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Because We Needed Another Damn SPEED RACER Trailer!! At Least This One's Long...

crap by ingloriousjedi	Apr 15th, 2008 09:25:20 AM
looks like a kids film.
how many trailers is that now? by RighteousBrother	Apr 15th, 2008 09:25:54 AM
and it kind of looks like F-Zero X
Media overkill by SpencerTrilby	Apr 15th, 2008 09:27:31 AM
A 4 minutes trailer? I thought the excessive hype surrounding SM3 last year or Iron Man today would teach some lessons. How naive I was... And now, I gotta resist the urge to watch the damn thing. Can't wait till this fucker is released...
celldweller by el-guappo	Apr 15th, 2008 09:32:31 AM
Celldweller freakin' Rules!!
Oh! by PRESIDENT BALTAR	Apr 15th, 2008 09:37:09 AM
OOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!! !
JESUS by deliciouscowbell	Apr 15th, 2008 09:38:56 AM
god damn enough already a movie should have 1 teaser and two trailers AT THE VERY MOST
What the Fuck!!!! by NomoredirtyjokespleaseweareYanks	Apr 15th, 2008 09:44:55 AM
Remember when movies came out of nowhere an kicked your ass......fuck I'm old.
THE FLOP OF MAY IS... by ABking	Apr 15th, 2008 09:45:33 AM
Speedracer is such a BIG turn-off and it's directed by two of my favorites...THE WACHOWSKI'S! The FLOP of may will be this Joel Silver produced car film!!!
Speed vs Ironman: Thunderdome. by ArcadianDS	Apr 15th, 2008 09:45:51 AM
ten thousand trailers enter, one trailer leaves.
Ain't It Live Action F-Zero News by Aquatarkusman	Apr 15th, 2008 09:46:47 AM
How many z's should I type in a row?
great Top Gun moment in that one. by ArcadianDS	Apr 15th, 2008 09:51:22 AM
liked that one.
Soory to you fans, by batmans_pants	Apr 15th, 2008 09:56:27 AM
but that was utter shit. I admit that while I vaguely remember the cartoons, I was never a fan, so it's probably that I just don't get it. I can't imagine anyone who wasn't a fan is going to pay to sit through two hours of that crap.
Colfox by AllieJamison	Apr 15th, 2008 09:59:24 AM
Oh my ...everytime I see Matthew Fox perform it's as if he was channeling Stephen Colbert. Or Stephen speaks through him?! Or maybe they're the same person. I dunno.
el-guappo by Series7	Apr 15th, 2008 10:01:25 AM
Dude I love celldweller, maybe one day they'll get past the world of trailer music. Though for some reason the song Switchback got copied onto my Zune like 50 times so when I put it on Shuffle its like every 3rd song, getting a bit annoyed. Added to the fact my external craped out on me so I am stuck with the music on my Zune until i get it fixed. Also I've noticed Muse is getting stuck in Trailer music hell.
Batman_pants by greenstyle92	Apr 15th, 2008 10:03:46 AM
elaborate: what exactly do you think looks crappy about that? Fuck Iron Man. Go Speed Racer Go!
GO SPEED GOOOOOOOOO! by joeelliott	Apr 15th, 2008 10:04:52 AM
Gimmie more - gimmie more!!!!
You know at first I thought by Series7	Apr 15th, 2008 10:09:54 AM
That Alpha Wild Next Door guy was very miscast. Now I am starting to think that its probably everyone else. Namely Matt Fox. I don't know, this looks awesome though, its too bad America has never heard of Casshan, which its obvious Mr and Mrs. Wassjfljfsd are borrowing from.
Ok, so, Matthew Fox has been unmasked. by PirateEmery	Apr 15th, 2008 10:22:14 AM
Media OVERKILL indeed!
Bar Humbug.... by DC Films	Apr 15th, 2008 10:23:01 AM
How can anyone who loves the cinema NOT be excited about seeing that. Maybe it will turn out shit, hopefully not, but at least that trailer is better than half of the films in their entirety that i've seen so far this year!
