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Chancellor_Ewok
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Date Posted:
12/8/07 7:05am
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Speed Racer
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Teaser trailer.
This movie looks like SO. MUCH. FUN.  
Speed Racer
From writer/directors Larry and Andy Wachowski, the creators of the groundbreaking “The Matrix” trilogy, and producer Joel Silver comes the live-action, high-octane family adventure “Speed Racer.”
Hurtling down the track, careening around, over and through the competition, Speed Racer (Emile Hirsch) is a natural behind the wheel. Born to race cars, Speed is aggressive, instinctive and, most of all, fearless. His only real competition is the memory of the brother he idolized—the legendary Rex Racer—whose death in a race has left behind a legacy that Speed is driven to fulfill.
Speed is loyal to the family racing business, led by his father, Pops Racer (John Goodman), the designer of Speed’s thundering Mach 5. When Speed turns down a lucrative and tempting offer from Royalton Industries, he not only infuriates the company’s maniacal owner (Roger Allam) but uncovers a terrible secret—some of the biggest races are being fixed by a handful of ruthless moguls who manipulate the top drivers to boost profits. If Speed won’t drive for Royalton, Royalton will see to it that the Mach 5 never crosses another finish line.
The only way for Speed to save his family’s business and the sport he loves is to beat Royalton at his own game. With the support of his family and his loyal girlfriend, Trixie (Christina Ricci), Speed teams with his one-time rival—the mysterious Racer X (Matthew Fox)—to win the race that had taken his brother’s life: the death-defying, cross-country rally known as The Crucible.
Slated for release on May 9, 2008, “Speed Racer” marks the Wachowski brothers’ first writing/directing collaboration since “The Matrix” movies. Joel Silver, who previously worked with the Wachowskis on “The Matrix” movies and “V For Vendetta,” is producing the film under his Silver Pictures banner.
The film stars Emile Hirsch (“Alpha Dog”) as Speed, Christina Ricci (“Black Snake Moan”) as Trixie, Matthew Fox (TV’s “Lost”) as Racer X, and Oscar winner Susan Sarandon (“Dead Man Walking”) and John Goodman (“Evan Almighty”) as Mom and Pops Racer. Rounding out the main cast are Australian actor Kick Gurry (“Spartan”) as Sparky; Paulie Litt (TV’s “Hope & Faith”) as Spritle; Roger Allam (“The Queen,” “V For Vendetta”) as Royalton; and Asian music star Ji Hoon Jung (popularly known as Rain), making his major feature film debut as a rival driver.
Based on the classic series created by anime pioneer Tatsuo Yoshida, the live-action “Speed Racer” will showcase the kind of revolutionary visual effects and cutting-edge storytelling that have become the benchmarks of the Wachowski brothers’ films.
“Speed Racer” is a Warner Bros. Pictures presentation, in association with Village Roadshow Pictures, of a Silver Pictures Production
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Panther50
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Date Posted:
12/8/07 1:35pm
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I never really liked the cartoon, something about it rubbed me the wrong way. The trailer looked interesting but not enough to make me want to go see it.
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Jedi_Johnson
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Honestly, I thought the trailer looked like crap.
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Vortigern99
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Well, I grew up watching the show in the mid-late 70s (before STAR WARS, before we had anything cool in the world of sci-fi except the Bionic Man, Star Trek, and Speed Racer)... and this new film looks like an exact recreation of the show! So I'm in! I think it looks great!!
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Sith_Lord_Linkoping
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12/10/07 7:13am
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The original anime series is great fun and I'm actually looking forward to this "live action" film. The trailer looks fantastic.
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looks interesting, plus Christina Ricci is in it, so that's always a plus. Can't believe that this is movie is going to be rated G.
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Looks horrible.
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Jedi_Master_Conor
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12/10/07 11:16am
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After viewing the trailer a second time and looking more closely it made me dizzy. 
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Vortigern99
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Saw the trailer in the theater (in front of Golden Compass), and I loved it. My wife told me it was one I could see by myself! There seems to be a very clear demarcation between people who think the trailer looks amazing, like me, and people who think it looks horrible.
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I don't think a Mach 5 engine could get me away from that movie fast enough by the looks of things.
With that being said I will probably end up seeing it.....
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Chancellor_Ewok
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Vortigern99 posted:
Saw the trailer in the theater (in front of Golden Compass), and I loved it. My wife told me it was one I could see by myself! There seems to be a very clear demarcation between people who think the trailer looks amazing, like me, and people who think it looks horrible.
Yeah. I don't know why anyone wouldn't want to see this movie. I mean its a Wachowski Bros. film. They've pretty well proven with The Matrix Trilogy that that they can do special effects and car chases and, being an anime inspired racing flick, this movie will have both, in spades, not to mention the fact that it looks like nothing else I've seen before. That by itself would be enough to make me want to see it.
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Panther50
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12/10/07 7:51pm
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I'd say having them involved is a mixed blessing given how the Matrix trilogy turned out.
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Sith_Lord_Linkoping
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Date Posted:
12/11/07 1:26pm
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I was never a fan of the show and from the looks of the trailer, I won't be a fan of the film either.
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12/14/07 11:49pm
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This movie looks HYSTERICAL. I think its one of those movies everyone will see because they think its going to be terrible, but in the end you get past the cornyness and you have a good time.
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12/18/07 8:32am
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That is one of the most hilariously bad trailers I have ever seen. 
I think the Wachowski brothers are starting to hit the resin in their crack pipe.
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