The Complete History of Speed Racer (2008)
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I remember seeing Speed Racer (2008) in the theater. I find it criminally underrated, and I’m glad it’s gotten a cult following.
I feel like at the time, Speed Racer was the only American Live Action anime to stay true to the spirit of its source material, at least until Netflix’s One Piece.
That,Alita,and One Piece.
And Speed Racer is probably still the closest anyone's come to recreating the anime aesthetic in live action. Even LAOP cheats that aspect, with cinematography more inspired by Pirates Of The Caribbean than the anime.
Which, to be clear, I think was a very smart choice specifically because it's so hard to do "live action anime" right.
(The only other exception I can think of might be Takashi Miike's Ace Attorney movie, but that's kind of cheating since most of it is TV-style courtroom drama with static cameras.)
onepeice its shit lol
The Speed Racer movie is imo one of the greatest movies of all time, it's such a shame it never got the love it deserved when it came out, it really was ahead of it's time. It's really nice seeing a lot of people expressing their love for it these days though, it's because of people talking about it that I checked it out and I am so glad I did, I loved it from start to finish!
Go, Speed Racer!
I remember seening the ad when I was a kid but I did grow up watching the rebooted show on Nicktoons Network at least and I got the McDonalds Speed Racer Toy at the time.
I agree, it’s one of the better live action anime adaptations next to Netflix’s one piece.
Whoo boy. Still remember seeing that on its opening weekend… …and remembered just how massive its marketing campaign was. I even recall having a Speed Racer blanket.
So happy it’s finally getting the attention it deserves.
Cool
I was OBSESSED with the hot wheels line as a kid, and wanted the funkeys but never got 'em (I was a Taejo Togokhan diehard, so him barely getting merch still stings). Really deserved more attention so I guess, better late than never?
FunFact: What Happens in Vegas came out the same weekend and made more money that weekend.
Prince Caspian also came out the next weekend
"Go Speed Racer! Go Speed Racer! Go Speed Racer Goooo!!" I absolutely love this movie! Even now! 🏁
Don’t forget about the tie in video game. Peak racing game, on my mother I will fight and defend how good it is.
God I wish I were collecting the Lego sets or the Hot Wheels cars back when this movie came out, it's literally one of the very few anime adapted into live action that don't suck
I don't care what the critics say, this movie rules. I'm not a huge Wachowski fan, but they understood the assignment here. They made a live action cartoon and it was awesome.
I’ll say this about the target audience point: I was 8 when the film came out and, with no knowledge of anything having to do with Speed Racer aside from a vague ad, my dad took me to go see it on a whim & I was in LOVE with it by the time it was over 😭
I think there’s merit to the “ahead of its time” idea bc a lot of what I like about it now isn’t stuff kid me would’ve even grasped, it’s a very layered film more people should dissect! Enjoyed this vid!
I’ve got really fond memories of this movie. My dad was a Speed Racer fan when he was a kid and showed the original series to me when I was pretty young. So when the movie came out it was something we got to bond over considering we really don’t have many similar interests otherwise lol.
It’s a rarity for a live action adaptation become better than whatever the heck Race To The Future was.
The movie is well done in terms of plot, message, and cool looking cars!
And the GRX in this film is safer to drive than in the original Anime.
Saw the movie when it came out. It bombed, but i still like speed racer at a young age. The driven forces of this cult movie was its cgi and its campiness and blended well making it have a feel to the original 1967 classic which I watched on Cartoon Network before. That cartoon I mean anime was the main reason why I like sports cars and the reason of why I like the song take on me because the music video tried to mimic the speed racer vibe. So the band a-ha should credit the franchise too. Thank goodness I like the speed racer franchise for over 25 years.
This was my gateway to Anime. I was like 4 or 5.
I bet you’re gonna do a compilation of all three of these _Speed Racer_ videos at some point now that this is finally out.
This movie is such a damn gem just like redline. The bith of them are easily some of the best racing movies out there.
I love this movie. it’s one of the only live action anime adaptations to stay true to the original source material, the other I know being Netflix’s one piece.
The Peta situation basically sounded like this to me:
Principal: “We saw your child bite another student and grope his teacher’s breast.”
Parents: “Well what did you do to make him do that?!”
Principal: “What? He was out of control, surely this a problem coming from his house-,”
Parents: “We’re boycotting this school!”
PETA are just woke flakes they like to start roots and fights
I really loved live action Speed Racer!! Just wanna shout out how good it truly is!❤6:47 "Its terrible what passes for ninja's thesedays..."😂
I think the movie is pretty good! We might still have the DVD
Speed Racer is yet another racing thing I enjoy that is pretty underapreciated (alongside the Hot Wheels cartoons and Motorcity of course). It’s pretty ahead of its time and also the best live action remake in my opinion.
This film was definitely a mind blowing experience when I saw it in theaters as a kid.
i think this movie make me buy all the original series in the dvd, and i can say: compare to other films basead on cartoons, this was one of the most faithuls to the source material.
