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Post by RandallBoggs on Dec 15, 2009 20:18:14 GMT -5
Exactly, that one. Glad SOMEONE remembered -_-
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Post by pitbulllady on Dec 15, 2009 21:00:00 GMT -5
Actually I already have the story somewhere a few chapters in either here or on Pixar Planet...but didn't think of the crash idea till today. Might redo it someday....though right now have allot on my hands. Actually she got that from the monopoly game...personally I'm unsure if Randall did have a car like that (or one at all), he wouldn't take it out too much....not just because he'd have to fork over the cash for gas (which would probably climbed there too)...but also the slight chance that he might come out to see his car stolen right down to the frame. BUT, the monsters do not use gasoline as a fuel/energy source. Even their cars run on Scream. If the engine in Randall's car is comparable, in terms of fuel efficiency, to the one in mine, it would get decent mileage, around 24 mpg. While that might not be like Toyota Corolla or Honda Civic mpg, it's not exactly a fuel-sucker, either. You can't have your cake and eat it, too; in other words, you aren't going to get great fuel economy in a fast, powerful car, and you aren't going to get speed and power in a fuel miser. My Corolla gets 40 mpg on the open road, but while it gets me where I'm going, it's like a riding lawn mower in terms of F-A-S-T compared to my Studebaker. Randall definitely does NOT strike me as someone who would choose fuel economy over speed and performance, and he definitely does seem like someone who grew up in a part of the country that is considered to have a "car culture". It's hard to fathom-impossible, really-that someone with Randall's mechanical aptitude WOULDN'T be a genuine "car freak", who'd know more about them than most professional auto mechanics, unlike a certain green one-eyed individual who only thinks he knows a thing or two about cars, but who in reality probably can't even check the oil in one or be able to tell washer fluid from transmission fluid. As for Randall's car being stolen, again, this type of car might not be as much of a rarity or collector's item in the Monster World that it would be in ours. Studebakers could be as common as Toyotas or Hondas or Fords are here, and there might not be as big a problem with car theft, either. One of the reasons it's such a big problem here isn't due to the value of the car, but to ONE particular part on the car, the catalytic converter, which contains platinum and other metals that are in high demand and can fetch huge prices on the black market. Most cars that are stolen here in the US are quickly chopped for parts. Since monsters do not use fossil fuels to power their cars, they have no need for catalytic converters, which are designed to reduce carbon emissions. The Monster World might not have that market-driven demand for such metals, anyway, so the incentive for stealing a car, other than to go joyriding in or make a getaway from a crime scene, might not be as strong as it is here. Plus, Randall's car is a convertible, a guaranteed chick magnet! pitbulllady
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Post by RandallBoggs on Dec 15, 2009 21:05:11 GMT -5
*rubs temple* I'm perfectly aware that they run on scream...I used "gas" because it's the common term we have here.
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Post by mentalguru on Dec 16, 2009 15:20:28 GMT -5
Simple slip either way. Either way though screams are going to cost money due to supply/demand... just like 'gas' (petrol!... You know as a small kid I once asked why you guys called it 'gas' when it was a LIQUID... had no idea it was short for 'gasoline' back then... oh how people laughed at me when I said that innocent question... XD).
Perhaps it would be better as Fungus' car which gets the... uh 'treatment'? I bet Randall couldn't afford to take his car out EVERYDAY, ESPECIALLY if it wasn't that fuel efficient, I'm afraid there would be some days where he'd probably have to leave his 'baby' at home!
(Wow, an extra incentive to prevent the energy crisis from getting worse!)
(Kind of like how Mike was forced to by Sulley in the movie? Only I think they had enough bonuses for him to blow some more cash on that sort of thing, fact is- as things get into shorter supply- prices go UP. Hence it was probably costing drivers more per journey).
