'Cars on the Road' - On the Road Again

 





Cars on the Road is the latest addition to the Pixar Cars franchise since Cars 3. Despite being Pixar’s biggest money maker, no one expected this show to be a thing. Could Pixar be testing the waters for a Cars 4? We’ll have to see

As you can guess by the title, this show takes Lightning McQueen and Tow Mater on a cross-country road trip to Mater’s sister’s wedding, with each episode taking them to a different stop where they get into strange situations. 

We get to learn some more of the Cars universe lore, like that there were car dinosaurs and car cryptids. These outlandish scenarios enable the animators to go all out with the animation and special effects, to amazing success. It’s astounding what you can do on a TV budget. The colors in the circus episode were especially eye-popping.

This show has a more comedic and surreal tone than the Cars movies, which is perfectly fine. After all that happened in Cars 3, we certainly need a breather. There are also some great pop culture references, such as a The Shining-esque pair of twins in episode 2. I especially loved the self-deprecation of CGI in the movie-making episode.

There’s a new character named Ivy, a monster truck who gets cleaned and refurbished and finds a happier life in the circus. And not only do we get new characters, but we also get the grand return of a key character in Episode 9 (not saying who it is because of spoilers).

I can't say this show is a masterpiece, and sometimes it goes by too quickly (episode 6 is actually only 3 minutes long and the rest of the minutes are taken by the extremely long list of international credits. I'm not joking either, go watch it and you'll see what I mean), but it is really fun for what it is. No 3edgy5u pretentiousness, no convoluted backstories, just around 90 minutes of unadulterated, surreal automobile antics.

Animation - 2/2
Characters - 2/2
Writing - 1/2
Music - 2/2
Voice Acting - 2/2

Overall - 9/10


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