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

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It's ok for the TRex to be an idiot, b/c we dont' know who it is, but we dont' like the fact that Mater is an idiot b/c it's Larry the Cable Guy. That's what I gathered from that review.

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The review was saying that the big, bad t-rex being a nasally neurotic wimp is funny because it's not what's expected. On the other hand, a rusty tow truck being a dumb redneck is exactly what you'd expect.

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It is not important at all in the Cars franchise that they are cars. You wouldn't change the plot at all just by making them humans.

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That's true, and it's compounded by the fact that if it was humans instead of cars, it would basically fit the Hallmark movie formula.