#taejo togokahn

[oooilovethatmovie]

Speed Racer

“You don’t climb into a T-180 to be a driver. You do it because you’re driven.”

This is such a fun and brightly colored movie that also deals with pretty deep concepts and had me going “oh you’re in this too?!” for like every other person. If you need a Reason (beside fun!) to watch it, I think it’s a fun experiment with new special effects tech from the late ‘00s.

It’s been over 15 years, are we still doing cult classic?

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But what if Snake pushed Trixie off the cliff?

Speed's angst over watching his girlfriend go over a cliff aside, there's many variables to consider.

For starters, Trixie goes over. The Kwik save is activated and she's save. What next? I would assume there's some sort of patrol or first response that goes out and collects the DNF drivers. Perhaps the authorities find her and learn about the switch. Would this disqualify the Togokahn team? Or maybe Horuko and Taejo get to Trixie first. Trixie and Taejo switch places and the authorities find Taejo who "crashed." And what even are the rules for finishing the race. Do all team members have to cross the finish line? Or can Speed and X win it themselves?

Angst filled alternative. Trixie goes over and the Kwik save does not activate. Why? Some sort of malfunction? Or perhaps Snake tampered with it. Snake went into the race wanting to take out Taejo, so before the second leg he messed with Taejo's car. And in the mountains he saw an opportunity to take out Taejo and took it. But he doesn't know that Taejo switched places with Trixie. So he drives Trixie over the cliff and the Kwik save doesn't work. Trixie either survives, but is severely injured or dies.

But how do any of these scenarios affect the rest of the movie? Does Speed still race in the Grand Prix? What do you think about the above? Any ideas on what would happen? Did any of the above scenarios stand out to you?

[estrogenizedquark]

kpop girlies get a lot of flak but one of my first crushes was Rain as taejo togokahn in speed racer so i see where they’re coming from

[incorrectspeedracerquotes]

Taejo: I’m sorry.

Horuko: Sorry for what?

Taejo: Sorry for making you put up with me.

Horuko: Yeah, that’s a valid apology.

[sxvethelastdance]

@bastardsunlight​​

“ALL YOU HAD TO DO WAS FOLLOW THE DAMN TRACK, SPEED!”

[olderthannetfic]

THANK YOU! The Speed Racer movie was a fucking masterpiece precisely *because* the Sisters Wachowski had the grapefruit-sized brass monkey gonads to embrace the over-the-top cartooniness of that world—Day-Glo color schemes; groanworthy character names; automotive Wuxia; corny accents; ninja battles for the whole family; the pet chimp—and then *play it dead straight*, treating the infamously stilted English dubbing as if it were a highly stylized acting convention like Kabuki.

--

They actually knew what to do with 90% greenscreen too. It looks fake, but it looks cool instead of like the boring hot mess most films make of that.

One of the reviews at the time was like "the plot makes no sense", and I was enraged because this film has one of the best and most concise explanations of manipulating stock prices and why you'd do it. Sure, it's cheesy to pause the film for an epic villain speech and montage, but if there's one thing it isn't, it's unclear. THE BAD GUY LITERALLY TOLD YOU THE PLOT, REVIEWER! Were you in the bathroom or something?

Yeah, he's the largest of large hams, but who cares? It's great! (And also a pretty spot-on satire of the real versions of this dude who populate corporate America, albeit in much more boring suits.)

For me, THE UNASSAILABLE MIGHT OF MONEY ranks up there with that montage everybody loves from The Big Short.

The plot of Speed Racer is simple: big corporations have been fixing races for years to manipulate their stock prices to block or aid specific mergers and to boost the profile of their tech. Speed is an independent who wins because he loves his family and they work together.

People hated it because it absolutely is a sickening load of schmaltz straight out of Weekly Shounen Jump and not some darker and edgier bro film about how emotional attachments make you week.

I would personally have liked more of Rain and Hiroyuki Sanada and way less of Spritle--or at least less of his atrocious dialogue. A pity we never got that sequel where presumably Taejo and Horuko Togokahn would have shown back up. I want to know about their sketchy Korean-Japanese automotive empire! I want the family to find out the truth about Racer X. I want to watch Racer X beat up Taejo while wearing leather again. This movie was art, yo.