Fox by greyspecter	Apr 15th, 2008 10:27:45 AM
is it me, or does he come of as hamming up every syllable he utters? Like they told him it used to be a wierd japanese cartoon and to exaggerate and wildly overact every line? He's a better actor than this, I think. What's up?
Reeks of desperation by AlwaysReturns	Apr 15th, 2008 10:28:15 AM

That Trailer made me finally BELIEVE in this film. by Ringwearer9	Apr 15th, 2008 10:29:12 AM
For the first time the racing action seemed defined enough to be able to follow, and vicariously participate in the thrill of it. The line from Trixie "What are you thinking, Speed Racer" seemed to be about the main story, not some creepy seduction line. I bought the whole thing for the first time. Hope the Big Screen does it justice.
The W Bros Always Have Many Trailers by Saluki	Apr 15th, 2008 10:39:20 AM
I remember footage for Reloaded coming out like crazy beforehand, all to cool music I hasn't heard elsewhere. The tradition lives on.
yippee by PrettyNursePoppy	Apr 15th, 2008 10:39:49 AM
Looks like a 2 hour pod race. And that's not a good thing.
Is it another by Trik_Ster	Apr 15th, 2008 10:40:16 AM
trailer of the cars in spins? Is that all this movie is? cars in controlled spins
Oh Man This Looks......... by santi01	Apr 15th, 2008 10:40:27 AM
so effin stupid. I agree with someone above who said this will be the flop of the summer.
Because what we really need is another darn by BLEST	Apr 15th, 2008 10:51:07 AM
DARK KNIGHT trailer, at least one that's long. :P Seriously WB, let's go. Everybody else has one out (except Indy, and I'm thinking that they might not even do one.)and we still have 3 months until the film. Get on the ball gentlemen!
Note for above: by BLEST	Apr 15th, 2008 10:52:41 AM
When I say "everybody else has one out", I'm talking about trailers, not teasers. Iron Man, Narnia, Speed Racer, Hellboy, etc... Give me the bat.
Fedora needs a new trailer too... by PirateEmery	Apr 15th, 2008 10:55:58 AM
But I agree that it looks like we're not going to get it...
um.. cars don't work like that. by ironic_name	Apr 15th, 2008 11:07:08 AM

mah eyes, they bleed. by ironic_name	Apr 15th, 2008 11:09:13 AM

this movie is going to cause seizures by spidercoz	Apr 15th, 2008 11:10:01 AM
I love it
Series 7 by el-guappo	Apr 15th, 2008 11:18:13 AM
The song on the Speed Racer trailer ("Birthright") is also used briefly on the new Iron Man trailer. it's from his new album (no release date yet). He does get a butt-load of soundtrack work but you know he's gotta be gettin' paid! I like it that he makes REAL songs and Hollywood just loves usin them in their trailers.
Don't know about "Speed" Racer by snappy	Apr 15th, 2008 11:21:43 AM
With all the zinged-up colours it looks more like Mescaline Racer to me.
Well, I've seen most of the movie already... by rbatty024	Apr 15th, 2008 11:24:26 AM
so there's no longer a reason to go to the theaters anymore.
'No more Mister Nice Guy...' by Pondscum	Apr 15th, 2008 11:45:24 AM
'But plenty of Mister Gay Guy.' Don't know who the oily little midget playing Speed Racer is, but his thespy skills better be top notch if they want me to believe he can race bionic cars, fight leather perv ninjas and slap around those Ricci tits. This is truly the bastard abortion of Death Race 2000 / Spy Kids covered in Tron vomit.
GO SPEED!!!! by Dreadlock Holmes	Apr 15th, 2008 11:58:51 AM
I'M sold. Def seeing this!!
