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The creators of the movie "Cars" probably had some very heated debates about whether the vehicle eyes should be the headlights or the windshields (self.showerthoughts)
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[–] largesock 16 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The makers actually call this out in Cars 2: https://pixar.fandom.com/wiki/Cars_2_Trivia?file=Lights.png

[–] EfreetSK 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Omg now it finally makes sense to me why was Matter so freaked out! I was always like "Huh? She just said Headlights"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

That is actually a direct reference to the cars made for Chevron commercials by Aardman Animations (Wallace and Gromit, Chicken Run, Shaun the Sheep, etc.) starting in 1995.

[–] megane_kun 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Okay, let's assume that the windshields are the vehicle eyes, what are headlights then? Dimples they can make glow at will?

EDIT: Oh, wait, never mind. I just outed myself as not having seen the movies, lol!

[–] Ech 2 points 2 years ago

The windshield is what is looked through. Lights just assist in viewing. Putting eyes in the headlights would be weird.