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Cars 2: Crappy Movie, But At Least It Has Real Minigun Sound Effects

Real guns. Hot cars. Bags of empty shell casings used to recreate what we heard in Cars 2. All old hat stuff for sound guys in the audience, sure, but for the rest of us, take a listen. [The Daily]

June 21, 2011
Entertainment

12,500 CPU Cores Were Required To Render Cars 2

As usual, Pixar is pushing boundaries when it comes to the CGI in Cars 2. Making the film required a render farm containing 12,500 CPU cores. And on average, it took 11.5 hours to render a single frame. [CNET]

May 20, 2011
Entertainment

Lego Cars 2 Trailer Will Make Men Of Nerdy Kids

I love my Pixar, but I never watched Cars. I may watch the second part for two reasons. First, because it has Michael Caine in it, playing a Bondish character. Second, because I liked this Lego recreation of the trailer. But mainly because I love Michael Caine.

February 15, 2011
Gadgets

The Cars 2 Car That Drives Up Walls

Remote-control cars have long been confined to one plane: the floor. No longer the case! The Zero Gravity Finn McMissile car – a suave spyster whip voiced by Michael Caine – can cruise from the floor to the wall without changing gear.

Gadgets

Owen Wilson’s Soul Is Trapped In This Toys 2 Car

Cars 2 is coming, which means an unrelenting onslaught of licensed toys. Chief among them is Disney’s Lightning McQueen Alive 1:55 scale car – pat it on the head, and it wobbles, shrugs, and – get ready: talks in Owen Wilson’s voice.

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