I'm not a Speed Racer fan, but that video was a lot of fun to watch.

This and Pineapple Express make me want to start getting high again before I go to the movies.

Looks like "Wipeout" for PS1.

It's either gonna suck or it's gunn' rock. I'd have to view the film to elicit an opinion.

Reminds me of F-Zero.

National weed sales will spike at the opening of this film

holy shiat, i need a barrel of weed. that shiat was awesome.

I came here to say, "that settles it, I am SO seeing this movie but I'm taking 4 hits of acid before I do" but I see that's been covered

4Fast 4Furious

I'm high right now, etc etc.

But seriously, never liked the cartoon at all, but I made the effort and watched the entire video.

I came, I tried, it's still stupid.

I think this movie will be a blast. I kinda wish I was watching this as a kid or on drugs.

/or kid on drugs

They should hand out joints and hits of acid with every movie ticket.

Also, this film marks the very first time I've wanted to fark Christina Ricci. She has officially left 'W. Addams' behind her.

It's like a fever dream set to music.

AaronSynn: They should hand out joints and hits of acid with every movie ticket.

Also, this film marks the very first time I've wanted to fark Christina Ricci. She has officially left 'W. Addams' behind her.

Oh really I wanted to fark her for quite some time

Couldn't get through the video. Song sucks. Quite frankly, I never understood the love for Speed Racer or anything associated with it. To me, it was always a special form of garbage.

Gives a whole new meaning to Trixie, huh?

So, it will be dumb. WHO THE HELL CARES. Can't people enjoy dumb fun for 90 minutes?

38 million people voted on American Idol last week.

I think that's proof enough. Especially because they blew it!

Never having seen a single episode of the original, I must say this looks entertaining. Maybe all the haters need to stop comparing it to what it was twenty-five years ago.

So will it be mushrooms or salad for dinner that night? Either could work...

DonkeyDixon: Never having seen a single episode of the original, I must say this looks entertaining. Maybe all the haters need to stop comparing it to what it was twenty-five years ago.

even factoring out the original, it still looks pretty damn stupid.

does that chopper have a clutch?

DonkeyDixon: Never having seen a single episode of the original, I must say this looks entertaining. Maybe all the haters need to stop comparing it to what it was twenty-five years ago.

Maybe all of the haters need to actually go back as adults and watch the original cartoon again.

SPEED
RACER
WAS
CRAP

Let's face it folks, the only reason that you like Speed Racer when you were a kid is because you were too young and stupid to know any better.

From the video, I would say that they pretty much nailed what I remember the look and feel of the cartoon. I haven't seen Speed Racer since I was 5 years old. That being said, why must everything be put down to a simple, stupid beat with some idiot rapping on it? Why? Just. Sing. The. Old. Title. Song.
/and no, you can't take a bite of my onionbelt
//stay off my lawn, too

cxjohn: Can't people enjoy dumb fun for 90 minutes?

People do enjoy dumb, it's how Hollywood has survived these last few years.

I loved Transformers last year. No reason me and my nephew wouldn't have a blast with this.

They should have just kept the Sponge version from that Saturday Morning Cartoons album that was released back in the early 90s (had some cool covers by Ramones, Helmut, Butthole Surfers) A quick search of Youtube reveals this: clicky pop (new window) Which is an even better video dispite the youtube craptasticness.

/gonna have to go see if I can find that tape now :P

I hate Spirtle and his farking pet Chim-Chim with the burning intensity of 1000 suns. Fark him.

Do they have to put rap-crap into everything now? Me and the wife are always muting the TV because we don't want to be blasted with that shiat. If it's especially obnoxious and in constant rotation, we make a special effort to boycott that product.

/Stay off my age-targeted-spending-group-consumer lawn

Senordos13: does that chopper have a clutch?

all helicopters have clutches...

Nice. Love the "live" reproduction of the final few seconds of the cartoon's opening sequence at the end of that.

1) That song update was terrible, but ultimately catchy. Wanted to hate it - especially the rap, and then the Latin mutations of if - but, in the end, it seemed OK.

2) The cartoon was cheesy and awful and I still watched it to kill time, like my kids watch cartoon dreck these days. In that context, the movie did an admirable job of capturing that hyper-active non-sequiterism that the cartoon was infused with. That might be fun to watch, but after 10 minutes I might need to step into the lobby to decompress.

