What the corpus says about The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)

You are a clerk at Video Culture, a video store. A customer just finished The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) and wants to know what to watch next.

Below is what people who love movies said on three podcasts (Blank Check, The Rewatchables, The Big Picture) about The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) and the films around it, one line each. Every line starts with where it came from, in brackets: [show · episode · time · speaker (how sure we are it was them)]. A [pairs] line says how often two films were put side by side. A [speaker] line says what that person likes. A [bits] line lists a show's running bits: a format, not an opinion.

[Blank Check — Patreon · The Incredible Hulk · 0:42:44 · Griffin or David (0.30)] The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift ↔ Hulk · programming · Hulk-van talk reminds a speaker of Bow Wow's Hulk-fist BMW in Tokyo Drift. · "And then, of course, in Fast and Furious, Tokyo Drift, Lil Bow Wow drives a whole car."
[The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:05:46 · Shea Serrano (0.90)] Fast Five ↔ The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift · lineage · Justin Lin sets the franchise on its trajectory in Tokyo Drift, seeds it in Fast & Furious, and perfects it in Fast Five. · "He figures it out perfectly in fast five."
[The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:43:16 · Sean Fennessey (0.90)] The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift ⇒ F9 (the host's read) · lineage · F9 gives Tokyo Drift a big shout out and brings back Han. · "it's a movie that has a huge cult fan base that gets a pretty big shout out in F9."
[The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:44:25 · Shea Serrano (0.90)] The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift ↔ Fast Five · lineage · Shea realizes Tokyo Drift is the keystone: remove it and the rest falls apart. · "If that's that's the one movie, if you take it out, all of the rest of it falls apart."
[The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:34:40 · Shea Serrano (0.70)] Hobbs & Shaw ↔ The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift · contrast · Tokyo Drift lacks main characters but has the franchise spirit; Hobbs & Shaw does not. · "You can argue like Tokyo Drift."
[The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:44:56 · Shea Serrano (0.85)] 2 Fast 2 Furious ↔ The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift · verdict · Shea moved Tokyo Drift above 2 Fast 2 Furious as it ages better. · "Tokyo Drift is my 5th place."
[The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:58:27 · Shea Serrano (0.60)] The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift ↔ F9 · what-if · Wants a return to smaller street racing and Justin Lin back. · "kind of want to Tokyo drift it now."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ · 0:29:32 · Bill Simmons (0.60)] Lucas Black ↔ The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift · career · Black went on to Tokyo Drift. · "He ended up in one of the fastest actress movies."
[pairs] The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift ↔ Fast Five · said 2 times in 1 episode
[pairs] The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift ↔ F9 · said 2 times in 1 episode
[The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:20:21 · Shea Serrano (0.80)] Better Luck Tomorrow ↔ F9 · lineage · Justin Lin folds his earlier film (via Han) into the Fast saga, like Jay-Z and Nas remaking a hot song. · "he's like, oh, the movie that I did before, Better Luck tomorrow."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Thor · 1:50:54 · David Sims (0.50)] Thor ↔ Fast Five · programming · Thor's opening was the Memorial Day-season release, with Fast Five as the number two film in its 2nd weekend. · "Number 2 is one of the best movies of this year."
[The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:40:55 · Sean Fennessey (0.90)] 2 Fast 2 Furious ↔ F9 · lineage · Sean says 2 Fast 2 Furious is tonally closer to the current franchise than the gritty Rob Cohen original. · "seems like it has a little bit more in common tonally than with the current set of the franchise than that original Rob Cohen film"
[The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:34:56 · Sean Fennessey (0.90)] Hobbs & Shaw ↔ Fast Five · theme · Sean expects the franchise to become expansion titles because Statham and Diesel do not want to make movies together. · "clearly Jason Statham and Vin Diesel don't necessarily want to make a lot of movies together"
[Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut · 0:09:37 · Griffin Newman (0.60)] In the Cut ↔ Hulk · programming · Both were 2003 films that were derided on release; Hulk is called David's derided film of the year. · "It was your derided film of 2000."
[The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:40:55 · Sean Fennessey (0.90)] 2 Fast 2 Furious ↔ F9 · lineage · Sean says 2 Fast 2 Furious is tonally closer to the current franchise than the gritty Rob Cohen original. · "seems like it has a little bit more in common tonally than with the current set of the franchise than that original Rob Cohen film"
[The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:29:54 · Shea Serrano (0.75)] The Fast and the Furious ↔ Fast Five · lineage · 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 · The Future of ‘Star Wars,’ Marvel, Pixar, and Disney’s Movie Monopoly. Plus: Our Summer Movie Awards and Paul Downs Colaizzo on ‘Brittany Runs a Marathon’ | The Big Picture · 0:40:45 · Chris Ryan (0.40)] Hobbs & Shaw ↔ The Hustle · theme · As films, not box office, The Hustle is judged more successful than Hobbs & Shaw. · "I think the hustle is more successful than Hobbs and Shaw personally."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Incredible Hulk · 0:04:49 · Griffin or David (0.35)] The Incredible Hulk ↔ Hulk · lineage · A speaker says the opening credits re-establish the origin so the film can claim to be a new beginning rather than a direct sequel to Ang Lee's film. · "So this is why people say, oh, it this isn't a direct sequel to Angly because they make the..."
