The chaos of Speed Racer + a much better script + the antics of Spike Jones and his orchestra = the inside of my brain.
The inside of my brain is not for anyone. Sorry. I misspelled "everyone." On Jan 7, 11:59 am, "Jason Service" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
