| Posted by: psycheoutsteve at July 2, 2008, 2:56 pm | | Topic: Speed Racer Forum: JoBlo | | I apologize for acting rashly towards your posts before Max...now allow me to politely disagree on a couple of points... I don't think this film can be compared to Blade Runner, nor do I believe it will share it's cult status. Blade Runner was based on a short story by renowned sci-fi author Phillip K. Dick. His ideas inspired much controversy concerning ethics and humanity's eventual fate in the metaphorical hands of technology. Speed Racer is film based on a campy 60's cartoon, one I never much cared for. There's a plain difference in the depth of the source material right there, IMO. To be honest, I don't even like the film Blade Runner all that much. Sure, it was ahead of its time visually and its themes are ripe for discussion, but it's also downright tedious and boring in some parts. It's a film that's gone through several different DVD releases, all pushing some other key element that the previous didn't have. I doubt there will be a director's cut for Speed Racer. Is Speed Racer really ahead of its time visually or thematically? I haven't seen it yet so I can't say, but judging from the trailers I would have to say no. It seems to be a rather brightly colored kids flick with a boatload of CGI. It was disappointing for me to find out that this was to be the Wachowski brother's next project after the epic Matrix trilogy. My first thought was, "they're following up the Matrix with this?" I thought they had lost their minds. Maybe they have and maybe they haven't, but if you judge Speed Racer on the trailers and its critical and financial failure alone it certainly seems that the Wachowski's have lost it. Some day I'll find out for myself if I was missing anything groundbreaking on DVD. |
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