The Reel Rejects - CARS (2006) PIXAR MOVIE REVIEW – THIS IS PURE SPEED AND HEART! – FIRST TIME WATCHING

Episode Date: February 9, 2026

CA-CHOW!! Cars Full Reaction Watch Along:   / thereelrejects   Visit https://huel.com/rejects to get 15% off your order RATATOUILLE (2007) Movie Reaction:    • RATATOUILLE (2007) MOVIE REACTION – WE DID...   Gift Someone (Or Yourself) An RR Tee! https://shorturl.at/hekk2 The Jo(h)n Squad is back to give their CARS Reaction, Recap, Commentary, Analysis, Breakdown, & Spoiler Review! John Humphrey and Jon Maturan rev up their reaction and review of Pixar’s 2006 animated classic Cars, a high-energy, heartwarming story about speed, humility, and finding purpose off the beaten path. The film follows hotshot rookie race car Lightning McQueen (voiced by Owen Wilson, Wedding Crashers, Midnight in Paris), whose obsession with winning lands him stranded in the forgotten desert town of Radiator Springs on the way to the Piston Cup Championship. What begins as an inconvenience slowly becomes a life-changing detour as Lightning learns the value of friendship, community, and slowing down to appreciate the journey. Along the way, Lightning forms an unlikely bond with wise tow truck Mater (Larry the Cable Guy, Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector, Cars 2), sparks a romance with determined attorney Sally Carrera (Bonnie Hunt, Jumanji, Toy Story 4), and gains mentorship from legendary racer Doc Hudson (Paul Newman, Cool Hand Luke, The Hustler). Packed with iconic moments like Lightning’s crash on Route 66, Mater’s hilarious tractor-tipping escapades, Doc’s reveal as the Hudson Hornet, and the emotional Piston Cup finale, Cars blends laugh-out-loud humor with Pixar’s signature emotional storytelling. We break down the film’s themes of legacy, ego, and redemption, why Radiator Springs remains one of Pixar’s most memorable worlds, and how Cars became a beloved franchise for generations of fans. Follow Jon Maturan: https://www.instagram.com/jonmaturan/?hl=en Intense Suspense by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Support The Channel By Getting Some REEL REJECTS Apparel! https://www.rejectnationshop.com/ Follow Us On Socials:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reelrejects/  Tik-Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@reelrejects?lang=en Twitter: https://x.com/reelrejects Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheReelRejects/ Music Used In Ad:  Hat the Jazz by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Happy Alley by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... POWERED BY @GFUEL Visit https://gfuel.ly/3wD5Ygo and use code REJECTNATION for 20% off select tubs!! Head Editor: https://www.instagram.com/praperhq/?hl=en Co-Editor: Greg Alba Co-Editor: John Humphrey Music In Video: Airport Lounge - Disco Ultralounge by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Ask Us A QUESTION On CAMEO: https://www.cameo.com/thereelrejects Follow TheReelRejects On FACEBOOK, TWITTER, & INSTAGRAM:  FB:  https://www.facebook.com/TheReelRejects/ INSTAGRAM:  https://www.instagram.com/reelrejects/ TWITTER:  https://twitter.com/thereelrejects Follow GREG ON INSTAGRAM & TWITTER: INSTAGRAM:  https://www.instagram.com/thegregalba/ TWITTER:  https://twitter.com/thegregalba Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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there's so many interesting credits here they have like all bunch of like racing world people they are thanking automotive people that they're thinking they had like different little towns and stuff like that volta wagon

this really does make me wonder some behind the scenes because seems like they, you know, took a, oh my God, sorry, now we're in the Disney extended products advertisement part of the credit, but yeah, I like how much they seem to have put into this

in terms of just, yeah, really making this world feel lived in and, you know, kind of tangible in its own way. Because, you know, I mean, I feel like, yeah, this movie, oh, host criticizing. We please ask someone for directions.

Christler. I'm close. I know it. I can feel it. Oh, no. Oh, no. Oh, no. I'm going full bing-bong, man.

Oh. Just a little splatter on the windshield. Oh, and in stereoscopic 3D. There you go. Well, another Pixar. In the bag. I'm getting the sense that this didn't have the same emotionally rending effect on you that Ratatoui had.

And I guess my first question is, what's wrong with you, John? What's wrong with you? It's the emotional Pixar movie. Yeah. The most emotional one. Ever, ever, ever, ever. Here you are.

Stone-fixed. You're like, not me, uh-uh. Emotions, they can't touch me. Not today. I'm a whole other level of reality. I'm John Maturran, and I don't give two poops. No, that's not true. No, that's not true.

All right. Well, tell us how you, feel? How do you feel at this moment? I am surprised. I mean, I expected this story to be like he being the hot rod and like kind of in his own selfish journey and then kind of learns. I kind of got that hint of that would be the arc of it all. But in terms of the actual journey

itself, that was impressive. It was cool. I didn't expect like this like almost this reflection art piece of like let's look at our old towns and let's appreciate that. I didn't I mean again I know of this franchise I just don't know what it's about

and so to have that part of the plot was a like a pleasant surprise where it's like appreciating you know where you come from appreciating what used to be and then kind of something like Doc Hudson

and having that arc of like lack of a better word has been and realizing certain parts of his story that would be a learning curve as well so overall I like this

I like this Pixar turn it's cool to be quite honest it's not my favorite Pixar movie wow I'm sorry sorry for all the car heads and the gear heads that are loving cars. But yeah, it's it's, it's, it's a cool, it's definitely a cool Pixar film within the Pixar kind of universe. And the cool fourth wall breaking with all the movies at the drive-in, that was awesome. But yeah, because I'm not a gearhead by any means, but I do appreciate cars.

and to have watched F1 last year and like Ford versus Ferrari and all these even like a little fast and furious reference we were talking about all these car movies I definitely like this again family friendly version

of a story that deals with this topic so fun and yeah I can see how kids can enjoy it definitely I do want to visit California Adventure right now just to see Radio Springs

but otherwise yeah It's still fun, still cool. Again, not my favorite Pixar movie. Wow. I'm not even, I'm going to be honest. Wow. I'm not giving it to Rattatoui either. Wow.

