Sat 10 May 2008
Speed Racer Live Action Movie: Live action anime and the spirit of fun
Posted by DeathToZippermouth under Anime and Manga, Other, Randomness
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A few months ago, I saw the trailer for the Wachowski Brother’s latest Live Action CGI-overload film Speed Racer, based on the anime of the same name. I had never seen the Speed Racer anime, so a fanboy response was not elicited from me. Instead, I felt an urge to laugh at what I was seeing; the hairstyles, the CGI, the colors, everything felt like it was trying to be live action anime, something that I felt would never work well.
So I was anticipating the film to be a major trainwreck, and I wanted to see it for the humor value. One of my friends, for whom Speed Racer was part of his childhood when it was on network television, was expecting something entirely different: he was expecting a good film.
Flash forward to its opening night last night. I’d seen some extremely mixed reviews, but still wanted to see it anyway. The reviews pointing to it being good and the reviews pointing to it being bad said the exact same thing that made me think it would be a trainwreck: it was a live action cartoon, and felt like it.
So I went with a small group of friends, including the aforementioned friend who was expecting it to be good.
At the end of the film, I turned to said friend and said this.
“That was film had some of the cheesiest dialogue and plot I have ever seen. And I LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF IT.”
… Excellent, excellent. Dio and DTZ are sleeping. They leave the door locked, but little do they know…
I HAVE THE KEY!
So, let us get down to business, shall we. Hm hmmm, yes… spendid. The business at hand is the spring anime season. So, let us start off, shall we?
Hey, DTZ. Wake up.
Your breasts are too large to have resonance. Please try again in your next life. Have a nice day.
Hmph, another failure. Oh well, at least mars has no shortage of morons to volunteer for this kind of thing. One word about the possibility of being fondled by our great Prince as a reward for success and they just come on running. Send in the next victim.


