u/MangoMan1967

Well I FINALLY achieved my lifelong goal of seeing my favorite film of all-time in theaters in IMAX. To quote Mom Racer: "it's beautiful, and inspiring, and everything that art should be." I had a big ol' dumb grin on my face the entire time and tears of joy for a majority of it. Practically empty theater since I chose the latest possible showing, so it was like I had my own private screening.

My ONLY issue with it being in IMAX was the fact they cropped it to fill up (almost) the entire screen. It was still framed well for the most part but at certain points the scenes just felt cramped and I literally had turn my entire head to look at whoever was talking on screen (felt like I was watching a tennis match sometimes lmao). I would've been fine with them letterboxing it to retain the entire frame in its original aspect ratio but I understand why they did it. Aside from that minor issue, I had a freaking BLAST!

Also...WHY DIDN'T AMC HAVE MINI TAKE-HOME POSTERS?? WHERE ARE THE EXCLUSIVE POPCORN BUCKETS??? Let's hope they do it for the 20th anniversary 2 years from now🙏😭

Hey, y'all! Long time no post, I know it's been a while. I cannot express how excited I am to finally see this masterpiece in theaters, let alone in IMAX! I was unfortunately only able to see it on DVD back in fall of 2008, due to my family's financial situation during the recession, but I'm eternally grateful to have even experienced it at all. The memory of opening the paper Netflix envelope we received in the mail, popping the disc in, and hearing those first few notes during the kaleidoscope credits with the adrenaline that followed is seared forever into my brain. This is a major victory for us fans and I'm excited for the future of this growing fanbase!

The helmets you see in this post are actually ones I own. I hope to potentially make a limited run of Racer X helmets for sale at some point if anyone is interested, so be on the lookout for that!

And don't worry, for those who've been following my work i'm planning on jumping back in the saddle with my Racer X series posts sometime soon and eventually involving the help of this subreddit! In the meantime...

LET'S GO, GO, GOOOOOO!!!