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Some Great New SPEED RACER Footage Shows Up Online!
Hey, everyone. “Moriarty” here.
Okay... I had to backtrack this one to the source. I see that The Moving Picture.net ran this footage on April 1st, but I can't tell when The Trailer Addict.com ran it. I've never clicked on either of those sites before in my life, so I'm not even sure if they were the first to post links to it.
All I know is it's new to me, and it appears to be an exclusive that was given to an insurance company.
So respect the exclusive. I'm not embedding it. Go to this site and select “Exclusive Video” from the three options you’re offered.
Then come back here so we can compare notes.
Personally, I think it’s awesome. The format it’s encoded in sucks, it doesn’t do the image justice, but even so... wow. It’s TRON. That’s what this reminds me of most. It’s TRON, but with the palette of THE FIFTH ELEMENT. And that sounds pretty good to me.
Thanks to Ari for the heads-up on this, and at this point, I am counting the days till I can see this and IRON MAN. I think May’s going to get off to an unusually strong start this year, and I can’t wait.
Drew McWeeny, Los Angeles
Drew McWeeny, Los Angeles
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movie looks lame
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It's shuddering and stuttering like crazy for me. Hey! Erin, the Esurance girl mascot, is a hawttie!
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i can't seem to load it now.. maybe it'll stream better later.
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Indy 4 will rule though.
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and good call Mori about Tron/5th element. Let's just hope it leans more toward the former.
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It may end up being a shitty movie, but there is not one 10 year old boy in the world that is going to miss this.
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right up their stupid asses. Thanks for the contribution, RokurGepta.
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If you've actually seen footage. And I hereby nominate Emile Hirsch to be the new philosopher-king of the universe: "I mean.. their last name IS Racer."
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And I think the movie looks pretty cool.
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The thing with TRON is it took place inside a computer so the artificiality of it was organic to the story. With this it just seems distancing and so divorced from logic that tension and excitement will be non-existent.
As far as throwing in The 5th Element comparison, there was a layer of grime in that which came *closer* to selling it as a world than this. Anyway, I hope it works in the context of the movie, I really do. -
It was also a cartoon, mr.brownstone. Which is why it's so "divorced from logic". The Wachowskis haven't bother to put the movie into a realistic setting. They've really just expanded and enhanced the universe of the show. What works for you as a world exactly? Seems like bright colors are just a turn off for you.
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Watching some of this i'm starting to think Speed is gonna start out in the mach 6 and then have to go back to his old mach 5 due to whatever reason.
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But I don't think the Bros. have the chops to really make it sing. At best it will most likely fall short of Tron, I think, because while that film had many shortcomings, it had great performances alongside the wonderful aesthetic and occasionally incredible set pieces.
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Was that type of animation mix ever attempted again in a movie? Because there's where the difference is: nobody had ever done anything like Tron before or since, while this just looks like extremely advanced CGI with colors that make your colon bleed.
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5 then 6, with the Mach 6 being used in the climactic race at the end of the movie. Why would the put the craziest-ass race first?
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The clip's playing at Regal Cinemas in their "Twenty" segment.
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on about 50 hits of acid.
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I simply cannot wait for this. Especially in Imax.
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Just a thought but why on earth would I want to go with an insurance company stupid enough to insure a driver as reckless as Speed Racer?
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That is all.
Can't wait to download it.
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however, the wachowski's did a pretty good job on The Matrix (first one only), so I'll probably go see it. That whole cg look is pretty naff though.
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The Wachowskis haven't disappointe me. All 3 Matrix films were great! Even V for Vendetta was pretty good though I've never read the comic. This looks like great fun! It's like they heard all the negative comments about the matrix Reloaded's car chase being too slow-mo and decided to push the adrenaline to the max on this one. I wonder if they get to use any of the stuff they couldn't do in the matrix in this one. Joel Silver did say there were action pieces and events that they simply couldn't do or finish in the Matrix sequels, particularly the car chase. Did they ever put out that advertized but totally forgotten Art of the matrix Reloaded and Revolutions book? What the hell happened to that? I want it!
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I was never much of a Speed Racer fan, even as a kid. The movie has a lot of flashy, razzle-dazzle effects and at least they got rid of the queer looking neck scarf that Speed wore in the cartoon. I think I MIGHT see this when it comes out on DVD.
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I am not sure if they had the exclusive or not, but TrailerAddict.com also ran it on April 1st and MovingPicture.net has embedded Trailer Addict's video, so it looks so. I do love TrailerAddict.com for the latest movie trailers.
