Comments on: ‘Speed Racer’ Suffering http://geeksofdoom.com/2008/05/13/speed-racer-suffering/ Stuff by geeks, about geeks, for geeks. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:58:22 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: mo http://geeksofdoom.com/2008/05/13/speed-racer-suffering/comment-page-1/#comment-246686 mo Wed, 14 May 2008 13:40:06 +0000 http://geeksofdoom.com/2008/05/13/speed-racer-suffering/#comment-246686 um, i dont see how this is surprising. no one has watched a speed racer cartoon, hell when they replayed them on the cartoon network they were on at 11 or 12 at night. kids don't know who speed racer is, most parents vaguely remember him but if they do their kids are beyond the age of the market for the toys. were the toys supposed to create interest in the movie? Or possibly word of mouth from the 100's of people like myself who watched the old re-runs who have no interest because it lacks any familiarity with the original? and unlike the other horrible "remakes" they skipped the teen crowd by casting ricci and whoever that skateboard kid is...... um, i dont see how this is surprising.
no one has watched a speed racer cartoon, hell when they replayed them on the cartoon network they were on at 11 or 12 at night.

kids don’t know who speed racer is, most parents vaguely remember him but if they do their kids are beyond the age of the market for the toys.

were the toys supposed to create interest in the movie? Or possibly word of mouth from the 100’s of people like myself who watched the old re-runs who have no interest because it lacks any familiarity with the original?

and unlike the other horrible “remakes” they skipped the teen crowd by casting ricci and whoever that skateboard kid is……

]]> By: patrick http://geeksofdoom.com/2008/05/13/speed-racer-suffering/comment-page-1/#comment-246452 patrick Wed, 14 May 2008 07:37:59 +0000 http://geeksofdoom.com/2008/05/13/speed-racer-suffering/#comment-246452 The Wachowski bros certainly put a lot of effort into making Speed Racer... but the movie overall looked and felt like a cross between anime, a kaleidoscope, that Flintstones movie, a video game and the Dukes of Hazard The Wachowski bros certainly put a lot of effort into making Speed Racer… but the movie overall looked and felt like a cross between anime, a kaleidoscope, that Flintstones movie, a video game and the Dukes of Hazard

]]> By: Cinema Junkie http://geeksofdoom.com/2008/05/13/speed-racer-suffering/comment-page-1/#comment-246259 Cinema Junkie Wed, 14 May 2008 02:47:49 +0000 http://geeksofdoom.com/2008/05/13/speed-racer-suffering/#comment-246259 It could be a hit like Firefly-- just maybe. You never know. It could be a hit like Firefly– just maybe.
You never know.

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