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Christina Ricci drops the chain and instead snaps the Mach 5's seat-belt around her waist!!!

First by odysseus	Apr 13th, 2007 03:11:40 AM
I feel lame, but I've never done this once in 10 years.
Chim Chim by CarbonGhost	Apr 13th, 2007 03:23:08 AM
They should get one of the Olsen twins to play the monkey.
Wednesday Addams... by Seph_J	Apr 13th, 2007 03:23:36 AM
...is the reason I grew into a healthy straight male. She was underage.... so was I..... it doesn't get any better than that.... AHH, childhood.
NOOOOOOO!!! Ricci is gonna stand out like a sore thumb! by captboulder	Apr 13th, 2007 03:24:44 AM
Will she be playing the monkey? Well she is a piece of ass!
Second by ZombiKiller86	Apr 13th, 2007 03:26:04 AM
Then again, the Wachowski Brothers are just plain werid, espceially that Larry Wachowski.
Nipples on Ricci by Mullah Omar	Apr 13th, 2007 03:28:06 AM
...would be the only reason for me to see this flick.
Maryann from Gilligan Island was my fantasy gal! by captboulder	Apr 13th, 2007 03:31:25 AM
Rebecca Russell was my sister best friend who I always wanted to nail but couldn't! And Mimi Rogers was my best friend mom who was always drunk and had her tits out!
Please, No CGI Scooby-Dooesque Chim Chim by Darth Fabulous	Apr 13th, 2007 03:59:46 AM
They should have cast Elisha Cuthbert as Trixie.
Ricci ALREADY has big MANGA EYES by Dead Snoopy	Apr 13th, 2007 04:03:43 AM
sounds like a cost cutting move in the special effects department - a bold move if if ask me
Nipples on ricci by Phategod1	Apr 13th, 2007 04:05:43 AM
The only reason to watch any movie.
phategod1 by slkboxrman	Apr 13th, 2007 04:11:12 AM
ricci in black snake moan was the only reason to watch that too......havent seen it yet but im sure watching christina ricci chained up runnin round in her panties HAS to be good
Judging by the highway sequence in Reloaded by Sheeld	Apr 13th, 2007 04:32:45 AM
This is gonna be insane!
The only way I'm seeing this... by NachoNegro	Apr 13th, 2007 04:34:11 AM
...is if at least half of the movie is dedicated to full widescreen HD closeups of Ricci's naked crotch, with the occasional loving pan up to the chesticles.
Mmmmm...Christina Ricci... by DerLanghaarige	Apr 13th, 2007 05:10:14 AM

I love me some Ricci. by Blarney-Man	Apr 13th, 2007 05:22:40 AM
Gorgeous and interesting. Not a common mix.
I'm like 1 or 2 more moves from being... by DarkHawke	Apr 13th, 2007 05:40:39 AM
...COMPLETELY sold on the idea that Larry and Andy are totally, 100% dead on with this adaptation, and this casting only solidifies that feeling! As perfect as John Goodman is for Pops Racer, I can now not even BEGIN to think of a better Trixie than Christina Ricci! The Wachowskis' casting eye (or at least that of their casting director!) is as razor-sharp as it was for the Matrix trilogy, and that was an EXCELLENTLY cast movie series, besides being stem-to-stern brilliant! Christ, can they really pull this off? Will I believe that a car can fly? Damn, fellas, I am so ready to be wowed by this. Kick ass, boys. KICK ASS!!!
I care about the Mach 5 by Black Satin 2	Apr 13th, 2007 05:49:34 AM
After all of this, it better look damned cool.
When Do We Get To See THE CAR!!!?? by Christobal	Apr 13th, 2007 06:37:52 AM
Not crazy about Sarandon at all. Too old. I sorta thought Speed's mom was hot too. Not as hot as Trixie, of course. I have to agree that Elisha Cuthbert would have been a better choice as SHE is, in fact, VERY hot.
NOOOOOOO!!! Ricci's nipples gonna stand out like... by LargoJr	Apr 13th, 2007 07:24:26 AM
... sore thumbs!! OH NOES! Welp.. count me in.
DAMN YOU WEDNESDAY!! by dundundles	Apr 13th, 2007 07:33:30 AM
DAMN YOU WEDNESDAY!!
Better than "Battle Angel Alita" at this point by Anna Valerious	Apr 13th, 2007 07:35:00 AM
Hmm, remember when Trixie was blonde for a while in the American version? Reminded me of Kristy Swanson...
Dennis Farina made to look younger = Pops... by stlfilmwire	Apr 13th, 2007 07:36:55 AM
That is just my opinion.
