny movie that centers around friendship. There's no deep thoughts needed. It shows us that we can be friends with people that may seem different at first or have different interest, once we get to know them. That is something every kid experiences many times in life, as well as adults.