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SPEED RACER poster jets down the intertubes and crashes into your eyeballs!
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. Don't know exactly what I think about this project. I really like the look of the live-action stuff and the CG stuff looks cartoony, but I can't fault them for making a cartoony adaptation of... well, a cartoon. The visuals seemed tripped out beyond belief, no doubt. And here's the teaser poster (click it to get a bigger version)!
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looks good.
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not very interesting poster. Speed should be behind a fogged window painting an M on his forehead with red.
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There's no monkey on this poster. People love monkeys.
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The trailer is horrible. Can the monkey who portrays chim-chim star in another movie? Maybe a comedy?I have a soft spot for simean actors.
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This poster is plain, which is strange considering how amazingly kinetic and wild the trailer was.
I have no idea how it'll do at the boxoffice. It looks incredible, but the competition in May will be fierce. -
This poster looks like a poster for a Mach 5 toy car or replica model. I want this movie to be awesome, just because it comes out on my birthday. Other awesome movies that have come out on May 9th include Anaconda. SAY what you will Anaconda was awesome.
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it's true.
He's a negative Nancy! -
... have kids these days head of Speed Racer?
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the Wachowski Brothers?
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...makes everything look a ton more ugly.
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Since the "M" on the helmet looks like a red version of the golden arches.
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...But man, this poster...i dont know...it just doesn't right...
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Surprising.
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That's what I meant to say before... i don't like it...too simple...it looks like a Disney movie or a Xmas movie...i dont know...shit...i want this movie to be good...but...mmm...
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Very much on the fence with this. With just the trailer to go on, looks like some of the writting and acting is way too serious for the subject matter (that of a cartoon). I really had hoped they would keep the mile a minuet dialog like in the show. Thought the bullet time in the trailer was out of place. Seems like they are saying, remember us, we're the Matrix guys, so here's some more Matrix stuff. If I want to see Matrix stuff I'll watch The Matrix. Like they can't move beyond Matrix or can't shake it's aftermath.
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comes to mind and the colors are LOUD...
but i guess thats the point. -
and its dangerous work
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I like the poster.
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I feel the need for speed bitch
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seriously, did AICN get this hyped about the fucking Thunderbirds? this shit looks dumb as hell.
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Why in every movie that has been made post-Matrix, does someone spin around in the air after being kicked in a fight scene?
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Great tag line for all the cross gender meth addicts out there.
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I don't think they can put "brought to you by the Wachowski brothers" anymore because I think one of them is trying to turn into Carrie-Ann Moss's sister.
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the poster itself and the speed logo is nice but i agree the ugly red font is horrible, but its the same one they used in the trailer. they need to hire a better designer.
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Unfortuneately,Emmerich still allowed to film. 10,000 whatever BC is coming out. That's going to be worth seeing.
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Seriously though,other than fans of the animated series who is going to go see this? It just looks a little too cartoony for me, I know thats the point and everything doesn't have to be pitch black,but it just looks like a Uwe Boleish move. Speaking of the mighty Uwe,anyone else catch the trailers for his new epic Dungeon Siege turd? WOW.... I mean, what the hell?
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why can't the wachowskis get back to inventing awesoming cinematic shit again (ala Matrix)?
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The more images I see of this movie, the more I see similarities to that 2004 abortion "Thunderbirds" with Bill Paxton and Ben Kingsley. "Thunderbirds are Go 2004", "Speed Racer is Go 2008" UGH! The Wachowskis should have taken the other pill
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And shouldnt we call them the Wachowski siblings since one of them has a VAG now? I just get the vibe this movie is going to be very homo-erotic with symbolism.
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I'm sure somebody else has already said it. Looks like something direct to the Disney Channel.
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I'm more stoked about this film than half the 2008 line up. Only Indy, Dante 01 and TDK top it on my list. And that comes from someone who hates The Matrix and its shitty sequels.
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This is either going to dazzle completely or be incoherent to North American audiences. But hey, it's in good hands. So I'm fairly confident at this point. Let the eye candy roll.
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it is.
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Interesting.
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Along the "intertubes" should be big billboards with large colorful letters that say MEH MEH MEH
They should make Speed a misogynist drunk with a gambling problem. -
MEH as in "Matrix Revolutions."
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The last dime you gave someone a roundhouse kick to the jaw, didn't they spin around in the air like a horizontal cycone before crumpling to a heap on the ground? Cuz if not, you're doing it incorrectly. They should always spin at least 4-5 times before crumpling. I can get 8-9, cuz I'm an AWESOME face-kicker. I practice on children and elderly people.
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had I ever watched the cartoon. As it stands..meh. But then again, I felt the same way about "Transformers" and I loved that. Go figure. I guess we'll see in May.
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Who laid this out? A high school kid?
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Parade.com posted this hilarious interview with Christina Ricci today -- the monkey grabbed her breast!!
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And who could blame it.
