D&D vs F&F

[Doktor]

Has anyone else come to the same conclusion as me; that the Fast & Furious movies are essentially a game of D&D but with racecars involved? I watch them as mindless popcorn flicks (plus, I love cars) & I've noticed that every movie, their HP & XP goes up (sometimes you can actually see it go up in the same movie) and they get cooler/better weapons/skills. Things that kill them in the 1st movie will barely give them a scratch in the next.

 

With how much of a D&D geek Vin Diesel admittedly is, do you think that has impacted the way the way you can draw that parallel? Or is it simply Hollywood doing the "make the sequel bigger/more-explosion-y" thing?

[chrisco37]

Or is it simply Hollywood doing the "make the sequel bigger/more-explosion-y" thing?

 

This. And that even a bit "deep" for that particular franchise.

[miraclemet]

Or is it simply Hollywood doing the "make the sequel bigger/more-explosion-y" thing?

 

This. And that even a bit "deep" for that particular franchise.

 

yep... I doubt Vin has anything to do with plot and direction of the FF franchise... they tell him when a new movie is shooting, he checks his schedule, he does the work, he gets the check.

 

 

[Doktor]

I can see that. Especially with the way Hollywood is all about out-doing the previous outing of a movie.

 

But I just can't help but to see the comparison. I know Vin has had at least some input on the direction of the franchise though. He's said as much in interviews (he's already teasing an 8th movie in promotional interviews for this one) and I just really see the parallel there.

 

Maybe it's a case of Hollywood & Vin having similar ideas but for different reasons. I know Vin didn't want to do more of them after the 1st one & he only did his cameo in 3 to get the rights to the Riddick series back from Paramount. But maybe it's a combination. He does them because of the D&D-like aspect but Hollywood does them because each movie out-explodes the previous movie.

[MetalPSI]

I'll be honest. I have only ever seen the first movie. Every tells me, but you drive a 370Z, you have to have seen Tokyo Drift....No, I haven't, nor have any desire to.

 

I've worked with guys from Trinidad who had actually spent time with Paul Walker (I guess he liked to vacation and fish marlin over there) and they are CRAZY about the franchise.

 

Personally, I don't get it.

[Doktor]

Oh, they're mindless popcorn eye candy car-porn movies with flimsy plots that really only function to show off cool-looking cars, out-kablammy the previous movie, and make money. But they're fun if you like cars & don't think too hard about the plot or their grasp of physics.

 

I just watched a couple of them in a row as an excuse for my roomies & I to day-drink with friends the other day & a few of us noticed "holy , there's a definite RPG/D&D parallel here!" when watching from one movie to the next.

[01TheDude]

lots of people have jumped a car between two skyscrapers. The trick is getting the car up there.

[Doktor]

lots of people have jumped a car between two skyscrapers. The trick is getting the car up there.

 

Freight elevator.

[Jeffro.]

Here you go. Car Wars

[MetalPSI]

Here you go. Car Wars

 

Ugh