I, that was an emotional experience. John. I have more, I favor other Pixar movies better. But anyways. You'll get there in the questions. We'll find out what your favorite ones. Yeah, we'll find out. Otherwise, how about you, man?

How did you enjoy it? I had a lot of fun. I had a lot of fun. I mean, yeah, the last time I spent time with this movie, I was a whole different, a whole different walk of life. So, yeah, yeah, yeah, I mean, I found, I know that this movie is kind of the go-to canary in the Pixar coal mine. Oh, interesting, is it? Okay.

It feels like it. Sure, sure, sure, sure. I mean, I feel like Cars is the one. I didn't realize this until a while after the fact, but yeah, I feel like, generally speaking, if you run in cinema circles or animation circles or anything like that, I think you'll come to find that people look at cards as more a turning point for Pixar into

more... Oh, interesting. People take a more cynical view of cards. Like, oh, this is very easily merchandisable and perhaps it isn't quite as thoughtful or borderline profound as Pixar movies tend to like to be.

Yeah, yeah. And I can see, it's weird. Watching this, I could see why. I think what works for me about this and what this has that I think a Pixar movie, like to me, the Pixarness that this movie embodies the best is the really lovely just world building.

I know people take issue with this movie in terms of the world building. Or in terms of the rules of how the world works and why. We were having some degree of fun calling those things out. Like, I am fully capable as a viewer of going like, it's not that important

to wonder about certain things even though your brain naturally wants to go there I'm not going to hold a number of things against the imaginate you know it's again as a fanciful universe where people are cars fine I'm not going to dig too deeply

into the nitty gritty of that because yeah it's not going to hold up to an intense amount of scrutiny whatever fine but yeah what i think works really nicely about this is like the aura they give it especially when you get to radiator springs especially when you do it doesn't yeah spend a lot of time on the theme but i did like the the idea of like oh yeah they built this interstate and now yeah no one comes through here now the town is essentially it goes down except right again because the way the world works is a little dupe is a little vague you know like i guess they haven't been forced to like you know i'm i'm i'm a little bit like, how do you guys live here? Yeah. If there's no, you know, like no one's coming through.

Right, right, right, right. There must be some kind of economy here. So like, you know, how does this work? Anyway, I really like, yeah. Radiator Springs generally, I think, is really lovely, especially if you're a person who enjoys car stuff in general, which I do. If you're a person who enjoys the landscape of, you know, the country of, you know, North America, which I do.

Yeah, yeah. You know, these are evoking deserts and mountains that are, you know, part of our lovely state for what it would appear as. And, you know, they're trying to get to L.A. by the, you know, they're trying to get to this race in L.A. so I assume Radio Springs, yeah, somewhere close-ish, you know, somewhere upstate or in the near surrounding regions. And so, yeah, like, I really believed that spiritually this place, the pace of living here and the people did. kind of warm their way into Lightning McQueen's soul. Right. You know, you meet him as this, yeah, hot shot rookie at this crucial moment at what would appear the top of his game so far on a trajectory that's just going up and up and up.

And it is interesting because, yeah, it's like, weirdly, Lightning McQueen is sort of like a blank slate in a lot of ways because you meet him and all that you really know is he's this hot shot rookie who's on the verge of a massive success that will, you know, define his. breakout career. We got no friends. And we don't ever meet his family. And so, like, you don't really know anything about him other than he's a racer and that's what his life is about. So it's almost like life begins here. And then, yeah, everything kind of develops once he gets to Radiator Springs and

learns that there's something to live for beyond just the rush of being foisted up onto a pedestal because of your career or whatever. Yeah, the humbling experience, essentially. Yeah. Totally. And I think the way that the way that the movie takes its time in opening him up to being more of a human character, you know, for lack of a better phrase. Yeah. Like, I bought that.

I like that. And I think a lot of the voice performances are really nice. I really like the theme of, you know, coming to some kind of center ground between Lightning McQueen's attitude and Doc Hudson's attitude. You know, Lightning McQueen is enamored with, you know, all of the, you know, pumping up that happens to you before you've had a major honest. obstacle and Doc is to a degree you know he's had this trauma over his loss and abandonment by this world that he thought he was you know a part of and really defining himself through and

so it's weird because yeah like I like all this stuff and part of me almost feels like there could have been more between McQueen and Doc yes I agree like you could have really made that an honest to goodness bonding experience in a greater sense like I like what's here and I like the way it feels and I think it's like really beautifully animated and again the Ornaments Valley or whatever is a great concept is like all of the

nature is great and I love the design of the town and all that but yeah like if we had gotten like a real fatherly mentorship going on with him plus this romance plus his friendship with Mater I think especially because who's that Paul Newman

I think you have a veteran actor in here who's a good performance Voicing Doc Hudson? Yeah, yeah. Sorry, you can't just Google cars. Cars.com. I was going to say, give you a car. Give you any car.

Yeah, Paul Newman. Yeah, Paul Newman. And so, like, you know, part of me is like, man, if you really wanted to make this, like, sneakily profound, as often the Pixar's are, you know, maybe it might have been nice to really zoom in on this relationship. What is Lightning McQueen,

maybe running away from with his own... Like, part of me is, like, could you have a story about like a kid with dad issues who gets a surrogate dad, but then I'm also like, how does this world work? Do you have parents? Like, what's going on?

