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Nordling screams Go Go Go SPEED RACER as he reads the Wachowski's script!!!

first by Gozu	Aug 11th, 2007 11:02:47 AM

I masturbated furiously after school. by godoffireinhell	Aug 11th, 2007 11:10:00 AM
Every single day.
second.. by bob oblaw	Aug 11th, 2007 11:10:16 AM
this si good news
I don't think these script reviews are a good thing. by Bronx Cheer	Aug 11th, 2007 11:13:05 AM
They don't offer any real service aside from the same thing being first in a TB serves and screaming to the world "first." Why don't you tell us where the script came from? If it's okay, then that revelation shouldn't be a problem.
I had a feeling about this one by i kick tits	Aug 11th, 2007 11:20:32 AM
I just did.
McBeef is a wicked play. What would they want with it? by Bronx Cheer	Aug 11th, 2007 11:22:50 AM
Except to screw it up?
Nordling is an ass clown. by Cotton McKnight	Aug 11th, 2007 11:24:53 AM
What an elitist hypocrite this guy is. First he scolds us and tells us that we are aren't advancing our lives by living in the past, and that we are experiencing "nerdstalgia". Then he tells us that Speed Racer, a show that he enjoyed as a child, kicks "holy ass". At least he's aware of what he is, I guess.
Sounds great by Vamp-AICNchat	Aug 11th, 2007 11:30:48 AM
Let's just hope it's better than MATRIX: REVOLOUTIONS....well, that can't be hard can it?
The Opening credit sequence... by GimmieMyBackpackBack	Aug 11th, 2007 11:33:21 AM
...should just be the Ghost Face Killah video for "Daytona 500".
So how is Larry going to get his S&M fetishes by DirkD13"	Aug 11th, 2007 11:34:27 AM
Into a family-friendly movie?
are we not going to get any dvd/bluray/hddvd info by skiff	Aug 11th, 2007 11:41:54 AM
has cool news givin up posting info on dvd/bluray/hddvd? Been a while do we have to wait for harry to get home from honeymoon?
Nerdstalgia: great insight, Nordling by BrowncoatJedi	Aug 11th, 2007 11:55:20 AM
I can't believe what some adults are still into. If you're a grown man, give up the Nintendo and Transformers toys! He-Man is not a good show. Voltron is not a good show. You were a kid when you liked them, fine. Time to leave behind childish things.
Nice one, Nordling! by clone-o-mat	Aug 11th, 2007 12:07:30 PM
I enjoyed reading that just for the sake of reading it. You're a natural. "racing Rex's ghost around the track"... how cool. Also, I'm super pshyched about this movie now. I've always thought family films could be great. How weird the R rated Wachowski's might be the ones to prove it.
They should turn it into a trilogy by DynamixRo	Aug 11th, 2007 12:07:31 PM
Great success.
NORDLING, YOU SUCK by ErnieAnderson	Aug 11th, 2007 12:09:34 PM
It's not really true. Just wishful thinking...
"Time to leave behind childish things." by clone-o-mat	Aug 11th, 2007 12:10:16 PM
said Browncoat Jedi.
I call shennanigans! by Colier Rannd	Aug 11th, 2007 12:17:19 PM
I gotta say this review is total crap. Wanna say how "nerdstalgia" (stupid term) has somehow ruined or made our opinions less valid. As if Nordling is some analytical genius. As if the hate for Bayformers was unjustified and then he says how "real nostalgia" makes this script great? Who is he to preach to us? Frankly, from his opening sentences I suspect the movie takes away the fun of the series and replaces it. It's something he was looking for and not necessarily something that people who want the movie to be more like the show are looking for.Producers in Hollywood always buy a property and then change what made it great. Or at least 99.9% of the time. They run away from the fantastical. They run away from what they deem "cheesy". And as Nordling tells us that our devotion to the source material is horrible and "nerdstalgia", he is in effect saying that this script does the same. Shennanigans!
I want a Starblazers Movie!!!! by NHRonin	Aug 11th, 2007 12:18:09 PM
Two three hour movies for the Quest for Iscandar...and completely faithful to the anime series. The first film ends with the Battle in the Rainbow Galaxy. If the two films succeed, bring on the Comet Empire!
Thundercats could be good.... by kdoc13	Aug 11th, 2007 12:21:44 PM
The thundercats movie could be good if done right. But it would have to focus on the end of their planet and the remaining cats leaving and going to the new world and trying to start over from there. It would be more like a Battlestar Galactica feel than a Power Rangers movie feel. But that's the only way I could see it being good. Personally, speed racer holds no draw for me anyway. Now, you want to make things interesting, how about a live action Smurfs movie with Bob Hoskins, Jack Black, and Michelle Moynahan as Smurfette. I'd see that! Just kidding.
Interested but scared. by tile_mcgillus	Aug 11th, 2007 12:23:37 PM
I love the Matrix trilogy and V for Vendetta! I hope this is awesome. Script sounds like a good time. Actually trying to use the source material...interesting concept! The reverse Michael Bay technique. I like it. I hope Michael Bay gets crabs!
nerdstalgia vs nostalgia vs something else by Dollar Bird	Aug 11th, 2007 12:25:13 PM
There are people out there who are obsessed with old stuff from their childhood, yes. They have shelves lined with action figures and boxes of polybagged issues of "Starlog". These people are probably borderline OCD. But I'd like to think that that population is a minority, and that most of us like cool stuff and remember cool things from those shows you listed, but our lives revolve around other things. I don't think anyone here is going to expound on the universal truths-holding epic of Thundercats. But there were some fun things in those old cartoons. Maybe they were just the designs and voices, maybe they had a cool-looking monster. Whatever. But to say that it's immature obsession to mine these old things we liked as kids is misguided, I think. Now, I'm not going to say that anything based on the stuff from our childhood is great. I never saw Bay's Transformers, and heaven knows a Voltron or Thundercats movie has a high potential to be lame. But if the filmmakers take the "awesome" essense of what we liked as kids, and think NOW as adults, "Hey, that show sucked, but that element of it was pretty cool," I think we'd have more movies like this "Speed" one you described and less like what we all are expecting to see when we sit in a darkened theatre and we find Paul Walker plays Prince Lotor.
Is Chim-Chim still getting tortured on-set? by team america	Aug 11th, 2007 12:25:54 PM
Come on, guys, there are way better reasons to torture a monkey than getting your dumb anime adaptation filmed.
speed fucking racer? by ScaryJim	Aug 11th, 2007 12:28:11 PM
So Thundercats couldn't possibly good but this, THIS IS GOOD? I really can't comprehend anything I just read... ''Disgusted, Speed considers quitting racing altogether, but then Racer X shows up on his doorstep. He's something called a Chief Inspector Detector, and he wants to make sure the races are on the up-and-up, without corporate interference. Racer X asks Speed to race in the Casa Cristo 5000, known to drivers as the Crucible, and the very same race that killed Speed's brother Rex. Another driver has been contracted to lose the race to help decrease the stock value of a company that Remington wants to take over. If that driver wins, Remington won't be able to buy it off. There's something oddly familiar about Racer X, and so Speed decides to take him up on it, with the hopes of gaining the almighty invite to the World Grand Prix. Because when the odds are against him, and there's dangerous work to do, you bet your life Speed Racer will see it through!'' What the hell, is this 'The Insider' or something?
Hmmm by Col. Tigh-Fighter	Aug 11th, 2007 12:29:26 PM
Still not convinced
Smurfs movie, dream cast... by kdoc13	Aug 11th, 2007 12:33:05 PM
OK, my last post was a joke, but thinking back on it. Bob Hoskins as Papa Smurf, Jack Black as Jokey, and Michelle Moynahan as Smurfette, it sounds like pretty decent casting. So, if you had to, who's your smurf?
Am I alone in my Speed Racer ignorance? by danowen	Aug 11th, 2007 12:33:17 PM
Did this show every get aired in the UK? I'm aware of the title from somewhere, but was this cartoon a success outside of Japan and the U.S? I think its name recognition is severely limited, so it'll have to stand on its own two feet.
Giving "transformers" too much credit for 80s comebacks by Mike_D	Aug 11th, 2007 12:34:07 PM
He-Man was has been in pre-production for a few years now..."Thudercats" was greenlit in June (long before transformers was released). I think you giving transformers too much credit.
