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Why are there so few headscratchers on the first four movies? I do not have any questions of my own since I just treat it as a cool action movie series, but why the focus on only 5 and 6? The rest were FULL of potential headscratchers... I love reading them, so this is a serious question. Why no questions about events and scenes in those movies?

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Why are there so few headscratchers on the first four movies? I do not have any questions of my own since I just treat it as a cool action movie series, but why the focus on only 5 and 6? The rest were FULL of potential headscratchers... I love reading them, so this is a serious question. Why no questions about events and scenes in those movies?movies?
*In ''Tokyo Drift'', how is it that Sean is a gearhead completely oblivious to the idea of drifting? Is he the type that only practices his love of cars in the garage and on the street, but never picks up a magazine about cars? Not being able to drift is one thing, but confusion as to what the word means at all is quite another.
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** Because the audience has physically seen [[spoiler: Han's car blow up with him inside on two occasions (his actual death in ''Tokyo Drift'' and the Stinger of ''Fast Six'')]]. They managed to get away with faking Letty's death as it was never fully shown on-screen; only Dom's interpretation of it.

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** Because the audience has physically seen [[spoiler: Han's car blow up with him inside on two occasions (his actual death in ''Tokyo Drift'' and the Stinger of ''Fast Six'')]]. They managed to get away with faking Letty's death as it was never fully shown on-screen; only Dom's interpretation of it.it.
Why are there so few headscratchers on the first four movies? I do not have any questions of my own since I just treat it as a cool action movie series, but why the focus on only 5 and 6? The rest were FULL of potential headscratchers... I love reading them, so this is a serious question. Why no questions about events and scenes in those movies?

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** That garage was used for a giant car swarm that ended in Brian and Rome escaping a rather large police pursuit (and Tej and Suki getting stopped/arrested). The cops probably confiscated the property, hence, Tej has no more garage

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** That garage was used for a giant car swarm that ended in Brian and Rome escaping a rather large police pursuit (and Tej and Suki getting stopped/arrested). The cops probably confiscated the property, hence, Tej has no more garagegarage.
** Their ''trophy Mustangs'' were not Mustangs. The only Mustang in the movie was run over by a semi. The cars they won were a Camaro and Challenger respectively. Both were ''pony cars'' however, which was a term coined when the Mustang was created.


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**** I think you are confusing gear heads for mafia types. Criminals yes, math wizards, maybe not. I am not saying any of them are stupid, I just don't think they were concentrating on the numbers. He could have just as easily said "Over ten million each" and we [the audience] would have got the point, though.
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* If the rumor of the interquels being so that [[spoiler:Han can appear more often]] is true, then why don't they just [[spoiler:have him come back in a sort of BackFromTheDead cop out like they do for most movies?]]

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* If the rumor of the interquels being so that [[spoiler:Han can appear more often]] is true, then why don't they just [[spoiler:have him come back in a sort of BackFromTheDead cop out like they do for most movies?]]movies?]]
** Because the audience has physically seen [[spoiler: Han's car blow up with him inside on two occasions (his actual death in ''Tokyo Drift'' and the Stinger of ''Fast Six'')]]. They managed to get away with faking Letty's death as it was never fully shown on-screen; only Dom's interpretation of it.
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*** Also, watching it back, you can see that only the front part of the cars get smashed; the roofs never cave in and they're never fully flattened. This way, it can ''technically'' be interpreted that the driver's survive. The same applies for ''6''.
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* If the rumor of the interquels being so that [[spoiler:Han can appear more often]] is true, then why don't they just [[spoiler:have him come back in a sort of BackFromTheDead cop out like they do for most movies?]]
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*** Half of Rio is a bit of an exaggeration. It weren't that many people who got hit by the safe, and most of them were dirty cops.
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** Probably ForTheEvulz. He also seemed to be somewhat impressed by her DefiantToTheEnd struggle, so he decided to try blowing her up. He did comment that he could only remember "her face burning", so maybe he was trying to set her on fire?
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*** WRT to this, training comes in many forms. Hobbs may be a trained agent, but Dom may have been in dozens or hundreds of street fights.
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** Based on people's calculations, about 28-29 miles. For reference, the longest paved runway in the world is 3.42 miles long, and the longest partially unpaved runway in the world is 7.5 miles long.
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* Just how long would that runway have to be in the climax of Fast and Furious 6 anyway? I'm thinking we're somewhere in the range of at least 20 miles...
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** Since [[spoiler: Braga already mentioned working with Shaw prior to Letty's "death"]], he might have told Fenix to spare Letty's life in exchange for her service. By faking her death the Torettos don't know she's working for him.
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** Since [[spoiler: Braga already mentioned working with Shaw prior to that]], he might have told Fenix to spare Letty's life in exchange for her service. By faking her death the Torettos don't know she's working for him.

