Show notes
Show Notes(0:25) this podcast is the most fast & furious podcast because... family, even though we are more slow & calm, Keanu Reeves leading the "Calm & Collected" Franchise, BMW ads with Clive Owen as the driver directed by Tony Scott & Wong Kar-Wei & Neil Blomkamp, Clive Owen couldn't have been Bond due to his strange run, the odds will be what the odds will be, car access on the LA rivers(10:55) Italian Job reference, Deck as a name, PT cruisers as a getaway ride, automatic Audi in Transporter 2, American vs European drivers, Vin Diesel vs Statham is too humorless, Statham back as a star, finally use his humor, could Deckard Shaw be Chev Chelios?, Chris Evans playing Human Torch & Captain America in a buddy cop TV show on Disney +, Steve Rogers running a general store, in-between the action film, seeing iconic characters just hanging out & bored(23:19) Idris Elba is so cool, "coolness" as the true competition for hero vs villain, rarely get to see Idris being cool, American Gangster Album, Elba as the Ghost Rider or Blade, thrusting chest in Beast of No Nation, idiosyncratic The Gunman, Sean Penn has a Mickey Rourke in Double Team old face ripped sailor body, What part of the day does Nic Cage work out?, opening scene reminiscent of The Matrix, Sherlock Holmes the Kung Fu fighter similar to heist films, Hobbs is a tracker yet don't know how he tracks(34:31) so little tension in this film, made action dull even when what was happening was on the surface thrilling, The Rock can fit in a Ferrari with two other people, next level Dark Knight motorcycle, Mick Jagger, two tough guy Brit leading men, Michael Caine as Papa Shaw, Vanessa Kirby's cockney & Statham accent, Statham doesn't have a British accent, his posing fighting style, requisite female fighting move, The Rock as a figure skater(48:47) Split screen intros for Rock & Statham, bad fight scene in Furious 7, original concerns when Hobbs & Shaw announced, Drew Pierce and comedy writing, Hotel Artemis & El Royale, Hobbs playing his Gameplan character in Fate of the Furious, 500 days of Summer reality vs fantasy, our short film using a split screen for "don't text and drive" PSA, only call him Dwayne Johnson [but still going to say lines only a WWE star would say], one eyebrow arch(1:01:30) unifying message for us all, all these differences between Rock & Statham, but really the same guy, two muscle bound Don Rickles types ribbing each other, how annoying their banter was in Fate yet still had potential, getting two Fucks past MPAA, funny Guy Ritchie Snatch Statham, Black Superman vs Black James Bond(1:09:40) non-white lead not able to kiss or be romantic with the white female lead, Jet Li & Aaliyah, Chow Yun-Fat & Mira Sorvino, The Corruptor love, Marky Mark's terrible performance seemed like community service for hate crimes, Brian Cox as a Shaw family member, will Brian Cox ever be a household name?, playing Hannibal Lektor like a schoolgirl(1:19:14) The Rock gets the girl, why can't kids hear about sex?, Bear sex, Doctor Doolittle remake delayed a year, how to tell if a movie is entertaining(1:24:23) Opening song, too much obnoxious music overall, similar to Atomic Blonde, actions scenes without stakes, making a film in 13 months, 1 great fighter vs. 10 mediocre fighters, punch count tracker(1:30:35) Lock & Dinkley spinoff, spoilers discussed, Ryan Reynolds playing unmasked & unburned Deadpool... basically Ryan Reynolds, a movie star becoming a movie star, iconic voice, concerned about Red Notice with Gal Gadot, Philadelphia's own Kevin Hart, spinoff of a spinoff(1:40:48) Forrest's sequel pitch, waveform director scenes, Brickston Lore, could Eva Mendes be The Director?, Hobbs vs Beck from The Rundown, Gerard Butler as the next villain, Statham vs Gerry Butler needs to happen, Mechanic Ben Foster as a wild card, lose a year of Statham with The Meg, Franco & Kate Bosworth as siblings in Homefront,(1:52:09) over under Vin Diesel sees Hobbs vs. Shaw, terrible The Rock mom acting, Clint Eastwood playing the baby in American Sniper, #oscarsostupid, deep faked Vin Diesel, Vin as the true global star(2:01:11) Christmas with the Shaws, do the Brits celebrate Christmas?, big action movie followed by smaller personal behind the scenes film between next action film, Hobbs & Shaw Vacation, Samoa concerns going in, Hobbs criminal upbringings, Roman Reigns is a cardboard cut out, David Leitch learning from others mistakes as second unit director, stunts not appreciated by The Academy
