So I was in Big W at my local mall the other day when I saw the new Cars 2 tie-in books. I have surreptitiously taken a two photos each (of the cover and interior) for your perusal of the ‘The Cars 2 Essential Guide’ and ‘Cars 2 The Magical Story’.

I took a quick flip-through (I haven’t seen the movie yet, and I don’t want to be spoiled), but I just wanna say that from the opening sequence of ‘Cars 2 The Magical Story’, I have gained some faith in Lassseter’s promise about this being a serious spy movie…

SPOILER AHEAD

According to the book, Finn McMissile watches a fellow agent being crushed by Professor Z and his henchmen during the opening oil rig scene.

SPOILER END

This, I feel, is quite brave of Pixar, and hopefully they can maintain this tonal level of danger and menace throughout and not disappoint me with a ‘great opening-sucky remainders’ kind of plot. Cos’ I certainly don’t want a silly Austin Powers spoof instead of a serious Casino Royale drama. Not after how Pixar and Lasseter are trying to hype it up.

You can view two more photos of the books’ inside pages at my Flickr blog. (Minor spoilers)

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