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** Since [[spoiler: Braga already mentioned working with Shaw prior to that]], Letty's "death"]], he might have told Fenix to spare Letty's life in exchange for her service. By faking her death the Torettos don't know she's working for him.
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** Since Braga already mentioned working with Shaw prior to that, he might have told Fenix to spare Letty's life in exchange for her service. By faking her death the Torettos don't know she's working for him.

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** Since [[spoiler: Braga already mentioned working with Shaw prior to that, that]], he might have told Fenix to spare Letty's life in exchange for her service. By faking her death the Torettos don't know she's working for him.
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** Since Braga already mentioned working with Shaw prior to that, he might have told Fenix to spare Letty's life in exchange for her service.

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** Since Braga already mentioned working with Shaw prior to that, he might have told Fenix to spare Letty's life in exchange for her service. By faking her death the Torettos don't know she's working for him.
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* In Fast and Furious 6, it's shown that Fenix avoided shooting Letty at the last second, instead making her car explode. But why? It can't because he's squeamish. He had no problem shooting people in the face before.

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* In Fast and Furious 6, it's shown that Fenix avoided shooting Letty at the last second, instead making her car explode. But why? It can't because he's squeamish. He had no problem shooting people in the face before.before.
** Since Braga already mentioned working with Shaw prior to that, he might have told Fenix to spare Letty's life in exchange for her service.
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* In "Fast and Furious 6", it shows that Fenix avoided shooting Letty at the last second, instead making her car explode. But why? It can't because he's squeamish. He had no problem shooting people in the face before.

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* In "Fast Fast and Furious 6", it shows 6, it's shown that Fenix avoided shooting Letty at the last second, instead making her car explode. But why? It can't because he's squeamish. He had no problem shooting people in the face before.
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** Not necessarily. If they only took the money, then they're only thieves in Reyes' eyes. By burning the money, they're making a more direct (and personal) challenge, which makes Reyes that much more cautious.

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** Not necessarily. If they only took the money, then they're only thieves in Reyes' eyes. By burning the money, they're making a more direct (and personal) challenge, which makes Reyes that much more cautious.cautious.
* In "Fast and Furious 6", it shows that Fenix avoided shooting Letty at the last second, instead making her car explode. But why? It can't because he's squeamish. He had no problem shooting people in the face before.

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* In ''Fast Five'', why did the gang burn Reyes's money instead of taking it? They could accomplish the exact same end result (getting Reyes spooked enough to move all his money) and end up with an extra ten million or so.

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* In ''Fast Five'', why did the gang burn Reyes's Reyes' money instead of taking it? They could accomplish the exact same end result (getting Reyes spooked enough to move all his money) and end up with an extra ten million or so.so.
** Not necessarily. If they only took the money, then they're only thieves in Reyes' eyes. By burning the money, they're making a more direct (and personal) challenge, which makes Reyes that much more cautious.
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** There are some people who are just really good at fighting. It's not training, it's just natural talent. Combine that with Dom's physical power and the fact that he was on one hell of an adrenaline rush at the time and even a trained combatant is going to have difficulty with that fight. To be fair, it really could have gone either way.

