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Movie Comparison
Posted on May 12th, 2008 9 commentsTransformers means a lot to me. I can’t help but feel the need to point this out. Below is the original Mach 5 car from the Speed Racer cartoon.

And here is the Mach5 From the live action Speed Racer movie that just came out.
There is almost no difference between the two.
Now please look at this. Below is an image of Optimus Prime from the Transformers cartoon show.
And here is Optimus Prime from the live action Transformers movie.
Now, what the hell happened? How can one movie try so hard to preserve the original aesthetics of what made the show so great, and another movie go out of its way to visually rape their fans of what they have known and loved for so many years. What the hell went through the mind of director Micheal Bay when he was mangling the characters of Transformers?
To quote Kevin Smith.
In Hollywood you just fail upwards
9 responses to “Movie Comparison”

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And yet, Speed Racer (which I absolutely loved) is considered an excessive, overblown flop while Transformers (which I reluctantly accepted) just about blew everything out of the water this time last year. Go figure.
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Ditech May 20th, 2008 at 12:07
I thought they did a decent job on the Transformers movie and like Robert says the new Speed Racers has been said to be horrible.
Sometimes you have to change the characters a bit to bring new life to the series. -
peterbiltfan May 15th, 2009 at 10:26
i didnt see anything wrong with the transformers movie, (speed racer did suck)as for mangling the characters, naw i think they did a dang good job. atleast they used a peterbilt and not a freigtliner.
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The Transformers movie had everything in it to make money, bombs, boobs and giant robots. But it had absolutely nothing that makes a good movie (except John Turtutto and the guy who played Aaron in 24) Kick ass pixelization and Megan Fox may be wonderful eye candy but mean nothing as far as story or plot or even sticking to a fanbase. Explosions don’t make an action movie, Michael Bay.
On the other hand, Speedracer flopped like all other great art in its time. It was brilliant, colorful, loud audacious and inventive but stuck tight to the original and invented new ways to bring it into the 21 century. For those who haven’t seen it, see it soon. I had to rent it because it didn’t even stay in the theaters very long but its a DVD on my “To Buy” list. Hollywood sucks. Only Michael Bay knows how it works and makes money so they let him make crap. Speedracer was just a brilliant piece of fun -
Magnum Quest July 2nd, 2009 at 01:32
I think that was a good move not only because of the above comments that suggest “it makes money” but also because it shows the true character of prime. Optimus prime is a great charismatic leader who is supposed to instill terror in the hearts of decepticons. When I imagine that cartoon version translated on the big screen, I see giant lego-style boxes alongside humans. Hardly terrifying. Hardly charismatic.
What you are saying about Transformers, is exactly what hard-core fans of Batman comics said about Dark Knight series. Yet, Dark Knight not only made money, but gave us all a more realistic and three dimensional Batman to idealize. I bet there were some crazy fans who even suggested that Dark Knight should have had those signature cartoonish “Pow!” and “Kaboom!” moments.
I am a huge fan of transformers, and as a fan I should tell you that I liked Optimus originally because of what he stood for, not the red boxes he was composed of. The movie version very accurately recreated the character for me and I’ve found new appreciation for one of the greatest leaders in the comic universe. If you can’t understand that, then I doubt you understood the cartoons.
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Giovani July 4th, 2009 at 05:40
Are you guys going nuts?
How can you show a movie just like the cartoon? Just imagine an extremely big tractor beeing transformed into optimus prime just like the cartoon? It would be a lot of Boxes with limited moviments. Is there other better way as Michael Bay did to turn them into completely aliens? They are Living organism, they transform eletrical things to life! And they wouldn’t be able to show that through the cartoon pictures! It would SUX! It’s the same as geting a couple of boxes, puting together, gibing a name and it would be just like Anime Festivals where the cosplays can make theyr own fantasy! Transformers cartoon is primitive, made success and i love it, but it is! They are not like Gundam Wing is, a Robot drived by Humans! As i said before, they are another race, they evolve, transform and change! It’s totally different from become 6 blocks together talking and walking!
You guys are thinking litle and limited!
The Movie is just awsome!
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Robert May 14th, 2008 at 09:32