A New 'Speed Racer' Trailer That Won't Disappear

by Monika Bartyzel Mar 14th 2008 // 1:32PM

Filed under: Action, Comic/Superhero/Geek, Trailers and Clips

Unfortunately, soon after the two international trailers for Speed Racer hit the net, they were pulled from the eager eyes of fans everywhere. And it's too bad, because they were pretty good. However, there's now a long, new trailer over at Yahoo that has much of the bubblegum color action of the others (like Racer X clips and visions of Christina Ricci as Trixie), plus a whole bit on how Speed Racer came to be.

This time, we see the little pre-racing tyke dreaming about the day when he'll be a racer himself -- to the chagrin of his teacher. Back then, he was just like any normal kid -- daydreaming in class, making flip books with his notebook. Basically, if you're interested in the story of the racer, this is the trailer to see.

Me, however, I still like the teaser the best -- with that little bit of Speed Racer music at the start, and then those uber-surreal, almost comic-like action sequences. Luckily, that trailer plays right after the last one finishes (with a short commercial in between). Speed races to theaters on May 9.

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Tags: Christina Ricci, ChristinaRicci, Speed Racer, SpeedRacer

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3-14-2008 @ 1:57PM

indecks said...

I still think this looks terrible. Wachowskis or no. I hated the show and this looks just like it from the original trailer.

3-14-2008 @ 2:31PM

Mr. R said...

Huba, huba...ooooh? Is this for real? I fail to understand how this could be cool or interesting in any way. If they had used Tonka and Hot Wheels toys in stop motion, it would look more convincing. I think the plethora of anime is so complex, there must have been a million better cartoons to give life to than this one.
Hope I am proven wrong but so far, this looks awful

3-14-2008 @ 3:40PM

Mike said...

This movie may be better than Rocky & Bullwinkle or Garfield, but that's about all I'm expecting. What a piece of crap.

3-14-2008 @ 5:06PM

vacelts said...

I'm looking forward to the movie. From the trailers, I think they've done a great job updating the movie.

http://redlightnaps.wordpress.com/2008/03/10/speed-racer-trailers/

3-15-2008 @ 9:44AM

DS said...

I'm a guy who loves me some CGI, but this looks freaking awful. It's all on about the level of bad video game cutscenes.

3-16-2008 @ 10:36PM

Street Pooch said...

Whatever the picture will be I'll looking foward to see Christina Ricci's "Trixie"!!!

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