3) Christina Ricci? Cute but, when you look up five-head in the dictionary...

The should have used the Alpha Teams remix of Go Speed Racer.

/With the sex bits included.

Sounds like they hired a third rate Black Eyed Peas to do the song...if such a thing is even possible.

I don't know how this movie will do, but I'm in.

/liked the Peas before Fergie.

Dang, I wish I did drugs.

Will bringing in a 32oz. Jack and Coke work?

CyranoJones: Senordos13: does that chopper have a clutch?

all helicopters have clutches...

but does it have a burning beard?

raubtier: National weed acid sales will spike at the opening of this film

FIFY.

Not that I'd know from personal experience.

My prediction: feast for the eyes. Famine for the mind.

cxjohn: Can't people enjoy dumb fun for 90 minutes?


From reading fark threads about Lost, 24, BSG, Two and Half Men, etc. Apparently not.
Most are tied to chairs with no remote and forced to watch things they hate and then feel the attention whore insatiable need to tell everyone how much they hate it.
I'll take my 8 year old boy and we'll have a blast. They're the reasons I like both Scooby Doo movies. We just sat and had fun.

Shadow Blasko: The should have used the Alpha Teams remix of Go Speed Racer.

/With the sex bits included.

Agreed.

...and no Speed Racer thread is complete without a trip to an oldie-but-goodie from Spike and Mike's Festival of Sick and Twisted Animation!

Fast Driver (new window)

Pretty colors! Can't wait to get this on HD-DVD and jack up the saturation on my HDTV. My eyes will bleed crayola!

Mudge boy.

Mangoose: Couldn't get through the video. Song sucks. Quite frankly, I never understood the love for Speed Racer or anything associated with it. To me, it was always a special form of garbage.

Would you like some help getting out of the punchbowl now?

MrGuy: They should have just kept the Sponge version from that Saturday Morning Cartoons album that was released back in the early 90s (had some cool covers by Ramones, Helmut, Butthole Surfers) A quick search of Youtube reveals this: clicky pop (new window) Which is an even better video dispite the youtube craptasticness.

/gonna have to go see if I can find that tape now :P

I have that CD and it's great fun, Love to pop it in on a long drive and the wife and I just sing along.

/our kids think we are crazy

MrGuy: They should have just kept the Sponge version from that Saturday Morning Cartoons album that was released back in the early 90s (had some cool covers by Ramones, Helmut, Butthole Surfers) A quick search of Youtube reveals this: clicky pop (YT: "Go Speed Racer Go" by Sponge) (new window) Which is an even better video dispite the youtube craptasticness.

/gonna have to go see if I can find that tape now :P

I totaly forgot about that album. Now I have to go dig up my CD. mouser_inc is right -- it's damn good fun.

MrGuy: They should have just kept the Sponge version from that Saturday Morning Cartoons album that was released back in the early 90s...


I am ashamed to admit that is one of the first of my CDs I put onto my iPod.

but will it have Racer X in it?


/posted so some good comes out of this thread...

Ace Frehley's Ghost: Let's face it folks, the only reason that you like Speed Racer when you were a kid is because you were too young and stupid to know any better.

nut - THIS - shell

Sorry, I still have the pr0n remix from the 90's in my head.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=S3evO6LuRdw (new window)

/Not a Rick Roll, but give it a few seconds to get started

without the voices of Peter Fernandez (Speed) and Jack Barnes (Cmim- Chim and a bunch of others), both of whom are still alive, this film is dead to me.

Ace Frehley's Ghost: Let's face it folks, the only reason that you liked Speed Racer just about any action cartoon from the 80's when you were a kid is because you were too young and stupid to know any better.

FTFY

/see Transformers, G.I. Joe, Superfriends, etc.

Red Fist Of Harmony: Ace Frehley's Ghost: Let's face it folks, the only reason that you liked Speed Racer just about any action cartoon from the 80's when you were a kid is because you were too young and stupid to know any better.

FTFY

/see Transformers, G.I. Joe, Superfriends, etc.

Speed Racer was from the late 60's, Superfriends was from the 70's. Schlock is not limited by decade.