I just have to share. From volume 3 of the Speed Racer DVD, episode 35 "Crash in the Jungle Part 1", I clipped these pictures.
Does anyone besides me think Speed and Racer X are both hotties? It's clear they get it from mom's side of the family. have you seen Pops Racer?
Anyway, the question is what do you do when you are lost in the jungle battling against giant spiders and monkeys that have been genetically engineered by white folks to take over a small african country and reinstate it to it's former glory?
In Speed's case, it's clear that he has to look the part. I mean he is maybe going to have to compete with Tarzan. Or Jane.
The whole series of Speed Racer has just made me giggle at how gullible we all were as kids. I mean the camels in "sandalland" can run fast enough to keep up with the Mach 5. And the Mach 5 is the fastest car around.
I've also noticed that there's a "Grand Prix" on every continent, plus 2. "North American Grand Prix", "Mountain Alps Grand Prix", "Snake Grand Prix", "Trans-Africa Grand Prix" etc. etc. Speed never races in anything but Grand Prixs. Of course, so far in 4 seasons of disks, he's not raced but two or three times at all. It seems he always gets sidetracked trying to help someone he just met, or helping Inspector Detector solve a crime.
Somehow I do miss the innocence of Speed Racer. I hope the movie version coming soon does it justice. I think I'm going to have to start checking out the old He-Man DVDs next… I bet he looks good when he's trapped in the jungle.
