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Speed Racer's Visual FX Uncovered

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the hey-shannon-this-better-not-suck dept.

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.

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  1. It's not "Speed Racer!" by zippthorne · · Score: 5, Funny

    At least, the preview wasn't. The preview was quite clearly for a movie about F-Zero.

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  2. Re:Why the Instant Dismissal? by sesshomaru · · Score: 5, Funny
    As a fan of the original series, I can say that odds are that this movie will be deeper than Blade Runner, Brazil and 2001:A Space Odyssey combined!!!

    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.

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  3. Re:Hollywood is dead to me by gardyloo · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.