Did somebody just say Dreamcast? by Motoko Kusanagi	Aug 11th, 2007 12:38:48 PM
Great console. SPEEDRACER? Only heard of it on this site. Hope they do SPEED 3 soon. Dont care much about Speedracer...
Wachowskis for Evangelion! by Johnno	Aug 11th, 2007 12:43:29 PM
You know it's a good match!
Thundercats is a genuinely good cartoon by Judge Dredds Dirty Undies	Aug 11th, 2007 12:47:43 PM
Anyone who says otherwise can um well disagree but they would be wrong! I have never seen speed racer either danowen id rather see an adaption of pole position!
GO GO GO DICK ERASER by i kick tits	Aug 11th, 2007 12:50:43 PM
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Kiss my ass Nordling... by Hairy Nutsack	Aug 11th, 2007 12:56:15 PM
So you are jazzed that Hollywood is treating Speed Racer with a little respect, same goddam thing the Transformers fans wanted. Speed Racer doesn't hold up any better than any of the other cartoons you mentioned, but in the right hands an old, cool show can be updated faithfully and respect both original and modern audiences. And I find it ironic that you're bitching about geeks on this geek website you work for you geek, fuck you man. My only gripe is still the kiddy rating, the cartoon killed people by the bucket loads!
I don't think I could anticipate this film any less by Mullah Omar	Aug 11th, 2007 01:12:06 PM
I never understood the appeal of this lame cartoon. If they make a faithful film adaptation, then I honestly can't imagine any reason I would want to go see this, either. There have to be better ideas for more universally appealing films that could also get the wacked-out Speed Racer fans to emerge from their basements.
Nordtalgia by AllieJamison	Aug 11th, 2007 01:24:46 PM
"NERDTALGIA" ...very very good. I don't think that every dose of nostalgia is evil and bad. The question is rather where the nostalgic feeling comes from and why I feel nostalgic about something... And then in some cases nostalgia fades into sheer obsession that becomes a rather destructive than life appreciating force. Great to see Nordling presenting his own stuff in his own name in his own fat black letters. I can tolerate script reviews and am even entertained and informed by them if they're written in an insightful way as this.
umm... by Al Delvechio	Aug 11th, 2007 01:25:09 PM
chief Inspector-Detector and Racer X are two completely different characters.
Latino Review trashed this script... by blindambition238	Aug 11th, 2007 01:39:46 PM
like really badly.
nordling is full of shit...and himself by weedburglar	Aug 11th, 2007 01:51:04 PM
WTF do you care if Voltron or He-Man or Thundercats gets made. See it or dont, ya big baby. Thundercats and He-Man were excellent cartoons. I didnt watch Voltron. I dont see Thundercats making a good movie. But a dedicated script being loyal to the cartoon could be a good movie. Anyway, nordlings opinions suck so dont post his BS anymore. I believe in equal oppurtunity movie making. So if there is an audience for a movie, make it. doesnt mean I'm going to watch it, or maybe it does, its my choice.
Latino Review's script reviews by Mike_Ock	Aug 11th, 2007 01:58:45 PM
Their script reviews are consistently off. I remember reading a rave about El Cantante last year, and after seeing it the script was clearly the worst thing about it. Same thing goes for Planet Terror, Transformers, and countless others.
all racing movies are lame by Magic Rat	Aug 11th, 2007 02:20:13 PM
It's not fun to watch cars go in circles. Regardless of how popular NASCAR is at the moment.
Ah! Oh! Ah! by DerLanghaarige	Aug 11th, 2007 02:34:33 PM

And I'm sure the girls want a Rainbow Brite movie! by DerLanghaarige	Aug 11th, 2007 02:35:10 PM

I couldn't believe Alvin ate that piece of shit by eggbeater	Aug 11th, 2007 03:16:29 PM
That was one of the most awkward times at a movie theater. People just thought that was the funniest thing that the chipmunk ate his brothers shit. Got to love hollywood.
I KNEW NORDLING KNEW NOTHING WHEN... by tailhook	Aug 11th, 2007 03:22:19 PM
he thought those cartoons were on SATURDAY MORNINGS. WHAT. THE. FUCK. Saturday mornings was like Thundarr the Barbarian.. Dungeons and Dragons, and old Bugs Bunny. If you had a heartbeat then and watched the shows you would know they came on in the afternoons after school. Jesus. Fucking 90's kids. Probably watched Speed Racer the cartoon off of YouTube :P.
You got it wrong Nordling... by Tenguman	Aug 11th, 2007 03:32:39 PM
It's the properties that kick ass. The characters, the worlds, the possibilities (most of those made a successful leap to comics); not necessarily the cartoon episodes themselves. They were still better and more imaginative than most of the cartoons being made today.
Remember The Episode When SPEED Was Addicted To Speed? by LaserPants	Aug 11th, 2007 03:38:21 PM
It was great. There was some kind of car with this crazy fast engine that essentially turned Speed Racer into a frenzied, manic speed addict. It was great, he was all tweaked out like a cracked-out, methed-out hop-head. Really looking forward to this, btw.
Dear God, do I want to see this now. by TheGreenStyle	Aug 11th, 2007 03:41:36 PM
I too went through as Speed Racer phase that I grew out of. If the Wachowskis do good by this, then this will be one kick-ass movie! Oh, and Transformers was great summer entertainment. It wasn't end-all be-all awesome, (nor even just regular awesome) But I've pretty much lined up with Mori on it by now. Very good movie, look forward to the DVD of it.
Excuse me Nordling.... by Circean6	Aug 11th, 2007 03:42:11 PM
What pray tell is permissable to watch? Tell you what, why don't you publish a list of acceptible nostalgic films & television programs that we can own and I'll make sure I dispose of the rest so that I fall into your vision of what a proper patron of this "nerd" website should be & what they should buy & what they should do. I noticed there is a banner for a new DVD set of Superfriends on the site right now, I was thinking of buying it but should hold off until you tell us its ok. No really. Give us your wisdom sir, we're waiting. Also if Drew or Harry have any opinions about this I would really like to hear them as well.
Fuck "Family Friendly" by Fridge	Aug 11th, 2007 03:53:32 PM
An R-rated Speed Racer would probably rock my world. Too bad it will never happen.
Memories-Of-Murder has found a soulmate... by TheGhostWhoLurks	Aug 11th, 2007 04:00:18 PM
in Nordling. Both of them, however, need to lighten up and not be so snobby. I recommend a full season of Automan set on "loop," until they learn to have fun again. :)
No one can tell you what SPEED RACER is... by MrMysteryGuest	Aug 11th, 2007 04:04:18 PM
you can only see it for yourself. :)
The Matrix Trilogy: 3 movies that should've been 1 by aboriginal	Aug 11th, 2007 04:09:04 PM
ok, maybe 2, but with all that freakin exposition and monologging - I absorbed what the Architect was getting at, but I sure as hell know most of the audience didn't have the patience or understanding for it. You cannot do that here and with more movies under their belt it looks like this in one of their go-to's in their style along with awesome action sequences that get repetitive and mundane by the third flick. Take a lesson that SNL hasn't and trim it down. Don't fall in love with it 'cuz the audience don't understand your love of your style when you hammer'em with it over and over.
Both Nordling and the studios don't understand... by rbatty024	Aug 11th, 2007 04:39:16 PM
why we keep on coming back to our old favorites. There's a reason we keep on watching these old shows, because we get certain things out of them that we didn't as children: mainly the fact that they're cheesy as fuck. Go back and rewatch GI Joe or Transformer and you'll realize that nostalgia is only a small element of the fun, it's really the camp that has me coming back to them. The "Yo Joe" lessons at the end are absolutely hilarious. I tried watching some badly dubbed versions where people tried to be funny, but they had nothing on the original shoes, they're drop dead hilarious. People like this shit because it's campy, and that's something you just can't capture in a two hour film. So, the bottom line is, both Nordling and the studios are morons who have no clue why people watch stuff fifteen years later.
ALL remakes SUCK by Wogga Wogga	Aug 11th, 2007 04:49:31 PM
well, 95% atleast does. Make movies that's NEW, we don't wanna see David Caruso as the 'new' Dirty Harry. Yeah, I said Dirty Harry. It's gonna happen. We all know it.
uh... by AllieJamison	Aug 11th, 2007 04:56:15 PM
All the "leave alone my nostalgia" comments make me sad.
