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Get Wachowskied!! That SPEED RACER Trailer Everyone's Been Talking About?? It's Now Online!!

whoa by drave117	Dec 6th, 2007 09:57:52 PM
I think I am sold. I'm not sure what I just watched, but I am sold.
mindwarping by pipergates	Dec 6th, 2007 10:02:20 PM
heheh
WOW, that, that, looked like pure by adzigjo	Dec 6th, 2007 10:03:47 PM
fucking shit... im gonna stay away from that hot piece
eye candy by Ironhelix	Dec 6th, 2007 10:05:05 PM
i kind of like it.
I'm in by Magnum Opus	Dec 6th, 2007 10:06:12 PM
I dig it.
Matthew Fox...... by zillabeast	Dec 6th, 2007 10:06:40 PM
Is the fucking man. He can save this thing.
it's kind of like that Chipmunks movie... by drave117	Dec 6th, 2007 10:07:37 PM
... in that, whether or not you think it looks good, it pretty much fits right in with the product you originally remember. The difference, though, is that the Chipmunks movie looks terrible to me, but it looks terrible in the same ways I remember the cartoon being terrible, whereas Speed Racer looks cracktastic in exactly the ways I remember it being. Take note, Michael Bay; if you are going to rape somebody's childhood, THIS is the way to do it.
Holeee shit! by OBSD	Dec 6th, 2007 10:08:13 PM
Chocolate covered pussy juice indeed!
Lysergic Acid by kafka07	Dec 6th, 2007 10:09:06 PM
anyone?
I'm in. by Barry Egan	Dec 6th, 2007 10:10:25 PM
Looks like fun.
wow, it looks exactly like the cartoon by Holodigm	Dec 6th, 2007 10:13:09 PM
i'm so conflicted about that...the cartoon looked like shit, but yet live action imitating shitty anime? surprisingly cool.
Wow that looked really shitty by jimmy_009	Dec 6th, 2007 10:13:31 PM
I don't even know where to begin. Holy crap.
Nay-sayers... by Zakari Paolon	Dec 6th, 2007 10:13:57 PM
There were a lot of people saying this looked like shit on the other thread, after seeing the trailer on E.T., I was waiting for a hi-res version and now that I've seen it, I have NO IDEA what the fuck those guys are blabbering about. I'm sooooo in...
Maybe a good popcorn flick, but the CG looks HORRID! by JunoFallon	Dec 6th, 2007 10:14:26 PM
I usually don't bitch that badly, but seriously, the CG looks laughable. It looks like cheap CG done for a toy commercial. This is going to be bad.
Wow, This Is Going To Be A Massive Failure. by El Fuego	Dec 6th, 2007 10:14:32 PM
It's too dumb for most adults to dig it, and it's too hectic to being kids to. 12 year old boys and anime geeks will cream their pants, everyone else will go see Iron Man instead.
Well, I like the idea... by Ribbons	Dec 6th, 2007 10:14:47 PM
...but those car race scenes were just fugly. It's not even that it looks "fake" (which I'm sure the movie's proponents will insist is the idea), but that the vehicles and the environments aren't convincingly rendered.
MATTHEW FOX FOR DAREDEVIL!!! by SkidMarkedUndies	Dec 6th, 2007 10:14:58 PM
MAKE IT SO!!
That Being Said by El Fuego	Dec 6th, 2007 10:16:04 PM
the bit where the two cars are flying side by side, twirling around, and one of them smashes into a craggy peak... that was pretty sick.
your 13 year old says what the fuck? by Jubba	Dec 6th, 2007 10:16:07 PM
what happened to manners?
The LAST thing I expected by Crimean	Dec 6th, 2007 10:17:17 PM
was to actually be sort of excited for this movie.
"It's the only thing I know how to do,,,," by ShiftyEyedDog2	Dec 6th, 2007 10:17:31 PM
"and I gotta do somethin'" Holy shit, just when I thought Emile Hirsch could act, this shows me how wrong I was. Maybe it's just the horrid script from th Wachowski's. This is gonna BOMB. Looks like shite.
The car racing looks like a cheesy Xbox 360 game by jimmy_009	Dec 6th, 2007 10:18:52 PM
Seriously, it looks very very bad. There was one shot where a yellow car is spinning around in the air where I seriously thought I was looking at an in-game video game shot. And that's not a compliment. My hopes for this movie are dashed.
Jubba by Merrick	Dec 6th, 2007 10:19:02 PM
Yeah...he got in trouble.
Already has my imax ticket purchase by Pipple	Dec 6th, 2007 10:19:03 PM
This looks like the coolest shit I'll see in that big damn theater.
CHOCOLATE COVERED PUSSY JUICE GOTTA EAT!!!!!! by James_O'Nasty	Dec 6th, 2007 10:19:06 PM
They have Spridal and Chim-Chim! This might just work!!! Just as long as he does that half-step and the camera rotates 255 degrees in freeze-frame... Not to mention Christina Ricci as Trixie!!!
The Wachowski Sisters by Ryang	Dec 6th, 2007 10:20:35 PM
Can they come back after those Matrix sequels?
haha awesome Merrick by Jubba	Dec 6th, 2007 10:20:56 PM
glad to know you laid down the law. and that trailer looked like it is for a thoroughly unenjoyable movie, in my opinion...and i like most movies.
i concur by jivatmax	Dec 6th, 2007 10:21:28 PM
that this looks like shit
I predict that... by jimmy rabbitte	Dec 6th, 2007 10:21:59 PM
...he's gonna be chasin' after someone... it "looks" sharp but... it's no better than a million video games out there. I don't think the reaction of Merrick's son will be an isolated attitude, among this film's target audience.
Looks sweet by dirtsandwich	Dec 6th, 2007 10:23:13 PM

I just came... by TiVo1138	Dec 6th, 2007 10:24:42 PM
I think I'll see this on LSD.
I just came... by TiVo1138	Dec 6th, 2007 10:24:45 PM
I think I'll see this on LSD.
Wow by Varakor	Dec 6th, 2007 10:25:04 PM
just wow. That was freakin awesome!! The colors.... the colors.... and the speed... the speed...... I gotta see this movie Imax style!!
skywalkerfamily by Captain Hollywood	Dec 6th, 2007 10:25:13 PM
That's what i thought too. For those complaining about the "CG" I think it's intended to look more 'cartoonish' than 'realistic' so lighten up.
Mach 6? by FalconJones	Dec 6th, 2007 10:25:39 PM
looks like he is driving something with a '6' on the side of it in several cuts. does Speed get an upgrade to a Mach 6 in this movie?
...yeah, Mach 6 by jimmy rabbitte	Dec 6th, 2007 10:26:47 PM
...the new speed of shite...
Fox looks awesome in the spandex by Z 008	Dec 6th, 2007 10:28:20 PM
I hope we see many Jackfaces. Anyone wanna bet this becomes a cult hit people see at midnight while high? Also monkey ftw.
YEP...ITS LIKE SPY KIDS. by Redfive!	Dec 6th, 2007 10:29:55 PM
But taken to the next level.Ill still go check it out,but its not chocolate pussy juice,more like Chocolate Malt-O-Meal.
The Wachowskis know good CGI by Wed Vid Guy	Dec 6th, 2007 10:30:02 PM
Look at the Matrix movies. One of the things that series had going for it were tight special effects minus the Burly Brawl. This movie looks like anime brought to the big screen and I'm loving it. Who says CGI has to be realistic to be cool? The only thing cooler would have been if this were filmed in 3D. Holy crap! Ticket sold!
wether you like it or not, KIDS are going to love it by hegele	Dec 6th, 2007 10:32:08 PM
it'll make a good amount of money and hopefully won't be half bad.
uh---twirls finger by Lerkst	Dec 6th, 2007 10:33:17 PM
It should have been motion capture, imo...it just looks really divided to me. It looks really...groan really amateur. The Wachowski's are some of those filmakers who believe that Rodriguez is the revolutionary he and Harry claim he is. The only working director who knows what he's doing with this technology is Zach Snyder. This film just looks cheap.
holyfreakingpoop by sokitome	Dec 6th, 2007 10:34:02 PM
I'm so there in May!
This has moved to pole position... by Billyeveryteen	Dec 6th, 2007 10:34:43 PM
Can't fucking wait.
Once this movie is release by Norman Bates	Dec 6th, 2007 10:34:49 PM
I will be requiring anyone who gives me shit for liking Unbreakable and Signs to first disclose whether they liked this movie.
looking good by Sandinista	Dec 6th, 2007 10:36:54 PM
car-fu!
The naysayers are retards... by Johnno	Dec 6th, 2007 10:36:56 PM
Bad acting??? Cheesy??? Cartoony CGI??? No fucking shit!!! What next? Are they gonna hate Batman movies because there's a guy in them that dresses like a bat?Honestly there was some douche in the last talkback saying he'd prefer watching real racecars go around a real track with CGI thrown in... Sounds real exciting! Are these the same people coplaining that Hollywood won't try new things in teh same breath? Ironic I know... given that this is an adaptation of something so dated and cheesy this could only be a massive improvement... You know what? Stay home and watch realistic Nascar or play Project Gotham Racing, I'll have my seat reserved for this on IMAX and a copy on Blu-Ray just to piss off the HD-DVD crowd.
Who expected different than a candy cravin monkey? by Pipple	Dec 6th, 2007 10:37:56 PM
come on people. Watch the actual toon. It's EXACTLY like this.
by pvs	Dec 6th, 2007 10:39:22 PM
Wow,I thought the trailer looked bad enough on TV. Seeing the Hi-def version just makes me hate this trailer even more. How poorly rendered were those visual effects,the day-glo desert shots were the worst.I guess George(I don't shoot outdoors and only with a green/blue screen)Lucas will say this is the future of movie making.Utter crap!!!
Harry is wrong as usual by AlwaysThere	Dec 6th, 2007 10:39:27 PM
Since he writes reviews with the mentality of a 13 year old boy, it should have not come as a surprise to me that he was drooling over the dialogue that gives off the impression of been serious, but ultimately comes across as been idiotic.
You all are insane... by dr_john_zoidberg	Dec 6th, 2007 10:40:11 PM
This shit is going to rock. Consider my pipe locked, loaded and lit for premiere night of this one. Cartoonish, goofy, fast. I'm going to light up and watch it again. Looks like F-Zero meets Speed Racer for the big screen.
That was AWFUL!!!!!! by calnorso	Dec 6th, 2007 10:41:10 PM
Seriously....I'm usually more agreeable than your average fanboy, but their was NOTHING in that trailer that I liked. It just flat out sucked, the look, the acting, did I mention the look
WTF.. I'm going back to bed by vini77	Dec 6th, 2007 10:41:15 PM
..
Norman Bates by TiVo1138	Dec 6th, 2007 10:41:35 PM
Big-time Shyamalan lover here,--Unbreakable, Signs, AND The Village rocked my balls--and I think Speed Racer looks great. anticipates getting flamed
Im in. by BGDAWES	Dec 6th, 2007 10:43:32 PM
Speed Racer was/is my favorite cartoon. Just wish they weren't pushing for the G. The cartoon was violent. I swear there was one episode where Speed almost bitch slapped Trixe.
have to admit by systemsbroom	Dec 6th, 2007 10:43:46 PM
seeing John Goodman in this made me chuckle. Otherwise, looks moronic.
Maybe Sex in the city isn't so bad after watching that. by wowsucks	Dec 6th, 2007 10:47:01 PM
Honest to god I would rather be strapped to a chair and forced to watch Sarah Jessica Parker for 2 hours. Harsh yes, but that looked annoying. Cool idea but I don't think the masses are going to go for it.
................ by --- Emperor ---	Dec 6th, 2007 10:48:33 PM
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Is that guy in shadow at the end Racer X? by Orionsangels	Dec 6th, 2007 10:49:12 PM
The one that says, "If they don't destroy him first"
Am I supposed to want to watch this movie? by Norman Bates	Dec 6th, 2007 10:49:24 PM
I'd rather have someone come over and do dental work, every day, from my backside, up... through my ass!
Matthew Fox's Nose... by --- Emperor ---	Dec 6th, 2007 10:49:36 PM
All I could see in that entire shit fest, was Matthew Fox's Nose. I thought, 'God damn that son of a bitch has a big nose!'.
God that looks fuckin retarded... by That 70s Venom	Dec 6th, 2007 10:49:40 PM
The Wachowskies fuck up another movie. Yawn.
Hmm, the effects kinda remind me of Spy Kids 3D by Orionsangels	Dec 6th, 2007 10:50:27 PM
Which isn't good, either that or if they made HOT WHEELS movie, but still. It looks like fun. I wanna see it.
I don't think the effects are supposed to look realistic by Orionsangels	Dec 6th, 2007 10:51:55 PM
It's supposed to look like an anime come to life. So I'm not really worried about the effects, even if they do look cheesy. I just hope its a good fun movie.
pretty impressive visuals but... by EricST1	Dec 6th, 2007 10:53:24 PM
john goodman makes the movie seem silly...as did a lot of the diologue...sad to see crazy effects go to waste...we could always hope for the best!
Feels Very Avengers-y by Aquatarkusman	Dec 6th, 2007 10:53:49 PM
Giant, Hindenberg-sized flames
Christina Ricci's bare breasts couldn't save this. by wowsucks	Dec 6th, 2007 10:54:01 PM
That's saying something, but would bring in an extra couple million for the tally.. ;)
I don't know what to think yet... by Crimson King	Dec 6th, 2007 10:54:01 PM
Seriously, I mean, this could be completely awesome fun, or total and utter shyte. I don't know... By the way, Norman Bates, I liked both those movies too. Unbreakable I absolutely love.
John Goodman as Pops Racer by gruntybear	Dec 6th, 2007 10:55:40 PM
Now, THAT'S near perfect casting. Hey, it's at least risen to the level of a rental at this point and that's saying something.
Error -2048: by Acne Scarface	Dec 6th, 2007 10:56:10 PM
Couldn't open the file hd-speed-racer-trailer-480-1.q tl because it is not a file that QuickTime understands. been getting that message since i downloaded latest itunes. wuzup, apple?
Really? No...really? by Gozu	Dec 6th, 2007 10:57:26 PM
Well, fuck the Wachowskis.
by FlickaPoo	Dec 6th, 2007 10:57:59 PM

