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Here he come, here comes SPEED RACER...he's a demon on wheels.

post #1 of 76
11/1/06 at 3:28pm
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It looks like Speed will finally be hitting the screen in a live action film from the Wachowskis!

http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index...ory=0&id=38781
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post #2 of 76
11/1/06 at 5:08pm

Re: Here he come, here comes SPEED RACER...he's a demon on wheels.

First Michael Bay with Transformers, now the Wachowski bros with Speed Racer. What can we expect next?
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post #3 of 76
11/1/06 at 5:16pm

Re: Here he come, here comes SPEED RACER...he's a demon on wheels.

Umm... Robert Rodriguez does Space Ghost?
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post #4 of 76
11/1/06 at 6:00pm

Re: Here he come, here comes SPEED RACER...he's a demon on wheels.

Hey, I'll see anything the W Brothers do.
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post #5 of 76
11/2/06 at 5:57am

Re: Here he come, here comes SPEED RACER...he's a demon on wheels.

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Originally Posted by Patrick Sun
Umm... Robert Rodriguez does Space Ghost?
I'd buy that for a dollar
Count me in for the Speed Racer Movie.
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post #6 of 76
4/14/07 at 11:47pm

Re: Here he come, here comes SPEED RACER...he's a demon on wheels.

Ricci on board to play Trixie and some of the other cast members are mentioned in the following link.

http://movies.yahoo.com/mv/news/va/2...658103100.html


However, the big question for me is who is going to play Racer X? I hope they're not arrogant enough to think that he shouldn't be a part of this live action film.
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post #7 of 76
4/15/07 at 9:47am

Re: Here he come, here comes SPEED RACER...he's a demon on wheels.

I think Ricci is an excellent choice for Trixie,she kind of resembles an anime character with those big eyes.Very Excited about this movie,hope it lives up to my expectations.
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post #8 of 76
4/15/07 at 10:20am

Re: Here he come, here comes SPEED RACER...he's a demon on wheels.

If they alter the design of the Mach 5, even by a little, the movie will fail.
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post #9 of 76
4/15/07 at 11:42am

Re: Here he come, here comes SPEED RACER...he's a demon on wheels.

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First Michael Bay with Transformers, now the Wachowski bros with Speed Racer. What can we expect next?

Quentin Tarantino's Johnny Sokko and His Flying Robot.
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post #10 of 76
4/15/07 at 11:53am

Re: Here he come, here comes SPEED RACER...he's a demon on wheels.

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Originally Posted by Ray H
First Michael Bay with Transformers, now the Wachowski bros with Speed Racer. What can we expect next?

Brett Ratner's Smurfs movie.
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post #11 of 76
4/15/07 at 8:22pm

Re: Here he come, here comes SPEED RACER...he's a demon on wheels.

Nope,

James Cameron's Star Blazers
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post #12 of 76
4/16/07 at 5:26am

Re: Here he come, here comes SPEED RACER...he's a demon on wheels.

Paul W.S. Anderson's......well...anything after that wouldn't be unexpectedly stupid.
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post #13 of 76
4/16/07 at 12:34pm

Re: Here he come, here comes SPEED RACER...he's a demon on wheels.

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Originally Posted by AaronMan
If they alter the design of the Mach 5, even by a little, the movie will fail.

Nah, a little is OK. They just have to keep what people remember. It MUST have two points on the front end and it MUST be white with the red "M" on the hood. Everything else is negotiable.
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EDIT:
Oh, yeah - I forgot. It also must be the only race car every made with a trunk big enough for a chimpanzee and a small child to hide in
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post #14 of 76
4/16/07 at 1:04pm

Re: Here he come, here comes SPEED RACER...he's a demon on wheels.

Who's playing Spridel and Chimchim!!??
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post #15 of 76
4/16/07 at 1:42pm

Re: Here he come, here comes SPEED RACER...he's a demon on wheels.

I like Ricci as Trixie and John Goodman as Pops, but Emile Hirsch as Speed kills any anticipation I might have had for the product.

Unless it includes the Car Acrobatics Team
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post #16 of 76
4/21/07 at 2:26pm

Re: Here he come, here comes SPEED RACER...he's a demon on wheels.

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Originally Posted by Brook K
I like Ricci as Trixie and John Goodman as Pops, but Emile Hirsch as Speed kills any anticipation I might have had for the product.

Unless it includes the Car Acrobatics Team
What's wrong with Hirsch playing Speed?

It looks like Matthew Fox is going to play Racer X.


Fox tunes up for Warners' 'Speed' ride
19 April 2007 (The Hollywood Reporter)
Larry and Andy Wachowski have added another two passengers to their Speed Racer vehicle.

Matthew Fox is in final negotiations to play Racer X in the live-action update of the 1960s cartoon for Warner Bros. Pictures and producer Joel Silver.

In addition, Aussie actor Kick Gurry is in negotiations to play Sparky, Speed's hippie mechanic.


http://pro.imdb.com/title/tt0811080/news
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post #17 of 76
4/22/07 at 12:14am

Re: Here he come, here comes SPEED RACER...he's a demon on wheels.

