FamilyThey're hitting Rainbow Road after they take that last ride after the last ride that finished after one last ride to space
FamilyThey're hitting Rainbow Road after they take that last ride after the last ride that finished after one last ride to space
They don't just work to stop the bad guys tho. They are always doing it for money being the #1 reason and #2 they have had personal vendettas like with the Shaws. They were never really terrible people to begin with. Also throw in the fact that they are junkies for an adrenaline rush.
You never really have to question these characters motivations. In a way, the scripts in the Fast and Furious series are tighter than the average blockbuster
I’ve had this discussion before. F&F works exactly for that reason. The character motivations are crystal clear, simple, and relatable. They are all adrenaline junkies who’s habits lead them down a criminal path. When backed completely against the wall, they committed all the way to the criminal and risked everything for a heist, a hail mary chance to make a life for themselves as running no longer became an option.
Then, as a result of that crime which heightened their profiles, they became the targets off an international manhunt…luckily for them there was a criminal cell with a similar skillset to there’s (thus much bigger), so the government offered them the one thing they couldn’t buy to help them, their freedom. They get thrown in the bushes by this much more organized outfit, and have to level up to get this job done, again risking everything for something very relatable and easily identifiable, their freedom.
Throughout this all, they’ve formed a very strong familiar bond. I mean, of course they have, they’ve been through it all with each other. In the midst of their quest for thrills, money, and freedom, they hurt someone elses family, someone with the means to take revenge on them, and they did.
So then it becomes a clear story of revenge, though throughout it, they themselves question it. Tyrese’s character had the “THIS AIN’T WHAT WE DO” line which spoke for all of them, Paul Walker’s struggle with jumping out of his depth for a revenge plot in honor of his old family while possibly forsaking his new one (until his wife reassures him it is just one big one).
But ultimately, they go for it, using the levelled up skills they acquired in 6 along with the new resources those events brought along and lead to. And when it came down to it, how did they fight? Using the knowledge and driving abilities on the very streets most of them grew up on. The “ride or die” slogan they throw around echoes darker and darker each time they say it, as they veer closer and closer to a situation where there is just no surviving.
Now, I’m not tryna spin this series as high theater or something, but the scripts have some rock solid foundations, principles, and rules they abide by, that allow everything else to go to 11 while still abiding by the laws of their universe. And what’s the #1 law of the F&F universe?
Once they get behind the wheel, they’re willing to do or try anything.
Even take down a submarine
Think that's a new trailer at the beginning. The other trailer in the vid is the Superbowl one.
Think that's a new trailer at the beginning. The other trailer in the vid is the Superbowl one.
I was reading this post with so much deep thought until I got to the end. I'm fukking dyingI’ve had this discussion before. F&F works exactly for that reason. The character motivations are crystal clear, simple, and relatable. They are all adrenaline junkies who’s habits lead them down a criminal path. When backed completely against the wall, they committed all the way to the criminal and risked everything for a heist, a hail mary chance to make a life for themselves as running no longer became an option.
Then, as a result of that crime which heightened their profiles, they became the targets off an international manhunt…luckily for them there was a criminal cell with a similar skillset to there’s (thus much bigger), so the government offered them the one thing they couldn’t buy to help them, their freedom. They get thrown in the bushes by this much more organized outfit, and have to level up to get this job done, again risking everything for something very relatable and easily identifiable, their freedom.
Throughout this all, they’ve formed a very strong familiar bond. I mean, of course they have, they’ve been through it all with each other. In the midst of their quest for thrills, money, and freedom, they hurt someone elses family, someone with the means to take revenge on them, and they did.
So then it becomes a clear story of revenge, though throughout it, they themselves question it. Tyrese’s character had the “THIS AIN’T WHAT WE DO” line which spoke for all of them, Paul Walker’s struggle with jumping out of his depth for a revenge plot in honor of his old family while possibly forsaking his new one (until his wife reassures him it is just one big one).
But ultimately, they go for it, using the levelled up skills they acquired in 6 along with the new resources those events brought along and lead to. And when it came down to it, how did they fight? Using the knowledge and driving abilities on the very streets most of them grew up on. The “ride or die” slogan they throw around echoes darker and darker each time they say it, as they veer closer and closer to a situation where there is just no surviving.
Now, I’m not tryna spin this series as high theater or something, but the scripts have some rock solid foundations, principles, and rules they abide by, that allow everything else to go to 11 while still abiding by the laws of their universe. And what’s the #1 law of the F&F universe?
Once they get behind the wheel, they’re willing to do or try anything.
Even take down a submarine