Damn new keyboard by FlickaPoo	Dec 6th, 2007 11:00:39 PM
This does not look good. Just bad.
It looks pretty damn cool... by Tarl_Cabot	Dec 6th, 2007 11:02:57 PM
I'm in.
the more i watch it, the happier it makes me by drave117	Dec 6th, 2007 11:04:45 PM
Thank god the Wachowskis are such a bankable name that they can get away with doing something this insane!
This could be the next back to the future by Pipple	Dec 6th, 2007 11:08:27 PM
Light hearted film all ages can enjoy...
drave117 and by Norman Bates	Dec 6th, 2007 11:08:47 PM
not for long.
Where is your George Fucking Miller now, Vern?! by Julius Dithers	Dec 6th, 2007 11:08:56 PM
Just kidding, brother. A Miller Speed Racer would have been more intense, yet in earth tones. I just pray he doesn't take visual and style cues from this for the Justice League.
by jaylerd	Dec 6th, 2007 11:09:45 PM
harry has his head up his ass. that was mediocre seizure inducing nonsense, like Cat in the Hat on meth.
Pipple by Norman Bates	Dec 6th, 2007 11:09:53 PM
oh god, please don't tell me you just said that.
Holy hell, that was TERRIBLE! by El Scorcho	Dec 6th, 2007 11:11:59 PM
Worst trailer ever. It looks just like the show. Terrible dialogue with endless, monotonous, and pointless action scenes. "He must race!" "It's a religion!" "Racing's in my blood!" Spare me the bullshit.
Fuck that Looked RETARDED by hatespeech	Dec 6th, 2007 11:12:12 PM
what a putrid mess of Maya Barf. A fucking cartoon, a bad one at that... Fucking Hollywood. Fuck you.
It's NOT supposed to look real!!! by Crisp_One	Dec 6th, 2007 11:13:21 PM
Did all of you people who are complaining about how it doesn't look real complain that Beowulf or Sin City didn't look real? Did you whine about the washed out colors in Minority Report or the use of tint in Traffic or Matrix? It's called STYLIZATION. The W. Bros (sisters) can pull off real when they want to. Obviously, this isn't meant to look real. It's based on a cartoon! Personally, I'd like to see more directors experimenting with style like this.
It's NOT supposed to look real!!! by Norman Bates	Dec 6th, 2007 11:14:51 PM
it's supposed to look gay!!!
It's supposed to look like shit by Dr. Egon Spengler	Dec 6th, 2007 11:15:54 PM
Appreciate the style. Yeah, it's cheesy and colorful, but it's supposed to look like that; it's the closest thing you can get to a cartoon without it looking like a cartoon. I liked this a lot more than than Prince Caspian fruit cake piece of shit.
I hate to say this.. by malificus	Dec 6th, 2007 11:16:43 PM
..and forgive me if someone already beat me to it, but shades of Dick Tracy. That's all I'm sayin'...
it really boils down to by frankenfickle	Dec 6th, 2007 11:16:49 PM
the fact that if you say this speed racer movie, directed by the matrix guys, is not going to be awesome... you are absolutely wrong headed and should not be allowed to vote. that's just a fact.
Still waiting for the live-action HOT WHEELS film by Ye Not Guilty	Dec 6th, 2007 11:17:20 PM
Seriously, when is that HOT WHEELS flick going to start lensing? I was a big fan of the ACCELERACERS series and I've been hoping to see it adapted to the big screen.
CRAP! by malificus	Dec 6th, 2007 11:17:44 PM
It says right in the headline. Drinking and playing GH is fine, just don't post. Sorry fella's...
OH MY FREAKING GOD by mukhtabi	Dec 6th, 2007 11:19:27 PM
My brain just melted and ran outta my nose! GO SPEED RACER!! YEEEEEEEEEEEEOW!
Little easter egg in trailer... by wirefufighter	Dec 6th, 2007 11:24:43 PM
Anyone else notice the Burly Man logo in the very first shot of the trailer? I only picked it up cause of my lame-o frame-by-frame addiction.
The effects are not finished by nameoda	Dec 6th, 2007 11:26:54 PM
C'mon guys, the lightings off in some scenes and the CG is obviously unfinished. Can't wait for the final product!
I see some people are saying things like... by Norman Bates	Dec 6th, 2007 11:27:03 PM
"doesn't everyone complain about hollywood not trying new things or being original?" bullshit. What's so new about over-stylized, loud, mindless, silly, immature movies aimed at teenagers?
Wow, they actually put " From the Creators of The Matrix Trilogy by ranting_dude	Dec 6th, 2007 11:27:57 PM
It seems rather odd if it's supposed to be a family movie. Anyway, wasn't it said that the Bro. Wachowski's were using special cameras for this. Something about everything being in focus like a cartoon? I think Susan Sarandon said something about that. The reason I brought it up is because I didn't see that anywhere in the trailer. By the way, you can easily see that those actors are in front of a blue/green screen in some scenes.
THIS YEAR'S LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE... by Freefinger	Dec 6th, 2007 11:28:33 PM
Just kidding... So.. Is Micheal Bay going to direct the sequel to this pile of crap? Speed Racer.. Of all the Anime out there.. Speed Racer?? C'mon...
gotta be a generational thing... give me Robotech or Voltron by nerosday	Dec 6th, 2007 11:29:50 PM

just don't get it by nerosday	Dec 6th, 2007 11:30:35 PM

Final Product..... by wowsucks	Dec 6th, 2007 11:31:06 PM
4.99 dvd at your local gas station. Watching that made me think, I need a new vacuum. Only thing I could think of that might suck more.
Beat that brat until he whines for you to fuck his ass, Merrick. by Nate Champion	Dec 6th, 2007 11:33:26 PM
Just let it go. You know you want it.
hmm.. New Line... Golden Compass opens this week.. by drave117	Dec 6th, 2007 11:33:50 PM
Oh, please let this be playing in front of Golden Compass tomorrow. I want to see this entire talkback played out in turbo speed on the faces of all the people around me. Also, I want to see this on a big screen. I'm afraid I just might have to holler like the Duke boys.
hey they forgot to not sinc the words with the mouth movements.. by nerosday	Dec 6th, 2007 11:34:28 PM

Yeah I said it. by Pipple	Dec 6th, 2007 11:35:25 PM
Bttf is just about as ridiculous but it stands as one of the best film franchises of all time because it was so fucking cool. Say whatever ya want now but I get the feeling this movie will melt bras off hot women.
must race! (mouth continues to flop for three seconds) by nerosday	Dec 6th, 2007 11:36:45 PM

Back to the Future had a story by Norman Bates	Dec 6th, 2007 11:39:20 PM
"I like to race, it's the only thing I know how to do" is not a fucking story.
Norman I wanna stay at your motel brother by nerosday	Dec 6th, 2007 11:40:33 PM

I love driving games! by droids22	Dec 6th, 2007 11:41:27 PM
I don't know if this trailer makes me want to see the movie but I'm definitely excited about playing the video game! ;->
I'm trying by The_Boo	Dec 6th, 2007 11:42:09 PM
I really am, but I cannot find one frame of this trailer that looks interesting or innovative. Whatever the Wachowski's were supposedly doing that was so amazing doesn't seem to be working, in fact I think the look makes the movie seem cheap and low budget. There are so many bad "family" films that this reminds me of. I think for anyone that watched that trailer Thunderbirds immediately comes to mind. The racing reminds me of the God aweful pos-race from episode 1, and if I'm supposed to sit through and hour of pod-racing you can forget it. I'll save my money for the Shitty alvin and the Chipmunks movie, at least it has the Voice talent form the 80's who also happens to be the son of the original Dave Seville.
guys "anime style" means bad vocal dub by nerosday	Dec 6th, 2007 11:42:21 PM

Boo your the poo by nerosday	Dec 6th, 2007 11:43:24 PM

nerosday by Norman Bates	Dec 6th, 2007 11:43:46 PM
is that you Hulk Hogan?
Anyone who likes this, but didn't like Spy Kids 3D and... by DirkBelig	Dec 6th, 2007 11:43:54 PM
...Shark Boy and Lava Girl is being VERY inconsistent. To say the least. I probably watched the cartoon before most of the posters here were born, but I have no stake in whether the overrated WaHACKski Bros. get this right or not. Christina Ricci looks cute for sure, but Emile Hirsch is back in "The Girl Next Door" territory, back from "Into the Wild".
lol, In my wildest roid rages maybe by nerosday	Dec 6th, 2007 11:45:38 PM

It had dialogue? by wowsucks	Dec 6th, 2007 11:46:38 PM
Shit I missed that, the whole trailer sounded like one long brown note.
need to shave the top of my head and grow the fu by nerosday	Dec 6th, 2007 11:47:00 PM

can't shred a muscle shit... I chafe by nerosday	Dec 6th, 2007 11:48:01 PM

or spell tonight ... jeez by nerosday	Dec 6th, 2007 11:48:25 PM

talk back needs spell check damnit... 2 degrees and I can't spel by nerosday	Dec 6th, 2007 11:49:29 PM