[The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:38:26 · Amanda Dobbins (0.70)] Fast Five ⇒ Fast and Furious 6 (the host's read) · lineage · Fast 6 plays post Fast Five with the cargo plane set piece. · "That's when they do the whole thing with the cargo plane."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Incredible Hulk · 0:06:37 · Griffin or David (0.35)] Hulk ⇒ The Incredible Hulk (the host's read) · lineage · Despite the reboot claim, the same three relationships (Hulk, Betty, Thunderbolt Ross) carry through, as does the South America opening. · "And those 3 relationships feel very much on a continuity with everything that happens in English film."
[The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:12:39 · Shea Serrano (0.90)] The Fast and the Furious ↔ Fast Five · theme · Family is why the first, fifth and seventh are the best entries. · "That's why the 1st one was so effective."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Ice Storm · 0:35:56 · David Sims (0.55)] The Ice Storm ↔ Hulk · lineage · After loving Hulk, a host went back to the Lee filmography and read The Ice Storm as the family psychodrama behind it. · "And then this movie is like, oh, here's all the weird family psychodrama, which is already contextualized through the Marvel Comics prism."
[The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:34:56 · Sean Fennessey (0.90)] Hobbs & Shaw ↔ Fast Five · theme · Sean expects the franchise to become expansion titles because Statham and Diesel do not want to make movies together. · "clearly Jason Statham and Vin Diesel don't necessarily want to make a lot of movies together"
[The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ · 0:36:45 · Sean Fennessey (0.60)] Ang Lee ↔ Hulk · theme · Even in a Hulk movie he dislikes, Fennessey sees Lee chasing a battle between two sides of a man. · "There's the 2 sides of a man that he's really interested in that."
[The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:30:41 · Amanda Dobbins (0.85)] Fast Five ↔ Furious 7 · craft · Amanda defends Fast Five over Furious 7 by the Rio safe-drag set piece. · "Like they took the safe out of the wall and then they just dragged it through the city and then they switched it to another safe."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Vanilla Sky · 0:24:25 · unknown (0.35)] Hulk ↔ Vanilla Sky · theme · The strongest example of defending a movie against dismissive friends in the speaker's adolescence was Ang Lee's Hulk, like defending Vanilla Sky. · "Drew the line was Anglies Hulk."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Avengers · 1:06:47 · Griffin Newman (0.50)] The Avengers ↔ Fast Five · craft · Both are ensemble movies where everyone shines, setups pay off, and every moment is fun. · "here's a big ensemble cast. everyone shines, everything that's set up is paid off, elegantly, and every moment is fun."
[speaker] Shea Serrano · latest sketch, The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · The franchise's biggest fan, loves family, Dom, Letty and stunts, and the first film as the centerpiece. Shrugs at villains and wants smaller street-racing again. · stances: The Fast and the Furious is number one; Tokyo Drift is the keystone; Worst moments are still really fun
[speaker] Bill Simmons · latest sketch, The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ · Loves the Friday series as a communal, rental-era memory and tells childhood stories about the ads and theaters. Likes casting what-ifs and sports analogies for everything. Skeptical of horror at Christmas and of anything that wastes the premise. · stances: Friday the 13th is not the best entry but the origin story had to be told; Friday 2 is a leap over the original
[speaker] Sean Fennessey · latest sketch, The Big Picture · ‘Resident Evil’ Absolutely Rips! · Loves gory, funny, fast genre movies with craft and confidence, especially 87-minute films that never overstay. Can't stand ponderous elevated horror that fills out its runtime with introspection and sad family history. A sucker for the Carpenter-era lineage, Die Hard homages, and directors who break studio dogma. · stances: Resident Evil is one of the best films of the year; Horror movies have become a drag; fun genre experiences are needed; Short running times are a virtue; Video-game films work best when great filmmakers get creative license
[bits] The Big Picture: Drafts (Hosts and guests draft films in rounds; every pick is a recommendation with an argument); Hall of Fame (A star's or director's best, ranked and argued); Countdowns (Ranked lists, top five or top ten)
[bits] The Rewatchables: Apex Mountain (The moment a star peaks; where on the mountain a performance sits); Who Won the Movie (The hosts name the person who came out of the film best off); The Ebert review (Roger Ebert's original review and star rating read aloud. Ebert is cited, never on the show); Casting what-ifs (Who was almost cast, or who should have been); Most rewatchable scene (The scene each host would stop on while flipping channels); Aged best / aged worst (What holds up and what does not); Picking Nits (The little things in a film the hosts love that they don't think totally work: the nits); Double feature (The film each host would pair it with; a programming pick)

Recommend three to six films, and only films that appear in these lines. A series, a TV film, or a franchise counts too when a line recommends it or pairs it with The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006); name it the way the line names it. Don't recommend The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) itself. For each one, give one short reason in your own words and say whose reason it is: the show, named exactly as the brackets name it, and the speaker when the line names one (an "unknown" speaker is just the show). If the lines are thin, say so plainly rather than stretching them.

Keep a contrast a contrast. When a line sets two films apart, the reason is how they differ; never turn it into a way they're alike. A line with ⇒ puts the source first and what drew on it second, and one marked "the maker said so" is still the host reporting it: say who said it, and never state an influence as fact.

You know only what's on these lines. Add no fact they don't state: not who directed a film, not what kind of film it is, not when it came out, unless a line says so. Say nothing about the store or how anything rents here.

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