Go, Speed, Go!

Just got back from seeing Speed Racer. While pretty much any scene focusing on Spridle was as painfully bad as you'd expect, and there's a couple places where they shouldn't have tried to copy visual signatures of the old cartoon, I generally enjoyed the movie. Do be warned, though, the melodrama sliders are cranked up pretty high in a LOT of scenes.

I didn't have a problem sitting in the front row, but I also mentally filed several sequences away as "I'll figure out what happened there later when it's on DVD".

Oh, and Richard Roundtree's part was small but significant and well-played.

( Potentially spoilery and WAY too-much-thought-put-into-it ponderings under the cut. )

One last thought: several of the cars that got toys were literally "blink and you miss it" stuff. So I'm hoping that the line does well enough to get a second wave...I want the three "headhunter" teams from the rally race to get toy love. Especially the Thor-azines, viking-themed racers who use the ball and chain weapon seen in the ads (and on one of the toys).

Salvage vehicle and robot modes complete

( Proper salvage truck behind cut )

( And now the robot mode )