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Speed Racer's Visual FX Uncovered
Marco Trezzini writes "View exclusive interactive samples of the digital building blocks behind the Speed Racer movie in VRMag's in-depth interviews with award-winning Matrix visual FX guru John Gaeta, Dennis Martin, Lubo Hristov, and Jake Morrison.
Including Virtual Reality panoramas of the movie locations, turn tables of the mach 5 and 6,
and many making of videos unveiling the secrets of the visual effects.
Link to 'Speed Racer uncovered' and to John Gaeta's interview." The first time I saw the trailer for this movie, my jaw hit the floor. Nobody makes live action "Cartoons" that look like this. I guess that makes me believe there is no way the movie can be good.
At least, the preview wasn't. The preview was quite clearly for a movie about F-Zero.
Can you be Even More Awesome?!
You never saw Racer X going "AHHHH!" and looking like he's going to crap his pants.
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is usually crucified.
I mean there's a twist, and I don't want to give away anything... but there's a big secret involving Racer X. And the existential angst of Spritle and Chim-Chim. Like something out of Kafka, you see, one of the twins is actually a chimpanzee.
If this movie doesn't sweep the academy awards, I'll have to believe that it must be because it was too deep for them.
"MIT betrayed all of its basic principles."
Because, as Samuel L. Jackson put it so succinctly:
"A sewer rat might taste like pumpkin pie, but I'd never know because I'd never eat the filthy muthaf#@ker."
Yeah, but once there's a live-action/CG movie of The Gummybears, I'm there, man, I'm there! And I want my couch-cushion fort in the theater, too.
"I'm there, man! In fact, I'm bouncing here and there and everywhere!"
> unless the "secret" of Racer-X as Speed's long-lost brother counts
Oh, great, now the movie is ruined for everybody.
Slightly disreputable, albeit gregarious
Come on, we all know all he has to do is wax his car and then he'll be ready for fighting!
According to a reporter who sneaked into an air vent (using modified Mythbuster techniques) above the Wachowski's offices, if Speed Racer does well, they plan to do a live action Urotsukidji - Legend of the Overfiend.
Why not a Blues Clues movie? Steve was in "Netherbeast Incorporated" and he's put out a f***ing awesome album with Steve Drozd of the Flaming Lips. How could any movie starring him and an animated female blue dog NOT kick ass?
I especially want to see the scene where Steve showers with Slippery Soap, and they have to have a conversation about personal space.
I like to place meaningful quotes in my sig, so people will know that I know what meaningful quotes are.
You can hang that up then. The only thing that will save that script is if it shows up at the theater and offers to suck my dick.
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The Horror. The Horror...
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