[orbital-obvious]

Speed Racer 2008 Headcanons

Because sure, why not

*Royalton is actually a multifacted conglomerate which deals with much more than automobiles, but Royalton Motors is their most profitable subsidiary. This is because-

*Car Racing is the most popular (and profitable) form of sport/entertainment in the world.

*Motorbike racing DOES exist, but it’s an underground activity which only happens locally, and, for the most parts, is illigal. As a whole, the Motorbikes market is much smaller and less profitable than the car industry.

*Speed actually understands the world as an agllamoration of physical forces and has a subconsious understanding of phsyics which helps him “understand” and “listen to” the car and the road. Also, racing is actually where the phsyical conditions are most straightfoward and clear, which is why he has that mid-racing clarity.

*Spritle never met Rex (as Rex and not Racer X), as he was born after his older brother’s “death” This, along with his young age, means he is the only person in the Racer family not to be burdened with the family’s trauma’s first hand.

*Spritle will never get a driver’s licence. I just don’t see it in his future.

*Chim Chim, however, will.

*Taejo and Haruku Togokahn are twins. Haruku is the older of the two. They actuallly care a lot about each other.

*Togokahn motors originally focused on Motorcycles, and moved into the Automobile market later.

*Sparky has a Masters in mechanical engineering. He works for Racer industries because A. the conditons are good B. Pops is generally the best mentor he could ask for.

*Royalton, as a company, survived the events of the movie.

*The BIC are actually a global agency. 

IDK if they are in any shape or form anime-compatible but I like them

I think a lot about speed racer lately...

[bastardsunlight]

The Togokahn heir approached his track adversary, a firm declaration waiting to be made.

“I feel the need…” One hand raised, that cool countenance cracked and there emerged an amused grin.

“The need…for Speed.”

The moment the first half of the phrase left Taejo's mouth, the moment his hand rose, Speed mimicked the action, grinning wide, a flush high in his cheeks. Thousands of flashes from every kind of camera sparkled like diamonds all around them, all eyes on the pair, daring to interpret what might or might not have been between them.

"The need for speed!” Their hands met above their heads, somewhere between them and the cameras continued going off. One of them was quoting a film, the other... Well, that was up for debate. The tabloids would have a field day. 

When Speed backed away, he still held Taejo’s hand, but this time in a friendly shake. “Good luck out there,” he said, with all sincerity, blue eyes sparkling with the delight of being on the track, with the prospect of a good, fair contest, and with... maybe a little something else. Who could say? 

[n-chu4ever]

hey can you imagine being one of the other drivers that isn’t named during the Grand Prix Speed wins

like... you’re probably one of the ones who knows that the race is rigged and you’re ready to just stick behind the ones who are supposed to win this race so that your sponsors get paid

and then Speed Racer (legally) joins the race

and Royalton puts a million-dollar bounty on his head

he even says he’d prefer it if the kid didn’t make it out of the locker room

you’ve heard rumours about how he and his family fought off a ninja at Casa Cristo though so you decide not to try

that, and the kid’s eighteen. EIGHTEEN.

why would you put a bounty on someone so young?

the race starts and you’re not the one who attempts to false-start him, but you see him make a recovery and soon he’s racing against Royalton Industries’ car

you see briefly the spearhook jump and the RI car’s driver get Kwik-Saved, but you don’t see the kid eject

his car’s down, though, and you pity him

he was just trying to race, after all, even if he’s just exposed Royalton for his dirty tricks and destroyed Cannonball’s career

however, a few minutes later, your mechanics swear loudly over the radio

you ask them what they’re yelling about

they tell you that Speed Racer just kick-started his engine and is racing as if his life depends on it

you laugh at them

the kid got spearhooked, there’s no way he could’ve recovered

you realise a few moments later how wrong you are, when the Mach 6 literally FLIES over you on the almost-90-degree-drop

he ends up winning the race, because of course he does, and sends Royalton to jail with his win (and the ensuing investigation, indicting and imprisonment, but that’s not important)

you watch the race recording later on and see the exact moment that the kid changed everything, as his engine jumps back into life and he starts gliding

not driving, gliding, as if he is painting a MASTERPIECE

you testify against Royalton for the bounty he put on the kid’s head, but do so anonymously - the one who ends up testifying publicly is big enough to sentence him, since he is Taejo Togokahn of Togokahn Motors and his team (which, you realise, also had Speed Racer) won the Crucible