No gay jokes? by i kick tits	Aug 11th, 2007 05:00:13 PM
Larry (Lana) Wachowski has a sex change operation, and it is not once mentioned in an AICN talkback? What the hell...
You know, a lot of people think that I am an asshole... by JackLucas	Aug 11th, 2007 05:37:21 PM
...but this fucking Nordling? Now this guy is an asshole with a public forum. Calling out geeks on a GEEK WEBSITE! Go grab a life. On sale. Blue light special at K-Mart ya fuckin' tool.
Nordling by supersize	Aug 11th, 2007 06:07:24 PM
-_-
But SPEED RACER IS Campy and "Family Friendly" by LaserPants	Aug 11th, 2007 06:16:53 PM
I, for one, am glad they are keeping it in the spirit. There is no need for an R-rated SPEED RACER, because then it wouldn't be SPEED RACER, it'd be DEATH RACE 2000 (a cult hit which could do well by a redux/remake, I reckon).
ROBOTEEEECH!!!!!!!! by Prometeo	Aug 11th, 2007 06:23:36 PM
Please, please, please... someone.... How coes no one has at least played with the idea of a Robotech "Battlestar Galactica" reimagination? I've been thinking about it since I firt saw the dan show 20 years ago! (oh my god, has it really been that long?) Think about it... you have the whole franchize layed out for you.. six whole seasons if you want to really milk the cow. You have an ensemble cast, young rascals, comic relief, solid old guys, interesting themes, your dosis of american idols, space fights, freaki'n robots, generations, and a whole toy line! Come on! it's a solid deal! Not just nostalgia.
MACROSS, Definately, STAR BLAZERS / YAMATO Too! by LaserPants	Aug 11th, 2007 06:27:13 PM
aka ROBOTECH. I think its coming. They're gonna rape the 80s cartoon pantheon. At least ROBOTECH / MACROSS had a cool story to go along with the premise. A Star Blazers / Space Cruiser Yamato live actioner would rule too. Well, hopefully it would rule anyway.
NOT family friendly by... by Hairy Nutsack	Aug 11th, 2007 06:38:45 PM
...today's PC bullshit standards, not even close. People died on SR regularly, one guy got his brain skewered by spikes, tons of deadly car crashes over cliffs per episode, gun violence, and so on...NOT family friendly. I remember one episode that taught me when I was VERY young that cartoons can be more than just fluff though. Lemme see if I can remember this right, in the episode a Father turned to crime so he could pay for an operation for his blind daughter. In the end the Father died a hero and his retinas were implanted in his daughter's eyes. Meanwhile, Shaggy and Scooby were being chased by Old Man Robinson in his Ghost Pirate costume and Zan and Jana were acting really gay. Oh and fuck you Nordling!
What a Hack Review... by Redfive!	Aug 11th, 2007 06:43:43 PM
Sits here and bashes all the 80s cartoons,tells us there no good then gushes to no end about how he adored SR the cartoon and how the script is insanly amazing. Now I agree with one cartoon in the 80-s being bad and thats HE-MAN.Its so homo erotic is not funny. But Transformers,Thundercats,GI Joe,Robotech all hold up becuase I have them all on dvd. SR is ok,its no Robotech and im hoping the movie is great but what a s*it review.
True, The Body Count In SPEED RACER Was High by LaserPants	Aug 11th, 2007 06:47:19 PM
But definately PG level violence. Ergo, "family friendly." Harry Potter is pretty violent too, PG-13, and "family friendly." I think the violence will still be there, but not at an R level, which, yeah, great, I'd love to see DEATH RACE 2008 or MAD MAX IV, too, but that ain't SPEED RACER.
Okay, kdoc, I'll bite... by Darkman	Aug 11th, 2007 07:32:19 PM
Hefty Smurf - Jason Statham Although, I really think that Al Pacino should be worked in somehow ("I'm just getting Smurfed up!").
I think Nordling has finally galvanized the talkbackers by rbatty024	Aug 11th, 2007 07:38:08 PM
to agree on one thing: that Nordling is a douche.
Nordling- Your assesment of cartoon properties is SHIT by Playkins	Aug 11th, 2007 07:39:11 PM
Your basing your entire argument off of what is valid and meaningful to YOU. My best friend took his 8-yea old son to see Transformers. When my friend was 8, he was a huge fan. The mutual enjoyment of Transforers by him and his son is something that they share and enjoy together. I hear similar all over the place. The "remakes" are not just for fans of the originals, they are also to interest a new generation of fans.
Thundercats not good? Errr no. Not quite Nordling by Stormwatcher	Aug 11th, 2007 07:59:15 PM
I love the Thundercats and just like Transformers, while there may be many things that cannot be transalted, they can certainly take the spirit and make a kick ass movie with it.
Anyone else think that the Wachowskies... contd by RedJester	Aug 11th, 2007 08:06:23 PM
would have made a fucking great Watchmen? Superman too but I doubt they'd even accept it even if it had been offered to em.
Did not read the script by killer_puppy	Aug 11th, 2007 08:16:37 PM
He obviously read the terrible review at Latino Review and wrote something up. Harry and Co. should take more care with what they post. Check it out for yourselves.
knights of the zodiac movie... by the_man_from_Rio	Aug 11th, 2007 08:17:05 PM
now THAT would kick you balls back in...this movie is going to be fastastic, with all the vintage cars and their gadgets. i want to see INTO THE WILD, on this site quoted as Emile hisch's arrival as a movie star...so jack is racer x or wadadilly?
Hey brits, I never knew what speedracer was either. by Cotton McKnight	Aug 11th, 2007 08:26:54 PM
I was a kid in the late 70s (saw star wars when I was 3), so you could say I was there for all the stuff that is coming out now. I even liked things like battle of the planets and that one cartoon about the yamato in space. Hell, I even remember this weird live action transformers type show in the 70s... most of these came to me courtesy of what was then called "WTBS" (now just TBS). But speed racer? The first time I ever even heard of it was when MTV started airing a music video of the theme song.. I think they even showed the cartoon for awhile too. But the impression I got was that it was nostalgic BACK THEN... and this was like 1987! So yeah, I don't know what the hell show this is.. it was never popular in the US during my lifetime.
Speed Racer by Kree42	Aug 11th, 2007 10:06:37 PM
Live action? No just no ,heres a thought Hollywood come up with something original. I dare ya
It'd be very interesting to see Speed Racer's car... by MrMysteryGuest	Aug 11th, 2007 10:25:49 PM
...do kung fu wire work!
If there's one thing that 99% of talkbackers... by Sledge Hammer	Aug 11th, 2007 11:26:00 PM
...will agree on, it's that Nordling is a douche. Typical "my nostalgia is better than your nostalgia" and "all the stuff that I like is cool, but you losers need to grow up and get a life" bullshit. I swear, if Nordling was any further up his own ass he'd have two heads.
The Volcano episodes by don_gately	Aug 11th, 2007 11:26:28 PM
I would have been perfectly happy if they had just leaped in midstream and done the volcano race eps. "Skull Duggery," now there's a villain's name....and he dies after getting a faceful of molten lava. There's one for the kiddies.
If there's one thing that 99% of talkbackers... by Sledge Hammer	Aug 11th, 2007 11:26:51 PM
...will agree on, it's that Nordling is a douche. Typical "my nostalgia is better than your nostalgia" and "all the stuff that I like is cool, but you losers need to grow up and get a life" bullshit. I swear, if Nordling was any further up his own ass he'd have two heads.
God damn this site sometimes... by Sledge Hammer	Aug 11th, 2007 11:28:56 PM
...damn you for making me into a double posting tool (as opposed to just the regular tool that I usually am).
Speed Racer by SirSpankALot	Aug 12th, 2007 12:35:39 AM
will probably suck. Bring on Voltron.
Sad That No One's Mentioned... by Anton_Sirius	Aug 12th, 2007 12:45:49 AM
Teddy Ruxpin among the greatish toons. For a show made to sell crappy talking bears, that thing had one hell of an intricate universe and epic plot. And a Dungeons & Dragons movie (based on the cartoon) could have been pretty damn sweet, although for all intents and purposes it was just a watered-down version of Kay's Fionavar Tapestry.