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** There are some people who are just really good at fighting. It's not training, it's just natural talent. Combine that with Dom's physical power and the fact that he was on one hell of an adrenaline rush at the time and even a trained combatant is going to have difficulty with that fight. To be fair, it really could have gone either way.way.
* In ''Fast Five'', why did the gang burn Reyes's money instead of taking it? They could accomplish the exact same end result (getting Reyes spooked enough to move all his money) and end up with an extra ten million or so.

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*** Or, its very possible that vinyl graphics, neon and sound systems went way out of fashion and his business soon folded as a result.
**** They were never in fashion to begin with.
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***** Says you. You have obviously never visited any major American city during the 'tuner' craze.

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**** They were never in fashion to begin with.

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**** They were never in fashion to begin with.with.
*****Says you. You have obviously never visited any major American city during the 'tuner' craze.
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** Perhaps Hobbs was holding back. He did need Dom alive, after all.

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** Perhaps Hobbs was holding back. He did need Dom alive, after all.all.
** There are some people who are just really good at fighting. It's not training, it's just natural talent. Combine that with Dom's physical power and the fact that he was on one hell of an adrenaline rush at the time and even a trained combatant is going to have difficulty with that fight. To be fair, it really could have gone either way.

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*** Or, its very possible that vinyl graphics, neon and sound systems went way out of fashion and his business soon folded as a result.

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*** Or, its very possible that vinyl graphics, neon and sound systems went way out of fashion and his business soon folded as a result.result.
**** They were never in fashion to begin with.
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** It was more about taking out the drug lord that had just a few scenes ago killed Dom's childhood friend once the money was already secured.
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* YMMV on this one but how exactly did Dom beat Hobbs in their fight at Dom's hideout? Dwayne Johnson looks to about 2 times Vin Diesel's size and even though that doesn't ''necessarily'' translate to more power, in-story Hobbs is a ''trained military agent'' when Dom is just a street thug. It doesn't make any sense.

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* YMMV on this one but how exactly did Dom beat Hobbs in their fight at Dom's hideout? Dwayne Johnson looks to about 2 times Vin Diesel's size and even though that doesn't ''necessarily'' translate to more power, in-story Hobbs is a ''trained military agent'' when Dom is just a street thug. It doesn't make any sense.sense.
**Perhaps Hobbs was holding back. He did need Dom alive, after all.
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** Hobbs calls them out on it before he gives them the 24 hours.

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** Hobbs calls them out on it before he gives them the 24 hours.hours.
* At the end of Fast Five, as Dom and Brian are driving across the highway and away from the cops, Brian says they won't make and that they should drop the safe to run. Dom disagrees, cuts Brian's line on the safe, and attempts to sacrifice himself so Brian can get away. Um...Why? Not five minutes later it is revealed that Dom (and Brian) knew that the safe they were carrying was empty. Why sacrifice himself if there was nothing to lose by dropping the safe, especially if (as Brian suggests) the safe was the only thing slowing them down enough to be caught?
* YMMV on this one but how exactly did Dom beat Hobbs in their fight at Dom's hideout? Dwayne Johnson looks to about 2 times Vin Diesel's size and even though that doesn't ''necessarily'' translate to more power, in-story Hobbs is a ''trained military agent'' when Dom is just a street thug. It doesn't make any sense.
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* So, in Fast Five, why does no one [[InferredHolocaust call attention to the fact they killed half of Rio with that safe?]]

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* So, in Fast Five, why does no one [[InferredHolocaust call attention to the fact they killed half of Rio with that safe?]]safe?]]
** Hobbs calls them out on it before he gives them the 24 hours.
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***** And as for them not questioning Vince's cut, I always just assumed that Dom was splitting his share with Vince.

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***** And as for them not questioning Vince's cut, I always just assumed that Dom was splitting his share with Vince.Vince.
* So, in Fast Five, why does no one [[InferredHolocaust call attention to the fact they killed half of Rio with that safe?]]

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