Comments on: New Speed Racer Trailer Is Actually Pretty Cool

By: KEL

KEL — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:43:02 +0000

Doh!

Thanks for pointing that out, Vic.

Scott Porter plays Speed Racer’s older brother is what I meant to say.

By: Screen Rant

Screen Rant — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 20:04:55 +0000

Um, Kel, the guy playing Racer X is Matthew Fox from ABC’s “Lost.”

Vic

By: KEL

KEL — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 17:25:53 +0000

Man! That was pretty cool! Looks like a live action cartoon come to life! Nice!

LOL, 790!

I’m looking forward to this one, since Star Trek supposedly ISN’T coming out this year (damn!), this film takes its spot at number 5 on my list of most anticipated films this year.

BTW, the guy that’s playing Racer X (Scott Porter) was rumored to have been cast as Superman in JLA but actually auditioned for the role of the Flash. Pretty cool.

By: 790

790 — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:52:49 +0000

COOL BEANS !!!!

By: 790

790 — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 06:37:15 +0000

Vic that would explain the first trailer where you couldn’t see the button panel on the stearing wheel. Ahh very nice….I hope this film is two and a half hours long. Christina Ricci is smokin as Trixie. Damn the casting on this film is awesome. John Goodman. This is gonna rock.
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Liz your post cracked me up. I still can’t get over the point that alot of fans didn’t like the Matrix 2 and 3 films. I thought they were great. Did you see the Animatrix? It explains alot of why the machines attacked the humans. It vindicates them actually…
Anyway…
I’m digressing down the path of the red pill.

Gang at Screen Rant I predict that Speed Racer will be HUGE maybe the biggest film of the year in terms of BO gross. It will deffinitly be right up there with Indy 4, TDK and Iron Man. (IMO) of course.

By: Screen Rant

Screen Rant — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 04:36:32 +0000

Anyone else notice that there were TWO versions of the Mach 5 in the trailer? One looked like it was closer to a Formula race car with only one seat for the driver and the other was the classic we all recognize.

I think the cartoon Mach 5 comes into the movie later and we get to see it’s creation.

Vic

By: Liz

Liz — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 03:32:13 +0000

I was definitely impressed with the visual style of the trailer. So far, they’ve gotten it all right – stylistically, and casting-wise (can’t think of more anime-like humans than Emile Hirsch and Christina Ricci). It looks very sleek and exciting, and as long as they go for over-the-top action, they can’t go wrong. I hope they don’t go too heavy on the drama and choke on it, as the W brothers tend to.

By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 01:30:10 +0000

OK, this movie does absolutely NOTHING for me. I thought the cartoon was awful and the movie just looks like the same disaster to me. I will be avoiding this movie and spending my money to watch Indy TWICE.

By: rastaZen

rastaZen — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:56:31 +0000

I didn’t watch Speed Racer when I was a kid , but I gotta say that it looks like a LOT of fun. I’ll definitely see this one on the big screen ( and Iron Man and Hulk …….)

By: rastaZen

rastaZen — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:55:47 +0000

I didn’t watch Speed Racer when I was a kid , but I gotta say that it looks like a LOT of fun. I’ll definitely see this one on the big screen ( and Iron Man and Hulk …….)

By: Jim Carey

Jim Carey — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:24:32 +0000

790, I saw Into the Wild (also starring Emile Hirsch) eight days ago. It vaulted to my top movies of all time list.

By: Jim Carey

Jim Carey — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:23:22 +0000

I am stoked! I liked Speed Racer 35 years ago, but I didn’t love it. The hybrid visual effects look great. The characters look so close to the cartoon renditions. (except who I assume is Trixie with the crap hair).

I cheered at points during this trailer.

* “This is not a game.” Haha, nice pre-emptive quote for the critics.

* IS THAT THE FREAKIN MAMMOTH CAR??? It must be everyone’s favorite (2-part) story!

* The Mach 5 will apparently have all the accoutrements of the cartoon…

* …According to Wikipedia, Heath,
“The ‘chyock chyock’ sound effect played whenever the car jumped through the air is instantly recognizable to the show’s fans.”

I nearly hit the roof when I heard my this audio that I haven’t heard in 35 years. (Nyuk nyuk back atcha!)

* OK, the special functions are, of course, adapted. The auto-jacks FLIP the car instead of making it jump. And the treads replace shed ones, rather than just covering the originals.

By: Panda

Panda — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:29:09 +0000

So so glad they didn’t make a CGI Chim Chim…

By: 790

790 — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:15:05 +0000

This film is going to be huge !!!
Speed Racer is famous all over the world. Its going to bring in the kids, adults and Nascar fans!!!

(IMO)From what I see this Speed Racer fantasy world is going to blow everyone away.
Its going to make the New Knight Rider look like a film school project and the cool car designs are going to make Pixars “Cars” look pretty uninspired as well.

Emile Hirsch as Speedy couldn’t be a better choice. Emile is perfect for the charater. If you don’t recognise that name you will soon. His last film was the trully awesome film “Into the Wild”.
He drove a crappy Datsun in that film. In Speed Racer he’ll be driving “the powerfull Mach 5!”.

Go Speedy!!!!!!!

By: TheMantis

TheMantis — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 21:25:42 +0000

I thought the first trailers were pretty cool, but this one kicked ass. I always thought the show was pretty lame and didn’t understand why Larry and Andy decided to take on this project, but it looks like they did what they do and made an awesome movie. I’ll be at the midnight showing fo’ sho’

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 21:04:52 +0000

Looks like the movie is made to look like exactly what is should and it does a good job of that, so even though I aint seeing this, I think it’ll be good for the younger audiences who do.

By: Heath McKnight

Heath McKnight — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:53:36 +0000

I thought it was cool. Racer X talking to Speed in the middle seemed almost like the English dubbing over the original Anime: A little faster than normal, which is actually kinda cool.

Thanks, Vic!

heath

By: Kieran

Kieran — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:44:10 +0000

‘Now we all know that a great trailer does not a great movie make’

Hmm, small, green, old, forms sentances like that. lol. Sorry, sounded so Yoda like.

Still, looks cool. This is a cinema jobby, what with all the effects!

By: jerseycajun

jerseycajun — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:09:30 +0000

For the first time, I’m getting a better than average buzz about this film, and the effects work is much more polished in the footage we’re seeing now, vs. the “Oh-my-God-I’m BLIND” color palette of the previous trailers. Seems like things have been refined and toned down just enough.

I’m also intrigued what Michael Giacchino is going to do with this score. He’s the next John Williams in my opinion, and he’s already showing a little more range and diversity than Williams to boot.

I can usually pick out a Williams score without looking up who composed it. Giacchino doesn’t have a particular signature that I’ve been able to detect in his work, yet he demonstrates mastery with each style he incorporates into every film he’s scored to enhance the film, and the stand-alone listening experience to maximum effect.