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As part of its latest issue, Entertainment Weekly has done up a whole spread on the upcoming live-action Speed Racer flick, directed by those nutty Wachowski Brothers. Not only are there a few new photos tossed into their gallery, but there's also some great descriptions of the technology that went into creating the very surreal world. Some have said it looks "too much like a video game" -- but then I have to wonder what you expected from a live-action Speed Racer film. When I watched the old cartoon, I thought it was as close to tripping on acid -- sober -- as a person could get. That's what the movie looks like. Thus, in my opinion, job well done. (But don't go tellin' the kids that because this puppy is rated PG.)
Remember, the entire film was shot in front of a green screen -- so the actors had to do, well, a lot of "acting." I found this quote to be rather interesting: "Because the actors weren't really racing, they were plopped instead into hydraulically-controlled cockpits that would bob and weave in real time along with what cars were supposed to be doing on screen. 'We gave the directors a joystick that would allow them to simulate other cars bumping into them,' says Leo (one of the effects supervisors). Freaky.
Check out a few more images after the jump, then head over to EW to see the rest. Speed Racer hits theaters on May 9.
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3-27-2008 @ 6:57PM
Ssco said...
Ricci looks HOT!
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3-27-2008 @ 9:07PM
LOs said...
This movie still looks like a self-indulgent piece of garbage. I hope it does as well at the Tarantino bit did last year.
People are really going to have to be super excited to see this to clunk down the cash for it. I don't think they are going to catch the casual movie goer one bit.
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3-27-2008 @ 10:38PM
Mr. R said...
I think I saw some of this images at Toys are Us. Someone tell me what is hot about this horrendous images? I hope I am proven wrong when someone lends me their DVD...
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3-28-2008 @ 9:44AM
Kevin said...
Every movie blog I see says pretty much what Erik did..."what would you expect of a Speed Racer movie"? The thing is, if you're going to stay totally true to vibe of speed racer than you may not want to drop 100 million dollars on making a movie in the first place. The cartoon has somewhat of a cult following, but its nowhere near mainstream, and from what I can tell the reason for that is the weird "trippy" feel to it and the ridiculous dialogue. For those that enjoyed the cartoon than I'm sure this looks great, but I've seen the trailer in the theater a few times now, and every person I've seen it with has turned to me at the end and said "Wow, that looks AWFUL!".
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