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more about #speedracer more comments → huginn: How about there unproduced screen play Carnivore. Ranked as one of the best unproduced scripts ever made. A superb plot and the brothers could do a ve... more » scroggzilla raids again: What should the Wachowski Brothers do next? How about this? more » phoenix: Still mad that Speed Racer was SO underrated. Such a great movie. more » 4ndreVV: I'd love to see the Wachowskis team up with David Mamet and JG Ballard for an original screenplay that is neither cyber- nor steam-punk. more » Grand_Marquis: Wait a second - what happened to ILM?? They seem like they're still in business to me! Right..? more » goldfarb: um...'formerly much missed ILM'? you mean these guys: [www.ilm.com] ? and Weta Workshop DOES NOT do VFX - they build models and armor and stuff...it's... more » PVIII: Uhhh, they did Ninja Assassin, and WB's sitting on it because it's supposedly so goddamn awful. more » Gann: They should have been involved in Dragonball:Evolution more » Ghede: How about RETIRE? I hear that's a nice option for people who've made millions and are starting to suck. more » Grey_Area: Altered Carbon Joel Schumacher has the rights to it. The Wachowskis should really be the ones to bring it to the screen. more » WiseGuy487: Enough with the "Speed Racer" hate. Please, just let sleeping dogs lie. more » Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: After Speed Racer they should be hanging their heads in shame... more » slaine17: John Gaeta handled the vfx for the Matrix films and for Speed Racer...Wachowskis had influence to be sure, but why the assumption that they did it all? more » Adam Whitehead: Didn't Matrix Reloaded do $800 million and Matrix Revolutions $400 million? I'm not sure I'd count either of them as commercial failures. In fact, the... more » Jacks Bloated Payroll: There were 2, maybe three big action scenes in Watchmen, by my count. The Fight between Comedian and his attacker in the opening, and the Jailbreak sc... more » -
#dragonball
What do Dragon Ball fans think of the live-action version?
With any movie adaptation of a popular story, there are criticisms. One fairly thorough list of differences between the anime and manga is here. Here are some of the main points: More » -
#stealthispitch
What Should the Wachowskis Do Next?
The Matrix was one of the best movies of the last decade, but its director/producer team, the Wachowskis, headed downhill with the sequels, and bombed with Speed Racer. Here's what they need to do next. More » -
#shazam
How Batman Managed To Kill Captain Marvel
Hope you weren't waiting to see a big-screen version of DC Comics' Captain Marvel — because the Shazam movie is very dead, according to its writer. And he's pointing some fingers of blame. More » -
#io92008yearinreview
Best And Worst Science Fiction Movies Of 2008
This wasn't just the year that science fiction dominated the movies — it also featured an amazing diversity of SF stories. Here's our list of the greatest — and most horrendous — films of 2008. -
#speedracer
Stop The Speed Racer Hate
The bad reviews and poor box office is one thing, but when Speed Racer starts getting ignored by the Academy Awards, it's time to wonder just what the Wachowski brothers have done to upset everyone.
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#summermovieroundup
So Much For The Summer
If it's Labor Day, then it's the end of summer - A summer that saw Hollywood bank on the geek vote in a way that it hadn't done before, with a record number of SF and fantasy movies crowding the blockbuster schedule (five of the top ten movies of the season were based on comic books, for example). But did gambling on the nerd dollar work out for the studios? It depends where in the world you are when you ask, apparently. More » -
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#speedracerreview
Speed Racer is Rewardingly Weird, State-of-the-Art CGI Slapstick
The hype about Speed Racer has been fairly negative, and I can only guess that's because people still have a bad taste in their mouths from The Matrix Revolutions, the most recent film directed by Speed Racer helmers the Wachowskis. In addition, I think there's been a lot of skepticism about whether the director pair could really do a kid-friendly movie after their lesbian noir flick Bound and sexy/fetishy scifi fare like the Matrix trilogy. I was dubious too, but after a few minutes of immersion in the clever, color-drenched world of Speed Racer, I was surprised to find myself becoming a believer. No shock that the visuals were brilliant, but honestly I wasn't expecting . . . fun. (Spoilers ahead, my racers.) More » -
#speedracer
What Would Make Speed Racer Better Than The Matrix?
I saw Speed Racer last night, and though I can't tell you much about it yet (full review on Thursday!), I can say this: It might actually be better than director/producer pair the Wachowskis previous effort, The Matrix. I know them's fightin' words, but you gotta trust me on this one. Or, better, take our poll below and see if you can guess what makes Speed Racer better than the flashy trilogy that pitted latex-clad hackers against machines who enslave humans in a VR world so they can use our body heat as energy. Honestly, how could a movie be better than that? Take our poll, and I'll tell you Thursday if you got it right. More » -
#speedracer
Speed Racer, Road Runner Beep Beep Their Way Into Advertising
The latest cross-promotional marketing activity for the Wachowskis' Speed Racer, coming out next Friday, is something that can't end without pissing somebody off. The ads feature a race between Speed Racer and the Road Runner to pimp Time Warner's high speed internet service. Somewhere in the afterlife, Chuck Jones and Tatsuo Yoshida are both weeping with shame at this very moment. More » -
#speedracer
Four Ways of Looking at Speed Racer
Speed Racer is a simple concept movie about futuristic cars which producer/director team the Wachowskis have managed to make almost as complicated as their Matrix trilogy. New clips from the film released yesterday take us deeper inside the visually bizarre world the Wachowskis built for this film, and what's becoming obvious is that Speed Racer isn't just CGI-for-CGI's-sake. We've got some clips that will make you think about Speed Racer in a whole new way. More »
