If I was a teenager, I would be saying.. " I cant wait to see that on acid."

Nope. Saving it for theaters. And if I could have a Hunter-esqe rant moment, I thought it would be awesome from the beginning and movie bloggers are lame for changing their mind and hopping on the bandwagon [sorry, couldn't resist]

i think this movie is gonna do well, the only thing i can't figure out - is how can a fixed car race be such a looming threat? i'm sure they cover it, it's just stumping me. it totally reminds me of sonic the hedgehog, but i'm sure im not the first to say that. plus, i really dig matt fox.

ok let me watch it first..then I'll reply after.

From the cars alone I'm sold. On a side note for some reason I want to see Wacky Racers get some love now. Penelope Pitstop anyone?

I just saw it and it's a goddamn video game. There is nothing amazing about this movie at all. It's high energy, but the whole thing looks like such a campy cartoon that nobody except Speed Racer fanboys will enjoy it.

And who the heck knows anybody who is a big fan of Speed Racer?

HAHA YES YES YES.

that was fucking siiiiick.

the best part is when Racer X fucking socked that dude in the face midair.


ugh, god i want to see this. thanks again Peter, amazing clip.

And I know I'm being a post whore right now, but is he fucking ghost-racing his car, Mario Kart style?

damn
DAMN
Everytime!!! Every new trailers makes it better

as Kestrel said... it's funny how some of the bloggers have really changed bandwagon... from "puked with rainbow" to now "probably make for an incredible experience on the big screen"
haha!!!

I was actually trying to find some pics of the movie last night, and reading pretty much all the articles here... and it's just funny as I said

can't wait any longer for this movie!!

Awesome, awesome, awesome. I've been backing this film since the first teaser appeared online. Anyway, I think the transparent car is the Phantom Mach 4 as seen here...

http://www.moviecarmania.com/prodimages/HW_Spee...

Not sure who drives it, though.

It looks like Spy Kids 3-D, but I'll probably see it. This extended trailer actually made me want to watch it less though.

Yep. This looks about as dumb as dumb can look.

After the mind-numbing ineptitude of Matrix 2-3 the The Wachowski Brothers are now officially the Kings With No Clothes On.

I think it's safe to say, from witnessing those vomit inducing 4 minutes, that Speed Racer is nothing but a bad idea compounded with horrific Art Direction. This is really what the cinematic world needs! Spritle & Chim Chim FINALLY fleshed out into three dimensions. And I thought we reached the pinnacle of human potential with Scooby Doo's cinematic features! I was sooo wrong.

Sigh...

Further proof that some people's "visions" are best left unseen.

I've been lukewarm about this movie, but slowly I've
become more curious to see the finished product.
It's going to be a visual rollercoaster, which has me
wondering if I'll be wow'ed or feeling dizzy.

For the most part I like the cast and I like how
it appears that they've kept the spirit of Speed Racer
alive. That is probably the reason it has turned a lot
of people off - live action cartoony isn't easy to warm up to.

ifthenwhy, you seem to have somewhat conveniently forgot that they were the dudes behind V for Vendetta, which they made after the 2 matrix films.

I think by releasing all of these trailers, it shows that they don't know how to market the film.

die in a fire.

LMAO the scene where Racer X socks the other guy in mid-air
ROTFLMAO
i cant wait to see this on IMAX hell yeah!!!!!!!!

I get it, the car can flip.

I couldn't make it through the entire trailer. It looks awful, just awful. Bring dramamine if you see it. Is that a pun? I don't know.

Gordon, you need to at least watch the Car Fu stuff late into the clip... I almost shit my pants.

@Gaius - Well, uh, of course it's going to be campy. It's SPEED RACER. I'm not sure what type of cinematic masterpiece you're looking for. It's based off of a campy and cheesy anime from the '60s. I really don't think it's suppose to be very deep.

I do, however, think this trailer was awesome. Racer X punching that dude mid-air was *fantastic.* I like how much these trailers have evolved since the first one or two. I'll definitely go see it, should be awesome on a big screen.

Being this is a "Speed Racer" comment section I wont digress (too much) here..

But to your point Jamie Jay..I'm not convinced "V" was good "because" of the Wachowski Brothers or "despite" them. I didn't work on the film...but I do know they didn't direct it, which I believe has something to do with the end results.

That film had many flaws as well...

And to the lovely fellow that asked me to "burn in a fire" (which kinda rules)..I'd retort that I'm just expressing a opinion anout a silly film. None the less..I'm pretty sure the Wachowski Brothers wont miss my 10 bucks on opening day, and that your mom will eventually get around to changing your diapers. Which should improve your dispoition considerably.

pure ignorance. I love it.

My god, mom jokes and videogame comparisons. What has /Film come to?


What next? Naked pictures of Hunter and Michael Bay...TOGETHER?

Kids will love this and so will the parents.

Come to think of it, this could turn out to be the Blade Runner of our generation. Be off bleak industrial city scapes! Welcome to the psychedelic realm of acid!

Everybody was car fu fighting...

I heard something about Hunter and Bay naked. what?

looks only so-so. a bit cheesy.

God forbid a Speed Racer film be cheesy. Some geriatrics around here need to start doing drugs just to get their head on right.

