Amazon.com: In this second set of adventures, Speed and his friends race against a madman's robot-controlled car in "Race for Revenge." Trixie gets jealous when Speed pays too much attention to the pretty title character in "The Girl Daredevil." In "The Desperate Desert Race," the gang is taken prisoner by rebel army leader Ali ben Schemer, a character who may offend Arab-American viewers.
When Mach Go Go Go debuted in syndication in the U.S. as Speed Racer in 1967, the series had been extensively re-edited to excise much of the violence. These edits cause some continuity problems: in "Girl Daredevil," new tires appear on the Mach-5 between two scenes, and a villain steals the car, although it was out of gas minutes earlier. As the exploits of Speed, Trixie, Sparks, Spritle, and Chim Chim remain a touchstone for fans who grew up watching them, members of Gen-Y are unlikely to be troubled by these awkward moments. (Unrated, suitable for ages 6 and older: cartoon violence, tobacco use, minor ethnic stereotypes) --Charles Solomon
Speed Racer With the new movie coming out in May, I thought it was time to renew my love of Speed Racer.
This dvd brought back all the great memories as a child.
Great Series This DVD is just as good as the first. Really enjoy the series. Will be purchasing the remaining discs soon. Unfortunately, the special edition light up/theme song DVD case did not work. The batteries were probably dead by the time it arrived.
A true classic that is truly fun Speed Racer is just plain fun animation for all ages. The storylines are pretty complex considering it's a kids' cartoon and the animation is just good fun to watch. Whether it's parents who remember watching Speed, Trixie & Co. firsthand or the kids who are just now getting introduced to this series, it's really a lot of fun.
I must not be too smart!!! I dunno! I felt a bit compelled to write this review only in response to some other reviews I'm reading on this series. People praise this show as "good family viewing" with "entertaining characters", but there are a few things about this show that elude me. Although I am aware this is mainly a children's show (though I heavily doubt that a great number of today's children would watch it), I still find myself questioning certain things about it... Things most people hardly pay attention to...
For starters, how can one call the characters featured on this show interesting or entertaining when they are vurtually invulnerable? Like, nothin hurts any of them!!! Not even a fall off a cliff!
Then, what fun is there in watching a show about someone who wins all of the time? Can't Speed Racer occasionally lose? Then there's this Spritle Character who's supposed to be a kid right?--more like a midget that looks like a kid. His parents hardly watch him. He goes off on his own all the time, with that monkey, to follow Speed (his older brother) by hitching rides in car trunks and sometimes airplanes or other vehicles--did I mention virtually invulnerable?--then at the same time, he goes around commiting murder constantly: his prime victims usually being sub-intelligent adults with IQ's lower than even mine!!! I wonder if this is actually so good for kids to watch at all...
Maybe we should be thankful that most of the people who watch this are yesterday's kids, who would know better than to take these things seriously. But anyway, I just wrote this to get it off my chest because I'm too dumb to understand this cartoon's psychology--not that I still don't enjoy it at times--but I fully welcome ANY comments someone may have explaining the derrogatory psychology of this show.
Speed Racer - Episodes 12-23... I'm a Speed Racer fan - what can I say? - I rate the disc 5 stars!
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