Hippie mechanic?! Have these people ever seen the show?

Sparky wears high heels for cryin' out loud. Nothing about his character suggests "hippie".

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What's wrong with Hirsch playing Speed?

Speed has Jet Li level martial arts skills. As a live action character he should have credible physicality. That's hardly Hirsch. Of course if Matthew Fox is playing a super secret agent/world class car driver, credible hardly seems what the producers are going for.
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post #18 of 76
4/22/07 at 7:57pm

Re: Here he come, here comes SPEED RACER...he's a demon on wheels.

If we see the Car Acrobatic team then who will play Snake Oiler. Better yet, who will play Inspector Detector.
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post #19 of 76
4/22/07 at 10:08pm

Re: Here he come, here comes SPEED RACER...he's a demon on wheels.

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Speed has Jet Li level martial arts skills.
Since when? The Speed I remember from the series was average in all things but his driving.
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post #20 of 76
4/23/07 at 9:37am

Re: Here he come, here comes SPEED RACER...he's a demon on wheels.

Numerous times, he would take out gangs of baddies with flying kicks and fisticuffs. He was also a pretty good investigator who generally did Inspector Detector's job for him.

I've got all the DVD's so I've seen every ep within the last 3 years. I'm not speaking from distant childhood memories.
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post #21 of 76
4/23/07 at 5:55pm

Re: Here he come, here comes SPEED RACER...he's a demon on wheels.

.........ah, I also own all of the DVD set's and I am not basing my comment on "distant childhood memories", having watched many of them recently I don't remember Speed doing too many "Jet Li" type martial arts moves as much as he just basically fought with his fists with a few kicks thrown in for good measure.

My point was that I think your Jet Li comment was a bit exaggerated.
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post #22 of 76
4/24/07 at 2:57am

Re: Here he come, here comes SPEED RACER...he's a demon on wheels.

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Originally Posted by Kevin M
.........ah, I also own all of the DVD set's and I am not basing my comment on "distant childhood memories", having watched many of them recently I don't remember Speed doing too many "Jet Li" type martial arts moves as much as he just basically fought with his fists with a few kicks thrown in for good measure.

My point was that I think your Jet Li comment was a bit exaggerated.
Hell, I think your comment about Speed being average in all things except driving is a bit exaggerated. IMO, Speed had some martial arts skills that go beyond average.
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post #23 of 76
4/24/07 at 6:55am

Re: Here he come, here comes SPEED RACER...he's a demon on wheels.

I dunno, I just don't see it Robert & I even popped in a few again to have another look and aside from the obvious unreality of animation he just doesn't strike me as Jet Li/Bruce Lee in the way Brook described.....I mean in most episodes he gets caught and needs to be rescued by either Trixy, Spridel & Chim Chim or even by the girl he's "rescuing" as in Girl Daredevil, that's why I said Average....as much as he wants to be, without his Friends & Family (and even Racer X "secretly Speed's older Brother" on occasion) he's no James Bond, and I always thought that was the point...a Driver is only as good as his team.

Speed Never struck me as lone dog's like Jet Li, Bruce Lee, Bruce Li or even Bruce Leroy.
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post #24 of 76
4/24/07 at 1:00pm

Re: Here he come, here comes SPEED RACER...he's a demon on wheels.

I'll try and find some specific references if I get the time to do it.

But when I compared him to Jet Li, I mean in terms of Speed is seventeen, eighteen years old and can take out 5 big guys who all have guns with a few flying kicks and punches with the occasional judo throw for good measure.

Anyway, the comparison was not in the sense that he's showing off electrifying kung fu moves, obviously the level of animation in Speed Racer wouldn't allow for anything of the sort.
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post #25 of 76
4/24/07 at 1:36pm

Re: Here he come, here comes SPEED RACER...he's a demon on wheels.

Judo Throw...I always loved it when he did that.

Hikeba!
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post #26 of 76
6/1/07 at 10:40am

Re: Here he come, here comes SPEED RACER...he's a demon on wheels.

Anyone see the image of the Mach 5 over at darkhorizons.com? It looks terrible! They ruined the car's beautiful curves and lines.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news07/070601h.php
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post #27 of 76
6/1/07 at 11:16am

Re: Here he come, here comes SPEED RACER...he's a demon on wheels.

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Originally Posted by AaronMan
Anyone see the image of the Mach 5 over at darkhorizons.com? It looks terrible! They ruined the car's beautiful curves and lines.

Terrible? ... There's a difference?

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post #28 of 76
6/1/07 at 12:21pm

Re: Here he come, here comes SPEED RACER...he's a demon on wheels.

Yeah, it looks like the Mach 5 to me...

Jason
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post #29 of 76
6/1/07 at 6:38pm

Re: Here he come, here comes SPEED RACER...he's a demon on wheels.

I cannot see this movie as being good, but they seem to have succeeded in translating the car's design into real world fiberglass (Kevlar?). The car looks pretty slick to me.
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post #30 of 76
6/1/07 at 6:45pm

Re: Here he come, here comes SPEED RACER...he's a demon on wheels.

Yeah, the 2D version is so much better!





Not really.
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