How does it all work? Yes, yes, yes. They said, like, praise the manufacturer at one point. You know, it's just one of those worlds where you get close enough to the walls and then things start to fall apart. Right, right, right. But yeah, like I liked a lot of what is here.

I can see ways in which you could easily make what's here richer. Yes. I think what's here is charming. I like what it's about but I I think more so this time I can kind of see like like this

I think there are probably Pixar movies down the line that might feel a little less how about this a little more off the game for Pixar right right right this one's weird because like I see what people mean when you dig in but like on the surface level the feeling feels like a Pixar

yeah absolutely yeah there's a there's a definitely like whimsical kind of mature moving of emotions to it all. Yeah. That goes beyond the surface of a normal Disney animated movie for sure. But like you said, it's probably the least within the Pixar kind of turn. Oh, it was George Carlin. It wasn't Chong.

We got Cheech, but you know what? Partway through the movie, I started to wonder to myself. I had this thought, and I don't know if I said anything. But yeah, I was like, wait a minute. Kind of sounds like George Carlin, which to me is funny because he's playing a Chong. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I wonder what happened there. But you also got Tony Shalub as Luigi. Yes.

Jennifer Lewis as Flo, I was trying to place her voice for sure. Michael Wallace is the sheriff. I'm not sure if I'm, he's done, okay, so he's another guy who's done a lot of voice stuff, which is. But yeah, Sally is Bonnie Hunt. Bonnie Hunt. Yeah, yeah. There we go. Okay.

And let's see. Is Catherine Helmond? Was she the older car? Was she the model T? Mm-hmm. RIP, 2019. Oh,

she's on who's the boss? Yeah, the wife of the elderly car that has the statue. Yeah, Stanley. Yeah, absolutely. And then you got Michael Keaton.

Yeah, yeah. Let's see, Richard Petty was the king. All right. So you got some racing royalty in there. Harve, Bob Costas is Bob Cutlass. because puns. Exactly. And what's the other guy's name?

Car Trip. Is his name Cargill? I forget. Yeah. And then John Radsenberger, obviously. Darrell Waltrip is Darrell Car Trip. That's fair. And then Richard Kind, who's another, he's done a lot of Pixar roles and stuff like that.

Humpty Wheeler is an excellent name. Dale Earnhardt Jr. Michael Schumacher. Jay Leno, and I was like, this cameo, like, so what is his car collection? right in universe because it can't be a car collection right it can be yeah so does he have like a collection of like helicopters or like other vehicles he's able to ride around in like i want to know anyway or a collection of humans i don't know how weird with are there human like yeah right right and then you get all the returning voices and stuff like that nice nice yeah oh yeah you got roger bumpus you got

squid word on some additional voices and stuff like that i thought uh that bill faggerbach uh faggerbacki or whatever his name is Patrick. I thought he would be the Red. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. But Red was, I think, the co-director, Joe Renfed. But, yeah, yeah. This was a lot of fun. I definitely, I'm glad that the stuff in the park exists because weirdly that's my favorite

stuff. I'm like, I want to go here. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So, like, I'm glad that it exists because you can. And, yeah, I find it charl. Like, I have no reason to be upset at this movie. Uh-huh. We're not going to listen to Chet.

Chet Hanks. That's what you showed. Yeah, sorry, we had a head in the previous shoot, we had a Chet Hank speaking Jamaican, patois accent video pulled up. But yeah, yeah, it's like I can see why this gets the, the, I don't know, barbs that it can. But I'm also not too cynical about it, I guess. No, sure. Some people are like, oh, cars, you know. Right, and they roll their eyes or whatever.

I don't feel quite that way. No, yeah. It's still a good, like, there's nothing wrong with the movie. movie. Yeah, and I, yeah, it's like, it's perfectly serviceable. Absolutely. I think, yeah, if, if, if you're going to compare it. It's cars, you get your car service.

Oh, I like that. That was good. Yeah, but if you're going to compare it to the other Pixar kind of movies, and of course, then I can understand the criticism to a certain degree, but they're all movies. Come on, relax, guys. But, like, again, Pixar has its reputation, I guess. Yeah, it's like, this movie, I think, is still thoughtful.

It's just not as unique. of concept in terms of what the story is about than it could be, yeah. But, you know, I like hot shot learning some respect. Yeah, good, good. Yeah, it's stereotypical arc,

but how you deliver it, right? Yeah, I like the delivery pretty well. I like the delivery pretty well. But how about this? Why don't we jump into some questions? Let's do it. We got some questions from the people, and this will help us clarify our thoughts

as to why you didn't cry. And I did a little bit. Oh, that's cool. Good for you. Hey, I got misty-eyed, all right? There you go. When he's like, when they fixed up the town for real and he's freaking helping at the end when he's when he's pushing the king. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

He's like, you know what? That's real sweet. I love that. That was sweet. Yeah. That's a selfless. Anyway, all right, all right. Let's kick things off with JSTIG.

JSTIGURL, 329. Hi, John and John. Thank you for a fun reaction. I hope it was fun. I'm glad that you had. fun in advance. Who was your favorite character and why? Did you enjoy all the car

details in the world the movie takes place in? What was your favorite part of Radiator Springs? And would you visit there if you could? You guys are the best. Thank you for all your hard work. Much love. Lisa. Thank you, Lisa. Thank you, Lisa. Very, very kind of you. John! Okay. Oh, okay. So there's a handful of questions here, which is good.