no fair that one cut off by nerosday	Dec 6th, 2007 11:50:05 PM

Hardly DirkBelig by Orionsangels	Dec 6th, 2007 11:51:01 PM
This is based on a famous cartoon. That most of us grew up with it. It's an established world. There's weight behind. Regardless of the cheesy digital effects. It's based on something. Something I know and love as a kid. Spykids and lava turd and shark nerd was made up generic digital garbage! That's right. I said it Robert!
How the hell is this the next Back to the Future? by Orionsangels	Dec 6th, 2007 11:55:35 PM
Speed time travels? I don't get how Back to the Future even entered into the equation here. Okay let me try, uh Speed Racer is the next Vanishing Point!
G -RATINGIS THE NEW NC-17. YOU PEOPLE HATE DRUGS/CHILDHOOD by TheDohDoh	Dec 6th, 2007 11:55:37 PM
I want to inject this trailer into my goddamn veins. It looks like a Kayne West video x a sheet of acid x Akira x downtown Tokyo x a huge budget x a million seizures. THERE IS NOT A SCREEN IN THE WORLD BIG ENOUGH TO WATCH SPEED RACER ON. MARK CUBAN + HARRY KNOWLES, MAKE IT HAPPEN.
That's a good call TheDohDoh by Orionsangels	Dec 6th, 2007 11:58:15 PM
It does remind me a lot of those virtual sets in Rap music videos or britney spears on a pink motorcycle in a virtual street.
THE DIALOGUE IS PLAYING ON THE SHOW'S DIALOGUE by TheDohDoh	Dec 6th, 2007 11:59:20 PM
C'mon. The W.Bros are obsessed with that TV Show. Look how faithful they are to the characters. Emil even frown when he's racing in the exact same way. Go watch Ghostface Killah's "Daytona 500" video on YouTube if you've forgotten what Speed Racer looks like. The dialogue is just like the show...on purpose. Characters always had weird speech patterns due to the dubbing and weird speeches due to the crazy Japanese fuckers who created it. SPEEEEEEEEEEEEEED RACCCCCCCCCCCER. HE'S A HERO ON WHEELS. MORE THEME SONG PLEASE. THEY NEED TO SERVE THE POPCORN WITH THE MUTLI-COLORED KERNALS FOR THIS EPIC MASTERPIECE OF THE TODDLER DRUG CULTURE.
I love that the basic defense of this... by Sledge Hammer	Dec 7th, 2007 12:01:56 AM
...is that Speed Racer is supposed to be shit. Well, if that's the case then this may be the most faithful adaptation ever, as this is shit to the max. I'm sure it'll make money, just as I'm equally sure that it'll be fucking atrocious to anyone not wowed by endless video cut scenes, hammy 'acting' and stilted dialogue.
Well I liked it. by Rufferto	Dec 7th, 2007 12:02:31 AM
It makes me wish I was a Speed Racer fan. This looks expensive.
I WANT TO BATHE IN POP ROCKS AND DRINK COKED-UP COKES by TheDohDoh	Dec 7th, 2007 12:04:51 AM
You people will defend Deathrace or Death Proof but not this??? C'mon. They should hire all Japanese staffs at the movie theaters for this and give monkies flashlights. I want my Lisa Frank-fucking Speed Racer and then I want the darkest Batman movie there ever will be. Praise the USA, the Red, White and Pink/Purple/Green/Fuschia/Aqua .
Nobody said it supposed to be shit by Orionsangels	Dec 7th, 2007 12:05:38 AM
But think about it. How else do you bring the world of Speed Racer to life? What do you see in your head as being the Speed Racer movie? How many ways can you present this movie without looking too cheesy or trying to follow the cartoon. It's like the HULK debate. Hulk looks fake! Hulk smash! wait, I mean how else is a 15ft tall wide muscular green man supposed to look in real life?
Matrix pre-neo by pmarq	Dec 7th, 2007 12:05:56 AM
Maybe this is the 'perfect world' that was the first Matrix... you know, the one everybody couldn't believe in. I can see it now: At the end of the movie he wakes up in a tank getting sodomized by a sentinel.
Looks incredible. by Freddie Mercury	Dec 7th, 2007 12:06:04 AM
Fuck you haters. I'm glad you don't want to see it, less assholes in front of me in line. If you thinks this looks like a video game, then you're simply blind. No video game looks this good. You all don't care so much that you need multiple posts to explain how much you don't care. You don't see me trolling the Dark Knight or Buffy the Vampire Slayer talkbacks. That's what makes you haters.
I'm not a hater. Because I have realistic expectations by Orionsangels	Dec 7th, 2007 12:10:39 AM
If more of you thought like me and less of you came here ready to get your dicks hard over new movie. You wouldn't be let down so much.
"less assholes in front of me in line" by Orionsangels	Dec 7th, 2007 12:14:20 AM
Yeah Freddie but most of the haters here will go see it anyway. So they can come back here and hate it some more. Freddie when are you gonna hook up with the rest of Queen? They need you badly!
Orionsangels asked by Norman Bates	Dec 7th, 2007 12:15:18 AM
"How many ways can you present this movie without looking too cheesy or trying to follow the cartoon?" Maybe you're just not supposed to make the fucking movie
looks like fucking Spy Kids... by Brundlefly	Dec 7th, 2007 12:16:19 AM
and I love those cross dressing Wachowski freaks just like the next geek but this - well - this just doesn't look that amazing - the CGI cars look fucking lame and bright colours and whizz bang CGI don't make a good film. I'll reserve my judgement but this is hardly "chocolate covered pussy juice" - fuck me with a chainsaw Harry, do you lose your load over any old shit these days?.....
TheDohDoh by drave117	Dec 7th, 2007 12:17:08 AM
You win the thread. Everybody else can go home.
That's not an option Norman Bates by Orionsangels	Dec 7th, 2007 12:18:34 AM
Hollywood has run out of ideas. Eventually everything gets remade. They need to keep that cash cow rolling. It's just the way things are now. So not making it, is like not going to the bathroom in a week. You can't.
how bout make it a cartoon? by Norman Bates	Dec 7th, 2007 12:19:48 AM
I'd watch that probably.
Hmmm by Bob of the Shire	Dec 7th, 2007 12:22:17 AM
This will either be brilliant or a total disaster. That style can work extremely well if they pull it off right, but if not it's going to be the worst fucking movie ever made.
Oh they probably will Bates by Orionsangels	Dec 7th, 2007 12:22:53 AM
If this movie takes off you can expect a cartoon series. the cereal. the video game. the sneakers. the vibrator. the car rims. the speed racer clothing line. the speed racer potato chips
they already made the Speed Racer potato chips by drave117	Dec 7th, 2007 12:25:11 AM
They were called WOW, and they took those turns in your intestines as fast as the Mach 5.
I want more than eye-candy. by LoneGun	Dec 7th, 2007 12:28:35 AM
The art direction looks splashy and wild, no doubt about it. But there was nothing in this trailer that really got me intrigued or excited about this movie. I'm admittedly new to SPEED RACER, haven't seen the show. I want to like it and I think chances are that I will, as I've enjoyed all the Wachowskis' work so far, even the entire MATRIX trilogy. Maybe this new film is just for the kids. I found the trailer somewhat underwhelming.
it's like Alvin and the Chipmunks by JimCurry	Dec 7th, 2007 12:29:40 AM
the people interested in defending this flick might as well make a case for Alvin and the Chipmunks looking cool.
Damn you Michael Bay by Pipple	Dec 7th, 2007 12:36:07 AM
It's true isn't it. These directors can't win. This is almost spot on like the cartoon and people can't take it... Why didn't they put flames on the Mach 5 then! It WOULDN'T FUCKIN MATTER.
re: Alvin and the Chipmunks by drave117	Dec 7th, 2007 12:38:53 AM
Alvin and the Chipmunks looks like ass, but, in its defense, it looks like the same kind of ass as the original cartoon, which I have always hated. So, yes, comparing this to AatC is absolutely fair. I feel like, if AatC had been airing continuously for all this time, the current episodes would probably be exactly like this new movie. I have to give it to the Wachowskis; it takes serious nards to not only faithfully reproduce what was awesome about Speed Racer, but also what was terrible about it. It's a love letter to a childhood memory that is shared by a lot of people. I think it will be very entertaining, and people that hated the show will hate the movie for the same reasons. Thus, it has done its job.
@JimCurry = MONKEY > CHIPMUNK by TheDohDoh	Dec 7th, 2007 12:39:39 AM
Look it up.
uuhhhmmm... not so much, no. by BLEST	Dec 7th, 2007 12:41:42 AM
Looked ok, I guess. I'll take my nieces to have fun, but I'm still waiting for my Indy, Bats, Iron Man, and Narnia. (yeah, I said it.) BTW, when the aiche-ee-double hockey sticks are we gonna get Indy and TDK trailers? Everything else out has one.
The speed lines during the dialogue was awesome by George Newman	Dec 7th, 2007 12:45:12 AM
that kind of sense of humor--the cartoon dramatic intensity--is what gives me hope for the movie
Is the CGI supposed to look like a cartoon? by JoeSixPack	Dec 7th, 2007 12:47:07 AM
I don't get it. The CGI sucks. Is it supposed to be that way? They might as well have made the chimpanzee CG as well since everything looked so cartoonish. My excitement level went down a notch for this movie after seeing the trailer.
JOHN GOODMAN IS THE GOOD MAN by TheDohDoh	Dec 7th, 2007 12:49:02 AM
It's great to see John Goodman back and givin' 'er once again. This dude is perfect for the role and I can't get his hair out of my mind. When's the last time that happened (last night,doh). Another great thing on the rolling technicolor scroll of Speed Racer greatness is that I am just as siked to see these people stand still in this crazy world as I am to see Speed actually race. The karate scenes need some touching up, but I am positive that the studio will have this all touched up to perfection like a shiny crack rock by May as well as have a lot of shit done in 3D. This movie is like riding a fucking Gravitron off the hingest and into Showbiz Pizza.
Oh my god... by Tourist	Dec 7th, 2007 12:50:05 AM
...That looks like fucking toilet water. Complete and utter turd farm. I don't think you could pay me to watch something that fucking ugly and stupid looking. Just to mirror another comment, it looks just like a less fun for children Spy Kids flick. I can't believe that shit represents an actual movie. At least the equally gay looking DOA had (clothed) T and A.
JOE ARE YOU short of a six pack? by TheDohDoh	Dec 7th, 2007 12:51:12 AM
Of course it's supposed to look cartoonish and otherworldly. That's the whole point, doh! It's supposed to have a technicolor anime fantasia quality. THIS IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE REALISTIC LOOKING AND IS NOT SET ON OUR BORING EARTH.
TheDohDoh by drave117	Dec 7th, 2007 12:58:49 AM
Reading your comments is making me even more excited to see this movie. I love the polarized discussion here. Tons of "OMFG AWESOME!" and equal amounts of "WHAT THE CRAP WAS THAT?!", but only a tiny amount of "Ehh, looks okay..."
DohDoh, "otherworldly" = great, "terrible CGI" = suck by JoeSixPack	Dec 7th, 2007 01:00:16 AM
I guess I should have explained. The CGI looked horrible and very simplistic, almost like the original cartoon (surely the intent, why else would it look like I did it myself on photoshop?). Bad creative move by the W. brothers IMHO.
Sheesh, looks like a kiddie flick, rated G by Motoko Kusanagi	Dec 7th, 2007 01:02:37 AM
but John Goodman rocks.
If you spend money to see a movie you're predisposed to hate... by Freddie Mercury	Dec 7th, 2007 01:04:36 AM
then you're just dumb. You're a sucker. They fucking win. You can go on and on about having an informed opinion but it's all bullshit. They got your money despite your limp protestations and they win. That's your defense of your hateration? That's really all you got? One of the Wachowski's is a crossdresser or a transexual and that's really what you're going with? How completely pathetic. I'd rather be a wealthy, creative, in-demand transexual that gets to make any kind of art I want than some kind of anonymous professional appreciator any day.
I don't get it - no really! by Maniaq	Dec 7th, 2007 01:09:40 AM
this is "unavailable in my area" - which is fine - they don't give a shit about me and I don't give a shit about this movie...
Fuck Beowolf by Tal the Reviewer	Dec 7th, 2007 01:12:32 AM
Seriously. That movies try so hard to look real while this movie is smart enough to realize that there's more to art direction and design than that. Looks like the less lazy version of Spy Kids. Should be interesting to say the least. And I hope the GOD it's G rated. It feels like there hasn't been a decent family movie in ages.
Oh. No. by slder78	Dec 7th, 2007 01:15:14 AM
Whoever greenlit this, must have the same feeling Rothman had at Fox when he saw the dallies for Speed 2. Emile Hirsch looks like he has been miscast. He's trying to play edgy and looks like an emo trying to be mature. The only part that looked good was Matthew Fox as Racer X. From the ONE line he gave, he looks like he nailed it. Everyone else...look yeah it resembles the cartoon, but to make movie, it has to be grounded in some sort of reality, and tis looks like "Josie and the Pussycats".
I loved this! by SifoDyasJr.	Dec 7th, 2007 01:15:55 AM
and until seeing the trailer I had absolutely no interest in Speed Racer
The problem with cheap-lloking CGI & "making it look like anime" by kevred	Dec 7th, 2007 01:21:18 AM
Now, I don't want to judge this too much since it's just a snippet of the movie, so I'm not claiming to know any more than I do. But the problem with explaining away day-glo CG by saying that it looks like the source material is this: animated stuff, be it cheapo Speed Racer or high-end anime, is always consistent with itself. The characters, machines, and settings are all rendered basically the same way, and are all 2-D artistic representations that blend together pretty well. But in live action, no matter how brightly you dress actors, they're still plain old human beings. Put a human up against a wacked-out, cartoonish CG background, and there's a jarring contrast, like some kind of TV commercial or Disney Channel show's opening credits. Which may be an intended effect, but it looks damned cheap and scuttles a sense of being in some kind of real world, however surreal. Here's hoping the filmmakers aren't so caught up in their vision that they don't realize the need to integrate all the visual elements of the movie, no matter how cartoonish the setting.
valentine by slkboxrman	Dec 7th, 2007 01:21:45 AM
LMAO @ "fat greasy nerdbags" lol best line ever , very descriptive for the whiny losers that seem to be the majority on AICN.... i dont get the urge to be "first" or "second" either.... i bet their friends say first, and second when theyre laughing behind the geeks face when talking about who banged his girlfriend while he was posting on AICN....i can see it now..."baby i cant fuck u just now, i have to post my opinion on the speed racer trailer before any of the guys"
oh yea by slkboxrman	Dec 7th, 2007 01:23:57 AM
trailer looks hot, for a movie based on a cheesy cartoon. ...looks entertaining enough...i might go see , but i do agree it will be banging on IMAX more than the standard screen...would look great in 3D
I LOVE YOU WACHOWSKIS!!!! by grungies	Dec 7th, 2007 01:24:37 AM
Thank you for not making a mean-spirited cash-in! Thank you for bringing back my childhood memories! This movie will rule!
Completely agree with you, kevred by JoeSixPack	Dec 7th, 2007 01:27:11 AM
Integration is the key
Would this be a bad time to mention... by drave117	Dec 7th, 2007 01:28:29 AM
...that I secretly adored the Josie and the Pussycats movie? There was another adaptation that understood its source material. Also one of the most brutal satires of pop culture I have ever seen. I still crack up when I think about the room full of corporate people thinking up the next round of slang words. I also suspect that this is where slang really comes from.
What's the big goddamn deal?? by Burgundy82	Dec 7th, 2007 01:33:07 AM
It just looks like Shark Boy and Lava Girl tag-teamed a shitty Japanese cartoon, had a love child and promptly tossed it in a dumpster.
Love it, BUT... by SpencerTrilby	Dec 7th, 2007 01:35:50 AM
I expected more jaw-dropping action. Just like Matrix 2: DAMN YOU Joel Silver for being such a slutty tease. When I think of his promotional bullshit about "not selling out"...
the big deal by drave117	Dec 7th, 2007 01:38:47 AM
There is no big deal. It's just that a whole lot of us loved this cartoon when we were little, and this movie looks JUST LIKE THAT CARTOON! Actually, that is a big deal. You know why? Because it will finally answer the debate that Transformers started about whether or not making a movie identical to its beloved childhood source material will result in a box office flop, or something that enough people will embrace for it to become profitable. This is something I am dying to know, and if Speed Racer becomes a smash hit, I will be throwing it in the face of many a Michael Bay apologist!
SORRY ROBERT RODRIGUEZ / FUTURE OF FILM by TheDohDoh	Dec 7th, 2007 01:40:33 AM
I know Robert Rodriguez was dying to do the Jetsons in a similar fashion, but the WBros have slam-bammed you to the punch. As for the haters, I went and saw Beowulf a couple weeks ago in IMAX/3d and it was one of the funnest times I've had at the movies in years mates. I'll stay home and watch the criterion of "Ace in the Hole" for sure - I love great films - but it's getting harder and harder to make a theater worthwhile. Speedracer is built to make us a communal audience once again and it looks like magic, seriously. I can already imagine this in an IMAX, and it's going to feel like we are all plugged into electrical outlets in our seats, especially if they give out 3D glasses (undetermined as of yet, but given how good Beowulf is doing in 3D, I wouldn't rule it out). To me, this feels like the future. Just a total head rush of imagination - this is what I imagine James Cameron doing with Avatar, but more specifically, with Battle Angel Alita. We don't have flying cars and we don't have hovercrafts, but I want my goddamn futuristic action movies, and if they're rated G, so be it. That's really cool actually. It gets all of us on the same page of the future again, and with the internet, our society is totally fucked up. It's about time America had a little mainstream taste of the Japanese ultra-sensory experience that anime provides but so many of us can't KY-jelly ourselves to watch. Speedracer makes Pixar look dated, and not to knock on Pixar, but it's about time we stepped it up again and stunned ourselves. I remember seeing Toy Story I in the theater and my fucking jaw dropped. Beowulf was great b/c I could see it with my college buddies and the movie had such crazy anti-religious, pro-nakedness sentiments that it was like an inside joke. But Speedracer is something special. These guys are trying to submerse their audience into a world we can't imagine, and I don't mean like Enchanted did (doh). 300 was cool and everything, and Sin City fucking rocked, but Speedracer is the start of where anything can be done. It's the start of a new type of hyper-fantasy film that Peter Jackson hasn't touched. It's great that the WBros picked a world like Speedracer's - which is a goofy, hard-to-pin world of action, delight, cheese and grease. They are warming up. The true test for future films like this will be how far can the human imagination take us? Video games are definitely a step ahead and George Lucas knows this - unfortunately Lucas is so damn out of touch with humanity that he creats a fantasy world with the satisfaction of a nazi. Let's sit back and watch Speedracer, b/c Batman will be right after it. Anybody who is not curious about this movie is too desensitized to imagine it.
No, thanks! by Zardoz	Dec 7th, 2007 01:41:54 AM

Either make it cartoony or make it real... by jimmy_009	Dec 7th, 2007 01:42:40 AM
... You can't have realistic characters and non-racing sets and then try to mesh them with TERRIBLY rendered cartoony race scenes. That trailer felt like two different movies in one. I hope the W. bros weren't hoping that we'd all go ga-ga for this trailer, because quite frankly it's a big downer.
This movie looks like it had 3 different art directors by jimmy_009	Dec 7th, 2007 01:45:45 AM
Everything clashes. Real humans, some real sets, some fake sets, some video gamey car races, with real humans pasted in. What a mess.
what trailer were you watching? by drave117	Dec 7th, 2007 01:46:07 AM
I didn't see any semblance of actual reality in ANY part of that trailer, including the characters and the sets. And you know what? I'm fine with that.
It rocks that the monkey is reading Shaolin Cowboy! by half vader	Dec 7th, 2007 01:49:03 AM
- In a very nerdy in-jokey way. Please for the the love of God can someone link to a saveable version of the 1080p? PLEASE? As for the naysayers the humans may look real but the acting's sure stylised as all get out. There's your integration right there. At least they're NOT going for 'photoreal' here. We need more stuff like this. I thought What Dreams May Come would be the start of non-photoreal cg but that didn't really happen for the most part.
By try something new... by Tourist	Dec 7th, 2007 01:50:08 AM
...Do you mean an obnoxious, garish, loud and cheap looking CGI kiddie flick based on an old, shitty cartoon? Yeah, I don't care if Hollywood tries something new, or old, just something GOOD. This should kick as much ass as The Flinstones.
Despite what I just said... by Burgundy82	Dec 7th, 2007 01:51:29 AM
this will probably be good. If not good, then at least a wow-I've-never seen-something-quite-like-that -oddity, like Bayformers. I"ll plunk down $7.50 on the Wachowskis. They've earned my curiousity.
Oh and the true test... by Tourist	Dec 7th, 2007 01:52:35 AM
...Isn't how far imagination can take us, but how much we can settle for poorly realised versions of someone imagination. This doesn't look like a live action cartoon, it just looks like a video game cut scene, or an ugly ass cartoon with live actors blue screened in. Good for the studio that it saves costs on actual stunts and sets and all those interesting things I like to see in live action movies though.
$250 MILLION DOMESTIC BOX OFFICE AT LEAST by TheDohDoh	Dec 7th, 2007 01:54:31 AM
When's the last time you saw a G-rated film in the theater? When's the last time you saw a G-rated film in a theater at fucking midnight, high with friends? This movie is going to be top 4 this summer in terms of loot. Worldwide, it's going to go to outespace in terms of grosses - the sheer popularity of anime worldwide will boost this fucker into the stratosphere, + the Matrix was huge worldwide as well.
As for staying faithful, drave... by Burgundy82	Dec 7th, 2007 01:55:55 AM
I've said it before and I'll say it again: Everybody clamors for an unaltered adaptation of their treasured stories, but when stuff like "Sin City" and "300" comes along, they still garner plenty of groans and rolling eyes on these very boards. Honestly, I couldn't begin to imagine what it must feel like to be in charge of such a beloved property. You're pretty much fucked either way, whether you go Bay or Rodriguez with it.
meh by ironic_name	Dec 7th, 2007 02:04:20 AM
meh
re:burgundy82 by drave117	Dec 7th, 2007 02:08:52 AM
Well, some people just have no joy in their hearts, and aren't happy unless they are miserable. Put me in the "must be faithful to the SPIRIT of the original, rather than the letter" camp. That having been said, I really like it when a director attempts to accurately reproduce the original as closely as possible in a movie. I like it, but I don't think it's a requirement. A big part of the reason that Frank Miller stories work so well as movies is because the man thinks in storyboards. All of his own stuff has panels that are composed using the rules of various film genres, and you get the feeling that the images in his head are already a movie. How close you should be willing to follow it really depends on the material being adapted. Something like Sandman, the meticulous adaptation is not a requirement, because, as good as the writing is, it's the broad strokes of the story that make it so great. The details are icing. Also, there is no definitive look for the characters, due to all the different artists. But, when you are going for a property like Speed Racer, where you are basically banking on the power of nostalgia, I find meticulously recreation of the original feel to be a bold and respectable choice. I agree with you that people are going to bitch no matter what happens, but I am not one of those people. I freaking loved Sin City and 300.
I'll pass on this one. by batmans_pants	Dec 7th, 2007 02:10:26 AM
I can understand why fans of speed racer would love this, but for me and hour and a half of that shit would make me puke.
batpants by drave117	Dec 7th, 2007 02:12:10 AM
I can respect that.
Yeah, that was the red one... fuck the blue. by bb6634	Dec 7th, 2007 03:07:25 AM
My eyes melted watching that thing. Count me in.
wow by Fortunesfool	Dec 7th, 2007 03:15:40 AM
Great tech. Crap movie. Just like all the Matrix films. Colour me surprised :\|
Focus by Brendon	Dec 7th, 2007 03:31:24 AM
There's plenty of shallow focus in the trailer. And it even racks focus in places. So, all of that talk about everything being in focus, all of the time, was a complete and utter crock. I'm not surprised. Apart from the overtly stylised race sequences, where the lack of shallow focus simply makes them look even more fake than they would otherwise. A jarring style between the CG and the filmed elements - this looks, frankly, utterly disgusting. All of this pseudo-tech hype mongering has made the Wachowskis and Silver look even more daft than they normally do.
and I thought the stills looked bad by Pagz	Dec 7th, 2007 03:32:59 AM
This movie is going to end the Wachowski's careers. No studio will touch them after this.
That Asian Guy In the Trailer... by jesterean	Dec 7th, 2007 03:43:18 AM
Is that Roofie, uh, Ruffalo, Roof, Rudy, you know, from Hook? He sure looks familiar?
Meh by lb	Dec 7th, 2007 03:49:01 AM
It looks alright.......but I was neevr into Speed Racer and alot of the CGI is awful.
No JoeSixPack by Orionsangels	Dec 7th, 2007 04:11:04 AM
The CGI is not supposed to look like a cartoon. It's supposed to look fantastical, exegerated. Not of this world but Speed Racers world.
Tom Cruise was once considered as Speed Racer by Orionsangels	Dec 7th, 2007 04:12:25 AM
Can you imagine him in this trailer?
Rather for Speed Racer by Orionsangels	Dec 7th, 2007 04:13:41 AM
I think the cast is perfect and the costumes look just like the cartoon.
Get used to it by Orionsangels	Dec 7th, 2007 04:15:39 AM
Virtual set movies. From TRON, one of the first virtual set movies, to Dick Tracey, to the SW prequels, Sin City, 300. This is the wave of the future. Sad
If you see this by Bilblow	Dec 7th, 2007 04:20:38 AM
you deserve inoperable AIDS
The sisters, er, siblings are doing some cartoon now? by JackPumpkinhead	Dec 7th, 2007 04:45:11 AM
Interesting... (That's a lie). Was the cartoon as nonsensical and plotless as the trailer?
oh noes by Epleterte	Dec 7th, 2007 04:58:34 AM
that's the most ridiculous thing I've seen in a long time, and I saw the trailer for P.S I Love You the other day.. Looks like a fuckin UNfunny mix of pixars Cars and Austin Powers. Jebus....
LOVE IT by Live.	Dec 7th, 2007 05:03:18 AM
It looks mindblowing. Yeah, it looks "unreal" and in no way grounded in reality. No shit Sherlock. Bag on the Matrix for unreal backgrounds or effects, if that is your beef, since it's set in a semi-real world. But, Speed Racer has anime backgrounds and effects, so it's retarded to whine about it being "unreal". Whine about it not being anime enough or good anime, but don't be so stupid as to whine about it being "unreal".
I dream of one day seeing a Wacky Races movie by DirkD13"	Dec 7th, 2007 05:09:38 AM
Make it so Mr. Hollywood!!
SPOILER by dr.bulber	Dec 7th, 2007 05:17:35 AM
monkey = comic relief
Speed Racer will make a killing at the Box office by Live.	Dec 7th, 2007 05:18:29 AM
Predictions of a bomb are so laughable. Even if everyone on AICN hated it (and most DON'T), this PG flick will do giant business with families and kids. What kind of moron is so arrogant and stupid enough to think that just because he personally hates a movie, it'll bomb? I hate every chick flick ever made and most of the rom-coms, but I also know when a well made, and marketed, one will hit it's target market, and do big bank. Hateration from a few geeks never stopped any of them, and won't stop Speed Racer.
The end of cinema... by can-D	Dec 7th, 2007 05:18:49 AM
why oh why? this looks so cheap and it probably isn't. I rest my case the Wachoskis are dead.
Looks like this year's Transformers. And by that... by LlGHTST0RMER	Dec 7th, 2007 05:20:21 AM
...I mean it seems the moviegoing community is already heavily split on it. Some will like it because it does look really fucking cool. Some will likely hate it because it also does look really fucking stupid. The dialogue and hammy characterization is going to turn a lot of people off, but then there are those who just want to see some really cool "flash" on the screen with as much noise and sound as the theatre's speakers can put out. I may end up hating the movie, myself, but I have to say I am intrigued. I'd at least like to see it in the theatre. And if it IS released in 3D Imax, I'm sold already.
Who cares about Speed Racer? by Pops Freshemeyer	Dec 7th, 2007 05:24:01 AM
Sure it was awesome when I was five and all, but c'mon, it's just Speed Racer. Make a Star Blazers or Battle of the Planets movie and then I'll get excited...
Oh yeah, is Nintendo getting royalties? by Pops Freshemeyer	Dec 7th, 2007 05:26:08 AM
I didn't know that Speed Racer movie was going to be using tracks from Mario Kart 64.
Pagz... by LlGHTST0RMER	Dec 7th, 2007 05:27:51 AM
"This movie is going to end the Wachowski's careers. No studio will touch them after this." No way, dude. Even if this movie bombs horribly, it won't be a problem for them. Haven't you learned yet that Hollywood is an industry built on failing upward? You remember Michael Bay's last movie before TF? The Island. You really think low-quality work trumps high-profile names? How the hell is McG directing the next friggin' Terminator movie? You know what I'm saying?
Craptacular... by rost	Dec 7th, 2007 05:28:13 AM
Looked better when it was not moving.
who knows by palewook	Dec 7th, 2007 05:29:34 AM
if this thing will be awesome or flotsom
At worst - Dick Tracy. At best - spy kids by BendersShinyAss	Dec 7th, 2007 05:33:37 AM
I wont be going.
Title of the sequel: Speed Racer vs. The Car Acrobatic Team by Prof. Pop-Cult	Dec 7th, 2007 05:43:21 AM
That's my prediction. In 2011, the plot of the sequel will deal with Speed having to race and battle against The Car Acrobatic Team, who will be out for revenge over the death/loss of a competitor in the first movie.
ok, im up for that. by Obscura	Dec 7th, 2007 05:45:31 AM
that looked great! yeah its cheezy as hell, but so was the cartoon. theres nothing with eye candy in a film based on a cartoon. seriously, what were you expecting?
a real chimp? by Bouncy X	Dec 7th, 2007 05:59:48 AM
i'm surprised they didnt create a CGI monkey, though they likely will use a CGI double for some "cool animetastic scenes". as for the movie itself, i never watched the cartoon and the little i've seen of it makes me wonder why its regarded in the way it is. and while the movie does look like eye candy, i can wait til its free on tv. i dont know if its gonna shatter expectations monetary wise like Transformers did but i wouldnt be surprised if this made a good chunk of cash. but at the same time, wouldnt be surprised if it failed.
For You CGI-Bashers by Baron Merlot	Dec 7th, 2007 06:03:29 AM
Sorry if this was covered here already, but folks...keep in mind that the filmmakers know good CGI based on their past work. They are going for an intentionally anime-looking work here. It may not be your cup of tea, but it's their vision of a live-action Speed Racer.
Three Words by Lightwave7871	Dec 7th, 2007 06:09:11 AM
Thunderbirds the movie
Boring excitement........ by godhatesyou	Dec 7th, 2007 06:13:10 AM
That trailer was as flat as a pancake.
Looks peculiar by aegirson	Dec 7th, 2007 06:28:05 AM
I think we can expect anything from this movie. It looks interesting and peculiar. I'm not really shocked about the trailer... but it's the new movie from the guys who brought us The Matrix!! So, i'll give them credit until i see the movie...and for sure i'm gonna see it.
I like that -- "Boring Excitement..." by Mahasamatman	Dec 7th, 2007 06:42:16 AM
Really says it all, I think. I watch this trailer and it's like this: I'm actually watching myself watching a trailer that's supposed to get me excited, but I'm not. I'm not, and neither am I.
I Can Save The Ticket Price by Aquatarkusman	Dec 7th, 2007 06:50:47 AM
By just playing F-Zero for the Gamecube, right?
2 Mach 5's by HootDad	Dec 7th, 2007 07:07:59 AM
I noticed he's driving 2 versions of the Mach 5 - one with 2 seats and one with 1.
I think Merrick's son had the right reaction. by rbatty024	Dec 7th, 2007 07:25:24 AM
By now he's probably chained up in the basement being fed fish heads for his indiscretion. Great cast, great show, but not necessarily a great movie.
"What's it like to have no soul?" by Mahasamatman	Dec 7th, 2007 07:26:02 AM
Yeah, I wonder about that, honestly. I wish I could give myself over to something like this. I really do. I loved Speed Racer as a kid. But I'm older now, and I guess I can't break the frame and crawl inside something like this, I can't get past the cynicism of the way something like this is being sold to me. I guess this happened with _The Phantom Menace_. I walked out, desperately trying to convince myself it was good. But it wasn't, it just wasn't, and once I realized that the movie and the moviemakers were sort of RELYING on me to convince myself it was good when it wasn't? That they had confidence they could offer any sort of pap as long as it looked big and expensive because they knew I'd hypnotize myself into liking it because I had walked in wanting so much to like it? My whole outlook died. I guess my soul died. Or I woke up and started looking for quality.
Wow, that looks like crap by Abominable Snowcone	Dec 7th, 2007 07:33:52 AM
Kids might like it, but there's no way any older fans of the show will be pleased. It's just too schizophrenic with the live action vs. computer animated eyefest. The only good thing is the monkey, but even then the chimp doesn't remotely resemble the monkey from the cartoon. Oh, and that line about racing is "the only thing I know how to do" is LAUGHSOME. And when does Neo show up?
Is it to early to ask for my money back? by wowsucks	Dec 7th, 2007 07:36:37 AM
Can I sue them for the fractional cost of my internet service for downloading that, including wear and tear of my computer's hardware?
Kids will love it... by Dr Uwe Boll	Dec 7th, 2007 07:37:01 AM
...parents will be killing themselves in the aisles. This looks like a shittastrophe. John Goodman I fucking weep for you man - I FUCKING WEEP!!!
Merrick by Dr Uwe Boll	Dec 7th, 2007 07:42:51 AM
13 years old and his inner geek already knows shit when he sees it (rubs tear from eye). Damn, if that aint a moment to be proud of as a Dad I don't know what is.
Just had Spielberg on the phone by kwisatzhaderach	Dec 7th, 2007 07:45:47 AM
He says the Indy trailer kicks Speed Racer's ass.
Bastard offspring... by SirCharlesKarate	Dec 7th, 2007 07:54:58 AM
...of the movie TRON and dance dance revolution
Battling Seizure Robots by I am_NOTREAL	Dec 7th, 2007 08:01:02 AM
is immediately what I thought of. But I don't guess there's any buzz about this movie at all, given the lack of traffic in this TB.
Is Wonka in the race too? by leroygrey	Dec 7th, 2007 08:01:34 AM
I mean, the THUNDERBIRDS movie looked better than this!
speechless by The Chosen	Dec 7th, 2007 08:01:51 AM

