Furious 8 gets April 14 2017 release date

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by Cure

If you do, you can skip 3 and 4. Maybe even start at 5 if you're pressed for time. There would be references you miss, though.

Skip 4? Where everyone is in 5 would make no sense, particular after where 2 left things.

[Cure]

You right dawg, you right. It just sucks compared to the others.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by Cure

You right dawg, you right. It just sucks compared to the others.

I really dug it at the time. Now, it's unfortunately a revenge movie whose vengeance was retroactively neutered by Letty still being alive. It's probably better than Part 7, though (a revenge movie where they don't even pretend to get any).

I guess I would tell skeptical people to start with part 5 and then, if they like it, to watch the other ones in the proper order. If someone doesn't dig 5, they're probably going to hate the rest.

[snake]

Originally Posted by Cure

If you do, you can skip 3 and 4. Maybe even start at 5 if you're pressed for time. There would be references you miss, though.

Which one is out of order in terms of the story? I know that certain movies in the franchise come before other ones.

[Cure]

3 happens between 6 and 7.

[Andrew NDB]

Can also throw in "Better Luck Tomorrow" as an official installment in the series. I'd watch it before the first movie or before 4. Gives you the first chapter of Han's story.

[Cure]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

It's probably better than Part 7, though (a revenge movie where they don't even pretend to get any).

I dunno about that. 7 probably loses steam after that bitching mountain scene and the final sequence is a little long, but I would still take it over 4 aaaaany day.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by Cure

I dunno about that. 7 probably loses steam after that bitching mountain scene and the final sequence is a little long, but I would still take it over 4 aaaaany day.

No way. 4 was a pretty tightly knit revenge movie... Furious 7 is all over the map thematically (and I'm not even sure had Walker not died that would have saved things), even if never not being fun to watch for the spectacle of it.

[Cure]

Haha, yeah. I prefer the spectacle, that's why I like 7 more despite being all over the place. I was bored all through 4.

[AT-Man]

Originally Posted by Cure

3 happens between 6 and 7.

This is news to me. Is the chronological order 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 3, 7?

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by AT-Man

This is news to me. Is the chronological order 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 3, 7?

3 is sprinkled around a bit. The bulk of it happens right after 6, but the epilogue in 3 where Dom races Sean, that happens right in the middle of 7.

Technically, the order you should go to have it all make maximum sense and not prematurely spoil anything is...

1
2
Better Luck Tomorrow
4
5
6, and turn it off before the mid-end credits scene.
3, turn it off before the epilogue with Dom & Sean racing, then afterward watch 6's mid-end credits scene.
7

That should make it all flow perfect. And don't forget to watch 2's "Turbo Charged Prelude" short film before 2 (it's included in most/all DVD/blu-ray releases) and 4's "Los Bandoleros" short film before 4 (same, I think). Both expand things a bit, moreso the latter.

[Cure]

That is correct.

[AT-Man]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

3 is sprinkled around a bit. The bulk of it happens right after 6, but the epilogue in 3 where Dom races Sean, that happens right in the middle of 7.

Technically, the order you should go to have it all make maximum sense and not prematurely spoil anything is...

1
2
Better Luck Tomorrow
4
5
6, and turn it off before the mid-end credits scene.
3, turn it off before the epilogue with Dom & Sean racing, then afterward watch 6's mid-end credits scene.
7

That should make it all flow perfect. And don't forget to watch 2's "Turbo Charged Prelude" short film before 2 (it's included in most/all DVD/blu-ray releases) and 4's "Los Bandoleros" short film before 4 (same, I think). Both expand things a bit, moreso the latter.

I have never been truly excited to watch F&F movies, but all this is exactly the kind of stuff that makes my brain moist. If there are no continuation errors to be seen... I'm not going to get my hopes up too much.

Dang, if only most movie franchises were treated with this kind of love.

[ranger_scout]

I was finally able to see the trailer and this film sure looks like it's going to be one wild ride! I'm also looking forward seeing Charlize Theron play a different villain form Queen Ravenna. The trailer has already broken the live-action Beauty and the Beast's record as the trailer with the most views in 24 hours, with 139 million views.

http://www.ew.com/article/2016/12/13...trailer-record

[Zak The Neutrino]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

Dom is clearly under deep cover, that's clearly going to be the big reveal. But where's Lucas Black in this?

I was wondering the same thing. It was rumored that he was signed for this new trilogy and that he would become the import guy and Dom's right hand like Walker used to be.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by Zak The Neutrino

I was wondering the same thing. It was rumored that he was signed for this new trilogy and that he would become the import guy and Dom's right hand like Walker used to be.

Well, I guess they didn't show Helen Mirren's character in this, either, and she's supposedly the true big bad. Maybe they're saving Black and Mirren for a later trailer. Little odd that Black is being so quiet about things... he was blasting Twitter about his little cameo in 7 way before that came out (though maybe his absolutely silence about 8 might lend credence to him having a big part).

[ProactiveMan]

I like this series - it's amusing how it has evolved from low-key crime drama to James Bond on steroids.

Tokyo Drift's chronological position is hilariously tortured. I love the scenes in 7 with a 120 year old Lucas Black pretending to be a high school student. It's almost as funny as Vin Diesel drift racing that Chevy down the ramps of a parking garage.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by ProactiveMan

It's almost as funny as Vin Diesel drift racing that Chevy down the ramps of a parking garage.

We never get to see that, though. It's funny to imagine, though.

[Andrew NDB]

New trailer. Is that Sean at about 00:43? On top of the car firing?

https://www.cosmicbooknews.com/fate-...tional-trailer

[ZariusTwo]