Favorite character? Favorite character? I would have to go between Sally and Doc Hudson. I'm trying to figure out I'd lean towards Sally number one because she's a Porsche That's so cool Love Porsche

Um Uh Cool little Maybe it's just I I have a little crush on Bonnie Hunt Like she's really cool Excellent

But also her I'm glad to hear that Yeah her character though Is pretty like So she was She was kind of like Lightning McQueen Right

Life on the Fast Lane And then got humbled And then became kind of this version of of like this maternal figure of this of this town and yeah otherwise Doc Hudson is interesting too

because he had to get humbled with a very unfortunate kind of car accident but also he turned his back on on lightning queen so it was like again there's multifaceted layered character which is I can appreciate and then ultimately becomes his coach which is really cool so I would have to answer one of those two

it'll depend on the day but yeah how about you who's your favorite character definitely chick hicks he's a good guy and he deserved to win definitely how could you go against Michael Keaton

I was there cheering even if nobody was there man that's a hard one that's a hard one I mean yeah like Doc Doc is great yeah I weirdly I'm

I'm kind of wishing the movie spotlight him just a little more yes I agree but yeah I really like him. I got a huge kick out of Luigi and Guido, especially when Guido gets his moment to freaking show everyone.

Hell yeah, hell yeah. He handles that. They fix McQueen up with the white walls. And actually, I mean, like, I really like this isn't a specific here, but I really liked that you know, that bit where he's going to every shop and getting a little bit from everybody. Oh, and Paul Dooley was Sarge.

Paul Dooley, great veteran actor as well. I was wondering, okay. Um, Yeah, I mean, freaking... Also shouts out, because George Carlin is very fun. Absolutely. I thought him and Paul Dilley playing off each other was very funny. Yes, that was really cool.

Definitely. Cool little bit throughout the movie. And I mean, you know, shouts out to Mader. He's very... Of course. This is my pretty much only Larry the Cable Guy exposure, but, you know, his energy was very fun. He had a very fun.

Pissed in cup? Piss. I mean, what did? What is good? This was also the most, I think, I have seen a Pixar movie play to the parents. Oh, yeah. So many like nut jokes and yeah, and in you and die.

Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, anyhow. So yeah, okay, favorite character? Why? Did you enjoy the car details in the world? The movie takes place. And yes, I did a lot. I love, I feel like this, I feel like watching a movie here, you have a good opportunity to, you're close.

You have a good opportunity to pick up and observe details. Yeah. And this one had every moment where I was seeing. they're going, oh, that's funny detail. Yes. There would be like five more where I was like, shit, we can't pause it. But like, I would be cool to. So, yeah, I got a huge kick out of that.

I'm not sure what my favorite one would be, but I loved all the weird little signs and all the different. Yeah, both like things adjusted for car based society, you know, as well as like the, yeah, ways in which they used car anatomy. Again, it does beg you to ask certain questions. No, yeah, exactly. But I do find the women, as much as people dog on the mechanics of this world, I do find it a charming world. Yeah, of course. And so I'm happy not to think too hard about it.

Yeah. Even though I recognize that, yes, there's a lot of questions that you can ask about it. Of course. Naturally, naturally. No, the coolest part of the world is like the mountain ranges that look like old 20s, 30s cars. Like, that was actually pretty cool. A little detail that, again, can blend into the nature. And you would, if you weren't really paying attention, you'd miss it.

So, but I appreciated that where it's like, it's a homage to old cars. That's so part of our, that's literally part of the earth of this world, right? Yeah. So that was really cool. Absolutely. Absolutely. And God, favorite part of Radiator Springs? That's tough.

I mean, the whole place was lovely. Yeah. I guess where would you want to hang out? I mean, when they go up to the wheel well, I mean, that was gorgeous, the well, like the view. Yes. And you can see tiny little radiator springs down here. Right, right, right, right, right.

I was going to say, let's look, because we can go to some of these places now. Yeah, literally. I was going to say, I mean, I want to see what the, I'm an adult. I want to see what, you know, alternative fuel might taste like. That's where we got the cozy, in the V8 Cafe.

House of Body Art. I mean, that'd be freaking fun. I want to go to the drive-in, actually. I want to go to the Radio Springs Driving Theater. Absolutely is where I'm headed first anyway. Correct me if I'm wrong, but in California Adventure, they do have Flos V8 Cafe as a restaurant, right?

Yes. I think they have all of the major little things. I don't know if they're all restaurants or some of them are like gift shops or whatever, but I think, yeah, I think Flos is a drink-centric place. Fair enough. Yeah, I'd go there. I go to whoever Guido's or like their tire shop. That'd be cool.

Just generally, just because it's a tire shop. I guess it's of utility. But yeah, what's the, you mentioned earlier, with a great view. The Wheelwell. Yeah, just great view. Scenic road to get there. So it's not just a destination to the journey there.

So that's pretty cool. I do like that they have a list here of all the abandoned places. Oh, interesting. Springs. I want to see what the foggy windshield I noticed the sign of. I also want to know what Mr. Curb-feeler is.

What are we feeling? What are we feeling Mr. Curb-feeler? Yeah. Note. I like that this is in the fandom wiki. Note, if cars are people, then does windshield fog happen if a car is sick or blind? I saw that in the movie and I was like, is this the

equivalent of like a bar or something? Good question. I guess curb feelers is a real thing. I've never heard of a curb feeler before. Anyway. Yeah, I would love to visit Radiator Springs, and I'm glad that it exists in California Adventure because it's a fun place to walk through.

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Thank you to Huel for partnering and supporting our channel yet again. All righty, let's jump on up to the Flying Scotsman 4072. Why don't you read that? Got it. Flying Scotsman 4072, thank you for your question, comment. Cars gets a lot of hate, in my opinion. It's not terrible, but not great either. Okay, fair. Yeah.

