Bingowings said:
People go on about how fake the podrace is and how great the speeder bike race is.
Both look fake.
Both were filmed with a mixture of sped up 'real' footage and special effects.
Indeed the demented deleted scenes outfrink Frink by turning the death of an alien driver into a sick comedy moment with his tearful comedy wife and kids crying over his comedy death.
LOL! In my TPM edit I recut that bit, so that the camera cuts to their crest fallen faces the moment he dies xD
It makes me laugh a litle evil laugh everytime. But in all seriousness, I did that to show that the Podrace was actually dangerous, because that was lacking. I'd say that the Podrace was brilliantly shot but it lacked the danger that the speeder chase has, due to a lack of shots showing the racers/stromtroopers dying in gigantic fireballs.