How Has Nobody Joked Abot Them Saying 'Haha'? by skoobyx	Aug 12th, 2007 01:31:01 AM
Every five seconds. It was even on 'Family Guy' Ya'll are slippin.
TomBodet- by colematthews	Aug 12th, 2007 02:47:08 AM
"Then what do you call pouring half a gazillion bucks into 60 year old books about Hobbits-?" Really? You're going to compare adapting classic fantasy novels into Oscar-winning films with some Voltron Jackassery that has already had its legs cut out from under it by Robot Chicken? Hardly apples to apples, my friend.
And I guess I'm part of the 1%... by colematthews	Aug 12th, 2007 02:48:50 AM
...that doesn't think Nordling is a douche. Kudos, friend!
Jimmy is a douche by ErnieAnderson	Aug 12th, 2007 05:58:00 AM
Go play with some swords, Jimmy. That is all.
"Douche" is an insult? by Bronx Cheer	Aug 12th, 2007 06:04:54 AM
A douche is a good thing. A douche refreshes, cleanses, makes good what was oh so foul. You say "Douche?" I say, "HERO!" But he is a major douchebag.
EVANGELION! by Rindain	Aug 12th, 2007 08:19:51 AM
Come on, somebody pick this up and fast track it!
Racer X / Inspector Detector.... by ZaphodBeeblerox	Aug 12th, 2007 10:33:13 AM
Were two completely different characters in the show. Detector always wore this weird pork pie style hat and had a beard that would gouge out anyone's eyes that got too close to him.
Trash a Flim Before it Comes out Losers by NHRonin	Aug 12th, 2007 10:42:15 AM
I'd bet the same morons who trashed Transformers before it came out are the same ones saying SR will be shit. How about you bitter trolls actually base your judgement on the finished product and stop trashing everything years before it sees the light of day?
NH- by colematthews	Aug 12th, 2007 11:15:34 AM
But Transformers was complete shit, so how does that support your argument? Some films deserve to be trashed based solely on a trailer and knowledge of the production.
Nordling is not JIMMY by ErnieAnderson	Aug 12th, 2007 11:55:45 AM
Jimmy has his own fund. http://www.jimmyfund.org/ It's a mystery where all the douchebags come from, but Jimmy is a ninja.
Nordling's by monsterforge	Aug 12th, 2007 12:46:21 PM
just sore because they aren't making a Jem movie. He's all hollow inside because he jerks off watching his old, stretched-out Rhino vhs copies of the cartoon. He clutches his worn and faded pair of Jem Underoos to his brow, weeps bitterly, and swears that he'll get back at us all for having our favorite cartoons turned into movies.
hahahhaah the nerds are mad! by CQuest	Aug 12th, 2007 12:54:26 PM
get the fuck over it and clean off your glasses
Nordling Just Doesn't Know by Colier Rannd	Aug 12th, 2007 12:55:16 PM
how to write a review. Apparently the guy thinks he's Ebert or Paukine Kahl and really he's just some lonely dude sittin in grandma's basement. Which is fine. His opinion is every bit as valid as mine. But don't start off insulting your readers man. What kind of idiot does that? Besides Dick Cheney?
ARRGGHH! Why do they keep saying "Saturday Morning"??? by YotzVonFrelnik	Aug 12th, 2007 01:35:51 PM
I remember these shows all being on weekday afternoons or evenings back in the mid-'80s... NOT on weekends. Is the use of the words "Saturday Morning" mean to suggest all TV animation from that bygone era? I can do that, but otherwise I honestly don't remember then being on Saturday mornings.
Look... by Nordling	Aug 12th, 2007 02:31:51 PM
You can watch and read and listen to the same thing over and over, and you'll never refine your tastes past these things. That's fine. It's all comfort food. Or, you can challenge yourself and try to find something that sparks your imagination and gets your creative juices going. I'm not saying you have to read ULYSSES or watch a Samuel Beckett play. I'm not undermining your childhood for enjoying these things. But the shark that stops moving forward dies. There's a wonderful world of art out there waiting for you to discover it. That's not to say I don't enjoy my comfort food either. (Although, I find it very difficult to watch any STAR WARS films lately, even the old ones. That cup runneth over.) But you have to balance the diet. I'm not saying anyone here doesn't do that, but if fanfiction is any indication there's a lot of stunted development out there. I saw ONCE yesterday and it did more for me than any summer movie released this year. I would have never discovered that if I wasn't willing to try different things. And don't you feel in the slightest exploited by those studios that think you'll swallow anything if it has some beloved property as the title? Do you really expect a VOLTRON movie to be loyal to the cartoon? Really? Because any filmmaker handed that project will say at the very first, "What can I do to fix this shit?" Are you going to complain when someone actually aims and hits someone in the G.I. JOE movie? Because they certainly couldn't hit anything in the cartoon. TRANSFORMERS wasn't the best movie ever made, but I enjoyed it because I wasn't strictly married to the source material. Maybe if it was it would have been a better movie. Or maybe it would have been laughably bad. In the end, it's how the filmmakers present the material that makes it work. TRANSFORMERS worked for me, and maybe not for others. The script for SPEED RACER worked because it's so loyal to the source. It's not going to be filet mignon, but I fully expect a really tasty cheeseburger. But don't be surprised if the studios don't take your opinions and hopes into account. It's already been proven that fanbases don't equal dollars. If you don't agree, ask a Browncoat. Or maybe I just wish that the movie geek community would get behind a worthwhile project instead of sweating movies that are going to make money regardless of what they think about them. Maybe then it wouldn't hurt so much when a property that you love stinks when it makes it to release. This fall we got a new Coen film coming, a new Coppola, a Wes Anderson... let's get excited about those films.
You'll see Evangelion and Macross when... by Johnno	Aug 12th, 2007 02:43:00 PM
James Cameron gets done with Avatar and starts making Alita. Then all Hollywood studios will be jumping on anime to live action remakes. Camera will lead the gates with Alita. THen comes Evangelion, then once the rights issue of MAcross is finished someone else will pick up the property, then Fox may get off their asses and greenlight Akira, someone else will finish of A Kite, then Voltron, and you'll get a steady stream of movies based on anime and manga and comic books and vidoe games will take a back seat for awhile.
I Predict WETA's EVANGELION On Screens By 2010 by LaserPants	Aug 12th, 2007 03:25:32 PM
TRANSFORMERS already opened the floodgates to "giant robot" themed live actioners, first we'll have a slew of crap (VOLTRON), and then the likes of the genius of EVANGELION will come, flattening the mindscape of geeknation (well, those bright enough to get it, anyways) and elevating the whole genre to a new level of greatness. I reckon Cameron's BATTLE ANGEL ALITA will bring us the greenlight on the inevitable GHOST IN THE SHELL and AKIRA live actioners. BOTH of which should feature a predominantly Japanese cast and take place in Japan. If they "Americanize" AKIRA, I will personally kill anyone involved with my telekinetc powers. Yes, thats right, I have telekinetic powers. Wanna fight about it?! WILL YOU FACE MY MIND BULLETS?! EXPERIENCE A SOUL-WARPING, SENSE-SHATTERING COSMIC REBIRTH?!?! I! THINK! NOT! I'd love to see MACROSS done as well, but I dunno if that'll happen. The rights to MACROSS: DO YOU REMEMBER LOVE are still being battled over; a movie which desperately needs am official american DVD release with all the trailers and features from the '84 release. Actually, just an official US release of the Japanese DVD (w/ subtitles, natch) from a few years ago would be great. It has all the trailers and I believe some extra Minmei stuff on there for those of you who found her cute rather than irritating.
Transformers by NHRonin	Aug 12th, 2007 03:29:25 PM
Sorry losers, it was very entertaining. Not a perfect movie, but hardly the steaming pile of shit you all tried to paint it to be months before it opened. Here's a funnier example. Many of you f'ing trolls talked about nothing but how great "Snakes on a Plane" would be for months before it came out and when it did, it was predictable and not all that great. Bottom line is you just can't gauge a movie until it actually comes out.
