With spoilers, some questions have sprung to mind about Pixar’s Cars films.
This article comes fromDen of Geek UK.
The world of theCarsfilms has always been a bit of a puzzle for me.
I dont have a massive affection for the films, although quite enjoyed movies number one and three.
I dont want to delve into the critical response toCars.
Ive no intention of sneering at that.
But I have questions.
you’re able to read thathere.
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Dont get too attached to that theory, though.Cars 3destroys it.
That I dont think the universe thatCarsexists in makes an awful lot of sense.
I get that its fictional, and leaps of faith are required.
But that internal logic is odd.
Questions, then, with possible answers.
As such, you want something high up, call a forklift.
Things have been thought through, at least to a degree.
But takeCars 3as an example.
Lets take that one small piece of technology as an example of the questions this world raises.
Who rigged the wiring/installed the wireless technology to allow the orders to be transmitted to the kitchen?
Is there actually a car in the kitchen cooking things?
What currency do cars use?
And why would cars need money anyway?
Who maintains the roads?
Who built those amazing stadia to watch races in?
I mean, the list goes on and on.
Perhaps humans built all of it before they were, er, removed from the world?
And thats whereCars 3directly comes in.
As such, the world evolved, with humans gradually eradicated.
Which blows the whole smart car idea away.
It was an analog time.
We get a flashback sequence in the film of Doc Hudson in his racing days.
No humans are in view.
Lets, then, explore this further.
With that in mind, the cars world goes back to the 1940s at the latest.
Every car since the 1950s has had a radio in it.
Why did Doc Hudson need a standalone model?
At the heart of the universe here is what the cars actuallyare.
But what are they?
But it was cut, understandably, for being a little downbeat.
Im not answering that.
Okay, Ill have a go.
Not wishing to get all mucky, but how do cars procreate and make new cars?
Is it a case of The Boss Baby-like offspring popping of a production line?
But then, the follow-up question is how does a car give birth to a new car?
Because that sounds like it could get a bit messy.
Does it pop out of the boot or something?
What does mommy car look like when shes six months pregnant?
Thus, the cars take on the personality of the last human to drive them.
But anyway: the theory says they have doors to stop their guts and eyes oozing out.
Thankfully, thats just a theory, because the questions just pile up.
Why, if there are no humans, do said doors have handles?
Who are the doors for, exactly?
If theyre hybrids of mechanics and tissue, then its understandable.
But: why do they sometimes make engine noises, and sometimes dont?
What are the rules there?
In the races themselves, the growl of the engines is loud and angry.
But thats me throwing the films a line there.
Who precisely pins the newspaper cutting to the wall?
Who comes up with the fonts, even?
Is there a font car?
One of the characters inCars 3is a school bus.
Not a cars-sized school bus.
But a school bus designed for children to get on.
Why would that even exist in aCarsuniverse?
Wouldnt a school bus for cars be, like, a car transporter or something?
Basically, someone in theCarsuniverse designed a bus to take people to school that they cant physically get on.
Also: in the screenshot above, one of the vehicles has a nose piercing.
Who, in the cars world, offers that services?
Is there a darkerCarsfilm, with tattoo parlours, pubs, stand-up comedy clubs and crime?
What exactly does he bite on that automotive Darwinism has determined he requires such teeth for?
They all seem to have them, albeit mainly in solid blocks.
Mater, notably, is the only one Ive spotted whose teeth are tinged with yellow too.
Is the fuel that he guzzles full of sugar or something?
Also, why is Mater a bit of a tit?
At one stage inCars 3, theres a chat about them running moonshine.
InCars 2, the vehicles travel the world, and arrive in Japan.
Where sushi and wasabi are on the menu.
Does this prove, definitively, that cars eat things then?
Because if they do, how does that work?
Also: on the sushi thing.
Who catches the fish?
Theres even a sign for a crab sanctuary inCars 3.
I can only assume thatCrabsis one of the thus-far unnamed spin-offs.
TheCarsmovie universe has extended of course, to cover a pair of not-greatPlanesmovies.
These raise further questions.
If the planes are able to control and determine themselves, do they need air traffic control?
Also, do cars have to go to an airport if they want to get on a car?
Are there technological restrictions of which were not aware?
Theyve had 50 years at least of this technology.
Did they not seeChitty Chitty Bang Bang?
A few questions here can be answered by just having a few useful humans pottering around.
But theCarsworld seems 100% free of human beings.
So whats going on there, then?
Because, honestly, thats aCarsprequel Id find fascinating to watch.
Get the people rebootingSawto do it.
There are so many more.
Who is their god?
When they die, does just the organic bit get buried/cremated?
Where do naughty cars go?
Is there a cars Santa Claus?
What films do cars watch at drive-ins?
Do they watch films calledHumans, and post silly articles on the internet?
Ive got to stop.
Keep the questions coming below, as well as well-founded accusations of me taking stuff like this too seriously.
