The first pics from the much anticipated Wachowski brothers adaptation of Speed Racer are here… and it looks like a cross between Tron and a bad pinball machine. I’m sure Speed Racer fans will be ready to disagree with me, but wow, what a garish, laughable mess this thing looks to be. It looks like exactly what it is… a movie shot entirely in front of a green screen, with no actual sets. Plasticy, cartoony, and completely unrealistic. Why’d they bother with live-action actors again?
The pics come courtesy of USA Today, where they’ve been gifted with 8 still shots from the movie. Click here to see them all. I’ve posted a couple of them below:
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Also, in that 2nd photo where Racer X is catchign that punch, doesnt Speed look Mexican? In fact he looks a bit like Rob Schneider as "Taquito" in Hot Chick, neckerchief and all.
Up until now I thought we would get a cool, slightly updated Speed racer. but my god this looks like complete and utter crap... its looks almost as bad as that Fat Albert live action movie... Those clothes are too bright and too tight, and just, I mean look at Emile Hirsch's HAIR, even IT looks plastic.. and they actually put a red scarf on him? Dear lord Wachowskis, how the mighty have fallen...
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The first pics from the much anticipated Wachowski brothers adaptation of Speed Racer are here… and it looks like a cross between Tron and a bad pinball machine. I’m sure Speed Racer fans will be ready to disagree with me, but wow, what a garish, laughable mess this thing looks to be. It looks like exactly what it is… a movie shot entirely in front of a green screen, with no actual sets. Plasticy, cartoony, and completely unrealistic. Why’d they bother with live-action actors again?
December 6, 2007 at 15:47
December 6, 2007 at 14:11