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Post by pitbulllady on Dec 16, 2009 17:37:09 GMT -5
Simple slip either way. Either way though screams are going to cost money due to supply/demand... just like 'gas' (petrol!... You know as a small kid I once asked why you guys called it 'gas' when it was a LIQUID... had no idea it was short for 'gasoline' back then... oh how people laughed at me when I said that innocent question... XD). Perhaps it would be better as Fungus' car which gets the... uh 'treatment'? I bet Randall couldn't afford to take his car out EVERYDAY, ESPECIALLY if it wasn't that fuel efficient, I'm afraid there would be some days where he'd probably have to leave his 'baby' at home! (Wow, an extra incentive to prevent the energy crisis from getting worse!) (Kind of like how Mike was forced to by Sulley in the movie? Only I think they had enough bonuses for him to blow some more cash on that sort of thing, fact is- as things get into shorter supply- prices go UP. Hence it was probably costing drivers more per journey). Now, FUNGUS probably would have some old "beater" car, but a very fuel-efficient one, sort of like oh, a 1985 Geo Metro, something that moves like it's powered by two old decrepit hamsters running on wheels under the hood, something that even Randall's mechanical and "fix-er-upper" skills would be lost on, something he would most likely refer to as a "Piece of (expletive)", lol! It probably would not be designed to comfortably transport a 12-foot+ monster, either, if the primary driver is only about a meter tall. pitbulllady
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Post by ivyandbro on Sept 23, 2010 13:00:18 GMT -5
A lot of little kids Boo's age(in the movie)have an uncanny knack for "disappearing", as anyone who's ever tried to keep up with a toddler at a busy mall or park can attest! Boo IS really smart, and very talented, artistically, though, something she does have in common with her erstwhile Scarer. Randall must have had at least some artistic or drafting ability, along with mechanical and engineering skills, to be able to design and develop a complicated piece of new machinery, from scratch. It certainly IS ironic that like him, Boo was fast and agile for a little kid, was skilled artistically, and had a wicked temper when provoked. While I'm sure that is all just coincidence(one that most fans of the movie probably failed to notice), I myself have toyed around with the notion of Randall having had a secret little tryst(or two...or three)with adult female humans he'd encountered by chance while Scaring, and that unbeknownst to him, this unique little girl was actually the "love child" of one such encounter, lol! No, I don't really believe that, although as I have discussed the genetics of such a "hybrid" child, and the possibility that he/she could look fully human, but have abilities that perhaps go beyond those of a normal human child, it's not altogether unreasonable, either. What IS intriguing is the nature of the relationship between Randall and Boo, immediately prior to the movie's events. I find it odd that Boo even knew his name, and reacted with fear at merely hearing it mentioned. Why was that, exactly? I mean, now many Scarers introduced themselves, formally, to the kids they were assigned to scare? Wonder how many kids were on a first-name basis with the monsters who came to scare them and collect their Screams? It just seemed rather odd to me that however negative the relationship between Randall and Boo seemed to be, at that point, that there was still that level of closeness between them. Another thing that I found interesting-and I've brought THIS up before, too-is the appearance of the costume that Sulley chose to conceal Boo's identity when he and the Eyeball brought her back to the factory; it was purple and had a SCALY pattern, a wide "mouth" with sharp, pointy "teeth", and two large, round, bulbous "eyes". While it probably was just a coincidence, and I'm sure that Sulley made no connection whatsoever between his old easy chair's upholstery and Randall's appearance when crafting that disguise, I have to wonder just what went through RANDALL'S head when HE first saw "the kid" in that get-up! pitbulllady Oh God, I thought that I was the only one who thought about Boo's monster costume and Randall's appearance. It must've been rather odd for him to see someone in an attire similar to him. I mean--if I saw somebody exactly like me I would freak out and probably run away xD
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Post by mintygreen on Dec 3, 2011 6:17:14 GMT -5
I myself have toyed around with the notion of Randall having had a secret little tryst(or two...or three)with adult female humans he'd encountered by chance while Scaring, and that unbeknownst to him, this unique little girl was actually the "love child" of one such encounter, lol! pitbulllady Well although I don't personally feel like Boo is a love child Randall had with a human female(although I wouldn't mind if she was).....but I have thought of the fact that maybe he has had some encounters with human females before. I mean you never know. I wonder how he'd react if he went into a room expecting to scare a child and instead happened to come across an adult woman sleeping pretty much naked in bed. I mean sometimes people do this.....I do it myself not for any kind of sexual reason sometimes I just sleep naked(not totally naked but just underwear on) in the summer when it's hot as hell and I'm trying to stay as cool as possible. -_- So anyway if Randall saw a woman like that he might end up finding it hot but feeling weird about it at first possibly(like feel weird about finding the human sexy).....but it might make him curious to at some point try something with an adult female human. I don't consider it wrong either since yeah, the monsters and humans are pretty closely related genetically, probably enough so that they could breed successfully, would be able to communicate with each other(and therefore consent to everything), etc.
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