I Liked TRANSFORMERS Very Muchly by LaserPants	Aug 12th, 2007 03:56:23 PM
It was MUCH better than I was expecting, and parts of it I totally loved. That being said, there were major flaws -- the Sector 7 thing was excrutiating and John Turturro handed in what is, w/out question, the worst performance of his career. He should be ashamed. But I thought Lebauf was a good teen everyguy hero and Megan "HOT" Fox is so ludicrously hot she almost beats out the Alba... almost. But, of course, the real stars of the show were the efx which were outstanding. Pretty much the most seamless CGI I've ever seen. Easily beating out the way over-praised LOTR (which was, of course, a much better movie than TRANSFOMERS, but I think TF had a slight edge in terms of the seamlessness of the efx). Anyways, yeah, it was a cool, fun, though flawed movie; an entertaining, though shallow action movie. All in all, I agree that the haters are way off in re: TRANSFORMERS. I think the sad thing they're having a hard time admitting to themselves is that the cartoon was pretty thin and nonsensical too. It was also totally effing cool. I think the haters are just freaked to face the reality of what the show always was -- a cool toy commercial with a neato premise. Nothing more, nothing less.
Tom Cruise As SPEED RACERS's Secretly Gay Neighbor by LaserPants	Aug 12th, 2007 04:23:05 PM
"I LOVE KATIE HOLMES! I LOVE KATIE HOLMES! I'M NOT GAY! SEE MY MOVIE! I LOVE KATIE HOLMES! I'M NOT GAY!"
Uhh, nordling... by Anton_Sirius	Aug 12th, 2007 04:50:45 PM
You kinda just proved the point of everyone ragging on you with that post, man. You can't deride someone else's nostalgia, tell them to "challenge themselves" and not look for "comfort food", and then laud the Speed Raced script for being true to its source material. Basically you're pulling a "do as I say, not as I do" routine with that crap. You can't have it both ways. Why don't YOU "challenge yourself" and look for new inspirations, instead of lapping up this rehashed 'toon? Why have YOU stopped moving forward, nordling?
but will it be better than matrix revolutions? by lost.rules	Aug 12th, 2007 05:22:14 PM
Not Likely
Speed Racer, Marine Boy, Kimba by pandabait	Aug 12th, 2007 05:27:42 PM
When I was little I lived for those shows. I'll be in line for this one bright and early opening day.
I'm going to go out on a limb here... by CopOnTheEdge	Aug 12th, 2007 05:38:40 PM
...and say that I trust the Wachowski's to know how to write a script for a movie they're going to direct. There's probably a reason it's 160 pages, after all, they've kinda sorta done this before, ya know? So they don't need advice on what to trim, I think they'll figure that out in the editing room. Just thinkin' out loud here...
SMURFS by Prefect Maximus	Aug 12th, 2007 05:39:19 PM
Gargamel - Ben Kingsley(he's got the nose) Smurfette - Elisha Cuthbert Hefty - the Rock Dwayne Johnson Papa Smurf - Sean Connery Brainy Smurf - the Harry Potter dude
Give me STAR BLAZERS and give me G-FORCE!! by CopOnTheEdge	Aug 12th, 2007 05:40:46 PM
If you're going to mine the early Japanime cartoon imports, go for the best!
Decepticons Retreeeeeat !!! by Prefect Maximus	Aug 12th, 2007 05:43:49 PM
"Transformers: The Return of Starcream" ahhh the possibilities, Thundercracker, Skywarp and Soundwave, the little punk Rumble talking shit all lead by Air Commander Starcream. Thing of beauty.
Starblazers by Prefect Maximus	Aug 12th, 2007 05:46:12 PM
Sean Connery for the captain of the Battleship Yamamoto. Gotta have the fighter squadrons too!!!
Disney Almost F'ed up Starblazers by NHRonin	Aug 12th, 2007 07:29:34 PM
Remember they had the rights and were going to make the ship the Arizona, instead of Yamato? Thank God they never greenlit that turd.
JESUS FUCKING CHRIST NORDLING by tailhook	Aug 12th, 2007 08:11:40 PM
They're movies... what the fuck are you.. some flute snoot who runs around with a cup of tea in one hand and a long cigar in the other? You can try pumping the meaning of your 'article' all you want.. but the content blew. Specifcally because you referenced something YOU DIDNT KNOW ABOUT. You're simply a 90's kid who has a tick up his ass that he thinks he should artsy fartsy classify shit to make himself feel less self-conscious about being a 90's kid. Work on getting your article accurate then worry about anything having to do with art.
Horseshit... by Hairy Nutsack	Aug 12th, 2007 10:11:55 PM
Who the fuck are these people that stopped watching all cartoons after the 80s ended? Buncha crap, the same people that watched Voltron and the like as kids are the ones here on AICN praising modern art such as BSG. I loathed the Transformers movie, and as much as I loved the TF show as a kid, I find the cartoon unwatchable today, but it is a fantastic concept with well developed characters that could have been a great movie had the creators bothered to look beyond its humble cartoon origins. Seriously, do you Bay lovers really think Transformers was a better movie because they shit all over the original unlike the Wachowski's with Speed Racer? If you say yes then you're a goddam liar.
Great TF video on YouTube... by Hairy Nutsack	Aug 12th, 2007 10:14:29 PM
http://tinyurl.com/yqbaqg Only thing missing from this is Don Murphy choking on chicken wings. Enjoy!
What about Trixie's wet T-shirt carwash scene... by Monkey_King	Aug 13th, 2007 04:04:27 AM
Nordling doesn't know dick about He-Man, Thundercats, Voltron(GoLion）or others from the late 70's and 80's. I'm old enough to remember watching SPEED RACER(Mach Go Go Go) as well, but I also know it was rewritten for American audiences.
Tekkaman Blade... by couP	Aug 13th, 2007 04:14:29 AM
should be made, and it should be made R rated. That would rulE.
Hey TomBodet by DOGSOUP	Aug 13th, 2007 05:17:39 AM
"STRENGTH OF THE BEAR!"
Nordling... you really need to... by LordEnigma	Aug 13th, 2007 05:17:46 AM
shut the fuck up. Seriously; I have watched those cartoons, and they are still enjoyable. Unlike MASK; that's a horrour show. Nevertheless; the rest of us do not need your proselytizing about the past. Especially on this website; where all the fucking content providers wear their past on their sleeves.
SpeedRacer and Voltron mean nothing in the UK by kingrobot	Aug 13th, 2007 05:19:45 AM
The people behind these movies are going to have to work really hard to engage the UK audience. These cartoons (as far as I know) were never shown in the UK. Our 70s / 80s Saturday Morning cartoon diet included Transformers, He Man, Battle Of The Planets, Godzilla, Thundercats, Marvel and DC comic animation and some homegrown puppet stuff like Thunderbirds, Stingray, Terrahawks. Speedracer will have the advantage of having big name actors and producers but there is no affection in the british psyche for these cartoons... the movies will have to succeed on their own merits.
Bailey's Comets! by Pandas-R-Us	Aug 13th, 2007 06:51:53 AM
Someone mentioned Bailey's Comets! I have been asking people if they remember that for years and no one ever does (at least here in the UK). I tried YouTube but can't find any clips there. I must have been about 3 when that was on and can only vaguely remember it.
Blow it out your ass, Nordling by slone13	Aug 13th, 2007 08:11:35 AM
Don't tell me when it's time to move on to Fruit of the Loom. I'll wear my Underoos as long as I want. Suck it, clown. And by the way, Speed Racer is way overrated.
I think what he is trying to say is... by vanfan	Aug 13th, 2007 08:25:04 AM
YOU ALL NEED TO GET A LIFE! Not me though, I rock.
Oxygum anyone??? by diverdan	Aug 13th, 2007 09:21:31 AM
Hey Pandabait, thanks for the mention of Marine Boy! Hadn't thought about that show in years.