It wasn't seen as not up to the usual standards of Pixar at the time, and people held Pixar movies to a very, high standard, and it felt flat. It was seen as very generic and bland in terms of storytelling and also very merchandise driven. Would you guys agree with that assessment? I think we touched upon that a little bit. Not too much, but what do you think, John?

Yeah, I see it. Sure. I see it. I would say there are things in the story that help it for me, occasional. rise above being generic or bland. Yeah, without, yeah, yeah. I would say that those things are things I do wish the movie had gone deeper into, especially as I mentioned with Doc Hudson.

I think the mentor relationship could have been stronger if we really made this a two-hander with them, among other things. And especially the stuff about the infrastructure. Like, it weirdly, yeah, it raised a lot of interesting questions. I liked generally the story of a guy being humble and going from the glitz life to a smaller, you know, more, you know, tangible, holistic way of life. Like, to me, that's not a 100%...

It's not the same as like, like, oh, you know, the, what is the, like, most common trope kids movie messages? Like, I just believe in yourself and be yourself. And that's it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's like, it's a little more interesting than that. So I would say, like, I get how this is the harbinger of Pixar slipping, perhaps the level of nuance and or, you know, whatever you want to attribute that Pixar standard to.

Right. I can feel the merchandise. Oh, absolutely. It's an easy merch opportunity for sure. And I'm not really annoyed about it because, again, I think the idea of the world is charming anyway. But again, I can't really argue anybody out of some of the criticisms. some of the flack this movie gets, but I would, I guess, argue that

there have to be Pixar movies that are more generic than this after this. Right, right. Would be my guess, but... No, yeah, I agree to that assessment to a certain degree. Like, I'm not... It is...

Generic and bland seem almost like an insult to it, but in reality, generic doesn't mean necessarily bad, right? Like, something generic... if package in a certain way can still work. Yeah. Right.

So if you do something that's like really familiar, but you do it with a lot of gusto and style. Right. You know. So yeah, I don't hold it against it, right? But otherwise I can I can totally agree with you where it's like, eventually after this,

I'm pretty sure there's going to be more generic and more bland. to that the context of what what the question is asking so but yeah that doesn't mean I don't appreciate the movie

I can still appreciate it and I do like the adult humor I'm sorry that kind of adds to the it's fun yeah yeah definitely so there you go

because we're adults exactly exactly yeah yeah yeah yeah I see it but I'm kind of with yeah I mean I'm kind of in that camp I'm like I don't think it's terrible it's not

their best movie, I would say. I wouldn't necessarily say this is great, but there's some stuff that's like good to above average good. Yes. No, definitely. You know. And it got sequels and whatnot, so it must have done it. And hella spinoffs. Yeah, exactly. So that merch plan

worked. There you go. Anywho. All right, let's go on to Isaac. Did you guys notice this movie is Thor, but with cars? Interesting. I hadn't even thought of that. I guess. Hot shot young guy gets stranded in a small town.

Instead of New Mexico, it's radio springs. Sure. And then he's got to relearn everything, but just as a guy. And then eventually, you know, become worthy. And he's humbled. And yeah, I guess I could see it. And so what? Is Dr. Eric Selvig, the Hudson Hornet?

I guess so. Yeah. And Jane Foster is Sally. Sally. Yeah. And then, you know, I guess maybe not all the other characters. Yeah. Is Mater.

I was going to say, who's, who's, who's the, who are the knights? Who are the, who's the, who's the, Siff and, yes, yes. Zachary Levi and the other guy. Right, right, right. Who's Heimdell? Yes. And who's Loki. Yeah, who's like, I guess Loki would be, um, Michael Keaton's character.

Kind of, I guess. But, yeah, but he's not really a villain. He's just a jerk. He's not his brother. Yeah. There's not like that Shakespearean family. Right, right, right. But yeah.

It's not a one-to-one comparison, but, but, Close enough. It's parallel for sure. I'm certainly thinking about it now. If I ever see this or Thor again, I'm going to be thinking about it. Especially because, too, there's the lightning component. Oh, yeah. And I mean, you know, and because of Chick, because he's thunder.

Yes. God of lightning. Yes, yes. Exactly. You know, blah, blah, blah. He is green. That's right. If you want to really do the parallels.

You go. Thor wears a red cape. Yeah. Dude, he's voiced by a blonde actor. There we go. Norse people, blonde often. Sure. Yeah.

I guess we're reaching, but an appreciative reach. Absolutely. All right. Well, thank you for enlightening us. It seems like it's like a couch tomato video waiting to happen here. All right. ZBK&D. Take it away.

So, big, hi, big John, little John. I guess that's still going on. What's your favorite Pixar movie in this? one makes top three for me. Oh, awesome. Good for you, dude, alongside Monsters, Inc. and The Incredibles. Monsters, Inc. I got to watch that.

I feel like I only saw that once as a kid, too. People love Monsters, Inc. And I need to go back and build a new foundation with it. We watched Monsters University. Oh, interesting. I'm going to say, do we watch, we didn't, Tara and I didn't do Monsters Inker. I don't think we did.

Try to remember, yeah. Okay. So, as Humphrey looks through on YouTube what guys yeah we only did university crap

um hmm favorite Pixar movie is difficult um just because a lot of their

films are spectacular um um Toy Story one two and three and even four are amazing

um see like this is so tough because yes I can agree with the Incredibles and Monsters Inc. Favorite part of

Monsters Inc. is boo. She's amazing. The Incredibles. Superhero you know story. So that

tickles the fancy of superhero comic book stuff. There's like there's arguments with up especially the first 10 to 15 minutes that's like immaculate storytelling. Inside Out

One and two are both fantastic. Soul was my favorite movie of 2020. Damn, this is so hard. Coco was heartfelt and... Coco's definitely up there for me. I remember choking up for Coco for sure. Definitely, defo.