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The trailer makes this film look like a piece of crap. Should have known after Matrix: Revolutions...
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oh....I mean speed racer...go
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Think F-Zero for the Nintendo 64.
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..to come up with a half ass decent poster. That or one of the Wachowski siblings is stealing money to fund his sex change.
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Who thinks Emile Hirsch looks like a skinny Jack Black?
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NOOOOO!!!
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Beware advertisements with the big red font. Seriously, go back and look at the movies that use it.
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I HAVE TO SAY IT FOLKS.
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Dec 18, 2007 4:12:23 PM CST
Last Frame Of Intro To The Cartoon Should've Been the Poster
by laserpants
You know the one I mean? Where Speed jumps out of the car and poses like he's running with the checkerboard in the background? That would've excited me more than this poster which is okay, but not wowing my nerdsoul.
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Terrible design and that ass ugly orange glove...barf!
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teaser poster doesn't mean bad photoshop
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The trailer looks bad, the animation looks like Mario Kart (64)...and the poster? Yuck! This movie will bomb...unlike the Dark Knight, or Indy, or my fav, Wall-e...
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I was really looking for a kick ass version of speed racer...but i guess they are aiming it more towards kids still like the cartoon, which is fine and all, but this feels too much like a cartoon..even the poster looks like a cartoon image.
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appears to be broken. Be a pal and fix it, will ya, Quint?
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...A toy box photo. Guess it suits this 2 hour toy commercial. McG's Hot Wheels doesn't seem all that crazy now.
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It's not going to get much nostalgia box office. I have no recollection of this cartoon, and I ain't no spring chicken. My cartoon memories start at G.I. Joe and Transformers. This Speed Racer shit makes even me feel young, this coming from someone who remembers the days when you had to walk over to the TV to change to one of the other three stations (including PBS). Then again, I wasn't alive when the Robin Hood legend was started, but they keep making movies of that, so whatever.
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i just watched it, and laughed my ass off at the amount of money this thing probably cost...and it looks fucking RETARDED. no doubt it's going to have a massive media blitz as most shitty movies do because they like to shove shit down our throats...
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Kind of like a rocket powered Herbie?Wasn't keen on the trailer but this poster seems as far removed from it as possible.
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In that from a graphic design standpoint, they are a vomit of clash. Visually, the movie looks very off-putting. Seeing as it's Christmas time, the look of the movie reminds me Santa's village at the mall. Saturated with shiny things, candy colors and blinking lights, all for the purpose of distracting you from noticing that Santa is an unshowered transient who reeks of whisky and has a semi-erection.
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Dec 18, 2007 5:38:48 PM CST
Loved The Trailer, But I Wish They Kept The Rapid Dialogue
by laserpants
One of the things that cracks me up about Speed Racer is how the characters talked intheshowyouknowtheytalkedlikethisbecausetheyhadtofillupallthemouthflappingwiththingstosayoh!
And then the bad guys talked the samwaybutwhentheytalkeditwasevenbetterbecausethey'resooverthetopgoofycacklingEVILandpartofsecretshadoworganizationsnadninjasandandnadnOH.
But I still think it looks great. I'm psyched for the bizarro campiness of it all. -
Everybody knows that. You CAN, however, keep beating it like a dead horse the way that Snowcone guy is trying to do about 30 posts above you.
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underfuckingwhelmed.
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sweet baby Jesus don't luck them fuck this one up!
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.The WACKowskis should have churned out a Gatchaman Movie instead of this mess or shit they could have atleast done Macross which is more on an epic scale than say..Teh Matrix. I'll stick with TDK and Ironman and call it a year.
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I was excited about this project until they started showing some of it. It looks like it was designed for the sole purpose of giving the viewer a massive migrane. All it needs now is a Photoshop inspired lens flare in every shot.
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Christina Ricci is in it, you twats. That's at least worth your $10.
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not from me though. From kids, parents and fans of the cartoon. It's all good.
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The poster is very nice when seen in person, it is lenticullar 3-D and has amazing depth. It looks like you can reach out and touch it.
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So I have definitely seen enough to proclaim this movie as a serious piece of crap! Idiots...
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You were wonderful, Speed!
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...to the Matrix sequels, re-shoots on The Invasion, and this turdburger. Sad.
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But this just looks stupid to me. No thanks, I'll pass.
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I think the poster looks fine. It implies what's happening with the helmet in his hand and the crazy ass car in the background. Lots of people here seemed underwhelmed by the poster, but I kind of like it.
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bladerunner had big red font.
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on account on her head being too big for her body.
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Been using Mario Galaxy background for a while, (awesome, awesome game, mario makes master chief look like a pussy) but since I'm about finished with the game, I need something new. put together a 1024x768 version of this, and I'll be set.
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Still think there's a chance this movie could pleasantly surprise us (maybe when you start watching the movie you get used to the aesthetics after 10 minutes), but holy crap that trailer makes it look unwatchable.
