cinemablend.com — If you’re a little kid, you’re probably going to accept pretty much anything Lightning McQueen says as absolute truth. That’s a problem, because Lightning McQueen and Cars 2 have some pretty horrible things to say to your kids.
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martoq2 days ago
Not sure how much I will read into it. I grew up on GIJoe, Transformers, Thundercats, and He-Man. I never went running around 1/2 naked riding a cat that shot people with flamethrowers and then transformed into a car and drove off.
vectorb2 days ago
But we all know that we would if given the chance...
shark721 day 23 hr ago
True, but those shows tried to instill values into us, and characters always ended up doing the right thing. Lots of explosions and other cool stuff, but the message was always "don't use drugs" or "violence doesn't solve things" or "don't wear a brown belt with black shoes" or something.
The point of the article is that Mater -- who's a protagonist -- is kind of a dick, and he's never called out on his dickishness. And I don't care what the red squiggly underline is trying to imply; "dickishness" should be a word.
That being said, as others have pointed out: the "Mater is a dick... don't be a dick" lesson is something that the PARENTS can easily give when the film is concluded. That's our job.
endangered082 days ago
heres an idea, let your kids enjoy a fun animated movie full of characters they love. and as parents.... actually parent. if you notice your children developing poor characteristics correct them. does the author of this piece even have kids? and if he does, does he use movies as a day care service so he can look at porn uninterrupted?
bagos12 days ago
I still wake up screaming in the middle of the night ever since that fatefull day I saw Bambi's mother get shot. I'm scarred for life.
goweigus2 days ago
or nemos mom, simbas dad, etc etc
dirtyfries2 days ago
FEAR!
- Colbert
Seriously though, what is this tripe?
johnomazz2 days ago
Considering the quality of half the cartoons on normal TV kids watch, I doubt Cars 2 will have any kind of affect on kids as the writer thinks it will.
TakinADigg22 days ago
Pussification of America continues
darthopto2 days ago
While I agree wholeheartedly, if those are indeed the attributes being displayed on screen, I will not let my younger children watch Cars 2 until they are a bit older.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
cold00082 days ago
I take it you did not read the article.
godsbong2 days ago
Umm, it should not matter what a movie says or portrays or video games or whatever.
Lrn2f**kingparentyouroffspring.
Your parents, learn to f**king act like one.
Yes, that means talking to and teaching your kids.
/endrant
Stonna2 days ago
Wait wait wait.... is mater the cia? Its ok to f**k s**t up. That's just what maters do
timedalkat1 day 21 hr ago
Puh-leeze, people.
snugget1 day 23 hr ago
The way Chick Hicks in the first Cars movie got away with ramming into everybody and everything without any penalties was way worse.
hackiewackie2 days ago
Spoiler warning?