Speed Racer has just inspired the biggest change in racing history, and you have a feeling that he’s just getting started

[blessedwifey]

Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: Lego 8159 Speed Racer Racer: X & Taejo Togokahn.

[speedracer2008isart]

Unresolved storylines.

Why did Taejo cheer for Speed? And what made him change his mind about testifying against Royalton and Cruncher Block?

Now that Royalton is behind bars, what becomes of Royalton Industries?

Is there still a bounty out on Speed? If so, who's putting up the money?

What became of Cannonball's career? Is he still racing for RI? Would there be another team willing to sponsor him?

[comic-movieheroesranked]

Cinematic Comic Characters Ranked! (Year 2008) Part Two

Wow, I just want to say that 2008 really stepped it up when it came to comic movies released. Granted, a couple weren’t the best but overall this year was one of the best out of the bunch. The Dark Knight and Hellboy II: The Golden Army are the only sequels this year, while The Punisher: War Zone and The Incredible Hulk serve as reboots. Star Wars: The Clone Wars serves as a prequel and we also see the debut of Iron Man, Speed Racer, The Spirit and Wanted! Lets start off our largest list yet! Here’s #60-41!

*SPOILERS FOR THE MOVIES HIGHLIGHTED ABOVE*

60. Tom Manning (Hellboy II: The Golden Army)

"God, I hate Youtube!"

Tom is back as the director of the department Hellboy works for, and he still tries miserably to keep it secret. This, of course, doesn't work out when you got a group consisting of a hellspawn, an aquatic man, and a girl who can blow up entire blocks. He tries to maintain order by adding Krauss to the group but in the end they all end up quitting on him, leaving him with no more agents to help stop otherworldly creatures.

59. Jabba the Hutt and T3-70 (Star Wars: The Clone Wars)

"You will be executed immediately."

The only thing Jabba the Hutt seems to care about is his newborn son. When he's kidnapped, Jabba doesn't know who to trust. He gets played by Count Dooku into thinking the Jedi were the ones responsible and had, in fact, killed his son and were now going to kill him. But in the end Ahsoka, Anakin and Padme are able to return his son to him and reveal that it was his uncle who helped Count Dooku with his plan. Grateful, he agrees to sign a treaty with the Republic. T3-70 is the robot who does all of his translating.

58. Mr. Wink (Hellboy II: The Golden Army)

*growls*

Mr. Wink was a giant troll-like creature that seemed to be Prince Nuada's personal bodyguard, even though the prince is more than capable of defending himself. He helps Nuada gain control of the first two crown pieces by attacking a bunch of humans and then helping Nuada kill his father and his royal guard. When he goes out by himself to get the last crown piece from Nuala, he ends up going up against Hellboy, himself. And, well, Hellboy doesn't lose so Mr. Wink ends up getting crushed in some type of grinder thing.

57. Christine Everhart (Iron Man)

"That's a great line coming from the guy selling the sticks."

I couldn't decide on whether or not I liked Christine. Like it's clear she's very passionate about her job but I couldn't tell if it's because she truly didn't approve of what Stark Industries represented or because Tony slept with her once and moved on. And then there was her unnecessary bitchiness towards Pepper the morning after, but Pepper handled her very well like the boss she is.

56. Spritle Racer, Sparky, and Chim Chim (Speed Racer)

"Go, Speed, go!"

I get these three were supposed to bring the humor to the movie, but they annoyed me the most...except for the monkey. Sparky is Speed's best friend and mechanic who can't fight to save his life. Like he literally loses every fight he's in during the movie. Spirtle is Speed's little brother who always disobeys what he's told and gets in all kinds of mischief with his pet monkey, Chim Chim. I will give him props for giving Mr. Royalton the middle finger, I was definitely not expecting that to happen.