Jim Belushi by stlfilmwire	Apr 13th, 2007 07:59:40 AM
I'd hate to say it, but Jim Belushi might actually be a good choice for Pops. Given Speed's age, the only two people I can see as Racer X are Joaquin Phoenix and Heath Ledger... or MAYBE Keanu... if he was a much older brother. Hehe. Give Sparky to Topher Grace. He'd be great.
Ah! Oh! Ah! by DerLanghaarige	Apr 13th, 2007 08:03:12 AM
Or something like that.
I'll give her mach 5 by Fecal Debris	Apr 13th, 2007 08:14:54 AM
straight up her poop chute
CGI is ruining the careers of our great monkey actors! by Kid Z	Apr 13th, 2007 08:18:09 AM
Time was, you used to see chimps and other apes on TV and in movies all the time. Hell, back in the 50's there was a chimp anchorman on the Today Show! And let's not forget the 60's and Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp... a veritable Justice League of lower primate talent. Those were the glory days! The Evolution Revolution was on the Billboard charts, and chimp actors (and actresses) were respected and living the good life! The good times continued into the 70's with Any Which Way But Loose and its sequel with a fine pongoloid performance that brought a new generation of young turk Orangutans into the Hollywood limelight. Alas, these glory days were soon to end, however, as ape actors fell out of favor in the 80s. An Attempt to revive the genre in the 90's with Dunston Checks In proved to be a misguided death knell. Computer technology also had a hand as when Peter Jackson, casting for the lead in King Kong, hired a human being in a motion capture suit hooked up to a bank of computers to bring the legendary beast to cinematic life. Personally, I think this is a slap in the face to struggling ape actors everywhere as well as an example of speciesism run rampant. Thankfully, we are long past the days when an African American is played by a caucasian with shoe polish on his face, or an Asian by an English actor with a rubber band around his head to pull his eyes into a slant. Using a computer to play an ape is equally discriminatory. It's an outrage that demands justice! I propose we start a petition right now. Let's gather signatures and send them to the Wachowskis demanding that Chim-Chim be played by an actual ape actor. If they refuse and instead use computers and a guy in a motion capture suit, I say we boycott the resulting cinematic atrocity! APE POWER NOW!
I'd love to see Billy Zane as Racer X.... by Otter	Apr 13th, 2007 08:18:55 AM
... now THAT would complete a perfect cast.
Speed Racer 2: Tokyo Drift by Zarles	Apr 13th, 2007 08:25:44 AM
You know it's coming, and you know Vin Diesel already has a cameo in it.
Baba Booey for Chim Chim! by uss cygnus	Apr 13th, 2007 08:43:56 AM
...All too easy. force activates carbon freeze
harry for chim chim by JRKerr	Apr 13th, 2007 08:58:21 AM
and maybe get massawyrm for spritle.
I would fuck her by Jabba the Slut	Apr 13th, 2007 09:11:15 AM
yes indeedy
Lancelot Link! by toadkillerdog	Apr 13th, 2007 09:19:13 AM
I did not think anyone would remeber that great thespian/spy/rock star from the seventies. Kid Z - you made my day! Yes, he would have been the definitive Chim Chim. No Olsen twin jokes here though.
Good to see Christina Ricci getting roles again. by rbatty024	Apr 13th, 2007 09:21:18 AM
Although, it's too bad she had to start starving herself to get these roles. Damn you Hollywood!
I just want to see Susan Sarandon by Knobules	Apr 13th, 2007 09:22:42 AM
Just to bask in what an empowered woman she is. Her opinions mean everything and we should all listen to her. Ha! kidding. Shes a cow.
How many times??? by James_O'Nasty	Apr 13th, 2007 09:41:08 AM
Are they going to bring up that "Racer X was, in actuality, Speed's older brother, who had run away, years ago..." Who will be Spridal? And please Ms. Sarandon, keep your dirty politics out of the movie!!!
She already looks like an Anime drawing... by blackmantis	Apr 13th, 2007 09:42:23 AM
...with that giant head of hers. Eh, she'll be fine. The source material isn't exactly a sacred text.
Get outta my dreams, and into my car... by Billyeveryteen	Apr 13th, 2007 09:51:24 AM
Joy.
No, this girl looks like an Anime drawing by TrueLies	Apr 13th, 2007 09:52:49 AM
No kidding: http://tinyurl.com/2en2bx
So Ricci is playing the Chimp, right? by anchorite	Apr 13th, 2007 10:07:47 AM
Will her forehead get top billing?
I hear Ricci's forehead is leaving ICM... by anchorite	Apr 13th, 2007 10:14:21 AM
it wants to be repped by someone who will fight to get it a broader range of roles. I personally cannot imagine it getting any broader than it already is.