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No Aquatarkus, nobody has ever done the animation technique from Tron again... as in "photo-roto"scoping with multi-matting and backlit gels. They took every frame of footage shot, photocopied it, did multiple roto masks, and shot separate backlit gel layers for every goddamn frame too.
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When The Matrix came out I was completely obsessed with it. I was so goddamn excited for the sequels that I dragged two completely unrelated friends with me to the midnight premiere of Reloaded in my town. I saw Reloaded seven times in the theatre (four times regular screen, three times in IMAX). Reloaded was absolutely fantastic to me, until Revolutions came out and not only did it leave questions unanswered, it made things more murky, nonsensical, and incoherent. Not to mention the action and filming became really self-conscious and lame. Anyhow, after I saw Revolutions for the third time in theatres, I finally figured out that the Wachowskis had lost the plot and no matter how many times I watched the movie it would not bring me satisfaction.
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This didn't make me want to see the movie more than i already did, but I am still psyched. even though the racing looks a lot more like the ads for the movie CARS looked than i thought it would. Like, it is obviously CGI, is my point. I thought they'd make it look at least a little real. But whatever, I am getting high as a fuck-motherer and seeing this thing. (in the god damn theatre, dude. seeing a movie like this at home on DVD is like going to the Grand Canyon by looking at a national geographic magazine with pictures of the grand canyon in it.)
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...did he borrow one from Dud Bolt or Mohawnic(my favorite) or that local boy Anakin? *this post is so...so...so freakin' geeky
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Wachowskis are hit and miss. Like others the first matrix rocked, second was ok to boarding on fail, third? Umm. "crickets" V was not a great but an ok movie, just slow. I still think this movie looks over kill in the cg department. I will wait for this to feature as Encore's new movie down the road.
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So what's your point? What works in a cartoon does not automatically work in live action.
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No, really. I mean, why is an insurance company getting an exclusive..?
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Sorry, I can't get excited about this one.
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Definitely a rental.
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Opening night.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1i6zLG_QKEk
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Moriarty, I saw Tron. I knew Tron. Tron was a friend of mine. Moriarty, Speed Racer is no Tron.
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Direct Batman Beigins. It might then have had a shot at being something. Oh well.
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...or Shark Boy and Lava Girl.
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It's working quite well for me... well judging from the trailers anyway...And pierrotlefou... ideally they're talking about live action films here... not video games and anime. Have you seen anything like this in live action films? And racing games in arcades back then looked like shit... However the new Gran Turismo is looking mighty fine! And speaking of anime, has anyone seen the trailer for another new racing anime called 'Red Line'? Now that looks awesome!
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^^And I completely agree with you pierrotlefou, we HAVE pretty much seen this all before. For some reason the Wachowskis especially seem to be fond (or contractually obligated) to try to pass off every repetitive, pro-forma thing they do as some sort of crazy new filmic experiment that's SOOO revolutionary that it couldn't possibly be like anything we've ever seen before. Oh right, you mean like those groundbreaking products of your "uncompromising vision" that were the derivative shitpiles known as Matrix 2, Matrix 3 and V for Vendetta? My eyes, my eyes bled from the newness of it all!
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cant wait to see this.
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down right HOOOT in this flick...seriously man, I dont want to sound juvenile, but....I mean DAMN, look at her!! looking much better than in black snake moan thats for sure....beyond that I cant muster much excitement for the flick-I know the Wacowskis (is that how you spell it) and all..but..it kinda looks fairly "meh" to me....except for Ricci..cause..DAMN!
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Looks totally amazing. Yeah, I know its for kids, but really, underneath it all its for nostalgic adults (especially aging gen-xers) who want to relive fond memories of youth. GO SPEED RACER GO!!!
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Having watched many films for many years, I've found myself becoming somewhat jaded about the 'sameness' of so many mainstream flicks. On top of that, we're in an era of seemingly endless sequels that just compound the problem.
To see something as fresh and innovative as 'SPEED RACER' is incredibly exciting. You just know you're going to have a truly once in a lifetime experience with this film.I know people have highly divisive opinions on 'THE MATRIX RELOADED' and 'THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS', but my personal experience indicates that most people who don't like the sequels tend not to understand them. Which is fine. Movies like Darren Aronofsky's 'THE FOUNTAIN' suffered from similar reactions.The difference is that 'THE MATRIX TRILOGY' is regarded as an "action" series, and people aren't used to the idea of mixing intelligence with action.But if there's one thing the Wachowskis have proved with movies like 'BOUND' and 'THE MATRIX' is that they can do mainstream movies easier than most people take a piss ('BOUND' was written off-the-cuff as an "in" to making 'THE MATRIX', remember).With that in mind, I see no reason why 'SPEED RACER' shouldn't rock on every single level.
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