55. Agent Coulson (Iron Man)

"Just call us S.H.I.E.L.D."

Agent Coulson stays in the background the entire movie not really explaining what it is his department does. He does prove his worth when Pepper discovers Obadiah's betrayal and sends his men after him, but it's too late and Obadiah takes them down in his Iron Monger suit.

54. Morgenstern (The Spirit)

"No, sir. We're just equipped."

The enthusiastic rookie cop who idolizes The Spirit, Morgenstern proves that her detective skills are on point as she helps The Spirit figure out what Octopus is up to. She also has great aim with a badass gun that she shows up with during the final conflict. She's the first one to do real damage to the Octopus, blasting off one of his hands. Her admiring The Spirit could be because she's crushing on him like every other girl in the film, but she's one of the few he doesn't get his lips on.

53. Samuel Sterns (The Incredible Hulk)

"Why are you always hitting people?"

This quirky professor turns out to be the Mr. Blue that's been in communication with Bruce while he was in isolation. Yes, he was able to make a temporary cure that may have helped Bruce control his anger, and therefore his Hulk persona, but he was starting to show me red flags early on. Any scientist with a hunger to gain glory for a discovery is potentially dangerous in superhero films because they're willing to put people at risk to get their break through. It's proven when he creates more samples of Bruce's blood without his consent and then helps Emil become Abomination. The last we see him, Bruce's blood manages to get inside a wound on his head and he starts to mutate as well.

52. Billy Russotti/Jigsaw & James Russotti/Looney Bin Jim (Punisher: War Zone)

"Would you also like to swear on an imaginary friend?"

These two really pinned the tail on the donkey when it comes to obnoxious brothers in the mob. They both try to appear really menacing but it just came off as comical for me. Like Looney Bin Jim throwing himself at every mirror he sees was one of the dumbest things I think I saw throughout the movie. Still, the two are able to cause some serious mayhem killing cops, crooks, and Castle's allies alike. In the end they're taken down fairly easily by the Punisher, Jim gets a bullet in the head and Jigsaw gets roasted.

51. Captain Rex (Star Wars: The Clone Wars)

"In my book, experience outranks everything."

Rex is a clone in charge of the clone armies. He appears to be the most capable out of all the clones as he's the one that's seen working closely with Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker. He leads his men to help them in every mission they are given and mostly succeeds with his assistance.

50. Raza (Iron Man)

"Tony Stark has created the ultimate weapon: a masterpiece of death."

The leader of the terrorist group, Ten Rings, Raza is hired by Obadiah to kill Tony Stark. Instead he kidnaps the millionaire genius and tries to force him to create weapons for his faction. He ends up getting half his face burned when Tony escapes and then gets paralyzed when he confronts Obadiah about it. It's left unknown if he lives or dies but I like to think Obadiah's men took care of him.

49. Lau, Sal Maroni, Chechen, and Gambol (The Dark Knight)

"Enough from the clown!"

Maroni, Chechen, and Gambol are the crime lords of Gotham and Lau is their criminal accountant who handles all their money. For months Batman has been clearing the streets of their business to the point that they get desperate enough to hire The Joker, except for Gambol. He's the first crime lord to go down after he tries to put a bounty on the clown, who shows up and kills him himself. Lau and Chechen go down next. After Lau gets caught by Batman, he rats out everyone which puts a target on his back. Joker captures him for Chechen but when the crime lord refuses to serve the Joker, the clown has him taken away to be fed to his own dogs, just after setting Lau on fire on top of millions of dollars. Sal Maroni gets roughed up by everyone else. He gets his legs broken by Batman and then gets taken down by Two Face when the former lawyer kills his driver.

48. Taejo Togokahn (Speed Racer)

"I'll see you at Fuji."

