tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10825093.post3135675368947605307..comments2023-01-30T03:09:54.017-05:00Comments on BonK!: SPEED RACER - Setting the record straightBonK!http://www.blogger.com/profile/06551198617178412935noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10825093.post-76262187217836136002008-05-16T01:47:00.000-04:002008-05-16T01:47:00.000-04:00A lot of effort goes into the making of anything. ...A lot of effort goes into the making of anything. Alas, there are times when the effort lacks knowledge, skill, talent, or all of the above, but this isn't one of those times.<BR/><BR/>"Anime" is that from which the "Speed Racer" movie came. Should it not retain a resemblance?<BR/><BR/>"Kaleidoscope" is frequently mentioned by attendees of the "Speed Racer" film. I'm amazed at how striking the opening sequence must be to stick in memory until a blog post can be made, since that sequence never appears again in the film. Honestly, the kaleidoscope sequence was a minor disappointment for me because I had a screensaver in the early 90's exactly like that, called "kaleid.exe."<BR/><BR/>Yours is the second mention I've seen online comparing the "Speed Racer" movie to "The Flintstones" movie. There were two live-action Flintstones movies, the second of which I've never seen. John Goodman is a respectable actor. I never once thought back to "The Flintstones" while seeing him play a completely different cartoon character.<BR/><BR/>Is there a CGI-heavy movie that does NOT resemble a video game? I was having a cinema CG discussion with a respected friend at work just this afternoon. The video game look is due to a collection of technical issues yet to be overcome. "Jumanji" was an extremely entertaining movie with perhaps the least realistic CG I've ever seen on the big screen, whereas the first "Jurassic Park" movie remains the benchmark for realism in my mind, though I confess I haven't seen it in quite some time.<BR/><BR/>I've never watched enough "Dukes of Hazzard" on TV (nor have I seen the movie) to know if there are similarities, but I guess any time a car flies through the air it must look like that to some people, as if a car had never gone airborne in entertainment prior to that series... But wait, the "Speed Racer" series predates "Dukes" by 12 years. Perhaps "Dukes" took a cue from "Speed" and not the other way around.BonK!https://www.blogger.com/profile/06551198617178412935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10825093.post-43531950533479717502008-05-15T19:44:00.000-04:002008-05-15T19:44:00.000-04:00The Wachowski bros certainly put a lot of effort i...The Wachowski bros certainly put a lot of effort into making Speed Racer... the movie overall looked and felt like a cross between anime, a kaleidoscope, that Flintstones movie, a video game and the Dukes of HazardAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com