SOUNDS LIKE MY SEX LIFE: by WISEBLOOD	Aug 13th, 2007 09:35:58 AM
This line: "are huge, physics-defying spectacles of rubber, steel, and smoke. It's very cartoony and colorful, and I look forward to seeing it on the big screen."---Yep, that's my sex life all right.
it's SPRITLE! by george is angry	Aug 13th, 2007 10:16:05 AM
Spritle, not Spridle dammit
Racer by Cobbio	Aug 13th, 2007 10:24:39 AM
Thanks for the review, Nordling. I don't mean to insult anyone here, but I absolutely agree "nerdstalgia" is a creepy thing. Thirty to forty year old guys (it's almost never girls) huddling like apes around their simplistic, G-rated childhood icons is not a banner of mental fortitude. Quite the opposite, in fact. It smacks of regressive infantilism. Just sayin'. I'm hoping the Wachowskis put together a good film in the same way Pixar puts together good films. Something for the kids but meaningful for adults too. Corporate vs. individual control is a great theme to play upon at this time in American history, and I'm sure Andy and Larry will beef it up big.
dammit Cobbio, we dont watch frasier by vanfan	Aug 13th, 2007 11:01:26 AM
okay?
Good point by Cobbio	Aug 13th, 2007 11:16:32 AM
Good point, vanfan. I'm glad you don't watch "Frasier". I don't watch it either, but I know this cool French housewife down the road who seems to have it on whenever I stop by. Maybe French people are down with it? I don't know.
I watched Saved-By-the-Bell reruns after school..... by axelfoley	Aug 13th, 2007 11:41:09 AM
I know. I don't know what got into me either..... BTW, this movie does not need to be made. Are they going to make She-Ra and Space Ghost too?
Ma ma ma by chi3fhog	Aug 13th, 2007 12:42:47 PM
MASK is the mighty power that can save the day!
Haha Nordling is the new most hated on AICN... by Judge Dredds Dirty Undies	Aug 13th, 2007 02:47:38 PM
but this time its well deserved!
My problem with Nordling's "nerdstalgia" statement... by rbatty024	Aug 13th, 2007 03:11:53 PM
isn't so much that his conclusion was wrong (most people will agree that we don't need to see big screen adaptations of 80's cartoons, especially after Transformers) but because he makes a poor case for himself and ends up being hypocritical. First of all, most people I know enjoy watching old shows years later for two reasons: 1) nostalgia, it's fun to take a trip back twenty years or so; 2) camp, the unintentional humor in those old cartoons are priceless. The audience that he's addressing, those who take their 80's cartoons very seriously and pine away every day for a big screen adaptation, are either minuscule or non-existent. His blanket statement that enjoying old cartoons means you haven't grown up is just plain bad logic and doesn't take into consideration the many ways you can enjoy a childhood favorite. Of course, if you're watching old cartoons all day every day that's a problem. I don't know of anyone who does this, but as with anything it just follows the golden mean rule. That's something that can be applied in a myriad of situations in every day life and does not need a specific rant about old cartoons. I also have a problem with his statement in that he criticizes other cartoons and then goes on to talk about how awesome Speed Racer is. This smacks of hypocrisy. Basically he's saying that if you watch an old cartoon you need to grow up, unless it's a cartoon I happen to enjoy, then that's a completely different matter. In closing, Nordling is a hypocrite who is ranting in hopes of getting some sort of a response. I've never seen trolling in the actual articles on this site, but I guess there's a first for everything.
Post O' the Day by clone-o-mat by SpookyOtaku	Aug 13th, 2007 03:16:32 PM
"Time to leave behind childish things." said Browncoat Jedi. Pricefü©☆in'less, I cannot wait for this movie...nerdstalgia be damned, think i'll go play with my Wii while I wait.
Laser Pants by zer0cool2k2	Aug 13th, 2007 04:57:50 PM
that episode where Speed was addicted to speed,involved the GRX. the first engine Pops Racer built, which was too powerful, so he buried it. some bad guys dug it up and put it in a car. they had to drug the drivers in order to speed up their reflexes so they could handle the car. when they went through withdrawal, they became fearful of speed. (going fast, not the character). pops had to desensitize speed to help him recover. Yeah, that's some kid stuff.
Nordling by Philselway22	Aug 13th, 2007 05:40:27 PM
"You can watch and read and listen to the same thing over and over, and you'll never refine your tastes past these things. That's fine. It's all comfort food. Or, you can challenge yourself and try to find something that sparks your imagination and gets your creative juices going. I'm not saying you have to read ULYSSES or watch a Samuel Beckett play. I'm not undermining your childhood for enjoying these things. But the shark that stops moving forward dies. There's a wonderful world of art out there waiting for you to discover it." Wow. Nordling, you are really pigeonholing everyone who might like old cartoons. I'm a mark for old Transformers, and loved the new movie...but I also like 'War and Peace' and like to read books from all generations. What does that make me? The bottom line is, whether you meant it or not, you insulted a lot of people out here, and I don't understand why your idea about nerdstalgia was ever conceived in the first place. There are a few folks that have popped on here and said 'Right on Nordling, don't mind the haters.' What? What is wrong with people? I get my nostalgic juices flowing, I pop in Transformers:The Movie. Cheese and all, it makes me smile. And it sure as shit ain't because the 'adult in me is laughing at how rediculous it is.' I smile because I loved it then, and I love it now - "No-one summons Megatron.". Fuck this comfort food shit. If I'm in the mood for TF, or in the mood for Citizen Fucking Kane, or in the mood to see the new Werner Herzog movie, I put it on or go see it. Or I go read a new book when I'm in the mood. Holy hell, Nordling and his few supports have no argument really, they just shrink everybody down into shallow caricatures, assume a lot, and spout off. Good lord, now I'm mad. Jerks.
Nordling, QUICK, invoke APRIL FOOLS! by dead youngling	Aug 13th, 2007 06:13:31 PM
It's not too late(early)! Man, you committed Geek Foul #1.
HA! Orphan Feast!! by earthlingdave	Aug 13th, 2007 07:48:48 PM
http://www.adultswim.com/games /orphanfeast/index.html
It's like my father used to say... by Cotton McKnight	Aug 13th, 2007 08:27:23 PM
when I was a child, I thought as a child and spoke as a child... and when I became a man, I took that child out back and had him shot. God bless you, Bill McNeal.
MERV! by TenaciousDoc	Aug 13th, 2007 08:59:39 PM
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/ www.tmz.com/media/2007/08/0811 _mg.jpg
First paragraph made me want to knock him out by messi	Aug 13th, 2007 10:11:03 PM
And i will when i see you cunt.
I want a script review... by doc_atom	Aug 13th, 2007 10:36:24 PM
...from somebody who DIDN'T like Speed Racer as a kid. Is this a movie that is going to bring me to the theatre? Because I have no fucking mental picture at all about Speed Racer, Racer Ex, Pops, Moms, Toots, Winkie, Mothman, Breezy, Toodles, Fido, or Chim-fucking-Chim.
No, Laserpants. by Cotton McKnight	Aug 13th, 2007 11:11:28 PM
Megan Fox is EXTREMELY hot, but she's no Jessica Alba. You know how I know? Because I know a girl who reminds me of Megan Fox. Very good looking of course, but I can honestly say that I have never seen anyone that ever looked like Jessica Alba. She is like from another planet or something.
Nordling a few years from now: by rbatty024	Aug 13th, 2007 11:23:19 PM
There's a pretty insidious trend going on right now at a lot of Hollywood studios. Now that SPEED RACER rocked the box office, there's plans for a LIVE ACTION AKIRA movie, a DRAGON BALL Z movie, SAILOR MOON... they're pretty much mining Japanese Animation at this point. Never mind that practically none of those cartoons are any damn good. Please, look into your hearts and realize this, fellow geeks and nerds.
But I Keep Waiting for the Remakes... by WriteFromLeft	Aug 13th, 2007 11:54:06 PM
...of what our parents watched as kids. Like that long-in-development Joe Eszterhas adaptation of "Gone With the Wind." Rhett: "Scarlett, drop that skirt and spread those love legs. And Mammy, wipe that smirk off your face because you're next." Mammy: "Oh, Massah Rhett, you is bad."
WriteFromLeft... by Judge Dredds Dirty Undies	Aug 14th, 2007 12:10:15 AM
Haha brilliant that cracked me up.
Biel kicks Alba's ass any day of the week! by J-Dizzle	Aug 14th, 2007 01:28:53 AM
She is a hot tamale!
What a fucking arrogant script review by quantize	Aug 14th, 2007 01:41:12 AM
Who gives a fuck what you want to call in Nordling Prententious
what's really funny about that Beckett post by Lost Prophet	Aug 14th, 2007 04:16:53 AM
well, not so much funny, more wryly amusing, is that Waiting For Godot is described famously as "nothing happens, twice." And he used Beckett as the example having just said "watch... the same thing over and over". Well, it made me smile, anyway. Ulysses is, however, unreadable. I've tried many times, and failed to make it beyond page 50.
Ulysses is great! by Judge Dredds Dirty Undies	Aug 14th, 2007 06:04:07 AM
I love the little robot guy.
On-Set Pics by ejd1984	Aug 14th, 2007 06:26:02 AM
Has any set pictures been leaked out yet? Is there a website that is keeping some kinda updates on the production? PS: They did ruin the look of the car (i.m.o.)They actually totally redesigned it (i.e. headlights are way too small)
Racer X - SPOILER by Brachus12	Aug 14th, 2007 06:55:20 AM
RACER X ISNT REX RACER! Check out IMDB. Matthew Fox is cast as Racer X and Scott Porter is cast as Rex Racer. What kind of crap is this??
I'll take Big F'n Robot Lions over Chim Chim Any Day! by stlfilmwire	Aug 14th, 2007 06:56:11 AM
I can't wait for Voltron! Heck, I'm looking forward to He-Man and Gi Joe more than I am Speed Racer.
Continued by Brachus12	Aug 14th, 2007 06:56:43 AM
I suppose they could go the whole Michael Knight plastic surgery route and still have it be the same character....
So by Pandas-R-Us	Aug 14th, 2007 07:05:32 AM
Can anyone give me an objective, nostalgia-free opinion of Speed Racer? I'm just thinking that seeing as pretty much every cartoon of this type, no matter how crappy, was shown over here in the uk there must be a reason why this (and voltron for that matter) wasn't.
I have never understand the appeal of Jessica Biel. by Cotton McKnight	Aug 14th, 2007 08:34:50 AM
To me she just looks like a fairly attractive, average girl that is obsessed with going to the gym. Does she have it in all the right places? Well sure but so do a thousand other girls. She always reminds me of that old SNL skit during the Gary Hart/Donna Rice scandal. Jon Lovitz says something like "yeah her body is pretty good but her face..."
rbatty024 by SpookyOtaku	Aug 14th, 2007 08:37:09 AM
...your prediction is already coming true...Evangelion(Live action) has been in development for a couple of years Weta is involved, James Cameron is doing a live action Battle Angel (Gunm...for purists) soon as he wraps Avatar...not sure about Akira, DBZ or Sailor Moon...but they can't be far behind.
Memories of Murder... by Cotton McKnight	Aug 14th, 2007 08:39:15 AM
I take it you live down under?
Voltron, ThunderCats, Transformers were by Borgnine JR	Aug 14th, 2007 09:31:39 AM
all toy commercials. They were one step above just shooting the episodes with the actual toys and moved them around by hand, with the hands still in the shot. None of that drek can hold a candle to the genius of...THUNDAAR THE BARBARIAN! Where's that movie, huh? Stupid stupid rat creatures of Hollywood.
Wachowskis for Evangelion by gengrievous82	Aug 14th, 2007 10:00:56 AM
Yeah, I can see that. They'd be perfect for it as long as they don't alter Hideaki Anno's original symbolism. It could be a total success or a complete failure depending on how much the Wachowskis add to the already deep concepts of the series. Go here for Weta's concept art: http://features.cgsociety.org/ story.php?story_id=1901
Never liked Speed Racer, but Evangelion would kick Ass! by The Founder	Aug 14th, 2007 10:31:02 AM
I just never liked Speed Racer, but i will see the movie, cuase I think it'll make a good film or a good enough summer action flick. An Evangelion would kick ass all kind of ways, especially if someone like James Cameron is on board.
Voltron was Doomed when you read further down that..... by The Founder	Aug 14th, 2007 10:37:20 AM
FOX was the studio in charge. I loved Voltron, and I smiled reading the announcement until my eyes hit the letters FOX. Talk about hope really being snatched up quiclky. I think this the fastest time is my life that my hopes were dashed this quickly.
Borgnine JR by SpookyOtaku	Aug 14th, 2007 11:00:44 AM
" The year: 2014. From out of space comes a runaway Space Shuttle, hurtling between the Earth and the Moon, unleashing cosmic destruction! Man's civilization is cast in ruin! Two thousand years later, Earth is reborn... A strange new world rises from the old: a world of savagery, super science, and sorcery. But one man bursts his bonds to fight for justice! With his companions Ookla the Mok and Princess Ariel, he pits his strength, his courage, and his fabulous Sunsword against the forces of evil. He is Thundarr, the Barbarian! " I would be so down with this as a movie, few years back a friend and i did some brainstorming for an update in comic book form that was set about 25 years after the show and had a much darker/adult tone...Ookla had dreads, Thundarr, was hooked on a drug created by Mindokk, had lost an eye and his Sunsword and Ariel lived in a convent like place with her bastard son (who was obviously Thundarr's kid...and had the Sunsword). Would love to see an update in film...
AICN is Guilty of Perpetuating Nerdstalgia! by DarfurOnTheRocks	Aug 14th, 2007 11:14:54 AM
Transformers was hyped as was a ton of comic book adaptations which are simply not that great in the first place. Even now, Harry is hyping Hellboy II, while the first one was mediocre. I have come to the conclusion that Speed Racer will not be different and that AICN should leave the filmic criticism to professionals, and let the audience make up their minds also.
Speed Racer Rocks! by bradlm	Aug 14th, 2007 12:34:28 PM
I too watched Speed Racer as a child and loved it. I can't wait to see the big screen version and pray it's not another crappy translation. Then they can do Gigantor and I'll be done with my cartoon to movie wishes.
Larry Wachowski doesn't have a penis anymore. by i kick tits	Aug 14th, 2007 12:37:13 PM
Discuss.
Larry Wachowski doesn't have a penis anymore by DarfurOnTheRocks	Aug 14th, 2007 12:49:17 PM
I think that on a Freudian level, LW is lost his creative penis. After the spermless ejaculations that where Matrix Reloaded and Revolutions, he is now artistically castrated.
Macross won't happen until by brattain	Aug 14th, 2007 12:55:38 PM
Somebody destroys Harmony Gold. They have had a stranglehold over the name "Macross" for almost 25 years and they have no intentions of letting go, ever. Hopefully they'll go out of business trying to do more Shadow Chronicles crap.
I'm skeptical about the source by Arghh	Aug 14th, 2007 02:01:28 PM
Where did this come from?
I still have some faith in the Wachowskis... by rbatty024	Aug 14th, 2007 03:33:59 PM
despite the Matrix sequels. If you've read their Frankenstein comic then you know they still have plenty of bat-shits crazy ideas up their sleeves. I also rather enjoyed V for Vendetta. If Speed Racer ends up being quality, then maybe I can finally forget about Reloaded and whatever the third one was called.
Oh, and Spooky, that's pretty sad. by rbatty024	Aug 14th, 2007 03:36:08 PM
Just when you think Hollywood has mined just about every source imaginable for their remakes/retreads they come up with another well to plunder.
Voltron Casting: Jared Leto as Keith, Mos Def as Lance. by voltronow	Aug 14th, 2007 04:51:43 PM
Michael Cera as Pidge... hell yeah! That Latino Review A+ script report is promising.
Okay But Speed Racer Fucking Sucks So... by The Ender Smites Foes	Aug 14th, 2007 04:55:46 PM
Who asked for this movie? Yeah, I;'ll be seeing it because Matthew Fox is one of my favorite actors, but damn. Do we really need a movie about Speed Race? He drives a car that looks like a spiked dildo, and talks like Pee Wee Herman after a shotgun Circumcision. His girlfriend queefs gasoline, and the bad guys are into Polish Bike Rides. Wtf..
Gary Dell'Abate as Chim-Chim! CONFIRMED! by uss cygnus	Aug 14th, 2007 05:59:08 PM
Baba Booey.
Technically the film that opened up the door to mecha.. by Johnno	Aug 14th, 2007 07:53:50 PM
WOuld have to be Matrix Reloaded and Revolutions for the APUs. Granted they were not the focus of the story as Transformers was, but it is for pilotable mechs in the spotlight. And The Matrix sequels were fucking great! Let's face it, those who didn't like the Matrix sequels, will not like Evangelion once it starts entering the halfway point fo the story. And given the Matrix Trilogy the Wachowskis would be perfect for the Evangelion trilogy. They'll keep in the techno/psycho/philosophy babble and religious imagery. The only thing would be that the characters and that's where we'll need someone who can direct their actors in heavily emotional roles. Rei Ayanami won't be a problem. It's Shinji, Asuka and Misato. Whoever they get will really need to nail those roles. And for the love of... Misato Shinji and Rei have to be Japanese characters!
