re: Fast Forever (2028, D: Leterrier)
 

They should end it with the gang selling all those DVD players they stole and making like $80 for the entire truckload.

re: Fast Forever (2028, D: Leterrier)
 

I thought the last movie had been planned out already but just hadn't started shooting. I read rumors online somewhere the last movie was going to go back to the street racing roots of the first movie. I only ever watched the first movie but after 10 movies it would suck if it didn't have some sort of real conclusion.

re: Fast Forever (2028, D: Leterrier)
 

You’ve only seen the 1st movie?

This series has no writers room or “plan” they basically wing it. And Vin Diesel, 9 times out of 10 is just a talker and bragger.

re: Fast Forever (2028, D: Leterrier)
 

If that’s the case, I’d like someone to reach out to me. I’m serious about writing a final sequel where crime doesn’t pay, nothing they did mattered, and they’re back to just some punks heisting electronics using cool cars.

re: Fast Forever (2028, D: Leterrier)
 

It's about family....stealing iPhones...and going to jail.

re: Fast Forever (2028, D: Leterrier)
 

Yes I've only watched the first one. I liked it for what it was at the time but its really just a rip off of Point Break. Vin Diesel's movie career is just coast off his early 2000s success.

re: Fast Forever (2028, D: Leterrier)
 

I've found most of the movies in this franchise entertaining with a couple exceptions: Tokyo Drift and these last couple, Fast 9 and 10.

re: Fast Forever (2028, D: Leterrier)
 

Yup! Supposed to be a TV series, but the main girl was like nope, theater or bust. Then I guess other cast members were like nope and studio lost interest. Did not help that the last movie bombed.

I actually thought they had Fast X2 in the can already. Then I remember Vin (looking huge) talking about going back to the basics and back to LA so who knows what is going on. With budget cuts, def do not expect Rock to be in this lol. Curious if his Hobbs thing is finally over as well. Honestly, if I'm him, I'd see if the Smashing Machine gets any Oscar buzz and then I'll focus on the Disney contracts he has and Jumanji movies.

re: Fast Forever (2028, D: Leterrier)
 

Was it this movie or the last one where Vin was asking the Rock to return to “fulfill his destiny” or whatever weird shit he was tweeting?

re: Fast Forever (2028, D: Leterrier)
 

I believe that was either the X, or maybe even 9. All I know, given the Rock's response, everyone was shocked to see him appear in the post credits scene of Fast X. Honestly, I often wonder if these Hollywood feuds aren't as fabricated as the teen Hollywood romances of the '50s/'60s.

re: Fast Forever (2028, D: Leterrier)
 

Maybe, but how bad must things be for all this back fighting and preconditions to become public before the film even gets made?

re: Fast Forever (2028, D: Leterrier)
 

I guess Vin Diesel wants to go out with the biggest spectacle yet and Universal sees the fact that Fast X and F9 both made about 500M less than The Fate of the Furious and about half of Furious 7 and if they are at a stalemate behind closed doors, I can see Universal leaking information to get Diesel to move on his position.

Universal wants to do the movie, I'm sure of it, since it's probably making ~700 again and that is still a lot of money, but there is no good reason to spent 250M on a 700M return, it you used to get over a billion for the same investment.

re: Fast Forever (2028, D: Leterrier)
 

The fabricated fued thing is entirely possible, but by some accounts, whatever the last move The Rock was in they (him and Vin) weren't shot on set at the same time. Even for scenes they shared, they were creatively shot to make it seem like they were in the scene together.

Tokyo Drift an 9 are easily the worst two for me. 10 however was just fun with Momoa having a blast. Loved it. First one I all out enjoyed probably since 6.

re: Fast Forever (2028, D: Leterrier)
 

Tokyo Drift is a direct to video production, like Cruel Intentions 2 or The Skulls 2. Only the Vin Diesel cameo is the difference. It is the only car racing movie in the entire franchise, though.

re: Fast Forever (2028, D: Leterrier)
 

I actually liked Tokyo Drift for what it was. It’s certainly isn’t high art but it’s enjoyable.

What I didn’t like is how they made Lucas Black’s character go from a regular high school kid with some car knowledge into a bumbling doofus (borderline mentally challenged) in part 7.

re: Fast Forever (2028, D: Leterrier)
 

People always say that, but it's really a "fish out of water" premise with a new kid who falls for a local girl and runs afoul the local kids. It's basically a remake of Footloose.

re: Fast Forever (2028, D: Leterrier)
 

With car racing.

re: Fast Forever (2028, D: Leterrier)
 

Which can be said of all the other entries, even if only tangentially. My point is that car racing was an element of Tokyo Drift but not the focus. Heck, you can swap out the car racing for anything else (even cosplay competition) and not affect the plot.

re: Fast Forever (2028, D: Leterrier)
 

I also don’t remember all the closeted love subtext in Footloose.

re: Fast Forever (2028, D: Leterrier)
 

That part was obviously the game of tractor chicken.

re: Fast Forever (2028, D: Leterrier)
 

Or Karate Kid, but it has still the most car racing in it. The first The Fast and the Furious is Point Break.

re: Fast Forever (2028, D: Leterrier)
 

But by how much? It seems the first three are pretty close in in that regard.

re: Fast Forever (2028, D: Leterrier)
 

To me it seemed like the first an 2nd movie are using car races as one of a few vehicles to further the action. While car racing is the Main attraction of TD. There isn't Un undercover Cop trying to infiltrate a crime organization. So the focus is more on the actually racing. Which is neither a good nor a bad thing, just the impression I got

re: Fast Forever (2028, D: Leterrier)
 

IMO, TD is the 3rd best film in the franchise. Only the original and Part 4 are better.

re: Fast Forever (2028, D: Leterrier)
 

:wtf:

:lol: I'd put 4 in the bottom teir as well but mostly because it's 100% forgettable. I don't recall a single thing about it. At least TD is at least memorable for the setting, drifting and horrible southern accent and acting by Black.

But hey, thats the great thing about being 11 movies deep, there's something for everyone and everyone will have different favorites. Makes the discussions lively. :)