Like finding Nemo is... Damn, all these movies! They're great movies. Yeah, it's a hard to choose one. I'm sitting here sweating. Yeah, I mean, Toy Story, obviously, like Toy Story and Toy Story 2 were huge. for us. I mean, I like all the toy stories, but I just feel like Toy Story and Toy Story 2 were like pretty dang special. Like Toy Story 2 is a contender for me. I would say, I mean, obviously Lightyear is the best one. Followed by the good dinosaur. Oh my gosh. Followed by

Cars 2. Followed by Cars 3. Followed by Onward. Oh, Onward. Yeah. Onward. Leo and Luca, which I've actually heard it pretty all right. Yeah, you're not bad. And C Elemental. Okay.

So for me, I think Toy Story 2 might edge it. I loved a Bugs Life. It's been a long time I've seen a bug's life, but I do love that movie. Inside Out would be a contender for me. Yeah.

Wal Lee is dope. That's one I haven't. Oh, you haven't? God, not since the first time way back. I don't think. Yeah, it's been ages. Some of these I've only seen once when they first came out.

I haven't seen Brave. I haven't seen Brave either. Yeah, I would say Inside Out is definitely a contender for me. Inside Out, Coco, Ratatouille, Toy Story 2, Bugs Life. I think those are kind of where, like, my five favorites might land. If you gave us top three, we'll give you top three. How about that? Because he gave us his top three, or he or she.

Sure. Yeah. Oh. So hard. Okay. Incredibles is probably up there. Inside Out. And

See, that's the thing with Up. The rest of the movie after the heart felt like crazy 10 minutes. It's cool. It's still a fun movie, but it doesn't live up to the first 10 minutes. So, like, I can't give it to Up. Gotcha.

Okay. Inside Out is so smart and clever about the mind and it's... I do love that movie. It's really profound and even Inside Out 2. I gotta see that. Oh, yeah.

I got to visit the Pixar campus for the production of that movie. I saw the first half hour from what they told us before it was finished so like way back and that's all and it's been a couple years now

so I don't remember really the details. Sure. But I would love to watch Inside Out too. Yeah. God, even narrowing it down to a three for me is hard that is still hard.

Because inevitably there's there are two I'll end up straggling with. Like, I think Toy Story 2 would probably make my top three regardless. Inside Out might make my top three. Coco. Oh, my gosh, see it's so hard. It is hard because then I'm like,

Um, but Rattatooie, man, it's pretty great. Or I'm like, I don't know, freaking Bugs Life. Oh, yeah, yeah. Yeah, that's a tough one. But I think Toy Story 2 might be the king of them all for me. Fair. That's fair. we'll see, you know.

That's the other fun thing about a question like this. You can ask us. Like the Incredibles, I feel like I definitely would have to revisit because it's rusty in my recollection.

I've seen it so many times so yeah, I get it. See, I don't, like, that's most people's experience of the Incredibles and that's not been my experience of the Incredibles. Yeah, it's like,

I only saw it the once and I don't really have a great recollection other than the ride. Fair. Like Wally, I definitely need to watch again because I can imagine that a lot of people love that one

the most too, and I can imagine me, coming back around on it if I watch it again and have the experience I imagine I might. With Wally, the first two acts, this is just like my general assessment. The first two acts is an amazing like

almost nonverbal love story which is amazing and then like kind of the half of the second half and the third act there's this commentary about like the society and stuff which is it doesn't take me out of it but I still want to focus on Wally

and what's her name? the female kind of counterpart that the romantic lead. Anyways, you'll comments will fully Yeah. But yeah, top three would probably be incredible.

Soul. Soul. And inside out, I think. And again, what Humphrey said is so true. I think it depends on the day you ask us. It's going to change. It's going to be an organic answer for sure.

It's hoppers. Most definitely. Most definitely. Leave us your I think of Pixar's though. Fight it out in the comments. Yeah. All righty, let's see. Patricia Carrillo.

Thank you for chiming in. There's a clean clap. How much traveling have you done on Route 66 or have stopped in these little towns on road trips? Or have you stopped these little towns on road trips? You know, I don't think I've been on much of Route 66. I think I have been on it briefly. Yeah, same.

Because, you know, it passes through California and all the way to Chicago. Chicago. Gosh, though. Oh, it's to Santa Monica. Mm-hmm. Or trips are for kids. I didn't know that.

Come on and kick me. Yeah, man. Like, I would love to do a more Route 66 centric traveling experience, honestly.

Because, yeah, it's like if I've ever been to Route 66, it's been like brief. Sure. Yeah, yeah. And I don't really,

yeah. I don't have like any specific. specific, vivid memory where I was like, yeah, you know, we're definitely, you know, going here for the sake of going here, and that's the point. Right, right, right, right.

Goodness, though, there's a whole bunch of history about like the rise and fall and the reclamation and all that stuff. Like, I would love to make a point to do that now, you know, especially as we've dredge further onto the future. But I love, you know, stopping off on, you know, some kind of small side quest. I mean, like, you know,

even on the road from here to Vegas, Like, you know, there's Peggy Sue's Diner and there's, you know, the big dinosaur off the side of the freeway or alien jerky or things like that. That's so true, yeah. So, yeah, I would love to do a Route 66 and make some historic stops. That'd be cool. No, yeah, definitely. I haven't really, that I'm not aware of a lot of Route 66 kind of journeys on there. I've been to Arizona, but not, I don't, I can, it's so long ago that I wouldn't remember if it was on Route 66.