I think it'll miss the kid market, so it won't do great boxoffice, but every damn teen in the world is going to go see it.

matthew fox is soooooooooo awesome!

did i just watch the whole film in 4 mins? lol im sure theres some chump right now piecing all the trailers together and uploading unto youtube.

Matthew Fox is SO fucking hot!!!

Racer X pwns just about anyone else on screen. I hope the sequel is about him.

Speed Racer makes his trademark "Aaaaah" exclamation right before he says this race is full of cheaters...I loved that part....that and when Matthew Fox smirks after punching out that racer.

sweet candy coated bliss!!!!!

goddam this movie looks like the most fun! i can't wait for the summer to get here. thanks again for posting this.

well ifthenwhy, i think you and these other two fellows need to stop flaming, becuase it makes you all look pathetic, especially those looking through these posts looking for insightful material.
everybody was car-fu fighting, i think im gonna have to go ahead and make a video of that to put on youtube.

People, people, Speed Racer was a campy Japansese cartoon from the 60's so they decided to carry that theme into the film - colors and all. Heck "Dick Tracy" had the same vibe and it did rather well back in the day. Take the film for what it is.....a summer thrill ride. Every film that comes out these days does not have to be reality-based(sheesh). Even if u don't agree the film will do well u gotta admit it would be worth seeing in IMAX, fan or not.

bjslade2, i agree with most of what you said except your last line. I'd flip it and say, "even if you don't agree the film is worth seeing u gotta admit that it will do well." I think kids will looooooove and it'll have a pretty cool toy licensing deal.. but it's ok that i dont want to see it.

Wow that is the worst acting since the last three Starwars.

Physics? Pshaw!

Looks like fun though!

Sorry, but this movie looks dumber than a sack of wet hair. Guess that is what happens when you throw that much money into developing a movie based on a cartoon that was monumentally stupid.

If I wanted to see crazy colors and dorky car designs I will take some shrooms and break out my old Hot Wheels.


Plus, with ever rising prices on food and fuel, folks may get more picky about going to the theater by the time this comes out.

Plus, the first time I saw a still from this movie it was of Hirsch in his racing helmet. My first thought was "Why does Jack Black have a ping pong ball on his head?"

I can't be the only one.

You people must not have been around when Tron came out. NOW people say it was lame or something like that, but in '82, it was simply mind blowing. This has the same quality. You need to take this as what it is...a film that is hopefully entertaining. Spend your bucks at the theatre, and make a decision when you see it on the big screen. Bet you will be impressed with it.

Oh yeah, the Phantom Mach 4...Speed at point has no idea that Racer X is his brother, Rex. He's always looked up to his brother with awe, and that's exactly what is going thru his head...it's not enough that he's beating his opponents, he needs to be on the same level or better than his brother. So he's racing his "dead" brother's image, he's throwing out there what Rex would be like if he was there... I just wonder if that last bit in the trailer is real (Speed finding out that Racer X is his brother), or imagined by Speed...? I'm thinking real, as the costume looks like Racer X's...

I hope this is better than the Thunderbirds movie from a few years ago. Speed Racer was one of my favorite after school cartoons when I was a kid. Here's hoping for the best. Go, Speed, Go. MaHaGoGo!!!

If only real cars were that much fun!
Yes, I was a Speed Racer fan boy as a kid, and I'll go into the theater with an open mind. It looks as if the makers wanted to nod at the toon aspect of the original, while adding the thrill of modern, state-of-the-art CG, and that's really okay with me now. At first I was hoping for a more realistic approach, but realizing that no REAL cars could ever hope to pull off the stunts that the original series laid down, and the new movie obviously expands upon, I'm really alright with the semi-realistic world Speed Racer lives in.
Have fun at the theater, but remember you have to drive a REAL car on the way home! ;)

That main "actor" overacts and the dialogue is crap.

I'll still watch it for the effects though.

There's 'films' and there's 'movies'. Blade Runner was a film, in that it was more of a mental, thought-provoking sort of thing. Speed Racer is a 'movie'. I mean... yeah, maybe there's some extremely deep and sophisticated film here, and they're just showing us the ten minutes work of action, but somehow I doubt it. So passing judgement on it using the same set of criteria as you would for something like 'Schindler's List' doesn't really work. It's not trying to be that sort of movie. It's just trying to be a movie where you can turn your brain off and have fun with a cheesy plot and high-energy action and effects stuff.

I have to say that some of the images of the cars all mid-air and flipping around in slow motion with dust and smoke billowing all over the place just looks amazing, and beautiful. I didn't think I'd like this flick when I first saw some of the stills for the characters and frames of the movie, but seeing this stuff in motion is just awesome.

This look so bad, so fake, it SHOULD be a joke.

With the mass appeal, the stars, the writer-directors, the stunning visuals, the marketing and the merchandising...

...I think this could end up being the runaway hit of the Summer!

I'm not sure about the runaway hit of the Summer, but they'd better already have boxed up plenty of X-box video games, because this could be the biggest selling video game ever!

its hard to believe the original series of this was inspired by viva las vegas(the film) and goldfinger and that means those wondeful machines in this trailer wher basically inspired by chapparals and elvas and chevys(if you look at the mach 5 it looks like a chevy from the back. and the racing is a combo of drifting,60's sportscar racing, and a hot wheels megafantasy. i only wish the fia would have this kind of racing.