Speed Racer: the Movie

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Weren't they making this at one point? With Henry Rollins cast as Racer X? What the hell happened to this? I want a Speed Racer movie now. With Tobey Maguire and Hillary Duff and Henry Fucking Rollins.

Allyzay, Friday, 21 November 2003 18:09 (twenty-two years ago)

Settle down there, sporto.

Huckleberry Mann (Horace Mann), Friday, 21 November 2003 18:11 (twenty-two years ago)

That doesn't help me? Did I like imagine that this movie existed? I heard about it back like almost ten years ago now and it still doesn't exist, but I'm certain someone told me they were making a live-action Speed Racer with Henry Rollins in it as Racer X and at the time...well I did not think this was a cool idea, I thought this was the stupidest idea ever but now I'm morbidly fascinated with the concept.

Allyzay, Friday, 21 November 2003 18:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Something I found...

http://www.alphalink.com.au/~roglen/speed.htm

"Carloco (Stallone and Shwartzenegger) purchased the rights to do a Live Action Speed Racer . They paid 10 million for the rights. The script was finished and even hired a casting agency and cast the parts. After the failure of Cliffhanger and Last Action hero, nothing became of it and so their licenses have expired."

nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 21 November 2003 18:19 (twenty-two years ago)

Jeff Gordon should be Speed Racer, he looks just like the guy.

earlnash, Friday, 21 November 2003 18:22 (twenty-two years ago)

especially with his helmet and scarf on

Huckleberry Mann (Horace Mann), Friday, 21 November 2003 18:23 (twenty-two years ago)

that acrobatic daredevil team was awesome

lawrence kansas (lawrence kansas), Friday, 21 November 2003 18:23 (twenty-two years ago)

four years pass...

Watched the this film last night. Actually pretty good - very entertatining and must have been pretty enjoyable working on the visuals.

Anyone else want to share the love?

Chewshabadoo, Tuesday, 30 September 2008 11:38 (seventeen years ago)

I can share the love. I've never seen the cartoons so that may explain my appreciation for this movie. I really liked it!

Jibe, Tuesday, 30 September 2008 12:01 (seventeen years ago)

Yeah I liked it too. Then again, when I read that it was a headachingly colorful, psychedelic CGI rave cartoon of a movie it only made me want to see it more. The visual onslaught that seemed to have turned off most reviewers just made it more entertaining. Good casting too, I thought...

Adam Bruneau, Tuesday, 30 September 2008 14:52 (seventeen years ago)

I stand by what I said on this thread:

Feel the fear: Wachowskis and Christina Ricci do live-action version "Speed Racer"

Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 30 September 2008 17:30 (seventeen years ago)

sixteen years pass...

In anticipation of me taking a sick day today, the YouTube algorithm “randomly” found me an hour-log discussion titled “Speed Racer: The Most Important Film of the 21st Century”

trm (tombotomod), Thursday, 24 April 2025 14:14 (eleven months ago)

I am looking forward very much to nodding along with everything this stranger says about the movie

trm (tombotomod), Thursday, 24 April 2025 14:15 (eleven months ago)

I've never seen it, but I bought a Speed Racer T-shirt a few months ago because Will Smith wears one in the "Summertime" video.

clemenza, Thursday, 24 April 2025 14:18 (eleven months ago)

You are required to see it. It is the most important film of the 21st century.

trm (tombotomod), Thursday, 24 April 2025 14:58 (eleven months ago)

not sure i'd argue it as "most important," it has had zero influence that i've seen on contemporary film. "greatest," yeah absolutely

ivy., Thursday, 24 April 2025 15:35 (eleven months ago)

In the Jazzy Jeff video, which came out 17 years before the Wachoswski film, Smith is wearing a shirt of the 1967 TV adaptation.

Nancy Makes Posts (sic), Thursday, 24 April 2025 19:44 (eleven months ago)

I had done the math in my head--"Summertime" was 1991, a year, one of many, that preceded the 21st century--but didn't bother mentioning it. The shirt (mine is identical):

https://i.postimg.cc/SKdCmdWL/will.jpg

clemenza, Thursday, 24 April 2025 19:50 (eleven months ago)

Looking fwd to seeing “Speed Racer (eps 1-9),” “Speed Racer (eps 10-13),” “Speed Racer (eps 14-22)” etc logged across the last x thread for the remaing months of 2025

Nancy Makes Posts (sic), Thursday, 24 April 2025 22:45 (eleven months ago)


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