It is an almost completely and totally faithful adaptation of the original series. They may have borrowed a few stylistic elements from Speed Racer X, but honestly, it felt like the original in every way.
Which is actually the only reason that it got poor reviews from the entire mainstream press, frankly. The movie *is* the cartoon. The Wachowskis even developed an awesome layering technique that allowed them to keep both the foreground and the background in full focus at all times. That plus the "character moving through the frame" transitions from the original series, plus the sense of comedic timing and everything - this is quite possibly the most faithful live-action remake of a cartoon in history. My partner and I both loved Speed Racer. We are buying it on Blu-Ray the moment it comes out. David C -----Original Message----- From: Scott Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2008 9:52 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Speed Racer review How faithful is it to the original.. the trailers look like they took a lot from the revamped 2002 Speed Racer X series. -- Scott Stewart ColdFusion Developer SSTWebworks 4405 Oakshyre Way Raleigh, NC. 27616 (919) 874-6229 (home) (703) 220-2835 (cell) -----Original Message----- From: Adam Churvis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 11:13 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Speed Racer review The good news: the critics who gave this thing a 37 average out of 100 have their heads up their asses. The bad news: the movie isn't a good as I'd hoped it would be. This movie is like if you took the cameraman from Cloverfield, gave him a double hit of windowpane and an amyl nitrate popper, and yelled real loud: "HURRYUPANDSHOOTEVERYTHINGINLESSTHANEIGHTSECONDSBECAUSETHECANDYCOLOREDDEMONC LOWNSARECOMINGTOGETYOU!!!" Quite seriously, you will need to detox by sitting through "Remains of the Day" four or five times in a row. The best thing in the movie was the little kid. And Susan Sarandon's cleavage. I give this movie a very special Two Old Blown Goats. Old because one reason I had a problem was my age, and corresponding inability to handle "acid 'n poppers" type content. For my money, it's still Ironman all the way. Respectfully, Adam Phillip Churvis President Productivity Enhancement ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:260006 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
