Oct 15, 2026 · 39 min · 12 segments
Much-maligned by critics upon its release, Speed Racer (2008) has found a second life as a cult classic. Is this one of those movies that gets better with age? Or was the initial reception valid?…
I should have probably researched that.
[laughs] I don't think there is.
[laughs] Should have probably looked at that.
Like, one of the first anime anythings to make the leap over into the American mainstream.
It was, like, his thing.
Um, he loved it growing up.
It's his thing.
I was never into it because that's how kids are, you know? You don't get into what your parents are into.
Yep.
Um, but we're gonna talk about this movie, and I think before we get into it with Speed Racer, I wanna talk about all of our whi- if we haven't seen it, why we haven't seen it, and just go around the horn.
I should have probably researched that.
[laughs] I don't think there is.
[laughs] Should have probably looked at that.
Like, one of the first anime anythings to make the leap over into the American mainstream.
It was, like, his thing.
Um, he loved it growing up.
It's his thing.
I was never into it because that's how kids are, you know? You don't get into what your parents are into.
Yep.
Um, but we're gonna talk about this movie, and I think before we get into it with Speed Racer, I wanna talk about all of our whi- if we haven't seen it, why we haven't seen it, and just go around the horn.
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