Yeah. And to stop at little towns and on road trips, I'm trying to remember, because I don't, do I travel often? Not really. And even if I do travel, it's not necessarily road trips. So maybe in the future, that'd be cool. I can, you know, journal and show and share stories.

But I don't have a really good answer to this question. It's all good. It's all good. We got to plan us a trip. You and me. Oh. Rejects take. John Square.

John Square on the route 66. BJ LJ. Two Js, two sixes, we're here. Yeah. But leave us where we should stop if we ever go. Hell yeah. What's your favorite stretch of the Route 66? All right, Master T, take it away.

Master T, thank you. If you guys were in the world of cars, what kind of car would you be? Oh, and I don't want to be. Okay, okay, go, go, go. Yeah, you can wait for this one. What car I want to be? Ooh, man, that's a hard one. This is hard.

Like, my favorite car is, you know, like, I love a, like, an old Mustang or something like that. Beautiful. I'm like, I'm like, yeah, I'm of multiple minds here because I'm like, part of me is like, yeah, just go for something cool. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Go for like old Mustang or like a El Camino or a Bronco or something. Sure, sure. But then, you know, part of my brain is like, I don't know, man, you know, these days there's some pretty cool little, like, you know, hybrid electric cars rolling around that I like. but I don't know

I'm starting off with Mustang I feel like being some kind of neat ass you know horse car yeah yeah yeah yeah what about muscle yeah what about you though the obvious answer

for someone like me who does appreciate speed and hyper exotic and so on and so forth would probably lead into like a close cord yeah just generally

oh my gosh yeah you called it look at that old Mustang. I love it. Well, Bentley. No, I probably

answer would be some sort of Lamborghini. Will it be a Ventador or like a even a

what's it called not a a hurricane? But, okay, see, I'm kind of a car guy.

There's an appreciation. I have history for some, some cars stuff. Yeah, history with cars. I'd be a McLaren.

That'd be cool. So again, on the exotic side, but also I like the import kind of of scenes so i would be a honda s 2 000 amused wide body gt1 that's my favorite card ever wow i saw

ferrara be a carmang gia bro oh sure hey no carmong geas are sick there look at that look at that thing yeah oh it actually looks cool yeah hold on hold on hold on hold on look at this thing look at this thing that's a sick whip yeah yeah that's a sick whip or like an old Porsche speedster or something oh yeah definitely like see there's so many there's so many great cars great answers to this question It's tough. Yeah, so I'd lean towards import just because I'm Asian. You're required by law

to say that. Yeah, like I'd be a cool Porsche too. Oh my God, the Hudson Hornet is a real car. Yeah, there we go. It's on this list of cool cars. Yeah, definitely. So hell yeah. Oh, a T-Bird, an old T-Bird would be pretty sick, actually.

Or the Delorean. DeLorean? How could you not want to be a DeLorean? I want to time travel. or Bugatti, I guess Yeah, yeah, yeah See, like I used to own a Spiker Oh, that was me

Okay, um Yeah, see like I've I've owned a BMW And I learned stick in a BMW So like that was really cool It was an M2 Um Ooh, 918 spider

That's a hybrid By the way guys Of Porsche 918 Wow Um see like So many Get me one yeah

Fair Lady Z now we're just looking in cool cars I know yeah I saw this crazy old rolls at the Peterson

Automotive Museum oh nice that's huge and it's just like this big swoop it just looks like a I forget what it's called

Rolls Royce Phantom something or other old school I'm just gonna write old school see what I yeah

that one oh yeah definitely this like giant ass But even that, yeah, it's like the wheel well is like this crazy shape. In the 20s, 30s, right? More 20s? Yeah.

That's a, yeah, yeah. Something in this family, 1925 or so. Just like crazy looking. Sure. Anywho, those are some cars that we named. Absolutely. And as soon as this video ends, like with all of this kind of question, I'm going to have the exact answer. I mean, like, part of me as a kid would be like, say a Lamborghini.

Yeah, exactly. I left there too. I used to love, you know, Lamborghinians the moment. You know? Don't, I'm not going to be a, I'm going to be a cyber truck. Oh gosh. No, I'm not going to be a cyber truck. R8, cool.

R8s are cool. Be a Bugatti. Yeah, what did we just see? Oh, it would be a James Bond car like an Aston Martin. That'd be sick. Dude. Oh, man. Remember when the Ferrari Enzo came out and everyone was like up in arms about the design choices.

Right, right, right. Oh, my God. The Pagani Zonda. Yeah. Oh, my God. All these. We're just going to scroll this whole list. I can't stop, John.

John, I can't stop A Shelby Cobra, John. We're both going to be Shelby Cobra. Actually, it's a pretty six. Oh, La Ferrari. And then that's an, yeah. Ooh, La Farrari. I don't even know that was the thing.

Look at that. Oh, hey, we know a guy who has an old white porch. Yes, we do. We do. Yeah, you know them too. Oh, my God. Shout out. Yeah, shout out to the B train.

All right. I'm going to make us go off of this now that I am making us be on. Comment what kind of car you would want to be in this universe. Yes. Care Bear. Disney is currently building a new cars land in its Florida Park. Question.

What's the detail from the film you love to see in real life? I want them to build the freaking driving. Yes. Have a drive-in at Disneyland. It'll be a pain to deal with. But we should have that. Right, right, right. to have that.

