Go, Speed Racer! Go!
What a day for movie trailers! I mean, first the Sex and the City trailer (seriously ::barf::) and now Speed Racer.
Now, I never really got into this cartoon myself. In fact, it kinda annoyed the piss out of me. I know I have a short attention span at times, but man, oh man! Speed Racer was like that kid in your middle school class with ADD who was always eating Jolly Ranchers and Pixie Stix.
Now, if you don’t remember clearly because you were too busy spending your youth loading up on Pop Rocks and cola, here’s the intro to the cartoon:
And I have to say, as indifferent as I am to the original, this movie looks pretty badass. It was directed by Andy and Larry Wachowski (of the Matrix films), and while the last two in that trilogy blew unholy chunks, something about Speed Racer just looks right. It looks trippy and poppy and oh, so fun. I must warn you, though: anyone with a history of epilepsy will probably want to turn away now. Seriously.
John Goodman should be proud.
Ciao.