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

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as i've stated many times, I am not a fan of him, and the thought that someone might not like the movie just b/c of him didn't enter my head until we started discussing this movie in this thread.
I think about how some of my friends make fun of one of my friends who loves Larry the Cable Guy. Adn i know the reason they dont' like him and make fun of him, even though they've never heard one of his shows, is b/c they associate white trash redneck with him.

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We've given you a bevy of examples of why the film is not good. You just keep telling us we don't like Mater. Literally. And I've said the story is ok, and I've said that although Mater is a slight problem, I don't really have a problem with him in the first movie. I do, however and ridiculously so admittedly, have a problem with Cow Cars and Human Cars and their inane existence in the same world. It makes no sense and that has absolutely nothing to do with Larry the Cable guy. None. Who I also admit, has some funny jokes.

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It's funny how the movie is trying to get across that just b/c Mater talks funny and looks cheap and dingy, doesn't mean he's not a good guy or a good friend, yet some of you adults are doing exactly what this movie is trying to show kids not to do. It's rather ironic.

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I'm not judging Cars because of Mater's presentation, I'm judging Cars for it's worldbuilding. And yes world building is important in kids movies.