When I started seeing the marketing for the upcoming Speed Racer movie, it looked garish and totally unappealing to me. I was a HUGE Speed Racer fan when I was a young boy and I was mercilessly teased by my family for it. But when the show's opening credits would roll, I was rapt for 30 minutes. Still, this new treatment by the Wachowski Brothers just looked ugly to me. But io9 has linked to some leaked scenes from the film and I have to say, it looks kind of compelling -- beautiful, even.Click here and take a look.