What a piece of shit by Pdorwick	Apr 15th, 2008 12:03:21 PM
There were Wachowski brothers who made a movie called "The Matrix". I wonder if it's the same guys... Probably not...
Fanboys once again show their idiocy. by Rev. Slappy	Apr 15th, 2008 12:04:19 PM
I am looking forward to this as it really represents the state of the art in filmmaking today. I'm sure the same douche bags on here bitching about the CGI will say the opposite thing when the trailers for Avatar start to emerge. What will make or break this film (as is the case with all films) is its story. If we aren't invested in what happens then all the eye candy is useless.
wish they hadn't shown by frankenfickle	Apr 15th, 2008 12:19:19 PM
racer x unmasked. do you have to tell everything, movie trailers of the world?
No, thanks, I stopped seeing Speed Racer trailers by ricarleite	Apr 15th, 2008 12:26:23 PM
It is SO easy to ignore a movie nowadays.
Unmasked Racer X? by Revolution_Now	Apr 15th, 2008 12:40:08 PM
Why is the trailer showing Racer X, unmasked, speaking to Speed? Isn't that a pretty big "reveal" to be showing in a trailer? Maybe the "W" Brothers are banking on the fact that the majority of people watching these trailers don't know the significance of Racer X's identity. Hmm.
To PrettyNursePoppy by Revolution_Now	Apr 15th, 2008 12:47:38 PM
...on this being like the podrace in SW:TPM, and it not being a good thing . . . The podrace was one of only TWO things in that movie worth a damn. The other being the Darth Maul fight at the end. I'm a Formula One fan, and George Lucas (hold back the vomit, people,) put a lot of Formula One-style ideas in that scene. If Speed Racer is at ALL like the podrace in "Menace," then I will be one happy fucker.
I love movies, but... by Drunken Rage	Apr 15th, 2008 01:07:00 PM
I'd rather eat my own shit than watch "Speed Racer."
Speed Racer Makes his trademark "Aaaah" exclamation by kenjinattix	Apr 15th, 2008 01:07:27 PM
Right before he says this race is full of cheaters...I thought that was hilarious...along with Racer X grinning after defying the laws of physics and punching out that car driver flipping over him. Scene with Racer X driving backwards shooting the missiles fired by the semi was awesome.
greenstyle92 by batmans_pants	Apr 15th, 2008 01:24:40 PM
Sorry for the delay in response. been sleeping for a couple. What looks like crap? Jeez, where do I start. Just ridiculous imho. I know it's based on a cartoon, but I still can't get past cars that include every gizmo under the sun. Where's the peril in a race where cars can regrow tyres, drive upside down on loop the loop tracks and all kinds of stupid impossible feats. I can accept it in a cartoon, but when you are trying to convey real people inhabiting a cartoon world it just doesn't work for me. I appreciate the style is true to the cartoon, but so was the flintstones... If you are a fan and enjoy the film then good for you. Money well spent. But I shall rent it on DVD.
What's the deal with... by Ray Garraty #47	Apr 15th, 2008 01:25:50 PM
In every trailer, there's one element/scene where a red holographic #4 car-blur-thing jumps off of a ramp, turns a corner, etc., ahead of the white #6 car. The white Speed Racer car then follows the same path as the red car-shaped "light trail" and moves into that same space a few frames later. What is that, and have any of you read anything about that effect? What is it supposed to represent? Thanks.
6? by mediawonk	Apr 15th, 2008 01:39:11 PM
I thought it looked like fun considering the source material... but what's up with the Mach 6? I don't like it when they blow up the Enterprise every other movie, so I'm definitely not onboard with a Mach 6.
Ray Garraty by Dreadlock Holmes	Apr 15th, 2008 01:43:09 PM
I think the effect shows the Mach 5 is so fast the it moves faster than the paint job?? I dunno
sigh One last time, then... by BiggusDickus	Apr 15th, 2008 01:55:01 PM
...This film is going to be shit. Very shit I mean '2Fast 2Furious' levels of shitness. That bad. Oh dear...