I also say, I mean, they built some of those, you know, landscape elements at the, you know, Radiator Springs part of Disneyland. So, like,

the more of those, yeah, tail fin, ridges and, you know, hood ornament, plateaus and stuff, you can get, the better,

uh, in my opinion. I mean, that's a, that's the best answer, to be honest, the driving and some of that stuff. Um,

one detail from the film you'd love to see in real life. I, I don't know. Get a kid's attraction where they can drag Bessie. Sure. And then repave Disney World. Make a better road.

Yeah. So you learn responsibility. Anybody who goes to Disney jail has to pull Bessie for a... Yeah, there you go. I'm leaning towards Flos V8 cafe and having diner food because I'm a big...

I like food. So like something like a Bob's Big Boy or, like, you know, something like that. That'd be cool. You want to be in the car show. Yeah. Exactly, but also burgers and fries and milkshakes and that type of food. Hell yeah.

I guess. That's what we like to hear. Definitely. All right, Jan Victor. All right, Jan Victor, thank you. Is there a person slash driver, real or fiction that you'd love to see Lightning and Queen race against? Wow. Okay.

How about? Go ahead. Because everyone's been talking about how, like, F1, you're like, oh, shit. Tom Cruise was maybe going to do this and we were going to do like a Days of Thunder Redux. I say we do all three. Oh my gosh. We get cold

trickle or yeah, whatever his name is. I haven't seen that movie but I know his name. We get him. We get Sunny Hayes. Sunny Hayes from F1 and Lightning McQueen. And they all race. Or we do a deep fake

AI Steve McQueen and he races Lightning McQueen through the streets of San Francisco A la Bullet You have the best answer That's not fair Lightning McQueen versus Danica Patrick Oh there you go

How about The Fast and the Furious family Dude All of them There would be no better And they say family by the end of it That'd be that'd be sick Yeah because he's got his family by that

Exactly Oh, my gosh. You get the Sunny Hayes Cold Triggle answer. You took it out of my mouth. Kit from Oh, from Night Rider? Oh, that'd be sick too.

All the cars. All the anthropomorphic cars. Let's look on best anthropomorphic morphic. It's harder to type when people are looking at me. Cars. Best anthropomorphic cars.

All right. Lightning and Queen obvious. Oh, Herbie love bug. Kit, of course. Christine. There we go. The, yeah, the possessed one. Bumblebee.

Bumblebee. Oh, yeah, definitely. And then he gives Lightning McQueen the AllSpark, and then Lightning McQueen gains the ability to transform. Oh, my gosh. That would be actually pretty sick.

Or Lightning McQueen versus the motorcycles from Terminator Salvation. Oh, my gosh. Yes. We're doing it. I want Arnold the Hummer to come back. Oh, yes.

They use the governor. Yeah. I want to see Lightning McQueen race against that's hilarious all these guys all of the car movies smashing into one another

yeah yeah yeah yeah most iconic picture cars okay let's see greatest movie cars of all time I wanted to race the Dracula from freaking the monsters

or how about the ecto one or how about the mutt cuts van from dumb and dumber see and imagine if it's that was like, you know, it's alive now. Yes, yes.

So, you know, there are some. I would do, it would be the, the cooler, another cooler answer would be, Doc Brown driving the Delorian. Definitely. And somehow like. Or Michael Kane and Mark Wahlberg in mini Cooper's. Freaking Italian jobs. Italian jobs.

Oh my gosh. And they all got a race to Guido's. Guido has been kidnapped. Oh no. And he's got a race in an Italian job. There you go. To get him back. there you go yeah hell yeah we got some good cars leave us your your matchups in here he's

racing baby driver here oh my gosh all right cody you know oh i should have i should have combined you cody with uh with master t what type of vehicle would you be if you live in the cars world i didn't mention an air stream oh so you know air streams are pretty sick yeah definitely and i guess you know because you're a leisure vehicle you must be vacationing all the time yeah you're relaxed yeah you're chill you're chilling yeah yeah I mean, same answer is anything import, like a GTR and a sex, or RX7. Honda 600, like I said earlier. I want to be the grave digger.

Oh, the monster truck, yeah. That would be pretty sick. That's what I want to be. Oh, yeah. So many great cars. Absolutely. Yeah, or DeLorean. I'll go with DeLoreen.

Dude. Just because you can't go wrong. Can't go wrong. What's back to the future? Oh, my. Well, gang, we've lost the race. road here. Yeah. We've driven into a ditch. We've been drifting. Yeah, that's right. You called that. You called that Tokyo drift. Doc Hudson taught him how to drift. How to drift. He's Asian? He's a dude.

Lightning McQueen is he is yeah, Doc Hudson is, his, his first name is Junichiro. Oh my God. Doc Junichiro Hudson. I didn't say it. I didn't say it. Hedekeky Hudson. Oh my gosh. Oh, my gosh. Shinobi Hudson. Anything. Any Japanese name you could think of is Doc Hudson's first name. Shinobi. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Is Hedio-Kajima Hudson? Oh, my gosh. We've crossed over into slap happiness. Guys, leave us your thoughts on the number one best Pixar movie. Everyone agrees on. Oh, my gosh. It was actually a Toyota. Oh, my God.

Oh. Toyota engine. Anyway, go ahead. Yeah, why is Cars and Cars 3 and Cars 2 the best Pixar movies? Ever, ever? I don't even remember what the concept of Cars 2 and 3 was supposed to be. Neither, yeah. I think one of them has a hot shot new car.

Maybe. It's newer than McQueen. But anyway, leave us your thoughts. Let us know if we should watch more cars. Let's know what car you want to be and where you want to go. Oh, yeah. And Radiator Springs and all that good stuff. Take a ride. We're going to go get an oil change.

See ya. I don't know what that entails. Oh, you know. You know.