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Oh my god, dude, I said I changed my mind. READ THE EDIT!!

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Did not know about the tour angle, very interesting. I blanked out a lot of Cars 2, but yeah now I remember the 'Mater stumbles adapting to other cultures' angle for most of the new locations.

The spy angle came from Lasseter’s love of the genre. In an interview with IGN, he states he grew up with The Man from UNCLE.

Michael Caine’s casting is a clear reference to the Harry Palmer movies from the 1960s.

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"Pet" Great movie no one knows about. Very chilling

Caché is a 2005 film about a French couple who is being stalked. They keep finding tapes on their porch that shows them under surveillance.

I am not sure I totally agree they couldn't come up with anything more. In my own opinion, I think Cars 3 is even better than 1.

Even if someone disagrees with that, if someone liked Cars 1 or Cars 3 it's a safe bet they would probably say the other is also a good movie, so they definitely had more creative space to use after Cars 1.

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Movie or show? Because the show was a massive pile of dog shit

For why Mater was the main character, the reason is because when John Lasseter went on a tour around the world he'd keep finding himself wondering what Mater would do in that situation.

As for the spy angle, no idea.

EDIT: Spy angle came from Lasetter loving the genre.

It's just such a huge departure from the theme of the first one. A movie where everyone is a car and racing is the initial framework? Sure fits well. A follow-up where everyone is a car and... there is a terroristic threat against green(er) energy? The hell?

Any insight on if the was a "Well we have Michael Caine so let's do a cars-based British spy thing" versus "We have a cars-based British spy movie let's get Michael Caine"?

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Because if not for the money, the sequel was absolutely unnecessary to the point where screenwriters couldn't create anything decent to a story that was already perfect and complete.

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..started watching them at work, really cool stuffs...glad the company has a vhs for some reason

Good points. Even for more of a 'sellout' movie, Cars 2 just feels so far off the mark it makes me feel like I am the one taking crazy pills.

Even Cars 3 feels like it would be better at marketing towards car people as it has everything from the small local dirt derby races, nostalgia/legacy racers, and sticking it to big corporations that take the heart out of things for profit. Definitely makes Cars 2 feel cheap in that context with how short-sighted its design and execution went.

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Watcher is great. A nice slow burn horror movie.

First one that came to mind for me. Robert DeNiro, Wesley Snipes, directed by Tony Scott. It's really trashy, and I mean that in a good way.

That's a really excellent point about the character trade-off. Definitely speaks to Finding Nemo versus Dory.

Larry also isn't my favorite persona either so that probably does not help the situation, but I also noticed the lack of original cast in Cars 3 too.

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