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I guess I have to join in on that. The main thrust of my review was also the overuse of the FX to the point that the movie wasn't quite a live action flick, not quite an animated cartoon, but more like an animated film with some people tossed into it. I think TeeJay's review essentially echoed mine.

Sensory overload was the bottom line of my review.

And some bad news for Illinois, I guess. FWIW the Mach 5 is used in basically the same types of races as the Mach 6 in the film. I guess they just don't show that in the trailers and clips. While the Mach 6, which replaces the Mach 5 later in the film, is used in action sequences which "up the ante," so to speak, there are races with the Mach 5 which are similarly advanced and unconventional.

Also see my little rant on "why people talk during movies":
http://www.pronetworks.org/forum/story101062.html

Finally, back to the film, I don't think I'm posting spoilers in this next paragraph -- just in case, you may want to skip it if you haven't seen the film.

I can only remember two things from the film, one funny and one poignant. The only funny moment I remember is when the kid ends up bloated and sprawled on the floor surrounded by candy. The only moving moment I remember is when Speed confronts Racer X about who he really is.

I'm really kicking myself for not going. I backed out at the last minute. Of course, afterwards I find out who was there besides the cast (Emile, for example) and at the afterparty (David Archuleta, of all people).

Just to followup on the discussion earlier about cast interviews -- MTV did, indeed, interview Michael. It will be featured in the next "Twilight Tuesday." Look for it here:

http://moviesblog.mtv.com/

American Son, with Sean Marquette and Michael Welch, has been accepted into five upcoming film festivals:

http://www.chris-marquette.com/forum/vi … php?id=491

Here you go:

http://www.pronetworks.org/forum/story102431.html

Enjoy!

I got some from the red carpet but they are basically the same as everyone else's so I don't post those. These are exclusive.

Here's one just for you guys.

I'll do the best I can without posting spoilers -- I think the plot points I mention are all common knowledge or are known right from the start of the film.

The red Mach 4 is driven by Rex Racer. Speed drives the white Mach 5 until, at some point, it is destroyed and when they rebuild it they name it 6.

The Mach 5 is the car featured throughout most of the film. However, Rex's "ghost" and "ghost car" ride with Speed in much of the film so that you see both the red Mach 4 and white Mach 5 parallel to each other in many races.

YES, they are hard to follow much of the time. That was my #1 main problem with the film (as well as most of the people I know who've seen it). The races are shown both too close up and too far away to really figure out who is whom and where they are in the race. It's just a complete mess. But maybe I'm just too old.  I had no clue what was going on in most of the races.

Yes and no. There are many car crashes but nobody dies -- it's very cleaned up Disney-style. People magically emerge alive no matter how bad the crashes are.

Yes, they very very cleverly insert a bit of it. It almost goes by unnoticed unless you know the theme, and it brought a big smile to my face. That was actually one of my favorite things about the film.

Thanks so much for posting the link. It is much appreciated.

I did watch the original cartoon but I honestly don't remember much about it. I was a wee wittle baby. From what I can recall the original was very much in the Japanese anime tradition of sharp lines and fast action. In that sense, yes, it holds true to it. 

As far as the storyline goes, I honestly have no recollection at all of any of the story from the original. I can only remember the look and the theme song.

Sorry, wish I could be of more help. :embarrassed:

That's par for the course.

She wanted to post the names as soon as she could. She'd been waiting for approval. She posted them as soon as she got it.

Summit told her she could not post a partial list.They did not want any list posted by her until all the names were official. That's why she said they had finally given her the approval.

And Doug Smith, who's actually one of only two actors prominently featured on the cover, which makes it really odd.

Here's the formula to get a lot of media and press coverage: cast a slew of beautiful young women, all of whom have a decent fan base of sorts, and be sure to include someone who stars in a hot CW show like Gossip Girl. It helps if there are a bunch of good-looking young guys with decent fan bases as well, although not required. But they should be encouraged to bring beautiful young dates.

Oh, and it doesn't matter how bad the reviews are.

MTV did announce that they will be interviewing cast members, and he is on the list.

http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/03/25/th … ubmit-now/

First link says: