tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8704589398538755046.post3258989383769080596..comments2009-05-12T17:17:10.560-04:00DailySkewCoFounderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10654929221540600680numbersix@dailyskew.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8704589398538755046.post-50621764712200215942009-05-12T17:17:00.000-04:002009-05-12T17:17:00.000-04:00Yeah no one likes those lame ass cartoon movie remakes in live action...seriously who watches that shitAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8704589398538755046.post-33304995753990885232008-05-12T22:27:00.000-04:002008-05-12T22:27:00.000-04:00In its opening weekend, the film grossed $18.5 million. The film was backed by multiple promotional partners with over $80 million in marketing support. The partners include General Mills, McDonald's, Target, Topps, Esurance, Mattel, and LEGO.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8704589398538755046.post-6373997843966104012008-05-12T22:26:00.000-04:002008-05-12T22:26:00.000-04:00PETA claimed that a whistleblower on the set of Speed Racer reported that a chimpanzee used in the production was beaten after biting an actor.The incident was confirmed by the American Humane Animal Safety Representative on the set, who reported that the stand-in for the Spritle character was bitten without provocation. The AHA representative also reported that “toward the end of filming, during a training session in the presence of the American Humane Representative, the trainer, in an uncontrolled impulse, hit the chimpanzee.” The AHA Film Unit referred to this abuse as “completely inexcusable and unacceptable behavior in the use of any animal.” The AHA has rated Speed Racer “Unacceptable.”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8704589398538755046.post-43295566320802277852008-05-12T22:24:00.000-04:002008-05-12T22:24:00.000-04:00Remember the live action Super Mario Brothers movie?<BR/><BR/>...yeah.<BR/><BR/>Live action adaptations of cartoons just doesn't cut it.<BR/><BR/>Especially an adaptation of a 1960's Japanese cartoon.<BR/><BR/>Talk about a niche subculture that never should have been adapted on the Silver Screen.<BR/><BR/>Quite honestly, for fans to say that "Speed Racer was one of the first truly successful anime franchises in the United States" is like saying Masanori Murakami was the pioneer of Japanese baseball in America back in 1965. Well, he may have been the first, but not the most influential (that would have been Hideki Nomo). Kinda like the Vikings discovering America. Doesn't mean jack, folks.<BR/><BR/>The cartoon was corny. 1960's anime belongs in a Japanese museum, where it can be appreciated and revered, not remade into a live action Hollywood film to go one on one with IRON MAN.<BR/><BR/>Maybe this movie was a labor of love for those Matrix brothers. All I know is that I'm happy it bombed.DamianHospitalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14349432901599721712noreply@blogger.com