Larry W has no penis? It didn't matter when he did. by Bronx Cheer	Aug 14th, 2007 09:00:26 PM
Not to me anyway. Why the hell does his tallywhacker matter to anyone except him and his? I'd say leave his dick alone (especially if it has been surgically removed).
Universals too cheap by Circean6	Aug 14th, 2007 09:58:59 PM
to pay Sam Jones & Meldoy Anderson for the commentary track they recorded & they won't port the Blessed track from the UK edition? Thats the deal breaker between buying it and letting it linger in my Netflix queue-limbo. Not that my paltry 20 bucks won't be missed by Universal but I don't think I'm alone.
i want a "Tobor the 8th Man" movie. by dr.bulber	Aug 14th, 2007 10:40:07 PM
and a "Space Angel" movie with real actors with cartoon mouths.
Nordling, why have you edited out some of your review? by Mr Squirrel	Aug 15th, 2007 07:04:41 AM
We seem to have lost some of your anti-nerd tirade. plus where are your assurances that we don't need to read 'James Joyce or Proust' or whoever. It may not have been Proust, you've probably never heard of him, but if you did manage to tear yourself away from your witless self-loathing you'd learn from his 'Remembrance Of Things Past' that nostalgia, whether it is triggered by Speed Racer or a madeleine cake, is a thing of beauty. You can have too much cake of course. I've never seen Speed Racer, and agree with whoever said that watching people race in circles is always boring, Ben Hur's chariot race excepted.
Trogdor: The Movie by DarfurOnTheRocks	Aug 15th, 2007 09:05:05 AM
I want to see that. Let's make movies based on songs like Spears' Baby, Hit Me One More Time...
November Rain: The Movie by DarfurOnTheRocks	Aug 15th, 2007 09:07:20 AM
Imagine a romantic drama starring Sandra Bullock as a dead wife of a rocker, who helps her love in the moment of his greatest need, physiotherapy after a horrific crash...
Champagne Supernova: The Movie by DarfurOnTheRocks	Aug 15th, 2007 09:09:18 AM
An existential look at mankind's last hours as our sun is about to go supernova. Earth unites for the mother of all parties... Hilarity ensues..
Johnno by SpookyOtaku	Aug 15th, 2007 10:08:22 AM
the film that technically opened the door on mecha was Aliens...
every mans fantasy by slkboxrman	Aug 15th, 2007 10:14:25 AM
a 4sum with jessica alba, jessica biel, and megan fox.... oh btw my company was supposd to pick up megan the other week in nyc, but she missed her flight... we're a corporate car service if anyone cares, lol. .... transformers is the best of 2007 so far, die hard was ok and rush hour 3 was utter garbage.. i think i will have to wait till 08 for my nexxt big rush for a movie..
Mr Squirrel by Nordling	Aug 15th, 2007 11:11:11 AM
I haven't edited anything out of my review. What some people are responding to is a Talkback post that I wrote earlier in this TB.
DarfurOnTheRocks by Nordling	Aug 15th, 2007 11:12:03 AM
I'd rather have CHOCOLATE RAIN: THE MOVIE.
I don't really care either by i kick tits	Aug 15th, 2007 01:19:07 PM
But I thought it was astounding that no one mentioned it even once on here- an AICN talkback. I think this place is really what Obi-Wan was talking about when he said "You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy". I don't know whats wrong with these guys. I think I'm getting old.
Nordling! by Mr Squirrel	Aug 15th, 2007 01:31:40 PM
Oh yes, my mistake. Where's my Bailey's Comets movie? I think it had a hottie or two in it somewhere.
ehh by tonamania	Aug 15th, 2007 03:51:07 PM
never was interested. sounds like a rip off of those old dick dastardly, 'stop that pigeon', cartoons. am i right? Is Goodman going to get behind the wheel - now THAT would be entertainment!
Shia for Chim Chim!!!!! by picardsucks	Aug 15th, 2007 03:51:52 PM
Because it has to happen!!!!!
I'm sorry but this movie will be rediculous by J-Dizzle	Aug 15th, 2007 04:00:59 PM
Sounds like its right up Shia's alley.
tonamania by SpookyOtaku	Aug 15th, 2007 04:10:27 PM
Dick Dastardly was a 70's cartoon...Speed racer came out in '67. And as far as I can recall Pops racer never drove the Mach 5
Who´s "Speed Racer"? by Wilclas	Aug 15th, 2007 06:32:16 PM
Huh?
Robotech the Movie by doodler	Aug 15th, 2007 10:29:42 PM
i don't know dick about Speed Racer. I know everyone slobbers over it being one of the first Animes to crossover, but i remember Robotech being an awesome, high quality cartoon (on after school for a few years) where people died, action was intense, and there were good characters. Why can't someone good (Wachowskis, Robert Rodriguez, Favreau, etc) do a liveaction/mocap/greenscreen version of that? This sounds like twaddle. As does Thundercats. WTF? How can you possibly make a major motion picture (for theatrical release) out of that? Cat-men with swords? Holy crap, i thought that show was retarded when i was a kid....along w/ He-Man and his woman counterpart, whatever her name was.
The Adventures of Captain Caveman: The Movie by DarfurOnTheRocks	Aug 16th, 2007 08:44:39 AM
Hey cavemen are in! Let's cash in on the idea!
Spridel gets drunk and cheets on Chim-Chim ... by Boris Baddenov	Aug 19th, 2007 09:48:02 AM
Not that I expect that in the movie, which I'm VERY interested in seeing, but I thought it would make a chuckle-able subject line. Sounds like the Wachowski Bros. have their script on the RIGHT track!
Now, if the Wachowski Bros. had remade ... by Boris Baddenov	Aug 19th, 2007 09:55:17 AM
"The Heartbreak Kid", instead of the Farrelly Bros., I'm sure we'd still have Ben Stiller in it, but the HENTAI aspects of a bride-from-hell would have been AWESOME!!!!!
hopefully we can get by Zybon	Aug 20th, 2007 05:55:20 AM
a live action Rocky and Bulwinkle. Who wouldn't want to see a real moose and squirrel actin' it up.
Macross/Robotech will never happen by Brachus12	Aug 21st, 2007 07:37:32 AM
Not only would you have to get rid of Harmony Gold, you'd have to get Tatsunoko and Big West to settle their differences and allow it. Even Harmony Gold CANT USE old school Macross. Why do you think there are no old characters in Shadow Chronicles. Rick doesn't count, they changed his appearance drastically and his name is nothing like the Japanese original (Hikaru Ichijo)
UMM...OKAY... by ninjatracksuit	Aug 22nd, 2007 02:16:21 AM
First off, I've noticed some other people mention this above - why in the hell should we take this guy's opinion seriously? I mean, is he a script writer - has he done any script doctoring for any of the major studios or any standout independent movies? Is he a director of any films of note? Sorry, this is just a repeat offense here: some nobody (and this includes the big kahunas that run AICN) decides to throw in their two cents about a film like THEIR OPINION ACTUALLY MATTERS. This is fine and dandy when dealing with a film review - because it really is (at least on this site) nothing more than a blatant chance to figuratively lick the balls of someone one of the contributors may have met in person. But when some asshole starts thinking he's THAT important to the film industry and just goes and throws stuff out about how 'this script is too long, etc, etc' or 'They know what their doing here' because of some bullshit he read in a Syd Field article...come on. The W. Bros. have it under control, more than likely. Some gnat who's seen too many episodes of Entourage isn't talented or important enough to have any bearing on this script or film - if he/she was...well, then they wouldn't be writing in to AICN, would they? They'd be working in the film industry as more than some two bit lackey who accidentally gets their hands on a script once every blood moon. It just cracks me up to read his expert dissection of the script - the good and the bad. Jesus...
UMM.. by ninjatracksuit	Aug 22nd, 2007 02:22:59 AM
their = they're = they are

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