Aww man... I wish I hadn't seen that... by Johnno	Apr 15th, 2008 01:56:22 PM
Because there were some awesome moments in there that are best left for the theatre. As the guy said, if this trailer didn't convince you, then you're not someone I want to ever hang out and watch movies with... Maybe you can buy 2 Fast 2 Furious and watch teh hell out of that since its chock full of realism and I'm sure you'll feel the danger the characters are putting themselves in hahahahaha! Because there's like no way futuristic cars with gadgets ever represent any danger... you know, kind of like how the Batmobile is totally invincible... but you'll all flock to the realism of Dark Knight and his Bat-gadgets! Anyway i for one am pumped for all the movies coming out, Iron man, Speed Racer, Dark Knight, hell even Forbidden Kingdom!
Dreadlock by Ray Garraty #47	Apr 15th, 2008 01:57:35 PM
I dunno either. When I was a kid, we walked 18 miles uphill in the snow to school, Speed Racer came on before Ultraman in the afternoons, and he drove one car that had a five on it. Pops Racer could beat up 20 guys at a time, and the Monster Car was made of solid gold, and Speed raced in an event where if you lost your pineapple out of the car seat you got disqualified, but one of the pineapples had a diamond in it. Now, the red semitransparent car is #4 and Speed's car is number #6, but the new car is a #5, dogs and cats are living together, cars are flipping...It's anarchy, I tell you.
Right on, Johnno... by Neddie Seagoon	Apr 15th, 2008 02:04:03 PM
Why the hell is everyone taking this so seriously? It's not a NASCAR documentary, it's a goddamn fantasy film, based on a cartoon, for Christ's sake. I think it looks cool as hell; pure unadulterated eyecandy. What's so wrong with that? I like the original cartoon back in the day before I knew enough to call it "anime," and I like this. I think it's going to be awesome.
Hmmmm.... by nerosday	Apr 15th, 2008 02:48:49 PM

Hmmmm.... by nerosday	Apr 15th, 2008 02:48:49 PM

Yep. by nerosday	Apr 15th, 2008 02:52:41 PM
Looks my dog's shit after it eats a sack full of glow sticks and crayons. It all bright and colorful, looks like it hurt like hell to sit through, and stinks.
GO SPEED RACER GO!!! by LaserPants	Apr 15th, 2008 03:10:36 PM
Movie of the summer right here! Can't wait!
What did you expect? by Sithdan	Apr 15th, 2008 03:13:23 PM
I mean, it's based on Speed Racer the cartoon for God's sake. Of course it's going to be a suck fest. I can't believe they actually invested money into making this. The animated show was cheesy enough.
hot wheels on acid by kafka07	Apr 15th, 2008 03:15:44 PM
I like how they tumble around
But Speed Racer's for kids... by Pondscum	Apr 15th, 2008 03:26:58 PM
...is it fuck. The reason that this and Transformers (and God knows how many others) are being made is because Hollywood knows the following - It already has a geek / nostalgia following They can get both adults and children to pay to see these movies The people who remember it as kids, now have their own kids which they will bring to the theatre There is golden toy merchandise in them there hills And because we remember how magical and cool these TV shows were from out childhoods, we somehow expect them to be wonderful again. Which inevitably leads to crushing disappointment. The end.
This piece of shit flop.. by Dick Jones	Apr 15th, 2008 03:39:39 PM
...gets how many trailers? While our beloved blockbuster The Dark Knight comes out in July and we have...1? I think GOD must be a Superman fan or something.
Stole My Mario Kart Analogy by filegumbo	Apr 15th, 2008 03:41:52 PM
Merrick, you stole my Mario Kart analogy. See talkbacks from the previous story on the international trailer. But that's OK. I'm not some hopeless loser who needs to get credit for a clever analogy posted on an obscure internet message board. Really, I'm not.
