Comments on: New Domestic Speed Racer Trailer - What Do You Think?!

By: Christoph

Christoph — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 03:35:05 +0000

Just curious, but what is the music in the last third of the trailer and there at the very end, ive tried to find it and keep getting references to “Iron Fisted Mutha - BT & Nick Phoenix” but that song isnt the same. Just curious. Thanks.

By: Happy_Evil_Dude

Happy_Evil_Dude — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 13:09:33 +0000

Kestrel:

I’m just answering the guy. Also, out of the 3 US January releases of 2008 which I’ve seen, 2 were way awesomer than the Cloverfield crapfest: Stallone’s Rambo and Allen’s Cassandra’s Dream

By: Kestrel

Kestrel — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:32:09 +0000

@ Happy_Evil_Dude

So Peter’s interested in Lost Boys 2 and you’re not. Drop it already.

As for Cloverfield, it was awesome for a movie in January.

By: Happy_Evil_Dude

Happy_Evil_Dude — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:23:15 +0000

You judge things on their own merit Peter, do you? I mean I would applaud you if you did, but coming from someone who says he “refuses” to watch certain films *cough*Step Up*cough*, I somehow doubt it. And speaking of DVD movies, I’ve seen none of them featured as prominently as LB2 on your site. It’s had pretty much as much coverage as Indiana and certainly more than Speed Racer, so the comparision is justified, at least in regards to your website. But whatever Peeto, I know you can’t stand not being right so whatever you say…We don’t like the same movies at all since you gave a freaking 8/10 to Cloverfield, already a strong top contender for my Worst Films Of 2008 list.

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By: zonk3r

zonk3r — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:54:09 +0000

looks like a flaming hot pile of meh…

By: tony

tony — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:36:40 +0000

looks pretty cool.
better than the first trailers.

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movies I’m looking forward to « Filling the Well — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:41:19 +0000

[...] was just talking with a friend about the “Speed Racer” trailer. The idea of a live action Speed Racer movie amused me. Then I saw the teaser trailer — which [...]

By: Manfred Powell

Manfred Powell — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:00:13 +0000

The Wachowski Brothers are visionaries. To paraphrase Joel Silver, “they never do things the easy way”.

Sometimes they are praised for it (Bound, The Matrix, V For Vendetta) and sometimes they’re lambasted for it (The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions).

But they always deliver unique movies. There’s always something you haven’t quite seen before with regards to style or substance.

For those complaining of the “video gamey looks”, well that was always the point. Emile Hirsch described the look as “Andy Warhol meets Blade Runner meets pop art”, and that’s exactly what we’ve got.

It looks absolutely astounding.

And we all know that the Brothers are incredibly skilled writers, so I’m sure the story and characters will be fantastic to follow through this incredible world.

Get ready for Speed…

By: Peter Sciretta

Peter Sciretta — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 09:07:46 +0000

HappyEvil: You arguments are very weak. You seem to be really reaching now… Like most people, I judge things based on their own merit. A direct to dvd movie is judged against other direct to dvd movies, and not held to the standard of a huge hollywood blockbuster. And the same can be said for a huge hollywood blockbuster being held to the standards of other big hollywood blockbusters. And compared to other direct to dvd sequels (American Pie, Bring it on, Wargames…etc), at least Lost Boys has a little promise and features some of the same lead actors returning…

By: Happy_Evil_Dude

Happy_Evil_Dude — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 09:00:32 +0000

Yeah Peter,

Sure your job is to be critical and all that, but I’ve never read you write a bad thing about “Lost Boys: The Tribe”, a movie directed by the guy who did “Sniper 3″, from the writer of “The Skulls 2″ and “Man-Thing” and whose biggest name was a bit player on “The O.C.” (no, the Coreys really aren’t big names these days)…

I’m sorry, but I’m pretty sure Speed Racer will end up a better film than Lost Boys 2… I’m also pretty sure LB2 will be worse than many movies heavily criticized here, such as Jumper, 10000 BC, The Golden Compass, etc, etc…..

By: Connor

Connor — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 02:14:47 +0000

I was always on board for Speed Racer, this trailer only increased my desire to see it. I liked the cartoon and when I heard they were doing a live action movie and that it’d be directed by the Wachowskis, I was sold. I actually prefer the first trailer to this one, and didn’t care for the international ones. This movie looks good. CGI heavy? So what? How can they really do Speed Racer stuff with real cars? At least the CGI looks great.

By: MikeCrobe

MikeCrobe — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:03:08 +0000

Is this Speed Racer or F-ZERO. Way to colorful. Wish they went with a more MOD look. Another super CG movie. Will this have the story to uphold all the flash?

By: GregoryV

GregoryV — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:26:07 +0000

@Krestel:
@The Jezzus:

100% agree with you.

like i said before, the wachowski version has all the bubblegum trimmings of an anime film, total fantasy, its gonna be fun.

i bet speed racer would look crazy in 3D.

By: evan

evan — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:44:30 +0000

I urge you guys to download the full 1080 HD version of the trailer. I just watched it on my 24″ iMac, and the look of the movie is actually quite incredible. The first time I watched the low-res version of the trailer on my PC, and I wasn’t that impressed. Now, viewing it in all its HD glory (which is what I will expect in the theater), I can see that the animation does not really look all that CGI. It looks to me like they are actually “inking” each shot to create a hybrid cartoon-CGI effect. It’s strange, but really attractive at the same time. Of course, this says nothing about the plot, acting. If you really care about those thing, I doubt this is the movie to see. But, I’m always interested in some new graphics techniques - perhaps, that’s why I was one of the few who liked “Sky Captain”. I’ll definitely be seeing this one on the big screen, and probably my little screen next year, when I finally upgrade to Blu-Ray.

By: Hobbes

Hobbes — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 20:19:45 +0000

This trailer gave me new faith in the franchise. It looks like the cleaned up the effects a lot. No more overly video game-y looks.

I’ll definetly be checking this out.

By: sean coates

sean coates — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:41:56 +0000

this movie wiilll do well with the tweens but ..whats with hot rod cool beans reference????

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:32:37 +0000

I so want to see this now.

Also, I can see the headlines after the movie comes out reading “MOVIE CAUSES SEIZURES AROUND NATION!!” Lol. It looks like with all those colors and flashes that it could do that.

By: The Jezzus

The Jezzus — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:48:53 +0000

Pter: “The previous Racer trailers were a complete disaster. There was little of anything to like in any of them.”

There is hardly a difference that I can tell The same “videogamey” look is still intact that everyone is complaining about. How come stylistically a movie like 300 can get away with overdoing reality but when it comes to Speed Racer things are out of bounds/ I really don’t get it.

Also, the Wachoski’s have done a great job before on storylines why would they stop with this?

Like someone said above, it looks like a Live Action Anime! And thats what they were trying to recreate. It’s going to look sub-real because it’s a sub-real universe.

Speed Racer whould be corny, cartooney, and fun! Anything less would be a disaster. I think it looks real cool.

By: bota

bota — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:34:55 +0000

for me the movie looks great, but i think the spoil to much
that the film wont be so effective …