We could have nitro’d too near the solar, boys.
Welcome to The Queue — your day by day distraction of curated video content material sourced from throughout the net. Today, we’re watching a video essay that explores the great and dangerous elements of the seemingly un-killable Fast and Furious franchise.
I’ll say this for the Fast and Furious franchise: it’s important to respect a movie collection that does precisely what it says on the tin. Them vehicles be quick. And I’m positively livid each time I’ve to re-learn who the great guys and dangerous guys are. Every certainly one of these films ought to begin with a “previously on” section I swear to god. Pretend I don’t know something. I’ve seen every single one of these movies and my devoted “F&F character alignment” spreadsheet is beginning to get uncontrolled.
I’ll come proper out and admit that I respect of us who get a kick out of Vin Diesel‘s cinematic epic about backyard barbecues, family, and NOS. But these movies just aren’t for me. My favourite movie within the collection is definitely Tokyo Drift, which was the final time the franchise pretended to happen in one thing approximating actuality.
All that stated, whether or not you’re a die-hard fan, a hater, or someplace within the center like me, there’s no doubting that the franchise’s twisty trajectory is completely fascinating. How did we go from crime dramas to ensemble heists? Why did the protagonist change from somebody on the outs to Diesel’s Dom? Why are the movies named in essentially the most complicated and unintuitive means doable? How did these films go from road racing to outer house?
The video essay beneath has solutions to the above, after which some. And given the poor reception of the latest Fast and Furious entry, maybe the franchise will pivot but once more.
Watch “What the Hell Happened to Fast and Furious?”
Who made this?
This video essay on what’s happening with the Fast and Furious franchise is by Adam Tinius, who runs the YouTube channel Entertain the Elk. They are based mostly in Pasadena, California. You can observe them on YouTube here. And you possibly can observe them on Twitter here.
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Meg has been writing professionally about all issues film-related since 2016. She is a Senior Contributor at Film School Rejects in addition to a Curator for One Perfect Shot. She has attended worldwide movie festivals similar to TIFF, Hot Docs, and the Nitrate Picture Show as a member of the press. In her day job as an archivist and information supervisor, she commonly works with bodily media and is dedicated to making sure ongoing bodily media accessibility within the digital age. You can discover extra of Meg’s work at Cinema Scope, Dead Central, and Nonfics. She has additionally appeared on plenty of film-related podcasts, together with All the President’s Minutes, Zodiac: Chronicle, Cannes I Kick It?, and Junk Filter. Her work has been shared on NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour, Business Insider, and CherryPicks. Meg has a B.A. from the University of King’s College and a Master of Information diploma from the University of Toronto.
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