First Look At Speed Racer's Japanese Rival Car - io9 Comments

First Look At Speed Racer's Japanese Rival Car

bigdrae — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 10:26:54 PST

Reminds me of the Akira motorcycle.

bigdrae

First Look At Speed Racer's Japanese Rival Car

mgcramps — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 08:43:51 PST

The cars are cool and all, but I also want to see that "Mammoth Car" thing with all the wheels from that one episode!

mgcramps

First Look At Speed Racer's Japanese Rival Car

wishnevsky — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 07:01:24 PST

Whoa, Speed Racer.. Amazing what cheesy videos you can imprint innocent little kids with before they are old enough to defend themselves. I have a permanent bias toward Buck Rodgers, space ships with cigarette smoke coming out the back, cardboard robots, and lots of silver paint.

I'm just glad they won't be making a hundred million dollar "Clutch Cargo" movie.

wishnevsky

First Look At Speed Racer's Japanese Rival Car

tetracycloide — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 06:15:32 PST

this car really takes me back when i was on the racing circuit with my big-wheel competing against the rich neighbor's kid and their damn power wheels.

tetracycloide

First Look At Speed Racer's Japanese Rival Car

NefariousNewt — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 05:55:36 PST

@braak: Either that or it's only driven by jockeys... or monkeys... As I remember, the old Speed Racer seemed a little non-PC.

NefariousNewt

First Look At Speed Racer's Japanese Rival Car

NefariousNewt — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 05:53:38 PST

@emilia: And thank goodness for the drool-proof paint job... ;)

NefariousNewt

First Look At Speed Racer's Japanese Rival Car

johnnyichiban — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 05:44:00 PST

@YChrome:

Yeah. That's what I thought, but hey, let's throught history out the window.

johnnyichiban

First Look At Speed Racer's Japanese Rival Car

braak — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 05:43:40 PST

@emilia: Well, let's be honest. It's a terrible looking penis.

@NefariousNewt: I want to see the scene where they reveal that every one of these cars is a new one, because they have to crack them open to pry out the driver.

braak

First Look At Speed Racer's Japanese Rival Car

Emilia — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 04:42:50 PST

Its a great looking penis...

I mean car.

Emilia

First Look At Speed Racer's Japanese Rival Car

NefariousNewt — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 03:39:50 PST

@braak: Neither does a Mercury space capsule, but hey, they can shoehorn someone into anything.

NefariousNewt

First Look At Speed Racer's Japanese Rival Car

twreckx — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 02:16:13 PST

@YChrome: With the Japanese racers being played by South Koreans (Jung Ji Hoon/Bi/Rain and Park Joon Hyung) it seems safe to say that casting accurately is the least of their worries.

twreckx

First Look At Speed Racer's Japanese Rival Car

Ghede — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 01:03:30 PST

@livinglogic: Well, he did have those buttons on the wheel... And they may have changed a few things in the script. Forget the buzzsaw, who needs to cut down trees while driving anyways? Heat-targeting rail-gun please. (Ever try driving while targeting a rail-gun? Me neither, but I really, really want to.)

Ghede

First Look At Speed Racer's Japanese Rival Car

livinglogic — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 22:25:06 PST

Compared to Speed's own car, this one kicks some major ass. Unless Speed's got a rail gun hidden under the hood I'm gonna be cheering for the badguys in this one for sure.

livinglogic

First Look At Speed Racer's Japanese Rival Car

sweeper240 — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 20:41:09 PST

@sneggleblech: No. Nothing is worth seeing for Christina Ricci alone.

sweeper240

First Look At Speed Racer's Japanese Rival Car

sweeper240 — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 20:39:36 PST

Speed racer is going to suck, its an over done hog of a movie, they rapped the original comic. Unfortunately it will be another cookie cutter film. It should have been done with a retro backdrop, focusing on classic racing, cars and themes, not ultra futuristic with stupid corkscrew loopdloop tracks. This movie is going to blow goats.

sweeper240

First Look At Speed Racer's Japanese Rival Car

Defendant — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 18:48:07 PST

This movie will be worth seeing for Christina Ricci alone.

Defendant

First Look At Speed Racer's Japanese Rival Car

DelosWorld — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 18:12:15 PST

I was hoping for the Mammoth car made of solid gold!

