This is either going to be really awesome or

by Goose on Apr 26, 2008 8:28 PM PDT Comment 36 comments

One of the worst things in the history of existence.

If you have some acid laying around, take a few hits before you watch this video. I remember watching this cartoon as a kid and thinking it was weird as hell, but still awesome. The movie should be at least interesting.

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My 3 year old saw the trailer for this at Horton Hears a Who

He is completely ballistic about it.

Me? Less so. At least the guy from Lost is in it, so I can see him and pretend I’m watching some really wierd flashbacks from Lost.

by Jordan of Boise on Apr 26, 2008 9:20 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I vote

one of the worst things in the history of existence

I am getting more and more skeptical of superhero / cartoon / whatever tv-to-movie remakes that come out

by thenatural on Apr 26, 2008 9:22 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Same here.

But Ironman looks to kick some ass.

by Wilder. on Apr 26, 2008 10:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

That's Because Iron Man fucking owns everything

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by BrettJMiller on Apr 26, 2008 10:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Smurf

I’m seeing Iron-Man next weekend. Looks like the smurf. Possibly could be as good as the spider-man movies.

by Fin on Apr 26, 2008 11:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

The new Hulk looks good. Re-doing it and with a new director

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by BrettJMiller on Apr 26, 2008 10:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Also, I think I'm the only one I know who liked Spider-Man 3

That was definitely made for the fans of the comics, not the general public. You had to know the back story because 2 hours was not long enough to explain everything to the causal fan.

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by BrettJMiller on Apr 26, 2008 10:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm a fan of the comics, but I really didn't like Spider-Man 3

Too much story, way too many fucking villains.

by Liebkartoffel on Apr 27, 2008 11:46 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Agreed

Spider Man 3 should have been at least 2 movies. They wanted to wrap the franchise up with all the principal actors into one neat and tidy package, and a trilogy was all they were getting for that. So they stuffed 2 movies worth of story into one film.

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by thejew4u on Apr 27, 2008 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yea I certainly enjoyed Spider-man 3

Especially emo Peter Parker.

by Fin on Apr 27, 2008 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, but at least the original Speed Racer was hilariously pointless,

and the movie seems to be pretty true to form.

by Liebkartoffel on Apr 27, 2008 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ever since I saw the first trailer

I thought that movie would suck ass, and I stand by that assumption.

by OlSalty on Apr 26, 2008 10:03 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Will it include the Mammoth Car?

by G_ on Apr 26, 2008 10:20 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

This movie may suck

but at least we have something to look forward to down the line.

Spielberg got the rights to Ghost in the Shell.

by BrianL on Apr 26, 2008 10:59 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

This movie may will suck.

I really don’t like what they did with it. I enjoyed the cartoon as a kid, but making it all futuristic just looks stupid.

by Fin on Apr 26, 2008 11:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Speaking of poorly chosen remakes

I was walking through Queen Anne, passed a video store and saw this horrifying image:

by Gomez on Apr 26, 2008 11:00 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

by Fin on Apr 26, 2008 11:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

But then there wouldn't be these:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qs8fSoBdEU0

That alone made the remakes worth it.

...and now I'm here

by Librocrat on Apr 27, 2008 1:28 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

My love of Christina Ricci is imparing my ability to objectively evaluate this film.

by Teej on Apr 26, 2008 11:24 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Speaking of current releases

I now understand why people don’t see movies in the theater as much. Seeing Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Harold and Kumar was extremely difficult considering people were there that either 1. were disgusted at 2/3 of the movie or 2. take their under 10 years old kids and leave 25 minutes in. 1 is more annoying.

/short rant

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by Mariner John on Apr 26, 2008 11:43 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I saw them both

I personally liked them both, but I am a fan of comedies, especially both the judd apatow series and the harold and kumar series. A little too much full frontal nudity, especially since I am a guy. But I think both were pretty clever, I thought the Harold and Kumar sequel could’ve been a whole lot worse. It was pretty good for a sequel. But I am sure most of the people seeing Harold and Kumar were the same type as me, college aged or mid 20s guy.

by Fin on Apr 27, 2008 12:06 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I enjoyed both as well.

I’m a sucker for these kinds of movies.

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by Mariner John on Apr 27, 2008 12:25 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

American Pie series was, and continues to be a classic

But I’m afraid for it to have that kind of impact, you’d have had to see it when you were around the age of the actors.

Apatow has made all my favorite comedies lately, though, and a couple more are due out pretty soon.

by cwel87 on Apr 27, 2008 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

PIneapple Express looks completely hilarious

Saw a preview of it before Forgetting Sarah Marshall, which was also fantastic.

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by pdb on Apr 27, 2008 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

You're a fan of the straight-to-DVDs?

I loved Naked Mile. Band Camp and Beta House were decent. I hope they can keep it up and become the next National Lampoon-style group… Low budget, recurring actors, lots of over the top humor.

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by thejew4u on Apr 27, 2008 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't know

It just seems like the last two straight to video American Pies were just trying way to hard to show that whole college party scene with not much substance. Gets a little old. I very much enjoyed the first three, even though I think you have to be a little older to appreciate the third one as much as the first two.

by Fin on Apr 27, 2008 4:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

This movie is the first thing that's made me consider acid

by Nick S on Apr 27, 2008 12:50 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I doubt I'll have access to acid, but I'm definitely planning on being high as balls when I see this.

by Liebkartoffel on Apr 27, 2008 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

The tragic thing is

The movie will have to be longer than that already-too-long trailer.

by qrsouther on Apr 27, 2008 12:44 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I dunno

I think it looks ok. Then again, I’m a cinematography nerd and I can’t wait to see the new camera that they developed for this movie. It keeps everything in focus at all times, not just the foreground or background.

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by thejew4u on Apr 27, 2008 1:36 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Speed Racer looks visually amazing

and its not like the cartoon was deep or great. I don’t see why people are getting so upset over this. It looks great visually and the source material is impossible to fuck up.

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by bluemax on Apr 27, 2008 2:49 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

How is it impossible to fuck up?

You can fuck it up pretty easily by taking it too seriously, and I can tell from the trailer they did. All that crap about racing being “the only thing I’m good at” is the exact opposite of what would make a Speed Racer movie entertaining. And it didn’t even look that amazing to me, the special effects look a little bit too cartoon-y.

by OlSalty on Apr 27, 2008 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

If Speed Racer never once says

“I will try my best and WIN!” like he did in the cartoon, they’ve fucked it up.
If there’s no sonorous narrator saying “Racer X, who unbeknownst to Speed is his older brother Rex”, they’ve fucked it up.

Yeah, I’m pretty nervous about this movie.

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by pdb on Apr 27, 2008 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs