The Fast and the Furious (2001)

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Wikidata Q155476, film, IMDb tt0232500, TMDB 9799: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the best known by that title (67 Wikipedias; the next, 15); 1 more episode agrees.

Also said as Fast & Furious (2001) (2001): the same Wikidata item, so listed here.

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Who talked about it

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Came from

What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Roger Corman film: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Roger Corman film ⇒ The Fast and the Furious (the host's read). The first film borrowed its title from a 1960s Corman exploitation movie.
    “it borrowed its title from a somewhat well-known Roger Corman exploitation movie from the 1960s”
    The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:08:08 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)

Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

Mission: Impossible: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (franchise influence): The Fast and the Furious ⇒ Mission: Impossible (the host's read). The modern MI films combine Bourne-style hand-to-hand combat with Fast and the Furious over-the-top action.
    “the 2 biggest influences on Mission Impossible are born in the Fast and the Furious.”
    The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 0:18:47 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)

Connected to

Fast Five: 5 lines verdict ×2 theme ×1 industry ×1 lineage ×1

  1. industry (industry): Fast Five → The Fast and the Furious. Franchise films fund other films like bestselling books float a publisher.
    “They don't get made if you don't have movies like these that are fucking just bringing in every dollar.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:28:16 · Shea Serrano (0.90 sure it was them)

Fast and Furious 6: 2 lines verdict ×2

  1. verdict (verdict): Fast and Furious 6 → The Fast and the Furious. Amanda ranks Fast 6 above Fast & Furious since 6 comes after Fast Five and has found its more-is-more footing.
    “I like 6 more than 4 because 6 is, you know, well, it's obviously like post fast five.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:38:15 · Amanda Dobbins (0.80 sure it was them)

Furious 7: 1 line verdict ×1

  1. verdict (verdict): Furious 7 → The Fast and the Furious. Shea ranks Furious 7 over Fast Five; both below the original.
    “I'm too mad that Amanda put Furious 7 and 3rd.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:30:20 · Shea Serrano (0.85 sure it was them)

Hanging Up: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): Hanging Up → The Fast and the Furious. The house in Hanging Up is the same house used in The Fast and the Furious.
    “that's the house that's in the fast and the furious, but in my mind, that's the hanging up house.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Hanging Up with Sonia Sarayia · 0:08:35 · Sonia Saraiya (0.55 sure it was them)

Hell or High Water: 1 line what-if ×1

  1. what-if (what-if): The Fast and the Furious → Hell or High Water. Reset the franchise small as Hell or High Water reset the big heist movie.
    “And then hell or high water showed up.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:57:57 · Shea Serrano (0.90 sure it was them)

Hobbs & Shaw: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): Hobbs & Shaw → The Fast and the Furious. Hobbs & Shaw has zero pieces of the original movie and is ranked last.
    “It doesn't have any of the, like, pieces of the original movie, like, 0 pieces from the Fast and the Furious around this.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:34:31 · Shea Serrano (0.75 sure it was them)

Mission: Impossible: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (franchise influence): Mission: Impossible → The Fast and the Furious. The modern MI films combine Bourne-style hand-to-hand combat with Fast and the Furious over-the-top action.
    “the 2 biggest influences on Mission Impossible are born in the Fast and the Furious.”
    The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 0:18:47 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)

Roger Corman film: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): The Fast and the Furious → Roger Corman film. The first film borrowed its title from a 1960s Corman exploitation movie.
    “it borrowed its title from a somewhat well-known Roger Corman exploitation movie from the 1960s”
    The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:08:08 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)

Steven Seagal: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): Steven Seagal → The Fast and the Furious. Seagal and Vin Diesel never lose fights, which fits the ego-stroke category.
    “Vin Diesel is a good one, though.”
    The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 0:45:16 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Triple X: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (people): The Fast and the Furious → Triple X. Director Rob Cohen went on to make Triple X with Vin Diesel.
    “directed by a guy named Rob Cohen, who went on to make a couple of other movies like this, among them, Triple X starring Van Diesel.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:08:08 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (contrast): Hobbs & Shaw → The Fast and the Furious. Hobbs & Shaw has zero pieces of the original movie and is ranked last.
    “It doesn't have any of the, like, pieces of the original movie, like, 0 pieces from the Fast and the Furious around this.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:34:31 · Shea Serrano (0.75 sure it was them)

industry (2)

  1. industry (industry): Fast Five → The Fast and the Furious. Franchise films fund other films like bestselling books float a publisher.
    “They don't get made if you don't have movies like these that are fucking just bringing in every dollar.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:28:16 · Shea Serrano (0.90 sure it was them)
  2. industry (industry): Hanging Up → The Fast and the Furious. The house in Hanging Up is the same house used in The Fast and the Furious.
    “that's the house that's in the fast and the furious, but in my mind, that's the hanging up house.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Hanging Up with Sonia Sarayia · 0:08:35 · Sonia Saraiya (0.55 sure it was them)

lineage (3)

  1. lineage (franchise influence): Mission: Impossible → The Fast and the Furious. The modern MI films combine Bourne-style hand-to-hand combat with Fast and the Furious over-the-top action.
    “the 2 biggest influences on Mission Impossible are born in the Fast and the Furious.”
    The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 0:18:47 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage): The Fast and the Furious → Roger Corman film. The first film borrowed its title from a 1960s Corman exploitation movie.
    “it borrowed its title from a somewhat well-known Roger Corman exploitation movie from the 1960s”
    The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:08:08 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)
  3. lineage (lineage): The Fast and the Furious → Fast Five. Coming in at Fast Five and then going back to the first film feels like a different planet, like finding Jay-Z's Reasonable Doubt after Vol. 2.
    “If you come in at fast five, and then you go back and watch The Fast and the Furious.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:29:54 · Shea Serrano (0.75 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (people): The Fast and the Furious → Triple X. Director Rob Cohen went on to make Triple X with Vin Diesel.
    “directed by a guy named Rob Cohen, who went on to make a couple of other movies like this, among them, Triple X starring Van Diesel.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:08:08 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)

theme (2)

  1. theme (theme): Steven Seagal → The Fast and the Furious. Seagal and Vin Diesel never lose fights, which fits the ego-stroke category.
    “Vin Diesel is a good one, though.”
    The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 0:45:16 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. theme (theme): The Fast and the Furious → Fast Five. Family is why the first, fifth and seventh are the best entries.
    “That's why the 1st one was so effective.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:12:39 · Shea Serrano (0.90 sure it was them)

verdict (5)

  1. verdict (verdict): Furious 7 → The Fast and the Furious. Shea ranks Furious 7 over Fast Five; both below the original.
    “I'm too mad that Amanda put Furious 7 and 3rd.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:30:20 · Shea Serrano (0.85 sure it was them)
  2. verdict (verdict): The Fast and the Furious → Fast Five. Shea's sequel-vs-original ranking: original at 1 as start of everything and best Dom/Brian, Fast Five at 2.
    “It's the start of everything.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:31:03 · Shea Serrano (0.80 sure it was them)
  3. verdict (verdict): Fast and Furious 6 → The Fast and the Furious. Amanda ranks Fast 6 above Fast & Furious since 6 comes after Fast Five and has found its more-is-more footing.
    “I like 6 more than 4 because 6 is, you know, well, it's obviously like post fast five.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:38:15 · Amanda Dobbins (0.80 sure it was them)
  4. verdict (verdict): Fast and Furious 6 → The Fast and the Furious. Shea says 6 is the best Letty movie and must sit above part four; part four's only highlight is Dom vs Brian.
    “you have to have that one above part four.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:39:27 · Shea Serrano (0.80 sure it was them)
  5. verdict (verdict): The Fast and the Furious → Fast Five. Final ranking has the original at number one, Fast Five second, as a compromise.
    “number two, Fast five, number one, the Fast and the Furious.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:45:29 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

  1. what-if (what-if): The Fast and the Furious → Hell or High Water. Reset the franchise small as Hell or High Water reset the big heist movie.
    “And then hell or high water showed up.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:57:57 · Shea Serrano (0.90 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

  1. fun, about The Fast and the Furious: The Fast Wikipedia pages lose their car descriptions by Fast 6.
    “it's really it's about a submarine at this point.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:07:43 · Amanda Dobbins (0.90 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about The Fast and the Furious: The family-is-said 300 times joke.
    “I don't know if something can be a theme if it's a word that is said 300 times in a movie”
    The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:12:15 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)

Who the speakers said made it

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