No! Do not watch Speed Racer! I think Widge is just trying to make us all watch the movie and lapse into seizures due to the chaotic chromatic displays and he will then use his army of undead gerbils to invade and expand his kingdom to include the unique geek, essentially annexing Unique Geek to a subset of NeedCoffee.
Or he may just want us all to share his pain. One or the other. On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 9:56 AM, Cary Preston <[email protected]> wrote: > > The fight was in one of the trailers (for a couple seconds, at least). > > On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 10:46 AM, Widgett Walls <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > He played Pops in the version I saw. > > > > http://www.needcoffee.com/2008/09/27/speed-racer-2008-dvd-review/ > > > > On Jan 7, 10:18 am, Ed <[email protected]> wrote: > >> John Goodman was in Speed Race? You sure you're not thinking of > >> Beverly Hills Ninja 2: Big Brother is Here? > >> > >> E > >> > >> On Jan 7, 8:39 am, Widgett Walls <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> > Never thought I'd find myself agreeing with you, chief. But you're > >> > right. I don't think audiences knew what they had with Sky Captain. > >> > It was freaking brilliant. > >> > >> > Oh, and Speed Racer was a bomb because nothing about it looked > >> > appealing enough to coax people into paying $10+ to see it. Like most > >> > films today, unless you've got a 300 or Iron Man-level Wow Trailer > >> > (TM) that convinces people it's worthwhile to go, screw it--for the > >> > price of two tickets they'll own the DVD three months from now. Hell, > >> > I didn't give a damn about it until I watched the first ten minutes > >> > online and then realized it had potential. > >> > >> > Speed Racer deserves huge points for giving us John Goodman fighting a > >> > ninja. Which I didn't know I had been needing to see all my life > >> > until it happened, and a huge hole in my heart was then filled. > >> > >> > On Jan 7, 12:30 am, [email protected] wrote: > >> > >> > > Is freaking incredible!? Why wasn't it a big smash?? I loved it.? I > took it out from the library to get some costume ideas and I was blown away! > >> > >> > > I mean Paltrow sucks, but Paltrow sucks in everything, but Jude Law > was great (and he is not always) and Jolie is hardly in it but looks cool.? > The dialog was hilarious, the design was great.? Just fun, like a sci-fi > Mummy sorta.? Like a live-action Fleischer cartoon.? > >> > >> > > I read somewhere recently that Speed Racer was a bomb because they > marketed it to adults.? Maybe that happed here too (becuase I don't think it > did well).? It should have been advertised as a kid's movie, since that's > really what it is, but a great one.? > >> > >> > > I'm really late to the party here.? How did the rest of you recieve > it?? Or did you skip it?? I did, when it came out because I was burned out > on the stars.? I think this will be revisited in a few years and come back > as a matinee kids pic.? > >> > >> > > Super! > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