just saw it again. still speechless. by The Chosen	Dec 7th, 2007 08:07:02 AM

I think it looks great by RadioactivePinky	Dec 7th, 2007 08:12:25 AM
it looks like it should, we keep asking for something original, this looks pretty original, instead of grunging things up which is all anybody is doing with everything from our childhood these days, these guys are actually trying to get it right, I think it looks like good eye candy and a great blue ray/hd dvd purchase.
I never cared for Speed Racer the cartoon by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Dec 7th, 2007 08:12:37 AM
It was a little before my time,but I know the basic premise. That aside, this looks like a seriously good popcorn flick. Is the CGI "bad?" No, it's just done that way to give it a more cartoonish feel. John Goodman and Susan Sarandon are a plus, but they don't make or break a movie.
I was just talking to Larry.. by Lord Nerd	Dec 7th, 2007 08:19:19 AM
..Wachowski and he said despite Matrix Reloaded being a huge steam pile he assures us that this will be pretty kick ass. clears throat. checks spelling. "post talkback".
Never saw (or heard of) Speed Racer the cartoon by V'Shael	Dec 7th, 2007 08:19:20 AM
If I'm like most of the potential audience, I would think this was aimed at 6 year olds, and give it a miss. Someone should have told the W-Bros "No!!"
looks sweeeet by Brick Chalks	Dec 7th, 2007 08:25:08 AM
def. checkin out this shit
Is that ALIAS soundtrack music 13 seconds in? by SpyGuy	Dec 7th, 2007 08:26:50 AM
Sure sounds like Michael Giacchino's work...
Here's what I don't get.... honest... by wowsucks	Dec 7th, 2007 08:28:47 AM
Someone actually thought this was a good idea, and or cool. I would be pissed if I was an investor on this project.
"Death Note" is riding on this, so be nice. by Anna Valerious	Dec 7th, 2007 08:31:06 AM
I remember reading in "Beckett Anime Collector" that WB here was planning to make "Death Note" here as they did in Japan. My guess is they probably won't do it unless people see this. So if you want "Death Note" and this Anime to Live Action trend to work...
Nick Cave as Racer X by Blood T Cat	Dec 7th, 2007 08:32:09 AM
is what I should be saying.
I enjoyed Matrix Reloaded by smackfu	Dec 7th, 2007 08:34:04 AM
if nothing else, for the absolute mindfuck it gave me about an hour after it ended, when I finally put together what the Architect said. It may not have had giant mecha and a 20 minute long superman fight, but it had intellectual subtext that probably half the people who saw it never really understood, so it gets a good mark in my book.
I really don't know what to think about this by PVIII	Dec 7th, 2007 08:39:25 AM
I'll see it if the ads tell me to see it.
Looks splendid by Magnum Opus	Dec 7th, 2007 08:41:27 AM
But then, so did the Transformers trailers, and that movie couldn't have turned out any worse. At least I know this one can't be as mind numbingly retarded as Transformers.
Looks like fun by Frankenblogger	Dec 7th, 2007 08:41:29 AM
Totally fun popcorn movie for kids. I mean, you guys didn't actually think they'd make Citizen Kane out of the source material, did you? Seriously?
"Wtf? I'm just going to go back to my bed." by TruPhan	Dec 7th, 2007 08:42:44 AM
"Don't wake me up for this kind of crap, man. I have school in the morning." And then, in an act of rebellion, Merrick's son starts reading books
It doesn't by jiggertool	Dec 7th, 2007 08:52:34 AM
work.Live actors in an animated reality takes away any sense of drama or suspense.You have a real person in a real car with cartoon exhaust fumes..it looks stupid. Or maybe all the denizens of SpeedRacer's world lives inside a cartoon.
Wow! by thecheesegrommit	Dec 7th, 2007 08:53:55 AM
I can't understand anyone not liking that. IT IS ANIME COME TO LIFE! Ground breaking film making (judging from trailer) The W bros. Do it again. Now the sequel will be really confusing and the threequel will be a WTF happened moment. I kid. LOVE THIS.
That's terrible I'm sorry by johnyaztec	Dec 7th, 2007 08:54:15 AM
Heh, Hollywood has agin raped my childhood. ooooossssssskkkkkk
Looks great by Jor-El23	Dec 7th, 2007 08:54:34 AM
but then again I hate Japanime more than almost anything. so i have no loyalty towards the original show.
That looks unbelievably bad by Sith Witch	Dec 7th, 2007 08:58:04 AM
I had high hopes, but this looks like Spy Kids. Decide whether you want it to look realistic or like a cartoon. Using a blend just doesn't work (compare Altman's gritty-yet-effective Popeye versus Scooby Doo or Fat Albert); If they look like real people wearing cartoon clothing then something just doesn't add up. And what is with this serious acting from Sarandon and Goodman? Speed Racer was never a family drama. And where's the theme song?!
Family Drama correction by Sith Witch	Dec 7th, 2007 09:02:17 AM
Before someone corrects me, yes there was family drama in the series, but not in the typical "movie style" of family drama. "Movie style" drama just comes off nowadays as contrived and set to choreograph the audience's feelings, and that obviousness is something I just don't cotton to.
i don't get what the problem is by Jor-El23	Dec 7th, 2007 09:06:04 AM
why is everyone freaking out about this movie? are you still bitter about the Matrix sequels?
"I like to race, it's the only thing I know how to do" is not a by Johnno	Dec 7th, 2007 09:09:15 AM
Yeah, because we all know you can gauge a movie's entire story, plot points, twists, character arcs, everything from a fucking teaser trailer, right? You are marvelous sir!
by Lord Nerd	Dec 7th, 2007 09:11:54 AM
I have nothing funny to say this morning. For some reason my unbeleiveable instinct for extreme dull wit and impeccable comedic timing has left me. Sorry guys.... sips coffee, fires up
A direct-to-video anime would've been better perhaps by TruPhan	Dec 7th, 2007 09:12:16 AM
At least they could have done that first to test the waters and see if there's still an interest in the toon.
bury this in the same hole as pops 'crazy making' transmission by ArcadianDS	Dec 7th, 2007 09:14:18 AM
remember that transmission he built that was so caa-RAZZZY good, that he had to bury it in a hole in the ground? put this movie under it.
"Maybe you're just not supposed to make the fucking movie" by Johnno	Dec 7th, 2007 09:15:07 AM
I should start a fucking collection about all the insanely stupid things haters are bringing up about this flic... It doesn't get any more embarassing than this! Did the matrix sequels make you feel that stupid for not getting them that you have to bag on everything the Wachowski Brothers (No sisters, that was a tabloid-ish rumor last I heard!) do, no matter how unqualified the reason?
Unqaulified Reason by Lord Nerd	Dec 7th, 2007 09:20:46 AM
Did Reason not Quailify this year? I thought for sure that happened. Oh well I'm not a race fan anyhoo.
I gotta admit... by Winkeladvokat	Dec 7th, 2007 09:40:50 AM
...I simply can't connect to the contributors to this site, this rings especially true for Harry. Even when I do agree with his general assessment of a movie (which happens rarely enough), I hardly ever share his reasoning. And the Wachowskis have completely lost me with the utter garbage that was the "Matrix"-Sequels. I haven't seen "V for Vendetta" and don't intend to. That being said - the trailer for "Speed Racer" still managed to baffle me. I can't remember ever having seen a preview that so utterly and completely put me off a movie. I really do hope it succeeds - what with it being filmed in Babelsberg and funded by the DFFF - but I can't imagine this utter dreck finding an audience beyond a core fanbase.
Complaining about the dialogue is the most laughable thing in th by Johnno	Dec 7th, 2007 09:43:19 AM
Yeah it's cheesy, and yeah it's supposed to be delivered with point blank seriousness... That's the joke! or are the haters all too young to remember Naked Gun movies? Are you too stupid to see that or would it help if everytime the actors turned, smiled and winked at the camera for you to get what should be obvious? Do you actually think this is a serious Citizen Kane film??? Is that what you want??? What next? Are you going to remake Bugs Bunny into a real life nature documentary on rabbits?
Charlie's Angels (without the Angels) on wheels. by JDanielP	Dec 7th, 2007 09:44:19 AM
With as many movies that Harry has seen, which I'm sure includes (at least) some knowledge of today's modern effects, I have no idea why he had the reaction that he did. I'm not calling you out on this one, Harry. It's not like that. But if I'm going to be blown away just as you were, it's going to require a bit more unique movie magic than that. Take Batman, for example. If a Batman movie (20 minute segment or whatever) was realized based "closely" on the visual contributions of comic book artist Simon Bisley (which...with today's effects, could easily be done), that could be something that would push visual/special/computer effects. Placing an actor's head on a body builder over the coarse of a movie and making that convincing within that superhero fantasy, with computer exaggeration as much as necessary (cape, etc.),...now THAT would be something to be REALLY impressed about. As long as it looked FREAKIN' COOL, as it should.
However, if there's good word of mouth, I'll go. by JDanielP	Dec 7th, 2007 09:49:25 AM
Personally, not such a fan of the Matrix sequels. I loved that original, though.
A visual representation of breakfast cereal by Utamoh	Dec 7th, 2007 09:50:19 AM
Talk about a sugar rush! I'm expecting the Fruit Loops toucan and the Lucky Charms leprechaun to make cameos. Despite that, it may be fun in a shove-crayons-into-your-eyes way. I'll see it, but with a tranquilizer in my pocket in case.
looks neat by FleshMachine	Dec 7th, 2007 09:52:33 AM
not much more than that....for the wachachowskis youd think itd be a bit more cerebral.
How many more by jiggertool	Dec 7th, 2007 10:03:34 AM
Posts before Johnno's head explodes from his attempts at defending this piece of shit?
Next Summer by tapehead1	Dec 7th, 2007 10:06:24 AM
With Speed Racer, The Dark Knight, Prince Caspian and of course Indy, I think my head is gonna explode next summer with 80's childhood nostalgia awesomeness
that looks by D o o d	Dec 7th, 2007 10:09:01 AM
rubbish. Don't know if it's just gonna be in the trailer but I can see all the masking elements and the CG doesn't work at all. I'm sure they're gonna try and sell it off as "STYLE"
Let somebody who has a degree in film and television lay it out. by Lobanhaki	Dec 7th, 2007 10:11:33 AM
Realism is a stylistic choice, and not one everybody makes. If they were trying for realistic, they failed miserably, but they've said the opposite, that they were going for something stylized, different. Will everybody like it? Not necessarily. But nobody likes everything. God knows, some talkbackers would call CGI crappy if it were rendered picture perfect, just because they're so "too cool for school" that they can't accept anything that isn't 100 percent photoreal or which couldn't be real. The truth is, everything you see on film is fake. People spend hundreds of millions of dollars pretending, and no storyteller can resolve a hundred percent of what would convince everybody. And that isn't even the point. The point is to tell a story in an interesting way that an audience will appreciate. Whether the Wachowski brothers have pulled this off remains to be seen. What I find incredibly tiresome are all the talkbackers here who, months out from actually seeing the finished product have decided it's going to be terrible. My God what a joyless bunch of fools. If you really love movies and aren't just some jaded niche audience member, you'll come to understand something important: not every movie says the same thing, in the same way, with the same style, in a way meant to flatter your tastes. Relax. Stop expecting the world to spin on an axis of your narrow interests. Enjoy the movies for what they are.
horrid by Shigeru	Dec 7th, 2007 10:13:22 AM
that's all
Wow...that was pretty sweet. by Reel American Hero	Dec 7th, 2007 10:15:55 AM
The dialogue seemed a bit corny, but then again the cartoon was like this as well, so I'm not complaining there. Why do we feel the need to make everything realistic? I live in the real world every day...it's not that interesting really. When I go to see a comic book or cartoon based movie, I want to be in that world for a few hours, no matter how 'silly' it looks as opposed to the dull greys and browns and gravity of our real world. Give me a superhero movie in that style and I'm sold. What is so great about realism and not looking silly in a movie like that? Answer me on that one.
Wow...Never saw the original but I totally get this...looks like by Samuel Steamer	Dec 7th, 2007 10:18:24 AM
See it in the right mood. Nuff said.
I Really Like How This Looks by kevinwillis.net	Dec 7th, 2007 10:21:36 AM
Too cool. Love the overacting. Didn't care much for the Speed Racer cartoon, but I think I'm going to dig this. Of course, I enjoyed the entire Matrix Trilogy, though V for Vendetta was 'meh', but I like the look of this. A lot! Chim-Chim!
Looks Amazing by manzoniman	Dec 7th, 2007 10:37:59 AM
And most of the usual fucktards on this board hate it already, so I'm DEFINITELY there!
im glad i didn't post the first time i saw the trailer by crashbarbarian	Dec 7th, 2007 10:41:22 AM
i would've said wtf! but now im more inclined to say.. maybe! It does look like something new... a serious attempt at something completely unserious... could be the new 300!
THE EFFECTS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE THAT by messi	Dec 7th, 2007 10:49:19 AM
how fucking stupid are people saying it's badly rendered and not realistic. It's not Children of Men, it's a fucking anime.
To reiterate, I like it by Rufferto	Dec 7th, 2007 10:50:36 AM
because you can tell there is alot of love and detail put into it. Look at the costumes and the actors. That's loyalty. That's why I wish I was a fan because it shows a fan actually cares. To bad they didn't make Transformers!
I did not intend to bash the CGI look... by Motoko Kusanagi	Dec 7th, 2007 10:51:03 AM
...but those race scenes looked lame. If something's so much over the top (or unrealistic or badly rendered or whatever you may call it), then it's not thrilling (as such a race sequence should be) but just boring.
Merricks kid is the target audience... by BLEST	Dec 7th, 2007 10:52:08 AM
and he got it right. "WTF... I'm going back to bed." ROFL! The die-hard fans and some families will see this, and then it'll fall off. 40-50 mil the first weekend, then Indy will take over.
