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CasuallyCarrots OP t1_jdwmaa4 wrote

Reply to comment by doc_55lk in Why is Cars 2 the Way it is? by CasuallyCarrots

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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Kylon1138 t1_jdwraic wrote

> and racing is the initial framework?

racing isn't the initial framework

the story just so happened to follow a race car. Not every car in the cars universe is a race car.

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CasuallyCarrots OP t1_jdwun5z wrote

I wasn't saying every car is a racecar, but Cars 1 starts off with the main plot being about a arrogant racecar trying to win the race, and when he ties his entire goal is getting back to racing.

That initial act is replaced when he is forced to slow down due to his own actions, and it was refreshing that the plot develops more into a "stop and smell the roses" style movie.

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doc_55lk t1_jdwqqea wrote

It is. That's probably why Cars 3 was about racing again, and carried almost nothing over from Cars 2.

Again, it's probably just Disney's failed attempt at trying to capitalize on the spy thriller genre.

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