Clive Owen as Racer X by The Ghost of Marcus Brody	Apr 13th, 2007 10:24:32 AM
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Damn you, Wachowski Brothers by Mr Incredible	Apr 13th, 2007 10:40:18 AM
I'll get the ball rolling right now. Feel free to jump in. I would have thought Dennis Farina as Pops Racer, but who knows.
Clive Owen is (I think) too old... based on... by stlfilmwire	Apr 13th, 2007 10:45:27 AM
the age of pops and who they cast as speed. I wish they had cast an older pops and older speed racer and called this movie a new adventure or something...
I predict this movie will...... by Forestal	Apr 13th, 2007 10:53:48 AM
Suck huge TAINT
BLACK SPEED SNAKE RACER MOAN!!!! by TheUglyBaby	Apr 13th, 2007 10:55:06 AM
(__)__)
Ricci looks like an Anime girl by TORTURE PWN	Apr 13th, 2007 11:25:49 AM
Perfect.
Does anyone really doubt... by jimmy rabbitte	Apr 13th, 2007 11:43:59 AM
...that when the lights come up at the end of this movie (for those of you who go to see it) you'll be sitting there thinking, "What the hell was that supposed to be?" Which is pretty much what I was doing after each of the two Matrix sequels. V for Vendetta was a little bit of an improvement but not enough to really get me excited about a Speed Racer movie. I (along with everyone I know) stopped watching the cartoon at the age of four.
Ricci in Speed Racer... by Veni Vidi Vici	Apr 13th, 2007 11:49:19 AM
Sold.
Pumpkin head by Zath_ras	Apr 13th, 2007 12:16:11 PM
There's gonna be some serious wind drag with the top down.
Less than original by Zath_ras	Apr 13th, 2007 12:18:12 PM
Guess I should've read some postings before I threw out my "big head" joke. As overused as Sulu anal jokes at the Shatner roast.
Ricci by Suckmuckduck999	Apr 13th, 2007 12:26:15 PM
Is Hollywood so out of ideas that they keep on continuing to make sequels and live-action versions of cartoons?
Swayze as Racer X! by uss cygnus	Apr 13th, 2007 12:43:13 PM
"It's my way...or the highway."
First by captainkrk	Apr 13th, 2007 12:43:33 PM
first
...Ricci should play... by mr ahole ramirez	Apr 13th, 2007 01:04:41 PM
...the role of the roads or speedways, I mean, her forehead is big enough...this movie will only be cool if its terrible dubbin goin on wit superspeed talkin...
Speed will die in a horrific wreck by Kurzinski Valentine	Apr 13th, 2007 01:16:34 PM
due to the hot summer sun reflecting off Ricci's massive cranial fivehead and blinding him momentarily. Chim Chim (no doubt to be played by another hideous, facially-handicapped actress such as Reese Witherspoon or Kirsten Dunst) will attempt to aid Speed in recovering the Mach 5 from a ludicrously high-speed spin out, but the ape's valiant efforts will be in vain, as Speed's last moments are recorded as he careens into the wall at 289mph and burns alive, trapped in his own cockpit. Way to go, Ricci. Way to go.
Fivehead? by Kid Z	Apr 13th, 2007 01:44:45 PM
...fivehead?!!? (chortle!)
Ricci is only doing this movie by emeraldboy	Apr 13th, 2007 01:49:38 PM
Cause her last few films have bombed. Nothing wrong with a few tankers in your career. She may have hoped that being poster cahined to a radiator may have worked wonders....Black Snake, what now?
What was the name of that movie she did and by emeraldboy	Apr 13th, 2007 01:57:14 PM
Fat harvey weinsteing sat on for five years and ate before spitting out on DVD. It was that Wurtzel lady's book. Prozac nation. I think?
This TB is freaking funny! Digging, K. Valentine post! by captboulder	Apr 13th, 2007 02:04:03 PM
And the rest of you guys deserve some major props as well!
NachoNegro..... by scidog68	Apr 13th, 2007 02:15:44 PM
...You, Sir, are my new favorite human. "Chesticles" indeed!
I like her, but... by MechaTruffautMk2	Apr 13th, 2007 02:16:22 PM
...she's way too old. The guy playing Speed was old enough, but Ricci is even older still. Weren't these characters, at most, 16? I do like the casting and I think the movie will turn out boss from what I've heard so far, but I think the age will kind of spoil the iconic image of the characters. Maybe you guys don't care, but it has to be said. I guess everybody will be CGI deyoungified. Reeves too, if he is Racer X, is awesome, but he's over 40 by now. Sarandon and Goodman are about to keel over, now that I mention it, though I love them.
