Speed Racer in 3D

By Dave Davis

Posted 18 years ago

There was a time that lenticular imagery was such a “cutting edge” gimmick, they’d slap it on any flat surface that might be near eye-level — cereal boxes, trading cards, comic book covers, VHS sleeves, etc.

That novelty is retro-hip again, and what better property to take advantage of the effect than the Wachowskis’ extra-kinetic version of the 60s ‘toon SPEED RACER? The below poster has been in theaters for a while, but thanks to the magic of the internets, you can experience the artificial sense of depth without even peeling yourself from your chair!

Just click SPEED’s helmet, grab that sucker and start wiggling! (The image, please.)

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Dave Davis

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Favorite Movies: Aliens, Jaws, Inglourious Basterds, the Mad Max movies except the kid read more parts of Thunderdome, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Starship Troopers, the Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy, They Live, Pandorum, The Warriors, Darkman, The Thing, The Untouchables, a good percentage of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, B-movies, Westerns

Likes: Mass Effect, ginger, the 1960s Batman TV show, diversity, Fallout, non-iron read more shirts, Angela Bassett, comics, funk, making and/or consuming satisfying meals, xenomorphs, the Elric saga, weird art, volume, She-Hulk, freeze-frame credits, my goofy cats, green things, transdimensional travel, vindication

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