IT'S LIKE FAST AND THE FURIOUS... by mooli_mooli	Apr 15th, 2008 04:16:28 PM
...but in a technicolour gay carnival. In planes.
Oh my eyes! MY EYES!!! by metaluna	Apr 15th, 2008 04:45:07 PM
Who is this film for? What's it's audience then? Ten year old boys? Seriously, if they'd wanted to make money out of this concept, they should have made a video game out of it. It reeks of Matrix 3/Thunderbirds flop-ness. Does it actually have a story worth watching? Pap.
Oh by the way... by metaluna	Apr 15th, 2008 04:49:25 PM
Speed Racer means diddly squat outside of the US and at a stretch, Japan. So expecting a juvenile audience in the US/Japan to carry the entire worldwide box office is asking A LOT. This film will flop, I'll put money on it. Transformers was a success because that show was pretty recent and was shown everywhere worldwide despite also being a pile of steaming poop. Movie of the summer, you asshat
MONKEYS AND RACE-CARS----!!!!!!!!! by TomBodet	Apr 15th, 2008 05:26:35 PM
YES! Chim Chim gets a supporting Oscar nod I am sure I'm sure.
I still think this is gonna be a Hoot. by TomBodet	Apr 15th, 2008 05:32:54 PM
C'mon who can't like THIS? You DO what this means though-Mark, Tinker and Debra are gonna be on the way along w/ Speedbuggy. Somewheres, somehow, some nut is gonna do this. And that one-WILL have Giant Lions, Robots, and all kinda stoopid c. '73 stuff we all deserve have hammered into our brains once again. Yes.
My theory on the Mach 4 by tylerzero	Apr 15th, 2008 05:39:21 PM
Yeah, been trying to figure out what's up with that too. Googling produced no viable explanations. So I'm left to ASSume that the Mach 4 was originally driven by Speed's brother, Rex (aka Racer X) before his "death". Maybe it's some trippy way of showing Speed channeling his brother's skills during the race (although I believe Racer X is in this same race). Fuck if I know.
Yeh... don't forget the monkeys by metaluna	Apr 15th, 2008 05:41:58 PM
I guess they have to appeal to the audience for this drivel by including something with the same mentality as those who might actually pay to see this CGI crap in the first place.
It's just a rehash of Pod Racing... by Piltdown Joey	Apr 15th, 2008 06:36:44 PM
...all we need is Sebulba yelling PooDoo at the end of Speed Racer.
"Because We Needed Another Damn SPEED" by BadMrWonka	Apr 15th, 2008 06:38:12 PM
that is how the title of this article was abbreviated in my igoogle links thing. I was afraid for a moment that "Speed 3, Fast as can Be" had been greenlit somehow. thank god that is not the case.
Lame by stolen73	Apr 15th, 2008 07:42:43 PM
How many times can you watch cars barrel role in mid-air? Looks like a matchbox commerical.
The ghost car... by Novaman5000	Apr 15th, 2008 07:55:15 PM
Isn't it like a training thing? Like on videogames where you can race the ghost car to beat the time? It seems like it's showing that Speed is way better than the computer... or a previous racer.
Chim chim is a hoot. by TomBodet	Apr 15th, 2008 08:11:28 PM
He wrote the screenplay too!
Novaman5000, that's also plausible me thinks. by tylerzero	Apr 15th, 2008 08:40:31 PM

Re-volt vs LED Storm. by bioforge	Apr 15th, 2008 09:35:44 PM
The movie
this talkback = people born post 1995 by Happy Boy	Apr 15th, 2008 10:04:37 PM
aka 13 year olds... sorry your dora the explorer movie is coming soon, then you'll be back on more familiar ground
Ricci looks like a grey alien. by ZeroCorpse	Apr 15th, 2008 10:10:41 PM
Skinny little body, big head. She used to be so hot, and then she went all skinny and nasty.
