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I know I was distracted this past spring with volunteer work... but nearly two years ago I had emailed Warner Brothers, imploring them to release a 4K remaster of Speed Racer. At the time, they'd replied and told me there was no plan to do so (of course not, since it had bombed at the box office).

The reason it didn't do well had as much to do with the timing of the release (competing with Iron Man and The Dark Knight) as the fact that audiences didn't understand the movie: it's a live-action anime based on the original 1960s cartoon. The Wachowskis had to create new methods just to shoot it as a part realistic, part unrealistic, and mostly 2-dimensional movie. Over time, however, it has attracted a near cult following - and has unseated The Empire Strikes Back as my all-time favorite movie.

Imagine my surprise when I read about a 4K IMAX release!

Sadly, that movie came and went in IMAX theaters (hopefully it will return)... meanwhile, I bought the Speed Racer 4K UHD Blu-ray on Amazon. A lot went into updating the 2008 movie, including better sound balance and color correction. I ripped it yesterday and have spent over 24 hours rendering it in 4K 60fps... and it's still only 80% complete! This movie should be absolutely jaw-dropping!
 
The_Chief said:
I know I was distracted this past spring with volunteer work... but nearly two years ago I had emailed Warner Brothers, imploring them to release a 4K remaster of Speed Racer. At the time, they'd replied and told me there was no plan to do so (of course not, since it had bombed at the box office).

The reason it didn't do well had as much to do with the timing of the release (competing with Iron Man and The Dark Knight) as the fact that audiences didn't understand the movie: it's a live-action anime based on the original 1960s cartoon. The Wachowskis had to create new methods just to shoot it as a part realistic, part unrealistic, and mostly 2-dimensional movie. Over time, however, it has attracted a near cult following - and has unseated The Empire Strikes Back as my all-time favorite movie.

Imagine my surprise when I read about a 4K IMAX release!

Sadly, that movie came and went in IMAX theaters (hopefully it will return)... meanwhile, I bought the Speed Racer 4K UHD Blu-ray on Amazon. A lot went into updating the 2008 movie, including better sound balance and color correction. I ripped it yesterday and have spent over 24 hours rendering it in 4K 60fps... and it's still only 80% complete! This movie should be absolutely jaw-dropping!
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I am with you on that man, I find it very epic, only seen it once a long time ago when it was on Starz.. I should pick up the dvd as you did mentioned it though - yes a near cult following too. :)
 
Every time I watch it, I pick up on some new, tiny detail that blows my mind. They took so many little things from the TV show and integrated them into the movie. Only the most die-hard fans would ever find all the little easter eggs they put into that movie!

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I ripped the Blu-ray yesterday and have spent the last 24 hours rendering it in 4K/60fps. It's still only 84% complete! This movie ought to be gob-smacking when I watch it on my 4K monitor.
 
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The kittens got their shots this morning and all three boys weighed the same... 3.2 pounds. They cried all the way to the North end of Wichita and back. They were good as gold while we were there. I had to name them. I hung Joe, Max, and Ozzy on them.
 
To my fellow veterans on AF/EBC, HAPPY VETERANS DAY and THANK YOU for serving! Many of us volunteered... some of us were volun-told... but we all served with dedication.

Members of our local veterans organizations try to attend as many veterans programs at area schools as possible (I attended three today!). It's important for the students and teachers at these schools to see us there, appreciating their efforts. If veterans don't show up, eventually the school will give up trying: and we're positive role models for these kids in a culture with scant few positive role models. The kids at some of these programs absolutely blew us away! What these young people can do, and we're talking elementary and middle school here, is astonishing. Many of them will be our future military generations, so it's critical that they see us there. It will remind them, once they take off the uniform and assume the title "veteran", that they need to pay it forward like we did for them and attend programs and ceremonies at schools around them.
 
The_Chief said:
To my fellow veterans on AF/EBC, HAPPY VETERANS DAY and THANK YOU for serving! Many of us volunteered... some of us were volun-told... but we all served with dedication.

Members of our local veterans organizations try to attend as many veterans programs at area schools as possible (I attended three today!). It's important for the students and teachers at these schools to see us there, appreciating their efforts. If veterans don't show up, eventually the school will give up trying: and we're positive role models for these kids in a culture with scant few positive role models. The kids at some of these programs absolutely blew us away! What these young people can do, and we're talking elementary and middle school here, is astonishing. Many of them will be our future military generations, so it's critical that they see us there. It will remind them, once they take off the uniform and assume the title "veteran", that they need to pay it forward like we did for them and attend programs and ceremonies at schools around them.
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My mother made a facebook image of her dad, my father, and my grandfather who served so I can have a better tomorrow :)
 
And today marks my cellphone's second birthday, still amazing photographs and texts and just about everything I could of ever wanted in a cellphone yay!
Using this on duckduckgo's web browser, all system's are go!
 
WHOOPS! Do criminal stuff, pay criminal penalties: FTX sold its entire stake in Anthropic in 2024 for approximately $1.34 billion during bankruptcy proceedings. At Anthropic's proposed IPO valuation, that stake would now be worth up to $34.7 billion.
 
The Weiner Mobile, Oscar Mejier dude the Weiner Mobile finally lands next to the grocery store by my side occupation, I saw it but I was not hungry for a Weiner... HAHAAa how many times can I write that hahaaa...
 
My sister is coming over in the morning to take the only female kitty home with her. I will miss the kitten, Moggy. She is a more calm kitten than the three boys. She doesn't mind mixing it up with them and holds her own when the game gets serious. She is never the one that initiates the action. It's funny how they all have their own personalities. One kitty down and three to go.
 
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