The Ka-Chat

I really wanted to title this episode Scents and Sensibility, but the episode has nothing to do with Jane Austen or her novels, and the title had nothing to do with Cars. So altogether, a pretty bad title.

Anyway - This week, we've got a pretty gross episode for ya! Join us as we discuss what cars smell like, what smells they like and wouldn't like, and most importantly - How do they smell in the first place?

Listen, we didn't plan for this one to get a little wild. We never thought it could! But quite frankly, we spend most of the episode debating what could even be a rat in this world, and our top candidates are the concept of filth, a beyblade, and a human man. So. All pretty good jumping off points, and let me tell ya, we jump off of all of them.

Y'all seen the new Marvel joint? It's pretty good, but it (along with the other 5-10 multiverse centered movies that have come out recently) has thinking... What if there was a Cars Multiverse? And how can we work Mad Max into it, since it fits for the title pun so well? Are we looking at more of Crisis on Infinite Earths, or a Space Jam situation? All of those questions and more, answered in this episode!

(Spoilers for the new Dr Strange movie are present in this episode, we make it clear when they are about to start though, and they end at 17:41!)

Y'all. This movie is not very good. If you like it, more power to ya, but we don't care for it that much. That being in mind, we do a pretty bad job explaining what actually happens in the movie and kind of reference everything as if you also watched this bad spin-off of an okay kids movie. So I imagine you might be a bit lost for this one. You can always listen to our first episode on this movie (Episode 20) if you want more context, or you can just ride it out. It probably won't make much more sense anyway.

An episode posted on time, two weeks in a row? What is this, a podcast or something?

Anyway, this week, John and Lucas have had enough, and they're taking a stand. If gas prices are this high in our world, what must they be like in the Carsverse, and what horrible effects would that have on a society even more dependent on fuel than ours? Also, we make a bunch of jokes and whatnot about farts, but we get it all out of our system at the beginning of the episode out of respect for your time.

Ya know, Pixar has a lot on their plate. With all the animation they have to be doing for the upcoming Cars on the Road series, we thought it might be a good idea to take a weight off their shoulders and pitch some ideas for them. Nothing crazy - Just a crossover with Gilmore Girls, a out of control spell wreaking havoc on Mia and Tia, and a visit to a local prison. I mean, according to the concept art, they're literally traveling through time and meeting dinosaurs, so....

Listen. Lucas screwed up something on the backend and didn't realize that episodes weren't publishing for the past few weeks. So uh. It's been a minute, and Lucas is sorry about that. But we're coming back with what we think is a pretty dang good one. You ever pay much attention to all the little sponsors and brand names in the background of these movies? Well, it's about time we started to, cause man. There are some crazy companies, products, and stores in our favorite Carsverse.

(Also we spend 15-20 minutes talking about Cars 2 Monopoly, a board game Lucas's friend Natalie got him. You've got to sort of expect stuff like that by now, right?)

Could we have done an episode about both the summer and winter olympics all at once? Yeah, for sure, but listen man. We're in the 100's now. We gotta do every possible thing we can to stretch this thing out and reach Cars: On the Road. Ends up working out anyway, as we do spend 15 minutes talking about the bios of 2 pretty minor characters that have almost nothing to do with the Olympics.

Look... Pixar invented a country. They looked at the list of countries in the world and said: "These are great and we want them to be featured in the series of movies about talking Cars we're making. But what if there was one more?" And then they just made it happen.

I dunno man. it's not even a plot point? It's revealed in the supplementary bio of a Car who doesn't even have any lines from Cars 2? And I know these descriptions are supposed to be concise and not really take up too much space, but we didn't really talk about this in the episode. WHY did they make Rip Clutchgoneski from the Republic of New Rearendia? Why not an existing country? What did that add to the world/movie/story?

And even if we don't discount the addition to the world, if they wanted that bit of world building, why hide it in a bio that only a few people read? I guess the colors of the car don't line up to existing countries like the others do, so it's not completely hidden. And it's not like it's the only time they've had an entire character's story be contained in their bio. I dunno. Just seems weird.

Anyway, hope you enjoy the episode!

Welcome to the family Madrigal! Or, at least, welcome to two guys talking about the family Madrigal. And Cars, and how it the two relate to one another. You may think: "This one seems like a stretch. Are you guys just doing this episode because you like Encanto and also to catch the latest pop culture wave?" And well... You'd be right! But you should listen anyway, because I think we do a pretty good job breaking it down.