Iron Mangasm

[nickbeat]

Right, but what does the G on the shirt stand for? His real name isn't Go. Remember that the Speed Racer cartoon was actually written by Americans, though it was animated in Japan.

[Jaeram]

I don't know much about speed racer, but Peridan's example checks out, atleast on the linguistic side because I am a student of the Japanese language and there are many parts of their language that do that. One word in a certain context put in another context means something completely different, and they seem to like homophones. Just my two cents, I'm wondering what nickbeats answer is though.

[Peridan]

Arg, for the love of Pete...

"The characters and storylines originated in Japan..."

"...the central character in the anime and manga was a young race car driver named Gō Mifune (Mifune Gō)..."

Happy?

[nickbeat]

You are totally right about the Japanese origin, but the Americans call him Greg, and that is what the G on his shirt is. He got the nickname Speed when he was a little kid running around the track.

[Vanima Tiri]

Anyone who wants to see a good Robert D Jr movie should watch Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. =] Its one of my fav movies and hes one of my fav actors too.

[Machiavelli]

It's gotta be said that Marvel have a crap history with films, other than the first couple of X-Men ones that is... DC have some far superior things under their belt; First 2 batman films, Sin City, and V for Vendetta. Anyone seeing a Frank Miller theme here?

[EDIT] There was also the unforgivable mockery of Hellblazer that was 'Constantine' with Keanu Reeves... that shit cancels out any DC advantage... I cried for all the wrong reasons

[Peridan]

I agree Mach, I was kinda pissed at how they portrayed John Constantine. I was like "wtf! He's supposed to be blonde!"