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Speedy Gonzales getting his own non-racist movie
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by: Paul Tassi Feb. 24, 2010

I don’t think I’ve seen a good live action/animated hybrid kids movie since SPACE JAM, but I’ll be damned if Hollywood isn’t going to keep crapping them out ever since ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS made an unholy amount of money. The latest cartoon to move to the real world will be Looney Toon Speedy Gonzales, the super fast mouse that conforms to absolutely no Mexican stereotypes.

George Lopez is voicing speedy and promises to give his “Latino seal of approval” the film, making sure it’s thoroughly non-offensive. I take it that means no sombrero? And are Mexicans fast? Is that even a stereotype?

Lopez and his wife Anna, are producing, and she explains their vision for a new Speedy:

"We wanted to make sure that it was not the Speedy of the 1950s -- the racist Speedy," Anne Lopez said with a chuckle. "Speedy's going to be a misunderstood boy who comes from a family that works in a very meticulous setting, and he's a little too fast for what they do. He makes a mess of that. So he has to go out in the world to find what he's good at."

She said “boy” but I’ll assume it’s just a young mouse. I can’t see George Lopez voicing a super fast CGI Mexican child going very well.

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Extra Tidbit: The next Looney Toon after Speedy and Marvin the Martian to get their own feature? My money’s on Taz.

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mongoose221
2:32PM on 02/26/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile
hate lopez
aside from the fact that george lopez is a useless comic who does nothing but talk about how great being mexican is and how much it is better than being white, how on earth was speedy gonzalez racist? hew was a fast mouse, who ate cheese, and spoke spanish, and wore a sombrero... why? b/c he was FROM FREAKING MEXICO. THAT IS WHY HE SPOKE SPANISH. is it racist against mice b/c he ate cheese?
aside from the fact that george lopez is a useless comic who does nothing but talk about how great being mexican is and how much it is better than being white, how on earth was speedy gonzalez racist? hew was a fast mouse, who ate cheese, and spoke spanish, and wore a sombrero... why? b/c he was FROM FREAKING MEXICO. THAT IS WHY HE SPOKE SPANISH. is it racist against mice b/c he ate cheese?
 
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X-KID
12:40PM on 02/25/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Solo films?
Why not just make Space Jam 3?
Why not just make Space Jam 3?
 
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polarboy
3:59AM on 02/25/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile
This sounds like some kind of joke. A Speedy Gonzales movie? And why are people so whiny and bithcy these days? Of all the wars and riot in the real world, Speedy Gonzales is considered racist? Hehehe.



Sad, sad people in this world of ours.
This sounds like some kind of joke. A Speedy Gonzales movie? And why are people so whiny and bithcy these days? Of all the wars and riot in the real world, Speedy Gonzales is considered racist? Hehehe.



Sad, sad people in this world of ours.
 
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Ocelot_Snake
12:06AM on 02/25/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Changing him is such bullshit! They took him off the air because they felt he was a racist character than the MEXICANS got pissed because they grew up with him and loved him and they were forced to put his episodes back into rotation
Changing him is such bullshit! They took him off the air because they felt he was a racist character than the MEXICANS got pissed because they grew up with him and loved him and they were forced to put his episodes back into rotation
 
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Netforce
8:42PM on 02/24/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile
I wanna see Duck Dodgers!!
I wanna see Duck Dodgers!!
 
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Cherry Liquor
7:36PM on 02/24/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile
They've already homogenized George Lopez, now Speedy? *tear*
They've already homogenized George Lopez, now Speedy? *tear*
 
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Spraragen88
6:46PM on 02/24/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Just make whats on everyone mind...
Wow, just make a movie where Speedy helps mice cross the boarder. Plain, Simple and perfect for today's audiences!
Wow, just make a movie where Speedy helps mice cross the boarder. Plain, Simple and perfect for today's audiences!
 
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RizzleB
6:21PM on 02/24/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Yay for Space Jam!
totally underrated. But WTF with George Lopez doing the voice?!? Shouldn't speedy sound like a mouse instead of...I dunno, GEORGE LOPEZ??
totally underrated. But WTF with George Lopez doing the voice?!? Shouldn't speedy sound like a mouse instead of...I dunno, GEORGE LOPEZ??
 
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PointBlank
5:55PM on 02/24/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Oh bull fucking shit.
Racist speedy is the only speedy, and that wasn't even racist! Just mexican!!
Racist speedy is the only speedy, and that wasn't even racist! Just mexican!!
 
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brewsky99
5:20PM on 02/24/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile
WHY?
WHY?
 
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iamjacksnihilis
4:06PM on 02/24/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile
at least it's not carlos mencia...
at least it's not carlos mencia...
 
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XSsoCX
3:55PM on 02/24/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile
If it's not racist, I Am not watching.
If it's not racist, I Am not watching.
 
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Maverick027
2:15PM on 02/24/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Wait....
Marvin the Martian is getting his/her/its own feature movie?



oh REEEAAAALLLYYY?
Marvin the Martian is getting his/her/its own feature movie?



oh REEEAAAALLLYYY?
 
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PplEqualShyt
2:12PM on 02/24/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Do studios just throw ideas into a hat?

Use a dart board? Maybe.

I think in this case it's because they find that given the success of the Chipmunk movie, they need to find another rodent to transform into CG.



