I’d have to reckon that Randall was in such a state of shock, after being thrown into the Human World, that he couldn’t collect his thoughts in time to do that “blending” thing. He apparently has to concentrate on doing that, as seen in the “warm-up” scenes right before the Scarers enter their first doors of the workday. Given what he’d been through already that day, plus what must have been a really horrific sense of knowing that he’d just been thrown into the Human World, PLUS the sudden realization that there were HUMANS in that trailer, would have left him totally disoriented and defenseless. He really didn’t have time to think, but just more or less “froze”, like a deer caught in the headlights of a car. By the time he was able to get his feet to work, it was too late. As much as I desperately want to believe he’s alive, the odds were against him, since we saw him get knocked unconscious and then the woman continued to bash him with the shovel. It was not just a matter of getting rid of what she considered an invading wild animal; there was a reason for that scene being in Louisiana. People there EAT alligators. That’s like, one of the five major food groups, so I have no doubt that they saw Randall NOT as a potentially dangerous animal getting into their home(a common occurrence in many parts of the Southern US), but as a welcome MEAL. I can only hope that by some miracle, the woman realized that this was NOT an alligator, or any other Human World animal, and ceased her assault before it was too late, but like you said, even if Randall survived, he’d carry some pretty bad scars for the rest of his life, possibly suffer from brain damage or vision loss as well,and I’m not sure how Pixar would deal with that. It would make for a powerful message, to have some reconciliation between Randall and Sulley, two old rivals, with both of them having carried around their burden of guilt long enough, but again, whether or not Pixar would want to go there, out of concern that the younger audience members might not “get it” or be bored by it, I don’t know. After all, most kids have no idea who Randall is; my Jr. High students see pictures of him on my computer and walls at school and think he’s one of the cast of “Foster’s Home For Imaginary Friends”! Most of them have never seen Monsters, Inc., or if they did, it was when they were really young and they don’t remember much. That’s the problem with having such a long period of time elapse between the original and the sequel, though hopefully the new Blu-Ray and the comics will at least refresh some memories.
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GRAAAAACKGHHA!!! ahem Dang.
One of the points of the film was that beautiful ending. They simply shouldn’t / mustn’t / can’t create another film after that.