A rookie racer who we first see almost get his hand eaten by a bunch of piranhas. He teams up with Speed and Racer X to help him win the Casa Cristo 5000 in exchange for his proof of Mr. Royalton's corruption. However, he goes back on his word, deciding instead to profit with his father on the money Mr. Royalton gives them when he buys their company.

47. Yoda (Star Wars: The Clone Wars)

"To let go of his pupil, a greater challenge it will be."

Yoda and Obi-Wan somehow came up with a plan to give Anakin a young jedi to train. As one of the strongest jedi, Yoda is constantly leading Republic armies to help battle the forces of Count Dooku and the Separatists.

46. The Gunsmith, The Repairman, and The Butcher (Wanted)

"Fuck that! You are a pussy!"

These three assassins help shape Wesley into the assassin he's meant to be. The Gunsmith is there to help him curve a bullet, The Repairman beats the shit out of him so he loses his bad habits from his normal life, and The Butcher shows him everything about knives. It was nice to see they actually cared about each other during The Executioner's death before Wesley killed The Repairman and The Butcher. The Gunsmith was taken out by Fox after he tried to ignore the code.

45. Count Dooku (Star Wars: The Clone Wars)

"I sense your strong feelings. Pain, fear..."

Count Dooku is back as one of our main villains and he ends up developing a plan to gain the Hutts as allies for the Separatists. To do so, he stages the jedi kidnapping Jubba the Hutt's son and convinces the ruler that the Republic is trying to kill him. His plans fail when Anakin and Ahsoka return the newborn but he manages to put a lot of doubt into Anakin before he flees.

44. Eustace Dolan (The Spirit)

"You watch what you say about cops!"

Commissioner of Central City, Eustace is the only one to know Denny came back to life before he resurfaced as The Spirit. They agreed Denny could serve as the perfect spy to help bring down The Octopus under a persona with no attachments. Of course, the no attachments rule becomes a problem when The Spirit starts dating Eustace's daughter and when Denny starts doing things on his own without the help of the police department. But even though he's annoyed, Eustace still backs The Spirit up and even puts six bullets into the Octopus's head during the final gunfight.

43. The Exterminator (Wanted)

"A thousand..."

Wesley's first friend in the Fraternity and kinda his only friend. The Exterminator usually keeps Wesley company as he heals in the healing chambers. His special talent is feeding rats explosive peanut butter and then detonating them, which ends up helping Wesley in the end. He's accidentally killed by Wesley, who mistakes him for Cross.

42. Trixie (Speed Racer)

"Cool beans."

You know a girl is loyal when she punches another girl in the face for talking shit about her boy, even when she's never even talked to said boy. And you know a boy is in love when he, a race driving protege, crashes because he can't take his eyes off her. That's the relationship between Trixie and Speed and Trixie shows that she's one of the most supportive people in Speed's adult career. She also flies a really stylish helicopter that she uses to help Speed and his teammate when they're racing and when it's time to rough it up with some thugs, Trixie's there to karate chop everyone in her path.

41. Johann Krauss (Hellboy II: The Golden Army)

"Suck my ectoplasmic schwanzstucker!"

With Meyers gone, the group was in need of a fourth member, at least according to Tom Manning. In comes Johann Krauss, a man who's ectoplasm is trapped inside a robot. He's very much all about the rules when he first starts leading the team, quickly getting on Hellboy's nerves. One of my favorite moments is Hellboy smashing his glass head during their confrontation. In the end though Johann ends up bonding with the team so much, he also quits after they defeat the Golden Army.

[incorrectspeedracerquotes]

Speed: You played us!

Taejo: Like the cheap kazoo you are.

[ms-hells-bells]

HE WAS TAEJO TOGOKAHN????? DUDE I HAD A CRUSH ON HIM WHEN I WATCHED THE MOVIE AT LIKE 9

what the fuck, just stumbled upon the fact that rain was in speedracer. i loved that movie as a kid, now i gotta rewatch it. 

[speedracer2008isart]

Oooh, someone already asked for Rex so… favourite moments from Wonderful World of Racing? :3

Some of my fav mockumentry moments in no particular order <3

[speedracer2008isart]

Speed Racer (2008) | dir. The Wachowski's