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Speed Racer the Live Action Movie


Ladic

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I've said it before and I'll say it again... some cartoons simply should not be made into movies.

I liked speed racer as a kid and I still like it today for it's campy goofiness but that trailer that I just saw gave me cancer. Seriously... it needs to be encased in concrete and pushed into the ocean for the sake of the children. I understand what they are trying to do but you just can't manufacture camp... camp just happens... and when you try too hard you get that trailer. It reminds me of that crap Thunderbirds movie they rolled out a while back and I have no doubt this one will go down in flames just the same.

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This movie screams for a Rob Liefeld comic adaptation.

Christina Ricci was hot before she started starving herself and turned into a twig.

I was just about to say the same, that b!tch has money, she needs to eat!!

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  • 2 weeks later...

I know I am one of few, but the trailer looked good for what it is. A super cheesy movie based on a even superer cheesier cartoon.

Lemme guess, someone's childhood is currently being bent over?

Lol

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I agree... too many of the curves have really been flattened out. My favorite rendition of the Mach 5 in 3D is the Club-M model.

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Then again I'm also a fan of the 1997 remake of Speed Racer so I would have been happy to see this one used as the movie car too...

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Carl

I still can't find that 1997 show for purchase or download anywhere. I loved that rendition of the Mach V, I thought it honestly looked like the perfect update b/c it kept the sleek look and added a new-age tech flare to it.

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I still can't find that 1997 show for purchase or download anywhere. I loved that rendition of the Mach V, I thought it honestly looked like the perfect update b/c it kept the sleek look and added a new-age tech flare to it.

Well here is the info that I have...

34 episodes were aired in Japan in 1997 on TV Toyko. I’ve read that 37 episodes were made of the planned 52 episodes. 12 episodes were dubbed by DiC Entertainment and aired on Nickelodeon in 2002 as “Speed Racer X”. There is also one episode in English on this:

http://www.amazon.com/Speed-Racer-Ultimate...n/dp/B000G1GGH4

Where it is called “Speed Racer Y2K”. You may also want to check out my 2 YouTube videos.

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=wwwmwww

Neither the original 1997 Mach GoGoGo series nor any of the Speed Racer versions made from it have been released on DVD. However I was able to get the US-televised episodes of the 2002 series on 3 dvds from this site:

http://www.warlockvideos.com/

They aren't listed on the site but email them and I think they should be able to help you. I've also had a few contacts that taped a few episodes directly off TV Toyko so I think I have 4 episodes as they were originally aired in Japanese. I'd LOVE to get all 34 (or 37) but that's all I've been able to find at the moment.

There is some more info on the series here.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encycloped...ime.php?id=1445

Carl

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