Go Speed Racer, Please

I caught the Speed Racer movie on TV. I watched the cartoon when I was a kid, but it never really meant much to me.



The movie was worse than expected, and I wasn't expecting much. I thought almost nothing about it worked, but I won't go into it, since I see no reason to kick a film that's already down. I just wonder if maybe, when the Wachowski brothers were planning the film, if they thought any of the car races should look remotely like a car race?