This reminded me of... by dudebro22	Dec 7th, 2007 10:52:18 AM
the simpsons episode where they made a radioactive man movie in springfield. that actually looked better than this. did you see matthew fox "catch" that punch? it looks like it was filmed at rehearsel
Let somebody who has a degree in Speed Racing lay it out. by Catnip_Thieves	Dec 7th, 2007 10:59:44 AM
This looks bollocks. Ah-thank-you.
I could go for this campy, super-stylized look... by Aznbuddy	Dec 7th, 2007 11:03:16 AM
...if it were...say...a live-action Mazinger Z, Cyborg 009 or even the later Bubbblegum Crisis...but Speed Racer is just...so... M E H.
Yeah, I get it, pretty trippy, dig the stylized approach... by KillaKane	Dec 7th, 2007 11:17:37 AM
Feels like they've really captured the intensity of modern anime in a live action feature. Looks pretty camp but in a good way, this should be a tad cheesy much like it's progenitor of the 60s. Could be serious fun in IMAX. I personally dig the Washowski's (fetishism and pseudo-intellectual posturing aside) they're geeks and true visionaries, I've enjoyed all their work to date (even V) and I loved Speed Racer as a kid, for the sheer nostalgia factor combined with such garish and dynamic visuals, I'm deffo there.
God Forbid a movie should be colorful by Movietool	Dec 7th, 2007 11:18:33 AM
Especially an effing Speed Racer movie. I thought it looked perfect. "Realism" has it's place in production design, yes, but NOT IN A SPEED RACER MOVIE. Bring the color, Wachowski Brothers.
wtf. Matthew Fox could save? by BurgerKing	Dec 7th, 2007 11:20:08 AM
I don't know how they can market this thing, I guess to kids who love anime? Matthew Fox was the only cool part of the trailer, Emelie Hirsh or whatever his name is just sounded like the super stereotypical determined kid with his greasy haircut with the convenient curl and the line something about how all he knows how to do is race, so he's gotta do it! I don't know if the public is ready for something so retro quite yet. The W bros might be ahead of their time, or just altogether insane.
I desperately want to like this movie. by rbatty024	Dec 7th, 2007 11:21:43 AM
I really want the Wachowski's to win back the confidence they lost with the Matrix sequels, but it looks like the same lifeless too-much-CGI wasteland that we've seen so many times before. There are two films that I think did the CGI world right, that's Sky Captains (which gets a bad rap) and Sin City. 300, the Star Wars prequels, the Spy Kids movies, and the Matrix prequels were all hurt by the overuse of CGI. You need some real justification to create a world from a computer and I'm not sure Speed Racer has it. Love the cast but I hate the look (so far).
You know that scene in Star Trek II....? by ufoclub1977	Dec 7th, 2007 11:27:18 AM
The scene where Scotty comes up to the bridge with his dead nephew and it shows Spock just kind of shut his eyes... That's what I did when I saw the style and casting of this film...
Josie and the Pussycats is one of my favorites by s0nicdeathmonkey	Dec 7th, 2007 11:27:26 AM
I've seen it about 3 dozen times. Whenever I get depressed, I pop that sucker in and perk up. Such a good film.
Heh by Cobbio	Dec 7th, 2007 11:28:32 AM
I like it!
Btw, the writing/directing duo behind Josie has a new film... by s0nicdeathmonkey	Dec 7th, 2007 11:28:59 AM
Maid of Honor. No shit. They also did Can't Hardly Wait.
I like it. I'm going to see it. by SkeletonParty	Dec 7th, 2007 11:35:10 AM
I think it looks very fun and exciting. I'm confused by the prevailing opinion that it looks like rubbish. If I hadn't read these talkbacks I would have thought that anyone who saw that trailer would be excited for the movie. It seems like we're all watching two different trailers.
Johnno says 'you just didnt GET the matrix sequels' by ArcadianDS	Dec 7th, 2007 11:35:19 AM
So the Johnno since you clearly DID get them, and everyone else on this whole damned planet didn't, how about you explain them to us. Go ahead. I'm waiting. pompous schmuck.
I'd love this if it were just "non-realistic"... by I Hope You Die	Dec 7th, 2007 11:38:15 AM
The problem is it looks like the cartoon-look of movies like The Flintstones or Garfield cut with race scenes from a 1990s 3DO "full motion video" game.
knowthyself by Ribbons	Dec 7th, 2007 11:40:55 AM
Don't be a jackass. If you saw the exact same trailer, only the title card said 'Torque 2' at the end instead of 'Speed Racer,' you probably wouldn't be able to shut up about how awful it looked. Stow the faux "I pity you" crap; as if anyone who doesn't like a montage of CGI cars is a dysfunctional moviegoer. Believe it or not, we all have interests that we look to have reflected back at us when we go to the theater, even if those interests differ, which is why you probably decided you liked this trailer before you even saw it. Should I "pity" you Speed freaks for working yourselves into a 6-month long, frenzied anticipation for a big, dumb movie with ugly f/x?
Wow... by Jesus_was_Canadian	Dec 7th, 2007 11:42:55 AM
Does that ever look like IQ < 25: profoundly retarded. I went flacid about 15 seconds into it.
Eeeeek by Jack Bauer	Dec 7th, 2007 11:48:45 AM
Dear oh dear... I do hope they finish the CGI, the characters are like cut-outs. As for the film, Nah...Not for me, looks too kidish. Don't know what it's cost but I reckon it will have problems making it back until it's long out on dvd.
This years Thunderbirds!!! by Jack Bauer	Dec 7th, 2007 11:49:51 AM
At best..
Lobanhaki by ripper t. jones	Dec 7th, 2007 11:50:02 AM
Beautiful post man. The visual style looks intresting and fully realized to me. Honestly I don't know what the detractors want from a Speed Racer film. Photorealisim to the extent that it's pointless and should be live action? I don't get it. Still looking forward to sharing this SR with my nephew. Just hope the story's good.
All CGI looks "fake"... by Kid Z	Dec 7th, 2007 11:51:20 AM
...Those polar bears in Golden Compass are comparable to Sci-Fi Channel stuff. It's what you do with the fakeness that counts. The Warchowskis are creating a live action, mid-1960's anime. Looks like they succeeded. Of course whether anyone will "get it" is the question that remains to be answered.
Are we all watching the same trailer? by SkeletonParty	Dec 7th, 2007 11:54:11 AM
I'm so confused. I really love this thing and I'm not all that retarded.
If it didn't look "cartoonish" by zooch	Dec 7th, 2007 11:56:23 AM
And looked more "realistic", nobody would care, nobody would be talking about it. It would just be another shitty cartoon brought to life or it would be "the fast and furios tokyo drift", is that what you want? Say what you will about The Wachowski's, you can always expect something different from them. To me they are still in the top tier of action directors.
I actually enjoyed Torque for what it was by Reel American Hero	Dec 7th, 2007 11:58:31 AM
Which was a really dumb but fun movie with some decent effects and some crazy action scenes. It doesn't all have to be art, folks.
Did they just make HUDSON HAWK 2? by -guyinthebackrow	Dec 7th, 2007 11:59:13 AM
I'd rather watch two hours of the Wachoski Brothers burning $100 million in cash.
Reel American Hero by Ribbons	Dec 7th, 2007 12:01:58 PM
Like I said, I'm not necessarily looking for 'Citizen Kane,' I just wasn't interested in what I saw. As for 'Torque,' you go ahead and like whatever you want, I don't give a shit either way, but what I'm trying to say is that this "Fuck the HATAS!" witch hunt would look completely ridiculous if the property was placed in just a slightly different context.
Now only if... by Series7	Dec 7th, 2007 12:05:59 PM
Some one would post the Polar Bear fight scene from Golden Compass on the interweb and I won't have a reason to see that movie this weekend. Can't wait for Speed Racer, which comes out on the birthday turning the big 1-2. I am going to dress up like Larry Warchowski.
hrrrrm, somebody's looking trippy by finky089	Dec 7th, 2007 12:08:08 PM
Sexy trailer for what may be an underwhelming movie. It seems "off" to have Susan Sarandon in this movie, but maybe it's just me.
Cooller than I expected by DreadPirateRoberts	Dec 7th, 2007 12:08:50 PM
From the stills I did not know what to think, but in motion it works for me. I had no interest, now I at least am intrigued. Could suck, but hey, one of the only times I actually thought to myself "Hey, they actually seem to get the show". Not a re-imagining, not trying to make it more real, not trying to camp it up or spoof it. Just try to actually translate a quirky 60's anime to the big screen in live action (at least the actors). Characters seem in form, action and story seems like it could have been an episode of the series. That said, what works in a few minutes of trailer may not hold up a full movie, but at least it looks like they 'could' make it work.
Looks like a hyper-kinetic music video. by parallax_r	Dec 7th, 2007 12:12:29 PM
But way cooler than I anticipated, considering I had no desire to see this going into it. I'll check it out now for sure.
Those colors might be a bit wearing after by ewokstew	Dec 7th, 2007 12:13:08 PM
a coupe of hours. It bothered me in Dick Tracy and Domino, so...not feeling too good about this as I want to like this movie.
Ribbons by Reel American Hero	Dec 7th, 2007 12:16:43 PM
I can agree with that. If the movie was just generic hyper crazy kids movie as opposed to something people have an attachment to from their childhoods this whole talkback would be a lot different.
Although, it is nice to see Christina Ricci in more roles... by rbatty024	Dec 7th, 2007 12:25:27 PM
recently. Thank the gods they didn't hand this over to one of those generic "Jessica" actresses. They're both pretty much the same bland character no matter what role either actress is playing.
Nostalgia at its worst by AntoniusBloc	Dec 7th, 2007 12:25:58 PM
Fanboys on this site worship their geeky past, don't get me wrong, I loved this cartoon as a kid, looked forward to it coming home after school and I'll watch this film and it will prabably be entertaining, but really, is all the hype warranted? Speed Racer wasn't that great. Now Voltron, that could be another story...
Next up.... by ripper t. jones	Dec 7th, 2007 12:30:55 PM
Kimba the White Lion!
All the naysayers by pvs	Dec 7th, 2007 12:33:05 PM
Don't you all realize that what were seeing are just the pre-production animatics,NOT THE FINAL VISUAL EFFECTS.If only :(
That depends jiggertool... by Johnno	Dec 7th, 2007 12:35:13 PM
How many more stupid reasons can you come up with before we can actually get a chance to watch this thing and decide if it holds up? And ArcadianDS, awww, did I hit a nerve there? Any particular parts troubling you? I'll help you out with one, you see the 'bad guys' in the matrix are robots! Hope that cleared up a lot for you! Anyway this is basically Grindhouse all over again... If you know grindhouse films and what Tarantino and all were aiming for, you'd get that movie... and if you know what Speed Racer is and what the Wachowskis are trying to do, you'd get this movie. If you weren't ever into it in the first place, then it doesn't appeal to you... But just because you're not onboard doesn't make it shitty filmmaking! Learn to differentiate between your taste and good films that don't suit your taste! That said so far there's zip to complain about, how about we watch the freaking movie first to see if it delivers what it promises? And maybe the trailer isn't that delivering on how over the top these race scenes are, hell maybe the trailer's not trying to show you the best stuff till your ass is in the theatre, and that's totally a good thing to me!
maybe it's just some sophisticated form of mind control by freydis	Dec 7th, 2007 12:43:12 PM
but I can't stop watching this thing. I love it. It's so deliciously like the show of Speed Racer in its completely unabashed seriousness, and the shots they show really do seem anime-styled. I especially like Speed's scrunched up "angry driving face", which looks more like the show than I could have imagined. It's ridiculousness taking itself seriously, which is pretty much the definition of Speed Racer. At least to me. Like I said, maybe there's something in the swirls, I realize I'm in the minority here. Actually, it also kind of reminds me of The Great Race, which is a favorite. It can't be that good, but it looks fun.
Don't worry everyone!! by pvs	Dec 7th, 2007 12:47:22 PM
They'll finish rendering these pre-production animatics before the movie is released next year.The animators haven't added any textures yet,just wait.
captboulder by I Hope You Die	Dec 7th, 2007 12:58:22 PM
I agree 100% but I still think this looks crap. Non-realism can be done well. It can also be done badly. Just because people are saying this looks poor doesn't mean they're opposed to non-realism.
i love this trailer. by frankenfickle	Dec 7th, 2007 01:07:50 PM
the noise that the jump jacks make is perfect. i have received so much joy from this trailer, i feel like i should pay some money. pink helicopter. pops spinning that guy around. speed's look of shock as the ninja stars hit the wall. CMON. PERFECT.
Mario Kart... by homer thompson	Dec 7th, 2007 01:10:05 PM
THE MOVIE!!! It's about time we saw John Goodman cast as a fat cartoon character.
I didn't even like the original cartoon, by Novaman5000	Dec 7th, 2007 01:10:08 PM
but this trailer, for some strange reason, made me kind of giddy. I think it looks like a blast. The dialogue is wince-worthy, but that's the original show's fault. If they changed it you guys would bitch. There is no fucking pleasing you. That being said, I'm very, VERY intrigued.
Now I see what Harry meant by pvs	Dec 7th, 2007 01:11:34 PM
(Harry's Speed Racer trailer comment)HOLY FUCKING AWESOME DIPPED IN CHOCOLATE COATED PUSSY JUICE.....I guess we all thought he meant Christina Ricci's chocolate covered pussy juice....he really meant Joan River's chocolate covered pussy juice.
You guys should set up your own "movie trailer" review site by zacdilone	Dec 7th, 2007 01:13:47 PM
Because I prefer to talk about ACTUAL MOVIES. Geez, you people see a trailer and automatically 1) it's the best film ever, or 2) it's a piece of crap. When will you realize that trailers MEAN NOTHING??????
Remaking crappy pre-anime anime? by Darth Macchio	Dec 7th, 2007 01:14:42 PM
Well jezzus christmas and joespeh! Remake RobotTech you asshats!!!! Good anime makes for better movies! And while you're at it...give me my god damn rocket car. Now.
Does Shia LeBeouf play Sprittle??? by TheGhostWhoLurks	Dec 7th, 2007 01:31:03 PM