I was born 2008 and this movie looks awesome
A shame it didn't do so well, I do wonder how things would've gone if it had done much better.
Right, can you imagine if other films started to emulate it like they did with Dark Knight. Movies would be way cooler now.
Way way better than Jupiter ascending!!!
I love the 2008 Speed Racer movie.
I’ve loved it since it first came out.
Not as much as the classic original proper Speed Racer from 1967, but I still love it anyway.
It’s one of my favourite movies of all time, apart from
The Incredibles and
The Shawshank Redemption which are two of my favourite movies of all time by the way.
I’d love to see a complete history of Tangled.
The Wii game is impressive
Speed Racer is shown on TA once a year and I always take a day off work or work from home to watch all 4 showings of this amazing movie.
I must have watch this movie 20 times and still looking forward to watching it.
I was also rewarded this year with a revelation to Racer X name, do require knowlege of the danish languague to catch it.
Look ad Rex name, then highlight the letter in RacEr X name.
Er in Danish translate to Is in English, so they kinda give away the plot twist.
He's going over that cliff!
I watched this partly because of the fact I was a great fan of the original cartoon (my first anime series, long before that term became acceptable here), and partly because I was a big fan of Christina Ricci at the time. I wasn't entirely impressed with the movie, though, but I'm not sure I can explain why. It was well cast (especially John Goodman as Pops - he really LOOKED like the character!), but somehow I never thought it came together all that well. At least, they actually got original English dubbers Peter Fernandez and Corinne Orr to do a cameo (RIP Peter Fernandez). Once I learned THAT, I went back to that scene just to see them. That was so cool the Wachowskis managed to make that happen - they were clearly fans of the original just like we were.
The New Adventures of Speed Racer was not only terrible, but they changed the theme music! Did they expect us to get up early in the morning and NOT hear "🎵Go Speed Racer GO!!"? Not going to happen.
LUVD it then and LUV it now! 😍
Yup, Speed Racer: The Next Generation was... bad... I'm surprised the guy who voiced Spritle didn't have regrets in lending his voice before he died.
3:55 Dragonball came out after Speed Racer
Another one of your great videos.
I was in college when this came out. IMO, the other 'problem' that caused its failure was the tonal whiplash of going straight from The Matrix to Speed Racer. Not just the dark-to-bright shift, but also ditching the Matrix's deconstructionist storytelling in favor of an absolutely poe-faced faithful adaptation of a SatAM cartoon. At the time, very few Wachowski fans were ready for that.
(And tbh, I was one of them. I didn't like Speed Racer on first viewing. But then I watched it again a few years later and really fell in love, so it all worked out in the end.)
Go, Speed Racer, Go!
Go speed racer go
John Goodman was better as Fred Flintstone. That was a huge hit. Not a bomb like this. He should've done the sequel.
Definitely the best anime movie ever made
Based off of what i’ve seen of it on this video, Speed Racer walked so Scott Pilgrim vs the World could run
2:44 Who let iteachvader into the editing booth?
What is your source for “the chimps weren’t abused, of course?” An American Humane representative was present for the bite and for an instance where a trainer impulsively hit a chimp. That’s why there’s no “No animals were harmed” certificate in the credits.
Fun fact: Paulie Litt and I share the same birthday April 17, 1995... '_'
If you haven't seen it...do so
I'm shocked a Wachowski Movie bombed
This is the point where they everybody fall in love with Christina Ricci she had been already been in other cartoons becoming live action like The Addams family and Casper
What got me into it was actually a negative review from Bennet the Sage and Nostalgia Critic. I bought for $5 at local used media store and absolutely fell in love. This whole film is how I feel a Star Fox movie should look in terms of cinematography. Not so much color.
Were the Wachowksi's big in 2008? Matrix 2 and 3 were underwhelming, They didn't direct V
I find this film hard to watch, but not in a quality sense (Even if I'm not fond of the film). The colour grading and, for lack of a better term, speed of the film are just eye straining to me.
I wonder why didn't they make this an animated film given how it's nearly 80% CGI?
Can you do a video about the production history of Son of the Mask? 😅
You could say speed racer walk so Alita and one piece could run
the movie was ok . it just was nothing like the show. felt more like a hot wheels movie .
I love old anime shows and I love The Wachowskis for making the Matrix movies although I really dislike this movie. It would be great if you would make a video about the complete history of Nadia and the Secret of Blue Water especially the production hell the show was in, how it triggered Hideaki Annos depression which inspired him to make Neon Genesis Evangelion a few years later and the background story of the infamous island filler episodes.
Why do u dislike the movie?
Good stuff
Looking back, Speed Racer was a notable failure, but props to the Wachovskis for their respect and fidelity to the source material (can’t forget how they got Speed jumping out of his car before that iconic pan straight from the anime’s OP)
If it were made today, I can expect Trixie to chew out Speed in every other frame (like a stereotypical Girlboss), and Pops to be sidelined in favour of Susan Sarandon’s character
Oh yes, speed racer the next generation good show but it really depended too much on multipart stories like the phrase last time on speed racer it just engraved in my memory because of that show