I would rather be driving the Mother Road!
Posted on 07/06/2006 7:13:58 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
Believes 'Cars' Gives Kids The Wrong Message About Racing Trains
(CBS) -- Is Disney's hit movie "Cars" spinning its wheels when it comes to safety?
CBS 2 West Suburban Bureau Chief Mike Puccinelli reports on the fight to put the brakes on a scene in the blockbuster animated picture about a fast talking rookie racer named Lightning McQueen.
"As I'm sitting there, I couldn't believe it because this is a red car. My daughter was killed in a red car," said Lanny Wilson with the DuPage Railroad Safety Council.
His 14-year-old daughter, Lauren, was killed in a collision 12 years ago when her brother chose to race a train and lost. It was a split-second decision that forever changed his family.
"I don't want this kind of nightmare, this kind of tragedy to happen to other families, especially if we can do something to prevent it," Wilson said.
He believes editing out the train race scene from the DVD version of the film will prevent from other young people from making fatal, split-second decisions.
The president of the Illinois State Medical Society agrees and wants the scene cut from future versions of the film.
"You give children that kind of a message: It cool, it is good to try to go and beat a train. It is the wrong message," Dr. Peter Eupierre said.
In a statement, Disney officials say: "Lightning McQueen's poor judgment in outrunning the train reveals his reckless and thoughtless behavior and is certainly not glorified."
Officials won't say if they're considering editing out the controversial scene.
Until they do, Wilson vows to continue to fight in Lauren's name.
"You never get over it. You just cope and try to go on," he said.
"No, but you can stop making a public spectacle of yourself."
Yeah, there's this local woman whose 14-year-old son died of cardiac arrest while running and she just won't stop trying to persuade schools and public venues to buy AEDs. She even had the gall to persuade a local health care company to donate 38 of the things to high schools and had the temerity to appear on TV to talk about it!!! I mean, what business does she have trying to get folks to do that? She should just get over that public grief and keep it to herself.
"Get over it."
You don't get over the loss of a child.
I'm amazed I even have to say that."
My father died from falling and hitting his head. Therefore, I want all scenes in movies of people falling and hitting their head removed.
No, the reality is, I still occasionaly get a wince or two from some thing that remind me of my father's accident, but I have, over time, gotten over it, and moved on with my life. That doesnt mean I love my father any less, or mourn him any less, and yes, I will never truly get it out of my head and heart (as it should be), but I "got over it". It's part of the mourning process. I've gradually been able to come to grips with and deal with all of the aspects of losing him, and been able to grow and move past it in a healthy way.
I feel for the man, and his loss, but he needs to move on. Perhaps there's a nicer, more pleasant and compassionate way to say it, but he does need to get over it, if he's seeking to censor anything that reminds him of his loss. Bluntly put, it's selfish of him to deprive others of anything, when he's unable to move on. If this were indulged on a wide scale, there would be no movies, no books, no songs, no nothing.
I understand the grieving process, and it's heartbreaking, but I know from eduring it, that he's not dealing with it in a healthy way. He needs help, and removing that scene isn't what he needs.
"But the poor man after 12 years is still apparently consumed with grief."
So what would you say is the time limit?
I can't remember if the "outtakes" from Toy Story (I and II) were in the theatrical release, but they're hysterically funny on the DVD. And yes, I know they aren't really "bloopers."
IMHO, you miss the best part of "Cars" if you don't stay until the very end of the credits.
Therefore all movies should be scrubbed clean of any appearances by large furry aliens from Wookies down to but not including ewoks. (ewoks should be removed purely due to common decency)
That reminds me, Gone GF...
There is a scene in Mission Impossible 3 wherein tom terrific is racing against time to save a fellow agent who has a bomb stuck up her nose. He needs an AED to deliver a shock in order to deactivate the bomb. Alas, the aircraft they are on is not equipped with an AED.
The scene should never have made it to the final cut in that movie.
The last time I checked, ANIMATED films don't have to be cut, nor are there any out takes or bloopers.
Not entirely true.
(BTW, this is a PIXAR movie, Disney bought them after the bulk of the movie was made)
They (Pixar, Sony, et al.) do plan and render more than makes the screen - scenes are trimmed for timing, to trim the plot, and whole subplots are rendered and taken out in the editing process. Granted, the wasted footage is a pittance compared to the sheer bulk of film for a conventional movie, but there are scenes rendered which end up on the cutting room hard drive - often this material ends up as bonus material on the DVD.
As for bloopers, computer animated movies have a whole new breed of blooper, where the rendering script screws up, resulting in wierd and often hilarious scenes - the Shrek DVDs have footage of Donkey with severe hair issues, for example.
And, of course, Pixar makes intentional bloopers - the ones for 'A Bug's Life" and "Toy Story" are hilarious.
When is his interview with Larry King? Will he be making the morning talk show rounds? And, the absolute coup, when will he be on Oprah? And the ultimate authority tells us how we should feel about this.
OK, seriously how many people whistle Dixie and rev their engine when going over a little hill? anyone? anyone?
I know I do. Scares my wife every time. (sinister grin)
Agreed. While I understand the urge to have protect your children, we're a society of overprotective parents in danger of pussifying our kids.
Parents seem to give their authority away. And how many use TV and DVDs as a babysitter? Without screening what their kids are seeing?
Don't make a parenting issue a "social" one.
Sort of off topic but one of the things that bothers us conservatives is that parenting HAS become a social issue. Too many parents don't discipline nor will they let anyone else do it. Look at the schools.
Indeed.
I cannot begin to count the number of times I narrowly escaped with my life, while dropping anvils on my head, that were designed for the roadrunner,
or how many times I nearly died while stuffing my fingers into the business end of my freind's shotgun while out hunting wabbits.
Warner Brothers and Hanna/Barbra owes me, and a whole generation of people huge sums of money for the emotional and physical damage sustained when we mirrored what we saw in those...ah...er...cartoons.
Is this one of those deals where someone says something arguable and we aren't allowed to respond to him because he is a victim?
yup
Thanks toddlintown, finally some common sense! Gee the FR is turning into the chicken little fan club. View just about any show, cartoon etc and I am sure if some idiot tried to reproduce some scene in the production we would have another Darwin Award contestant.
This thread does bring up an old sick joke about the (fill in your favorite ethnic) guy who raced a train to a crossing and hit the 53rd car. I bet not everyone gets this on the first reading.
Thank you.
Got it in one, you did.
And remember, don't argue with him, because to do so would DENY HIS PAIN, and you don't want to be labeled a HATER, do you?
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