Why is Fast & Furious so Popular in China | Video Essay

[pseudonygma]

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TLDW:  Blame it on the 9-9 grind and late-stage capitalism.  :(

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[archersangel]

Random trivia; The first "The Fast and the Furious" movie licensed its title from an old 1954 Roger Corman movie after rejecting other bad titles involving racing and wars. But Corman kept the rights to numerical sequel titles, thus why the franchise has no "The Fast and the Furious 2."
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/14egzbv/til_the_first_the_fast_and_the_furious_movie/

[therearewords]

I love you for your pub quiz character.

[gumby]

I've only seen the first FF, but this essay on how the franchise is actually a "progressive force"
has always made me respect it, lol: http://archive.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2011/04/24/fast_forward/?page=2

[littleorcs]

It's true though, I don't know another ensemble cast that's as diverse as this one!

[evilyn_1007]

996 is insane. I wish 4 day work weeks were the norm.

I love trash movies. I just saw White House Down(again) and I started laughing so hard I was crying. It's just so dumb.

I can't pick just one "empty calorie movie". But anything set in space, disaster, race to save the world is at the top of the list.

[thesummersqueen]

No comment on F&F. I think I saw the first one and the one where they stop a plane with cars(?). I remember sitting in the cinema looking like "surprised Pikachu" while my guy friends found it so good.

That being said.. I love the gif pseudonygma

[pseudonygma]

" I think I saw the first one and the one where they stop a plane with cars(?)."

Oh that's the 6th one, lol. It's the one with the ridiculously long airport runway right? The car stunts are crazy good and I think it's mostly because they still use practical effects. There are a few stunts in the newer movies that clearly rely on green screen/CGI and it's just not the same.