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I saw this a few days ago at the Bridge, it was in the wonderful 3d hologram poster style that had at least 45 degrees of camera rotation built into it. Amazing looking depth. Kind of like the Blade Runner cel paper weight that comes with the 5 Disc Ultimate Edition that I've been jerking it to all day.
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man oh man, SPEED RACER looks freaking amazing! those race scenes look like a video game come to life. 2008 is going to be one amazing movie year, and in 2008 im voting for RON PAUL. Ron Paul wants to GET RID OF TAXES and legalize drugs! I don't do drugs, never have, but so many people love marajuana, and under Ron Paul you can GROW POT FOR FREE! Vote RON PAUL in 2008, and lets GO GO SPEED RACER!!!
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I'm not talking big red font in general, but the same "Big Red Font" that appears on so many posters these days. For movies like Epic Movie, Chuck and Larry, License to Wed, Fred Claus, and most recent Eddie Murphy movies.
Ha, googling "red font movie posters" yielded a site comparing red font movies of today with those of yesteryear: http://jtylerhelms.com/2007 /08/red-is-not-funny.html -
Are still that till AFTER Speed Racer comes out. They don't want that controversy interfering with the movie(It is a kids movie after all) So the reporters are all lining up to be first in line next summer..
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oh, ok.. good point about that specific "big red font",its the new "alan smithee", a subtle warning to avoid the movie.
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CHECK IT OUT:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cb6htJ4XvpA
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So, this Mach 5 in the poster has a ( 5 ) painted on the side. Clearly, the car show on the trailer has a 6 painted instead on all of the action scenes. Will we see Mach 5 destruction/reconstruction as Mach 6?
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Come on Hollywood you know it makes sense.
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...is that? What a f**ked poster.
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About as exciting as nap time at a seniors home.
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Ssseriously. Ofcourse I'm a nice posssster too. **giggle**
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...his car's about to ram him but good. 'Hi, I'm Speed Racer, come bring the family to see my great new crack-inspired Disney movie of the same n- ARGHKK!!! Oh my Godddddd!!! Someone call 911, the pain! Oh my God it's unbearable...!' (etc)
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Who the fuck is going to hang around looking at one of THESE to notice it's in lenticuvision? And so what if it is? Can't think of a more tedious poster. And where in God's hell is Ricci?? Ok, so Black Snake Moan didn't exactly make a mint, but think of the subtle cultural enrichment of our civilization, and of future civilizations, care of BSM's boner-inducing posters? Christina, if you're reading this - and let's face it, you're not - you should demand of the marketers that they fully redress the situation. Or better yet undress it.
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the Rollerball re-make, because the original is a classic, and James Caan was awesome.
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Go George Clooney! Go George Clooney, Go!
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Once they admit they Matrix 2 and 3 were terrible, I'll gladly see their next shlock of a film. Their best film was Bound about 10 years ago. Stop preaching and make films that are fun to watch.
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And yes, that is not a good thing. I do hope he keeps the helmet off and dies quickly although. Hey always hope. :)
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The wachowskis shouldn't apologize to you! It's YOU that oughta be apologizing to them for being a douchebag! And then YOu should apologize to everyone here for being annoying enough to over and over again let everyone online know about your dochebaggery for hating the Matrix sequels! And then as an act of repentence, you must blow the dicks of the Wachowski BROTHERS, because they both still have 'em and this transexual stuff is apparently nothing mroe than some gossipy rumour exposing you for the woman you are and wish you could be! BWAHAHAHAHABut same pointless jokes and stuff aside, that poster image is indeed classified under 'Meh' but if I've gotta see it's 3D-ness to appreciate it, then okay, I'll withold judgment... 3D can do wondorous things!
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but it's giving me a seiz...zuuuhhohgokkkh
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Flip it upside down, then double-reverse the image of the car and voila!
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The actual theater poster is in 3D. Believe me, it makes all the difference. The static image above does not at all capture the majesty of this poster.
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I liked the woman sauntering towards the camera with her neon pink cape/scarf blowing perpendicular to her. Nice image. That's it, though.
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What's up with that?!?
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Why are they making CRAP like this?
FLOP FLOP FLOP FLOP! -
http://tinyurl.com/2br4mb
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I've read around that the Wachowski siblings are using some kind of special filming equipment\technique that has the entire field of vision in perfect focus at all times, like TV animation. From the look of the poster and the HD trailer it seems like the movie will be hyper-textured, with every surface showing visible detail. This might turn out to be the killer app for HD-DVD, same way The Matrix was for regular DVD back in late 99, early 2000.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=IB3Hxve3RH0
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instead they should be handing out refund checks for those who wasted over 4 hours of this over pretentous shit. What seemed to be a potentually great franchise turned into a major disapointment especially Revolution. Sowwies!
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I'm sorry but I have no faith in this project.
Horrible horrible trailer and this is the sort of film that will baffle audiences and drive them away.
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