That Guy's EVERYWHERE!!! :O by TheGhostWhoLurks	Dec 7th, 2007 01:32:03 PM

* It is NOT a matter of it looking "realistic"... * by JDanielP	Dec 7th, 2007 01:42:41 PM
...it is a matter of the UNREAL looking REAL. If they can convince my eyes and ears to believe in every bit of that playfulness, on screen, then I'm there. Count on it.
I THINK IT LOOKS UTTERLY FANTASTIC by Proman1984	Dec 7th, 2007 01:50:07 PM
LOVE THE LOOK OF IT.
FLOP! by rhine1784	Dec 7th, 2007 01:51:33 PM
This movie is going to be the Wachowski brothers Wild Wild West. Looks HORRIBLE!
pvs, that you from KMC? by BLEST	Dec 7th, 2007 01:55:59 PM
It is, huh? Corn posts here too, under his same name.
What kind of car does Speedy drive? by Abominable Snowcone	Dec 7th, 2007 02:11:00 PM
the MEHc 5
Merrick's son did say it best by Abominable Snowcone	Dec 7th, 2007 02:13:18 PM
give him a column, please, in the name of sweet chocolate coated Jesus on a popsicle stick.
I bet you can't answer "yes" to any of these questions: by mooseaka	Dec 7th, 2007 02:23:20 PM
Regarding the Speed Racer Trailer: Was the acting worse than Attack of the Clones? Was it any less realistic looking than Sky Captain? Do you really want a gritty, shaky cam, Michael Mann version of Speed Racer? Could it possibly be less intelligent than Transformers? Do you think the effects work or post-production work is anywhere near done in that trailer? Do you really, honestly, care that much about Speed Racer that you will be devastated if they don't "get it right" (i.e. SRINO! SRINO! SRINO!!!!)? Have you ever seen anything like that before? Seriously people, chill the fuck out.
My wife just saw the trailer by SkeletonParty	Dec 7th, 2007 02:31:13 PM
and said, "Somebody just made a very cool Speed Racer movie." This is going to be great. I can't stop watching the trailer.
Mooseaka, I'm having a wait-n-see attitude, but thought it'd be by Sith Witch	Dec 7th, 2007 02:34:03 PM
Regarding the Speed Racer Trailer: Was the acting worse than Attack of the Clones? -Yes, the acting in AOTC was stylistic, keeping with the 1940 sci-fi serials. Was it any less realistic looking than Sky Captain? -I don't want to think about that film. It was too fuzzy looking to concentrate on. Do you really want a gritty, shaky cam, Michael Mann version of Speed Racer? -NO! However, I do want there to be some semblance of reality, such as non-corkscrew roads. Could it possibly be less intelligent than Transformers? -I'm sure it'll be on par with that film. Make of that what you will. Do you think the effects work or post-production work is anywhere near done in that trailer? -I wouldn't dare release non-finished versions of shots in a trailer. However, I know they did that in the Hulk one. Do you really, honestly, care that much about Speed Racer that you will be devastated if they don't "get it right" (i.e. SRINO! SRINO! SRINO!!!!)? -Haha! I'm not too invested in the property. However if they used the King Missile song as a montage somewhere in the film I'd die from laughter and immediately love the film. Have you ever seen anything like that before? -Yes. In Spy Kids. All three of them. Seriously people, chill the fuck out. -Word.
Sigh by Sith Witch	Dec 7th, 2007 02:41:44 PM
One of these days this site will allow comments to be edited. Was the acting worse than Attack of the Clones? Was it any less realistic looking than Sky Captain? Do you really want a gritty, shaky cam, Michael Mann version of Speed Racer? Could it possibly be less intelligent than Transformers? Do you think the effects work or post-production work is anywhere near done in that trailer? Do you really, honestly, care that much about Speed Racer that you will be devastated if they don't "get it right" (i.e. SRINO! SRINO! SRINO!!!!)? Have you ever seen anything like that before? Seriously people, chill the fuck out.
I give up by Sith Witch	Dec 7th, 2007 02:42:35 PM
html tags no worky
Neo is Kung Fu Jesus and by travis-dane	Dec 7th, 2007 02:55:55 PM
Speed Racer looks good!Thank God the brothers dont give a fuck about what all the haters think.In the end all of them will watch the movie.
SkeletonParty by Orionsangels	Dec 7th, 2007 02:57:56 PM
That might be saying a lot about us geeks. She's not thinking CGI, directors or anything like that. She just sees a new movie. While we're all caught up in special effects. Who made it and what we've seen before to compare it too. We've lost our innocence.
Pretty color Car go-go zoom zoom YEAH... by modlight	Dec 7th, 2007 02:59:58 PM
Thats really all I expect from this movie. Does it look fake? yeah, but I'm pretty sure its supposed to. Judging from that badass transition from the man yelling at Speed to him in a race-car with the speed lines behind him, I'm figureing we'll finally get a real live-action Anime movie. If it works or not will only be judged when it comes out, but no one can look at that trailer and say they failed in their visual mission.
Where's the craptacular Soulja Boy "Speed Racer" Remix? by versatol	Dec 7th, 2007 03:00:09 PM
Crank Dat Chim Chim
From official source!! by pvs	Dec 7th, 2007 03:01:02 PM
I just got an email from a friend who works at Electronic Arts(they're making the Speed Racer Playstation video game for release next year)and he told me these are actually animatic shots from the video game ,the real visual effects for the movie are not finished yet...so please wait everyone and don't harshly pre-judge this movie.
Well one thing's fo'sho'... by Kid Z	Dec 7th, 2007 03:09:43 PM
...Christina Ricci's never looked hotter. She rocks that brightly-colored retro-60s look. She's still got a weird-lookin' face, though.
While I think it was reasonable your song got in trouble... by silentbobfan	Dec 7th, 2007 03:18:14 PM
What the fuck is the perfect reaction? I'm still trying to recover from that mindfuck.
son.. by silentbobfan	Dec 7th, 2007 03:18:42 PM
Fucking g.
It's the story that matters... by manzoniman	Dec 7th, 2007 03:27:01 PM
ASSHOLES. CGI, live action, who gives a fuck. I want a kick ass story structure, that gives giant action set pieces emotional punch. I'm not sitting in a corner of my parents basement rubbing my dick in hopes of seeing a photo realistic drag race across the desert. Grow the FUCK up.
The Wachowski's are hacks... by alienindisguise	Dec 7th, 2007 03:39:32 PM
Have you all forgotten the 2nd and 3rd Matrix flicks? They sucked and this teaser sucks. Looks like a giant neon turd.
Whoa by DeadPanWalking	Dec 7th, 2007 03:39:59 PM
This looks like it was made specifically for stoners.
Man you guys are fucking losers by messi	Dec 7th, 2007 03:47:36 PM
It's not realistic!!! ahh fuck you. every movie would be the same for you, you probably can only listen to standard music with verse verse chorus verse chorus out. Wake the fuck up formula motherfuckers. Someone trying to do something different.
memories of murder by messi	Dec 7th, 2007 03:48:32 PM
you never cease to amaze me in how fucking unintelligent you are. kill yourself.
Un-finished effects in a trailer? Is it possible? by mooseaka	Dec 7th, 2007 03:49:21 PM
Um, yeah. One word: Gollum.
Amazing!!! Amazingly Bad!!! by mordorclaw	Dec 7th, 2007 03:50:26 PM
I work in the visualFX industry and am amazed at the poor lighting and keying of the characters in the trailer. Someone needs to be fired. The charactors are all very washed-out and gray. Very strange that this would make it into such a high-profile release. Fuck!
anyone else instantly think of.... by yourvillainbobby	Dec 7th, 2007 03:54:07 PM
The Rollerball remake? For some reason this just feels like something along those lines. And that's a very, very bad thing to me.
Merrick's son said it all.... by Phantm_Cruisr	Dec 7th, 2007 03:59:39 PM
As much as I used to love the show, that trailer reminded how the show never really explained what the "M" on his helmet stood for, just like the "G", and yes, I DO know that in the original version "Mach, Go, Go, Go", his name was Go Mifune and the "G" on the shirt was for his first name, and the "M" on the car and the helmet was for his last name. I just wonder how they'll tie up that little plot point in the movie, if they do at all.....
Lost In Space 2: Speed Racer by WolfmanNards	Dec 7th, 2007 04:00:59 PM
This could have been a great live action race car movie. It would have been better if done in the vain of the philosophies behind Death Proof. But this is the complete opposite. Looks boring.
The mouths should open and close randomly... by FlickaPoo	Dec 7th, 2007 04:21:42 PM
then dub in the voices later, not quite matching up...only way to save this.
You dumbass haters don't know what you want... by LedgerIsJoker	Dec 7th, 2007 04:30:02 PM
...in the one case that the filmaker(s) choose to stay true to the source material, which last time I checked is what everyone here CLAMOR for, and you shit on it. Pull your heads out of your asses for a change. With that said, I'll be there watching the Mach 5 (and 6?) at midnight.
IT LOOKS RETARDED by ObiWanCon	Dec 7th, 2007 04:35:43 PM
I was just sick on my keyboard and I feel violated in some horrible way. Please help my eyes they HURT.
Download the HD version of the trailer here: by TheGhostWhoLurks	Dec 7th, 2007 04:44:50 PM
http://pdl.stream.aol.com/aol/ us/moviefone/movies/2007/speed racer_028006/speedracer_trlr_0 1_itjlsfc_480p_dl.mov
John Goodman has lost a lot of weight by red ezra	Dec 7th, 2007 04:55:03 PM
Did anybody else notice this? - and I'm buying my tix to see the flick - looks fun - that is all that matters really - right?
Jesus people!!!! by damned-dirty-ape	Dec 7th, 2007 05:00:04 PM
Why are so many of you bitchng about the CGI?? It's meant to look like that, it's supposed to look like a cartoon for crying out loud. I never really go into Speed Racer, but you can count me in on this one. 2008 is going to be a great year for blockbusters
Having watched the trailer another 4 times... by I Hope You Die	Dec 7th, 2007 05:19:57 PM
There's some truly bad CGI in there (and, yes, BAD FOR A CARTOON STYLE; I'm not saying it should be photorealistic) but there's also some stuff that shows real promise. The bad scenes are worse than anything I've seen put out in a trailer though, even taking the fact that they're unfinished into account.
This is a movie..... by godhatesyou	Dec 7th, 2007 05:27:16 PM
That is aimed at nobody....kids will not want to see it......neither will adults.
Was there by jiggertool	Dec 7th, 2007 05:45:00 PM
really a demand for this movie to be made?
Christina Ricci looks good. by samsquanch	Dec 7th, 2007 05:47:43 PM
damn.
whiff of rocky & bullwinkle on this one by Gargolito	Dec 7th, 2007 05:50:05 PM
I hope the cgi on this is cleaned up.
Getting the Batman & Robin vibes here ! by FiX	Dec 7th, 2007 06:00:47 PM
This one is going straight down on second week of release in the US and gonna bomb right on delivery in worldwide market. There may be Speed Racers fan in the US but right here in Europe this is a completely unknown franchise (at least off the island of the euro haters) which is going to be judged only by its effects and child appeal... and at this point it's certainly one of the worst thing I've seen in years. Thunderbirds material to my eyes.
If nothing else it's different. by Harry Weinstein	Dec 7th, 2007 06:02:07 PM
This will brutally divide audiences, as we're already seeing. There aren't going to be many people on the fence about it. I think the people who absolutely loathed BAYFORMERS (full disclosure: I think that movie sucks ass) will find more to like here. I think that people who for whatever reason enjoyed BAYFORMERS will find SPEED RACER to be downright unpleasant. Two entirely different approaches to adapting an animated TV show to live action or some approximation thereof. One takes the implausible animated show into what is identifiably "the real world". The other takes a few elements of "the real world" into the entirely implausible environment of the TV cartoon. There are other striking differences, most notably of sincerity. Nobody making TRANSFORMERS cared anything about TRANSFORMERS. They didn't even bother to pretend to care, for the most part. SPEED RACER, on the other hand, was clearly made by people who were fans of SPEED RACER. Make of that what you will.
Here he 'COMES' here 'COMES' 'Skeet' Racer... by micturatingbenjamin	Dec 7th, 2007 06:15:06 PM
Fuck. This. Shit. http://tinyurl.com/2hpjpt
That Being Said... by micturatingbenjamin	Dec 7th, 2007 06:30:26 PM
Dude...Okay, some things were and will be gay forever...Neckerchiefs are gay. The case on this matter has been closed since the Fred vs. Gayness case of '81. And...I will see this in the theater. In IMAX if they do it, and I will be shrooming my balls all the way off, because that is what this shit is good for. Fast cars, a monkey...a fat kid with candy...Christina Ricci who now looks a little too skinny...I liked her in that movie where her boobs were really good...Buffalo 66. I think...Yeah. THIS IS GREAT TRIP-FODDER. And, maybe, just maybe...A kid will have a seizure in the audience while we're watching it! Speed's hair is really gay.
Remember.. by micturatingbenjamin	Dec 7th, 2007 06:47:11 PM
Remember that episode of Speed Racer when Trixie got so excited her big old titties flopped out? Yeah, me neither. I hope they're not 'totally' recreating the cartoon if you know what I mean.
Mahha Go Go Go by gun_will_travel	Dec 7th, 2007 06:55:58 PM
Looks brilliant, despite some questionable casting choices. I'm feeling a lot of the spirit of the original series, which is exactly what I'd hoped for.
Here's the problem by derousse bag	Dec 7th, 2007 07:14:18 PM
The Wachowski's have forgotten what made previous cartoon-to-live action films fail: http://therecshow.com/2007/12/ 07/car-out-of-toon/
what was by jiggertool	Dec 7th, 2007 07:16:29 PM
the "spirit" of the series anyway? Horrible repetitious animation,Annoying fast talking voices...what else?
Should have made Starblasers instead by FlickaPoo	Dec 7th, 2007 07:30:06 PM
when the old captain died...I cried.
Or Lupin III by FlickaPoo	Dec 7th, 2007 07:46:42 PM