That was a good trailer by Trik_Ster	Apr 15th, 2008 11:28:44 PM
Makes me want to see the movie But they really need to stop now before they induce burnout And they should have cast nic cage as chim chim That's the comic char he was born to play
i have watched by frankenfickle	Apr 15th, 2008 11:30:37 PM
the part where racer x hits the jacks and punches that guy out thirty times now.
This MAY, Warner Brothers presents by boogy110	Apr 15th, 2008 11:34:52 PM
THE GAYEST MOVIE EVER!!!!! CUMMING on your face and stealing your money this May.
Horrible by Damer1	Apr 16th, 2008 12:30:01 AM
Have you ever seen anything so sucky?
damer1 by frankenfickle	Apr 16th, 2008 01:32:20 AM
your mom?
wachowski did bound and matrix. by cloudrider`	Apr 16th, 2008 05:19:25 AM
right, this movie has monkey in it and colored like a candy store. you're too grown up for this shit. but hey, that flying robot movie looks cool! and it's directed by that guy who did elf. whoopee!!!
Does anyone else feel like... by BiggusDickus	Apr 16th, 2008 07:34:03 AM
...they're trying wa-a-ay too hard to sell this? I smell a turd! A pretty neon turd, granted, but a turd nonetheless. By the by, can anyone confirm the rumour I heard that Christina Ricca had her breasts reduced? Damn spoilsport if that one's true!
The palette is hard to get past if you aren't gay. by FluffyUnbound	Apr 16th, 2008 07:39:44 AM
This is like "Springtime for Hitler" but for cars.
Rev. Slappy by Baron Merlot	Apr 16th, 2008 07:55:14 AM
Thank you! You hit it right on the button. I just don't get these lame-o haters. The film looks amazing.
Reason for so many trailers... by wowsucks	Apr 16th, 2008 07:58:34 AM
The studios have to know the reaction is mild to crap for this one. Why else would you deliver so much, other then to try and find images that just might per sway someone to see it? Either way I call crap, and wrong direction for this one! A Micheal Bay "Don't shoot me" version could have been fun for intense car chase/race scenes.
Christina Ricci's tits... by Billy The Fish	Apr 16th, 2008 08:46:55 AM
She definitely had some work done on them. Not so much a reduction as a reshaping, as she had a bit of a 'spaniel's ears' thing going on there for a while...
They've had to change it to look more "real" by StovetopStuffin'	Apr 16th, 2008 09:34:07 AM
The company that owns the Speed Racer property has mandated that the movie not look too much like a cartoon, so they've had to make it look more realistic. Check out the differences from the first trailer to see what I mean.
I feel like I just watched the whole film. by dekionplexis	Apr 16th, 2008 10:35:43 AM
That'll do me.
A big big BIG... by TheBigLebowsky	Apr 16th, 2008 10:53:11 AM
...meh...
Spaniel's Ears? Check out Prozac Nation or... by Piltdown Joey	Apr 16th, 2008 01:41:46 PM
...Black Snake Moan. There's absolutely no problem with Christina's rack. Her big, bulbous forehead? O.K., maybe. But not that rack! It's fine!
Christina Ricci Reshaping by JethroBodine	Apr 16th, 2008 09:26:58 PM
That poor girl has one of the most unfortunate foreheads I've ever seen. Too bad plastic surgeons can't fix ugly to the bone.
Ricci's forehead by JethroBodine	Apr 16th, 2008 09:28:13 PM
I think she may have been a beluga whale in a previous life
pix by JethroBodine	Apr 16th, 2008 09:33:48 PM
http://www.ericsphotoblog.com/ wp-content/beluga.jpg http://www.poster.net/ricci-ch ristina/ricci-christina-photo- xxl-christina-ricci-6224692.jp g
This just gets better and better! by max314	Apr 19th, 2008 10:20:49 AM
I have a gut feeling this movie will do big, big business. I'll be sad if that's not the case, but my spider sense tells me this could hit it big...

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