DelosWorld

First Look At Speed Racer's Japanese Rival Car

d00d34 — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 17:55:08 PST

An arm and a leg for that car...

d00d34

First Look At Speed Racer's Japanese Rival Car

EncephelanetRepairHelperGuy — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 17:40:12 PST

I have stock footage of streaming backgrounds if you guys need it for the SR movie--

EncephelanetRepairHelperGuy

First Look At Speed Racer's Japanese Rival Car

Guitaratomik — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 17:07:30 PST

I don't care what anyone says, this movie is going to rock faces. You're crazy if you really want a realistic take on Speed racer.

Guitaratomik

First Look At Speed Racer's Japanese Rival Car

papercup mixmaster — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 16:32:49 PST

@papercup mixmaster: nerf. that would be "intake for all those..."

papercup mixmaster

First Look At Speed Racer's Japanese Rival Car

papercup mixmaster — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 16:32:19 PST

@braak: There is...it's right there beneath what looks like the intact for all those jets on the back...

papercup mixmaster

First Look At Speed Racer's Japanese Rival Car

braak — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 16:26:35 PST

It doesn't really look like there's any place for a person to sit.

braak

First Look At Speed Racer's Japanese Rival Car

Lampbane — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 16:06:33 PST

Are all those angles and textures really aerodynamic?

(And the Mach 5 was perfect.)

Lampbane

First Look At Speed Racer's Japanese Rival Car

strider_mt2k — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 15:59:58 PST

I like Mushrooms
rooms
rooms
rooms

strider_mt2k

First Look At Speed Racer's Japanese Rival Car

karmakid — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 15:35:54 PST

so if kenadas bike had got it on with the mazada furai one drunken night thats what it would look like eh? (o.0)

karmakid

First Look At Speed Racer's Japanese Rival Car

charles_barrett — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 15:23:27 PST

@chrystlubitshi: Agreed...!

Not since Heavy Metal was released (1981) when I was in High School have I felt so strongly that a motion picture demanded me to get stoned to view it. And I haven't toked in over twenty years...!

charles_barrett

First Look At Speed Racer's Japanese Rival Car

EncephelanetRepairHelperGuy — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 15:00:22 PST

car looks Fishery Price

@chrystlubitshi: i'm a big lasagna fan--shrooms, sausage, onions, peppers, et al ;)

EncephelanetRepairHelperGuy

First Look At Speed Racer's Japanese Rival Car

papercup mixmaster — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 14:38:01 PST

It reminds me of the cool yet strange and Moebius-interiored ship Ragnarok from Final Fantasy VIII.

papercup mixmaster

First Look At Speed Racer's Japanese Rival Car

YChrome — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 14:28:13 PST

I thought Speed WAS Japanese.

YChrome

First Look At Speed Racer's Japanese Rival Car

MasterOfPastures — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 14:26:14 PST

Shexy....

MasterOfPastures

First Look At Speed Racer's Japanese Rival Car

chrystlubitshi — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 14:21:01 PST

@ENCEPHELANETREPAIRHELPERGUY

yeah... lasagna... always found that that was a very tasty/convenient way to disguise the taste... and (if i wanted to be evil) introduce people to the joy of shrooms... so many flavours they don't even notice the taste... works quite well...
and it can be frozen very easily!

chrystlubitshi

First Look At Speed Racer's Japanese Rival Car

Eac_o_System — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 14:06:56 PST

Picture 168784 looks like there's a t-shirt on top of the engine...

Eac_o_System

First Look At Speed Racer's Japanese Rival Car

NovaloadMissesPolar — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 13:45:05 PST

It's so...plastic.

NovaloadMissesPolar

First Look At Speed Racer's Japanese Rival Car

EncephelanetRepairHelperGuy — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 13:39:18 PST

lasagna??

EncephelanetRepairHelperGuy

First Look At Speed Racer's Japanese Rival Car

chrystlubitshi — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 13:35:11 PST

i think i'll save a serving of two of my special 'mushroom & sausage' lasagna for that theatre experience... should be a good time.

chrystlubitshi

First Look At Speed Racer's Japanese Rival Car

strider_mt2k — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 13:06:13 PST

Looks like a healthy commenting environment over there!
(sheesh)

That car is crazy looking!
You know, I might be able to put my disbelief and cynicism aside for an hour or two and just enjoy this movie.

strider_mt2k

First Look At Speed Racer's Japanese Rival Car

chrystlubitshi — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 13:05:47 PST

on a quick glance at the side shot i almost wanted to yell 'TETSUO!!!!!!!! NO!!!!!!!!!!!!'

chrystlubitshi