Or Future Boy Conan by FlickaPoo	Dec 7th, 2007 07:47:14 PM

I Don't Know Man.. by skoobyx	Dec 7th, 2007 08:44:30 PM
I don't know...
ah, the haters on this site.... by Ultron ver 2.0	Dec 7th, 2007 09:00:46 PM
....they sustain and nourish me.
Lupin III...think about it. Fujiko with cgi enhanced by FlickaPoo	Dec 7th, 2007 09:23:10 PM
breasts. NOT falsies Laura Croft. They would be like Davey Jones' tentacles but you know...breasts.
I'd Love to See the Wachowski's Make Starblazers by kevinwillis.net	Dec 7th, 2007 09:29:37 PM
Loved that show as a kid. Not sure I could watch it now, but . . . John Goodman spinning some guy around over his head? I'm so there.
Loved Speed growing up, and this looks great--but... by Zeke25:17	Dec 7th, 2007 09:52:48 PM
...the only guy who really SOUNDS right is the baddie going "SIGN that contract...you won't even FINISH the RACE!" Hell, EVERYONE in the cartoon talked like that; as if they were given like five seconds to get out a whole paragraph's worth of dialogue--and every other WORD was STRESSED, as well as punctuated with various "ah!"s and "oh!"s. Hirsch and Goodman look especially dead-on, but both of 'em have to work on the proper "voice"...as far as Trixie goes, well, Ricci has the anime-shaped eyes and head for sure; but Trixie was supposed to be kinda long and lanky, wasn't she? Mary Elizabeth Whastername looks more like Trixie to me--anyway, will I be there opening day? You bet. Just please, PUHLEEZE don't redo the theme song as some stupid rap abomination featuring Beyonce and a bazillion guest "artists"...
Stylish, yes. Ass Crack Crazy looking? by Larry of Arabia	Dec 7th, 2007 09:58:24 PM
Also yes. Holy crap, that looks insane. Like it was art directed by Willy Wonka on crack. When did Ricci start to look like a character out of "Bubblegum Crisis" in real life? This'll either be brilliat or "Thunderbirds" movie levels of bad. No in-between here.
if they want to make it look like a cartoon by slappy jones	Dec 7th, 2007 10:00:15 PM
just make a fucking cartoon because that trailer and the film in general look fucking STUPID.
Hey Merrick by Series7	Dec 7th, 2007 10:56:58 PM
Have a contest to see who dress up like a women the best ala Larry Warchowski, so those of us that won't see this during Butt Numb a Thon get a chance to see it before my birthday.
So I guess this movie is half cartoon? by ClockWorker	Dec 7th, 2007 10:57:36 PM
Great. That's my favorite thing, it made the star wars prequels such good movies. Anyway, all depressive sarcasm aside at least they managed to get some kung fu in there. (Which is probly something those dorks couldn't resist doing). But uhh yeah, looks like shit, congradulations.
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slappy jones by ClockWorker	Dec 7th, 2007 11:00:47 PM
just noticed ur post. I didnt have the energy to read this whole TB before chiming in. I probly would have commented a little differently if I had. And I might have spelled "congratulations" correctly.
Thought it looked fantastic. Just like Transformers. by Steve Trevor	Dec 7th, 2007 11:30:52 PM
Can't wait to see this on the big screen but four times in HD on the computer and I love it. With all the haters, this will be similar to the Transformers, not in content, but that all the talkbackers will say that they hate it and then go see it multiple times and buy the two disc DVD. Good job guys.
You Know What by Wcwlkr	Dec 7th, 2007 11:59:44 PM
I actually liked it. It reminded me of exactly the cartoon & I freaking loved the cartoon. I mean as freaking crazy as the cartoon was that's how the movie looks. Unlike freaking Transformers that just took the name of something I loved as a kid, but once put on screen was so God awful I still feel sick from that garbage. They stayed true to what Speed Racer was this insane Japanese anime.
MONKEY IN A CAR VS SNAKES ON A PLANE by Pipple	Dec 8th, 2007 12:01:54 AM
LET THE BATTLE BEGIN BITCHES
The suspended racetrack that flips upside down doesn't look real by dcervera	Dec 8th, 2007 12:08:16 AM
...uh, you think? This is the sort of daring, not-like-anything-else-out-the re that I'd love Hollywood to do more. Whether it's awesome or a complete train wreck, at least it's totally original. Count me in.
I find it funny.... by tailhook	Dec 8th, 2007 12:13:14 AM
that people who are slamming the Speed Racer trailer clearly never liked or saw the original cartoon to begin with. Personally.. for me, i say go batshit crazy... at least if they hit the wall and fail it'll leave a big ass hole. Its fucking Speed Racer. Bring it on!
The cartoon itself was over the top and ridiculous! by Orionsangels	Dec 8th, 2007 12:56:48 AM
Are we forgetting that? Were you expecting this movie to be a serious action flick with realistic effects? The cars in the cartoon jumped 90ft!
GHOSTFACE KILLAH SPEEDRACER VIDEO by TheDohDoh	Dec 8th, 2007 01:10:20 AM
Who here remembers this shit? http://youtube.com/watch?v=TPK JZJITZHw Can't wait for the sequel.
Oh, and all the people saying it... by Tourist	Dec 8th, 2007 01:12:33 AM
...looks like the cartoon. No, it doesnt. Go grab a still frame and lay em side by side. It doesn't look "stylized" or deliberately campy. It looks shit. Like Torque. Sin City looked like the comic book, this just looks cheap and nasty.
This will be as good as THUNDERBIRDS..LOL by jhpiii	Dec 8th, 2007 01:12:59 AM
They really are gonna put this hunk of crap up against INDY IV...I 'll bet everything this will be a big flop...like FLintstones, and THunderbirds.
Let me be clear... by micturatingbenjamin	Dec 8th, 2007 01:18:51 AM
Kurzinski, that's no neckerchief...that's a man's nuts! BADABUMB-CHING!! Holding, holding HOLDING...and release. I am not jealous of that, baybuh! I loves ya man, but damn, get those manhandles off yer neck! Heh. Basically, I will see this crazy shit movie...because the Wachowski brothers...like Judd Apatow have the most awesome last name in the world. Projectile vomit hitting a bathroom door sounds like: WA-CHOWSKI! And when someone gets an ugly as homemade sin beating with jeet kun do, the guy says APATOW! Man, that and the dude from V for Vendetta get my money...and the speedlines, that was also kind of boss. But what sells the micturating one, is a fat kid eating candy with a monkey. I want more of the damned theme song than the awesome horn section...What they should do is have Yohko Kanno and Tank! redo that theme. Hells YEAH! I just think that Speed Racer looks better in his driving suit than his fucking high-waisted neckerchief bouffant outfit. I said it before, that hair is genetically designed to make you want to punch Speed Racer in the face. That's why you mostly see shirts and posters with him with his helmet on, to protect him from all the face-punchers. Hear Ye, Hear Ye, Neckerchiefs are for Weeblos, Boy Scouts, Scout Masters, and Big Gay Al, and even Fred from Scooby Doo...bleah! Jonny Quest has a black turtleneck, that kicks ass and balls, with a VERY wide foot. Very wide.
Umm, NEXT! by BooCocky	Dec 8th, 2007 03:08:35 AM
Seriously, what is even the point of making this film? They are truly running out of ideas. At least it's not a remake.
Go Swooshy Lines! by 'Cholera's Ghost	Dec 8th, 2007 03:18:50 AM
The swooshy lines are effective in suggesting highly kinetic action when in fact the foreground is, usually, nothing but a still face strained in exertion, eyes fixed upon some enemy. I find it amusing.
A Homoerotically Charged Thrill Ride! by Iowa Snot Client	Dec 8th, 2007 04:00:13 AM
...of Homoeroticism!
I think this'll be a classic... by TheGhostWhoLurks	Dec 8th, 2007 04:00:39 AM
Once they finish up the CGI. It looks GREAT on my big TV. I thoroughly recommend, however, that people with epilepsy be banned from watching ANY footage from this film, or the Wachowski sisters will be up to their dog collars in lawsuits.
This generations Flash Gordon? by director stan arthur	Dec 8th, 2007 08:39:39 AM
Could be.
This looks wank. by Billy The Fish	Dec 8th, 2007 09:26:28 AM
Really, just total wank. Not even it's target toy-buying audience will support it. Jesus, and to think these guys made 'V For Vendetta'. What a waste.
I had to watch that trailer with a spoon in my mouth! by moondoggy2u	Dec 8th, 2007 09:36:15 AM
Wow, do I hate japanimation!
do the toys come with trails? by duchuvney_post_x	Dec 8th, 2007 09:45:45 AM
thats pretty sinister.
Dunh dunh dunh dunh Speed, aaaaaaaaah by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Dec 8th, 2007 09:59:42 AM
Savior of the racing track, durrnr durnrr nrr nrr. Something like that Stan?
May 2008, Huh?? by Grimjack99	Dec 8th, 2007 11:34:34 AM
Yeah, this flick's not even going to be able to catch the sweat vapor off the coolness that will be IRON MAN.
OMFG what the HELL was THAT!?!?!? by metaluna	Dec 8th, 2007 11:36:16 AM
Why. Why does Joel Silver keep thinking these two retards can make ground breaking and/or entertaining movies? Honestly, I think Hollywood is eating itself. Please hurry up and die so we can watch real movies. Please. Either that or just get a reality check.
your son... by big_log	Dec 8th, 2007 11:36:53 AM
has a filthy fucking mouth.
Wcwlkr by messi	Dec 8th, 2007 11:51:15 AM
email me at vincetripodi@hotmail.com
callin it by phalaughul	Dec 8th, 2007 12:14:48 PM
surprise movie of the summer
This movie will be a phenomenon by Librerarian	Dec 8th, 2007 12:39:59 PM
I predict another "event" movie along the lines of Tim Burton's Batman. It appeals to kids yet is mature and edgy enough to branch out. This'll be big.
Those boots are made for drivin' by aboriginal	Dec 8th, 2007 12:46:05 PM
This is gonna rock. But, damn, the trailer kinda revealed the big end and the fact that the Mach 5 gets trashed at some point, Speed is beat down, but not out and builds the Mach 6, races the bigass race and restores the balance of the universe.
It's 100% Speed Racer cartoon perfect. by Quake II	Dec 8th, 2007 12:51:09 PM
Everything from the sets to the costumes to the cars. Right out of the show. Even the weapons I saw were those "greasegun" style 60's submachine gun used on the show. Racer X costume is now black ala Diabolik, but that's the only real change I noticed. Many shots were taken straight from the show (Pops Racer wearing a Lei at the island race). Too artsy for some of the kids on this site? Probably, most of you bitching wouldn't see this regardless of what the trailer looked like. It looks brilliant to me, right down to his white boots.
So he goes on to die of starvation in a bus then..... by Stuntcock Mike	Dec 8th, 2007 01:32:25 PM
Good ending.
the music .... by HunterElite	Dec 8th, 2007 01:40:42 PM
made my dick rise
SPEED RACER: the new paper or plastic dilema-in a twisted way. by Violator90	Dec 8th, 2007 03:29:55 PM
Damn. The trailer is super trippy, yet for some sick and twisted reason I cannot look way. It's like looking at a car wreck: you know you shouldn't but you must. I love the cars; they look great. The style is straight from the cartoon and . . . DAMN! the action looks so fucking sick its ridiculous but still, I'm trying to keep positive about this visual seizure-fest. But like I said in some sick and twisted way, I'm kinda getting a warm fuzzy feeling about this movie; kinda like prom night but with a guaranteed of getting something! Good or bad, we still have to see on the date you bring. Remember TRANSFOMERS any one? Xp
SPOILER! by Quake II	Dec 8th, 2007 04:07:06 PM
Racer X (Matthew Fox) is Speed Racer's lost lost brother (thought to be dead). The last shot with the Shooting Star (Racer X's car) on jacks with Fox on th right side of the screen is so anime it's sick. Anyone betting that this will bomb is clueless. The Wachowskis are behind it! Love or hate the Matrix Trilogy, they each had some amazing action sequences and unique visual style. I will guess that if this movie isn't a mega blockbuster (which it will be), it will at least become a cult phenomenom (ala Nightmare Before Christmas).
Trailer by imyourhuckleberry	Dec 8th, 2007 05:36:21 PM
I'll watch this for 120 minuts if I have to! The thing gave me goosebumps...go speedracer go speedracer go
Looks shit. by godhatesyou	Dec 8th, 2007 06:08:22 PM
Movies based on cartoons are always shit. Casper, Flintstones, Scooby Doo.
Make this trailer available on XBOX LIVE in 720p. by JDanielP	Dec 8th, 2007 06:19:39 PM
Please? Thanks.
Fucking Awesome!!!!!!!! by odo19	Dec 8th, 2007 07:52:13 PM
but polarizing to say the least.
It's gonna be a MASSIVE turkey or average box office hit.... by Vamp-AICNchat	Dec 8th, 2007 08:00:50 PM
NOTHNG ELSE. Did I mention Mori's MK3 script or Harry's great 1999 prediction that the 'great' Moriaty and Scott Swana will be be some the noughties biggest names screenwriters..... on AICN suppose!
Put me down for a this-looks-like-crap vote. by kabong	Dec 8th, 2007 09:59:31 PM
Maybe the monkey will make it work.
Fuck Cloverfield - This is the monster. by sevadro	Dec 8th, 2007 10:10:20 PM
Early prediction - first five day 200 million dollar take ever. This is going to change the genre.
OK, I officially changed my mind - this will be great by JoeSixPack	Dec 9th, 2007 12:45:20 AM
I must say, after watching the trailer for the 1000x time, it has really grown on me. I hope they beef up the SFX for the final release of course, but I think this movie is gonna kick ass.
hahah! Fantastic by chien_sale	Dec 9th, 2007 02:35:57 AM
I get what they're trying to do, making it very much of its own World very over-the-top. It reminds me of the Michael Chabon's retro-pop Fantastic Four script.
You're all nuts by metaluna	Dec 9th, 2007 04:59:52 AM
If you somehow think this is 'going to change the genre' or 'take 200 million'. This looks like Scooby Doo/Thunderbirds bad all over again. Do you people ever learn? Not enough people the world over give a rats ass about Speed Racer or know even what the frick it is so a few flashy fx shots of a racing car aren't gonna save it. The whole thng to me looks like a big close up of a pinball machine gone mental. It's tat with no substance. Please explain why you think it's so good and will take 200 million plus? Rubbish.
metaluna...... by Quake II	Dec 9th, 2007 09:54:52 AM
"Not enough people the world over give a rats ass about Speed Racer or know even what the frick it is"....I disagree. Speed Racer has been shown in reruns since the early 70's (4 years ago it was being shown on the Speed cable network). Even Mtv ran it for a while back in the 90's It's a HUGE property in Japan and anyone over the age of 25 knows who Speed Racer is. The Wachowski's didn't direct Scooby Doo. Joel Silver didn't produced Scooby Doo or the Thunderbirds. These guys don't turn out flops. Love or hate the Matrix Trilogy, each movie made over 200 million.
F-Zero was the inspiration..... by DarfurOnTheRocks	Dec 9th, 2007 12:23:17 PM
The wild and varied locales seems to indicate that the W Bros played a lot of Nintendo in their youth... Of course this shit give them the title of visionaries...
THISISGOINGTOBETHEBESTMOVIEEVER, OH! by LaserPants	Dec 9th, 2007 01:21:05 PM
CAR ACROBATIC TEAM, please?!?! This looks like its going to be a cult classic masterpiece. I'm sure oldeheads and their kids will go crazy for it. All the wanking teens will and 20 scumthings will congratulate themselves for thinking its corny -- not realizing, of course, that the corniness and the campiness, and the geewiz gollywow of it is PRECISELY why its great. I just hope that they do the little beads of sweat thing. When I was 5, this show and Star Wars was my whole world. Can't wait!
Soory Charlie by Phategod1	Dec 9th, 2007 01:21:45 PM
but this looks like ass I was honestly interested at first but now I think this is sneak in.
How Many Angry Teens Will "Hate" This? by LaserPants	Dec 9th, 2007 01:24:45 PM
But then see it in the theatre 30 times in a row, and then buy several copies of the DVD -- all in able to dissect, in meticulous, obsessive detail, everything they "hated" about it. That kind of "hate" being, of course, the most profound form of borderline schizophrenic obsessive love.
I'm giving it 2 1/2 erections out of 5. by conspiracy	Dec 9th, 2007 04:36:22 PM
I like the Cartoony look...Mach 5 looks bad ass...and I'd pay 10 bucks just to watch Christina Ricci eat a carrot stick, so put her in some sorta-kinda-early Japanese anime inspired early-mid 1960s go-go boots and miniskirts garb and I'm there. The bad? Not much plot given, and what was seems very very simple and poorly written.....Then again it IS "speed racer"..which was sure as fuck never on the level of Gotcha man or Voltes 5 in the plot department.
..... by Weezy F. Baby	Dec 9th, 2007 05:42:05 PM
looks pretty out of control, more or less what i was expecting but i cant lie, im pretty excited for this. i do believe that when this is released it will be something at least a little unlike anything weve ever seen, in a world where the last "OMFG splooge" action scene was almost a decade ago in a little movie called the matrix that doesnt sound too bad.
captboulder by odo19	Dec 9th, 2007 08:09:13 PM
She plays Speeds mom in the film.
Looks like it could be really fun by Forsakyn	Dec 9th, 2007 08:09:44 PM
I like the "alternate universe" approach to it - they really appear to be trying make it a live-action cartoon. It definitely has my ticket purchase.
I am Batman..... by Quake II	Dec 10th, 2007 12:44:35 AM
"by the 'tard who thought "Racer X is Speed's brother (thought to be dead)" deserved a spoiler warning".....I will respond in kind. If you read all the posts, there are a LOT of people who don't know about Racer X and who he is. And as far as me being a tard....FUCK YOU you arrogant little prick.
Saw the trailer at Golden Compass by Abominable Snowcone	Dec 10th, 2007 07:58:20 AM
On the big screen. It still looked like shit, only a lot bigger than when I saw it on the computer.
Batman's Point was that the Indentity of Racer X deserved a spoi by DarfurOnTheRocks	Dec 10th, 2007 08:21:06 AM
...not that it was obvious. I could be wrong though...
For Gawds sakes... by PastePotPete	Dec 10th, 2007 09:14:14 AM
...this is a race car that has buzz saws that pop out of the front end to cut down obstacles if it can't "jump" over them. Speed Racer was my favorite cartoon as a child of the 70's...along with Johnny Quest, it's one of the few "childrens" cartoon that had "adult" violence. If you hated the trailer, you would have hated the cartoon as well and you won't "get" the movie. I got the chills when I heard the sound effect of the MACH 5 doing the flip...I will be there opening weekend with my 2 kids...just like we did with the Transformer movie.
CAR ACROBATIC TEAM by PastePotPete	Dec 10th, 2007 09:26:29 AM
That would be sweet. How about the giant, green train car? Or the car that went so fast it's drivers went insane? Or the phantom car that was driven by the robot? What great episodes those were to watch for an 8 year old kid.
Racer X was the Better Driver.... by DarfurOnTheRocks	Dec 10th, 2007 10:00:11 AM
...I wonder if they are going to reimagine Racer X as being inferior to Speed.....
This could be incredible...... by Super Joker	Dec 10th, 2007 12:11:05 PM
Or it could be a load of crap. It really depends how this film treads that fine line between that wonderfully kitsch anime Kill Bill-esque reality without falling into the tongue-firmly-through-cheek realm, and turning into something as insipid, trite and awful as something along the lines of Spy Kids: Viva Rock Vegas Reloaded.
That looked by batzilla	Dec 10th, 2007 03:47:59 PM
awesome and shitty at the same time. I will see it. Maybe. No...I wont see this piece of shit. Actually, it looks so shitty, I WILL SEE IT! Damn, the effects were AWESOME! yet...terrible. I might not see this. I can't WAIT!
DarfurOnTheRocks.... by Quake II	Dec 10th, 2007 05:16:16 PM
Yeah, I just get tired of these posters who have nothing constructive to add to the conversation. They show up with sarcastic/negative comments and try to provoke...It gets old sometimes. I am a fan of the series and know a lot about it, therefore I am ADDING to this discussion with thoughts/facts. "I am Batman" posts some sarcastic shit about MY post and then name calls...Very helpful to this thread, eh?
This film looks based on the episode "The Assassins" by Quake II	Dec 10th, 2007 05:24:08 PM
It's a 2 part show on volume 3 of the Speed Racer DVD's and one of the best. There are ninja-type killers in that episode killing and kidnapping diplomats and Racer X is forced to infiltrate, then dispatch a bunch of them. Speed Racer was the first cartoon to have a HUGE body count in many shows. In "The Assassins", around 25 people are killed by explosions and machine-gun fire (including blood spray in one scene). Not bad for a late 60's toon. Try that shit with an animated show now.
Quake... by metaluna	Dec 10th, 2007 05:36:20 PM
no one outside of the States and Japan knows what the hell Speed Racer is or cares. It LOOKS like Thunderbirds, it FEELS like Scooby Doo. It will flop, I bet my eye teeth on it. Did you like the last 2 Matrix films or something? They universally stunk out. But if it floats your boat, what the hell. You can sell shit to some of the people some of the time, but not all the people all the time. This is why film makers like the Wachowski brothers keep getting away with it. Did I say brothers then? I meant... shit... I don't know what one of them is now.
I didn't get a "Scooby Doo" vibe at all. by Quake II	Dec 10th, 2007 07:13:53 PM
The trailer for Scooby Doo didn't have car chases, ninjas doing spinning kicks and guys with machine guns spraying rooms....but I could care less if it makes 5 bucks, as long as I enjoy it (and my son). You tell me the martial arts scenes didn't look cool. Mark my words right now and remember them in 5 months...Racer X will be one of the coolest characters in film history.
Have you ever seen Speed Racer...ON WEED??? by kidicarus	Dec 10th, 2007 08:34:01 PM

F-Zero on wheels by BetaSword	Dec 19th, 2007 10:19:41 PM
Well, all these Scenes with the Cage-Track(s) are reminding me extremely on F-Zero GX on the GameCube. Well, unfortunately for F-Zero, a Movie-translation of F-Zero would actually look nearly the same, but with Hovercrafts&Aliens on the raceways(wich might be hovering too in F-Zero.)

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