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By: Car Out Of Toon | The Rec Show

Car Out Of Toon | The Rec Show — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 00:54:28 +0000

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By: medavidson

medavidson — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 00:41:29 +0000

I really have no opinion about Speed Racer (the movie). I’m 40. I watched it and enjoyed it. AS A KID. How many times are we gonna let our youth f us in the a? Over and over again.

They’re cashing in our childhood memories. Trust me. Speed Racer. Not that good. As a kid, it was pretty good. Shitting in my pants was pretty good back then too. So were those frozen tubes of flavored ice that you’d cut the end off and squeeze into your mouth. Lotsa things were pretty cool when I was a kid. But… not. cool. now. No matter how they’re repackaged.

There’s plenty-a BAD ASS original movies / material out there: No Country for Old Men? Bug? All sorts of stuff.

I mean, come on. How many times are we gonna fall for the SAME FUCKING TRICK. Grrrrr!

Oh. Have a nice day!

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 23:57:04 +0000

Fucking Sprittle and Chim Chim. This is going to be really disappointing.

You’re right Ray, why not make a normal looking film and rely on the coolness of the car and story to pull it off?

By: Ray

Ray — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 22:47:02 +0000

@ medavidson – You’re absolutely right. That’s partially why I refuse to post anything about shit like the new Sex and the City movie.

However, I am invested in this thing because I grew up on the cartoon, and I wrote a script for a live action film, which I intend to compare to this one once it’s finished.

By: medavidson

medavidson — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 21:56:59 +0000

Here’s the problem — and this starts to happen every year around now. We’re TOLD what movies will be blockbusters and then we whip it into a frenzy. Over and over again. How many summers IN A ROW can dissapoint? How many times can you walk out of a theater let down? They (the studios) FORCE THIS SHIT on us. “They’ll watch anything!”

We need to stop hyping movies for these guys. Let them stand on thier own. Maybe it’ll be good, maybe it’ll suck. If it sucks, and you went to see it ‘cuz of the hype? Guess what’s gonna happen in the summer of ‘09? Same fuckin’ thing.

By: Megan

Megan — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 18:32:07 +0000

Dammit! Not looking good, grasshoppers.

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Fri, 07 Dec 2007 15:52:30 +0000

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By: ryk

ryk — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 07:05:34 +0000

Crap! This is going from the theaters to the $5 DVD pile at Wal-Mart in about a week and a half.

By: Ray

Ray — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 06:36:25 +0000

Actually, I think John Goodman is a perfect choice to play Pops … until he opens his mouth, that is. Then, suddenly, it’s Dan Connor in day-glo colors.

By: Piper

Piper — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 04:14:35 +0000

I think the only way to have pulled this off is to make it more campy. John Goodman????? And the fact that it’s being talked about on Entertainment Tonight is not a good thing. Susan Surandon?????