Chim-Chim... by scidog68	Apr 13th, 2007 02:20:19 PM
Should be played by a midget Puerto Rican with Tourettes. Just, ya' know.....for kicks.
Christina Ricci? Oooooooh! by Johnno	Apr 13th, 2007 02:23:31 PM
The one I want is... THAT GIRL!!!
SUPER HOT IN BLACK SNAKE MOAN. by iamnicksaicnsn	Apr 13th, 2007 02:30:25 PM
My one criticism is that they didn't show her breasts ENOUGH!
ricci hot? by sokitome	Apr 13th, 2007 02:33:22 PM
Really u guys think she's hot? OH well i do believe she's a talented actress but Hot? oh well i guess it's a matter of personal taste
It doesn't really matter by Quin the Eskimo	Apr 13th, 2007 02:47:26 PM
but is Larry Wachowski still a dude, or is it Linda?
Ricci got a nice bod but isn't gorgeous or hot, IMO. by captboulder	Apr 13th, 2007 02:52:34 PM
Ricci is a good actress though. Jessica Alba is HOT, but a terrible actress.
My interest in seeing this is about at negative by superninja	Apr 13th, 2007 03:24:18 PM
1. So I guess Trixie is now going to be modernized by being a melancholy sourpuss?
I hope she likes acting against a green screen by Mike_D	Apr 13th, 2007 03:38:16 PM
Because thats how they make films.
Love how she tries to make Trixie sound DEEP by TheGhostWhoLurks	Apr 13th, 2007 04:56:39 PM
"I LOVE how she's, like, down for... whatever... ADVENTURE they've gotta do." BWAH-HA-HAAAAA!!! Funny stuff! :) Maybe she'll voice "Sweet Polly Purebread" for the Underdog film, too.
I loved Black Snake Moan by DonMagicWan	Apr 13th, 2007 05:31:31 PM
But Ricci DOES have a big ass head...not that I was looking at her head. Side note - her acting was pretty damn good in that flick.
Should've been Rachael Leigh Cook.. by Playkins	Apr 13th, 2007 05:38:51 PM
If Ricci doesn't look too old, neither would Cook. She looks like a living anime character, to boot. Something about Ricci always makes me want to smack her. Kind of smug-looking or something.
What's with the bowl haircut? by Pound Sand	Apr 13th, 2007 09:00:32 PM
not fapworthy AT ALL.
Visually, I hope they go for something very by superninja	Apr 14th, 2007 12:22:06 AM
pop and iconic. V made me think they can pull a very interesting visual look off. Although, I'm still trying to figure out why the heck Speed's parents are involved and of course the mention of "modern tension" always causes one's eyes to roll.
Excellent by MarkoOhNo	Apr 14th, 2007 02:06:10 AM
She should work well. Besides, any excuse to see Ricci on a big screen is a welcome one. ;) She's got beauty & then some. Nearly identical to a girl I used to date.
The bowlcut is designed to hide her Death Star forehead by anchorite	Apr 14th, 2007 02:25:14 AM
She has killed entire solar systems with that thing. Christina Ricci's forehead ate Galactus for breakfast.
Sorry but I just gotta say it........ by mesohorny	Apr 14th, 2007 06:45:42 AM
Ricci's 8head gotta eat!!!! But, yeah, I'd drop a load on that noggin. There, now I feel better.
That's not a forehead, it's an eighthead! by Pound Sand	Apr 14th, 2007 10:34:36 AM
Thanks, I'll be in the TINO talkbacks all week.
Again I say: Damn you, Wachowski Brothers by Mr Incredible	Apr 14th, 2007 10:35:32 AM
Hey, you might as well start now, because the hate for this movie is coming.
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Dammit! by MarkoOhNo	Apr 14th, 2007 12:43:29 PM
The only thing that really pisses me off about this: when I first saw it, I thought the topic read "Christina Ricci drops her top..."
"Weren't these characters, at most, 16" by Triumph poops!	Apr 14th, 2007 02:57:29 PM
I hardly doubt -- unless this was a live action show on the Disney Channel -- that anyone would buy into a 16 year old driving the most advanced car in the world in major racing events around the globe. I don't know why people alway think of Speed being SO young, even looking at the cartoon. He and Trixie were youthful, but they're clearly NOT teens. They're early to mid 20-somethings...Racer X is more like a full grown man, 30-ish...and Pops is still vigorous in his early 50's. Which is EXACTLY the age casting we're seeing so far. My only gripe is Sarandon. She's actually OLDER than Goodman, by about 6 years. Someone above noted Speed's mom was clearly a babe, too, so I would've preferred a hotter MILF in her Forties as opposed to someone who has now officially entered her SIXITES (and yes, Sarandon has) and who's OLDER than Pops...

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