It's a pattern with Cats & Dogs, Scooby, Garfield, Stuart Little, Smurfs, Speedy...



It's what adults will take there little kids to see.
Do studios just throw ideas into a hat?

Use a dart board? Maybe.

I think in this case it's because they find that given the success of the Chipmunk movie, they need to find another rodent to transform into CG.



It's a pattern with Cats & Dogs, Scooby, Garfield, Stuart Little, Smurfs, Speedy...



It's what adults will take there little kids to see.

Parents, who don't know movies well, still know these characters from when they where kids.



So, I agree. Taz movie is next.
 
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thewolf
2:00PM on 02/24/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile
this sounds so fucking lame
this sounds so fucking lame
 
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OrangeRush 2112
1:47PM on 02/24/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile
lopez is such a bitch
lopez is such a bitch
 
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PplEqualShyt
1:47PM on 02/24/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile
I just want:
A television station that airs 24 hours of Classic Looney Tunes. I wish.



I'll go pick up the uncensored DVDs.
A television station that airs 24 hours of Classic Looney Tunes. I wish.



I'll go pick up the uncensored DVDs.
 
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BojacRedleif
12:42PM on 02/24/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Speedy is one of my favorite cartoon characters.
And every time I heard George Lopez speak, I want to clean my ears with sandpaper.
And every time I heard George Lopez speak, I want to clean my ears with sandpaper.
 
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Skellington
12:27PM on 02/24/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile
I stopped reading after 'I don’t think I’ve seen a good live action/animated hybrid since SPACE JAM' because I dont think it was a joke.
I stopped reading after 'I don’t think I’ve seen a good live action/animated hybrid since SPACE JAM' because I dont think it was a joke.
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Ocelot_Snake
12:09AM on 02/25/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile
so do I but I still love it
so do I but I still love it
 
Terminal_83
3:18PM on 02/24/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile
I was quite young when the movie came out as well. I was about thirteen and even then I wasn't impressed. It was all about deifying Michael Jordan at the expense of the Looney Tunes characters. I know I'm taking it too seriously but I have a real loyalty to those characters.
I was quite young when the movie came out as well. I was about thirteen and even then I wasn't impressed. It was all about deifying Michael Jordan at the expense of the Looney Tunes characters. I know I'm taking it too seriously but I have a real loyalty to those characters.
 
Paul Tassi
1:43PM on 02/24/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile
All I know was that it was a blast when I was ten, but I suppose I was too young to understand the commercialism of it all.
All I know was that it was a blast when I was ten, but I suppose I was too young to understand the commercialism of it all.
 
IQuitMrWhite
1:42PM on 02/24/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile
I'm with you, Tassi. Space Jam was awesome.
I'm with you, Tassi. Space Jam was awesome.
 
Terminal_83
1:08PM on 02/24/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile
I'm with Skellington on this one. Space Jam was embarrassing. It was nothing but a promotional movie for Michael Jordan and reduced Bugs Bunny to a simpering coward. And Lola Bunny?! Lame!
I'm with Skellington on this one. Space Jam was embarrassing. It was nothing but a promotional movie for Michael Jordan and reduced Bugs Bunny to a simpering coward. And Lola Bunny?! Lame!
 
Skellington
1:01PM on 02/24/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile
I dont care about CGI or anything. Its the suggestion that Space Jam was any good. That film was terrible back then as a kid, and its even worse today as an adult.
I dont care about CGI or anything. Its the suggestion that Space Jam was any good. That film was terrible back then as a kid, and its even worse today as an adult.
 
Paul Tassi
12:36PM on 02/24/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile
sighh, kids movie dude. I didn't mean anything that's ever featured CGI and humans together.
And you best not be insulting Space Jam.
sighh, kids movie dude. I didn't mean anything that's ever featured CGI and humans together.
And you best not be insulting Space Jam.
 
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halflife
12:20PM on 02/24/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile
FAIL!
This sounds so stupid, like beverly hills chihuahua. George Lopez fails.
This sounds so stupid, like beverly hills chihuahua. George Lopez fails.
 
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Terminal_83
12:11PM on 02/24/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile
This is going to really blow. Politically Correct Speedy Gonzales sounds really lame. No thanks.
This is going to really blow. Politically Correct Speedy Gonzales sounds really lame. No thanks.
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halflife
2:32PM on 02/24/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile
NO way! Hunglowman replying with a comment in favor of being PC. Didn't see that coming.

Everyone having to be PC nowadays is a joke.
NO way! Hunglowman replying with a comment in favor of being PC. Didn't see that coming.

Everyone having to be PC nowadays is a joke.
 
Terminal_83
12:35PM on 02/24/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile
The appeal of Speedy was that he was a stereotype. It's been accepted and it's a part of his charm. For Lopez to take this character and basically turn him in to a PC device, it's pretty lame. But then I'm a purist of Warner Bros. cartoons.
The appeal of Speedy was that he was a stereotype. It's been accepted and it's a part of his charm. For Lopez to take this character and basically turn him in to a PC device, it's pretty lame. But then I'm a purist of Warner Bros. cartoons.
 
Hunglowman
12:24PM on 02/24/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile
politically correct or ethnically accurate? not sure why you would hate on this... or use a buzzword from the 90's to describe it.
politically correct or ethnically accurate? not sure why you would hate on this... or use a buzzword from the 90's to describe it.
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