Fast & Furious Tokyo Drift

[Dan_1981]

Is on AGAIN at the moment.

How much of the driving in it is real, and how much is computer generated if any of it?

[streetshine]

As far as I know, quite a bit of the driving is real. Watching the doc on the blu ray discs does explain, and they show the parts in the final race scene where it switches from real to CGI - the difference is very un-noticeable apart from the blatantly obvious. The funny thing is, the real "DK" done the drifting for a lot the scenes, and there's a bloody funny bit from the "learning to drift on the mountain" scene where they are trying to get him to drift badly.

"Do what you would do, but screw up"

".......................ok"

Strangely enough, that was the scene that took the most filming as the real drift king just could NOT get himself to make a complete and utter hash of it.

[FraserLFA]

Yeah. He was the fisherman i believe. All driving is real apart from the long Evo drift at one point and they use CGI to let the camera go down the mountain in the final scene, but all of the race is real. Just uses CGI for seamless camera switching as they progress down the mountain. The only other bit of CGI is where DK's 350z gets really close to the car park wall and the camera zoomed in. They used Mini Coopers to film it all so they found it easier to use real driving instead of CGI

[ymwoods]

fking love that film! was the first time I had even seen drifting let alone heard of it and I was hooked, can't stop watching drift events on youtube now!

[FraserLFA]

The acting is crap and the story line is dodgy, but the drift scenes more than make up for it. CGI would have made it crap, but watching real drifting that's so skilled makes up for all it's faults. And Nathalie Kelley

[mat205125]

streetshine said:

.............. scene where it switches from real to CGI - the difference is very un-noticeable apart from the blatantly obvious.

Thanks for that. That comment has put a smile on my face this morning.

I know what you meant by the way, but the way its worded that makes me chuckle.

I watched this last night, and some of the CGI is appauling. There are some of the group drifting scenes that look like they were accomplished with scalextic cars and a blurry lense

[Pommygranite]

I'm not sure if i'm the only one but 'drifting' is friggin boring to watch. I respect the ability but theres no wonder its not as popular worldwide as muted when it became more notorious a few years ago.

I would say that Initial D is a far more engrossing drifting film but thats just imho.

[GT Kodiak]

I'll admit, F&F:TD ruined drifting...

It made it popular to the "Barry Boys" and therefore it's now frowned upon by the uneducated masses.

Keuichii Tsuchyia is the "Fishermans" name, aka. The Godfather of Drift (Not DK... DK is an earned title, not a nickname)

I'd rather watch the extras of the film than the film itself, Watching Rhys Mullen drift UP that car park ramp definitely takes a lot of skill, car control like that is not to be overlooked

[Republik]

Some very nice Asian ladies in that film. Really makes me want to go to Tokyo too.

[Beefmeister]

GT Kodiak said:

I'll admit, F&F:TD ruined drifting...

It made it popular to the "Barry Boys" and therefore it's now frowned upon by the uneducated masses.

Keuichii Tsuchyia is the "Fishermans" name, aka. The Godfather of Drift (Not DK... DK is an earned title, not a nickname)

I'd rather watch the extras of the film than the film itself, Watching Rhys Mullen drift UP that car park ramp definitely takes a lot of skill, car control like that is not to be overlooked

If he was a fisherman, would it not be more apt for him to be named 'The Codfather of Drift'?

[North West Tom]

Beefmeister said:

GT Kodiak said:

I'll admit, F&F:TD ruined drifting...

It made it popular to the "Barry Boys" and therefore it's now frowned upon by the uneducated masses.

Keuichii Tsuchyia is the "Fishermans" name, aka. The Godfather of Drift (Not DK... DK is an earned title, not a nickname)

I'd rather watch the extras of the film than the film itself, Watching Rhys Mullen drift UP that car park ramp definitely takes a lot of skill, car control like that is not to be overlooked

If he was a fisherman, would it not be more apt for him to be named 'The Codfather of Drift'?

Not the time or plaice for fish jokes, mate.

[Curry Burns]

Anyone else shout at the screen when they dropped that Nissan engine into the Mustang.

SACRILEGE!!!!

[G0ldfysh]

Curry Burns said:

Anyone else shout at the screen when they dropped that Nissan engine into the Mustang.

SACRILEGE!!!!

Yeah another one of those points in the film when you cry for what could have been so much better.

[poprock]

News filtered out this week (through Vin Diesel’s Facebook page, of all things) that two more Fast & Furious movies are going into production, back to back.

Sadly, they’ve been scripted by the bloke who did 2 Fast 2 Furious and Tokyo Drift …

[FraserLFA]

poprock said:

News filtered out this week (through Vin Diesel’s Facebook page, of all things) that two more Fast & Furious movies are going into production, back to back.

Sadly, they’ve been scripted by the bloke who did 2 Fast 2 Furious and Tokyo Drift …

but those 2 movies were written by different people! Tokyo Drift was written by nothing more than a fan who wanted to make a movie and then wrote the 4th one. The first 2 were written by Hollywood's, uh, finest....

ETA i've just noticed how much of a Fast and Furious geek i am!

Edited by FraserLFA on Tuesday 19th January 13:47

[ymwoods]

I have to say I have loved all the Fast and The Furious films so far and although it maybe mostly due to my age I can't wait for loads more...aslong as they do not go the way of the American Pie films, IE, endless new ones based on the same fking thing but just with different people in it living off the legacy of the other good films. (both a bit of a different genre though!)

[EDLT]

I'm also a secret fan

One thing I noticed last time I watched it was during the chase through the streets they "killed" more innocent bystanders than yakuzas. Are the Japanese police really that useless?

[FraserLFA]

As this is now the official (sort of) Fast and Furious thread, does anyone else know if the rumour is true about them getting Dom out of the bus and heading to Tokyo, where they then pick up from where TOkyo Drift left off?

[poprock]

FraserLFA said:

but those 2 movies were written by different people! Tokyo Drift was written by nothing more than a fan who wanted to make a movie and then wrote the 4th one. The first 2 were written by Hollywood's, uh, finest....

D’oh! You’re dead right.

It’s Chris Morgan, who did movies three and four. Which is good news, because they were both great fun.

Here’s the quote from Diesel: “ If 2009's 'Fast and Furious' was chapter one, what writer Chris Morgan just delivered is Chapter 2 and chapter 3.

I have never been submitted a two story saga from a studio before... it is very exciting, and shows a commitment level that is hard not to respond to.

Excited about the sexy locations the filming of this saga would take us... this novel like story, that has twists and unexpected turns that is authentic, truthful and challenging to the characters.”

I’m a fan of all four flicks, but am well aware that part two was way, way below the standard of the rest. It’s a cartoon and not much more.

I really enjoyed the way the new film tied up all the plot holes and timeline inconsistencies from the others in a nice neat package. Vin Diesel’s short (Los Bandoleros) added a little to the backstory as well. Hopefully Morgan can keep that up and slot two more stories around and about the existing ones in a similar fashion.

FraserLFA said:

As this is now the official (sort of) Fast and Furious thread, does anyone else know if the rumour is true about them getting Dom out of the bus and heading to Tokyo, where they then pick up from where Tokyo Drift left off?

There’s a good example of what I mean. Something like that could work. We know Tokyo Drift comes after Fast & Furious, so it’s entirely possible.

A quick Google around throws up rumours of a European location, but also talk of Brazil. Pure speculation though, I think.

Edited by poprock on Tuesday 19th January 15:33

[FraserLFA]

Yeah i've heard that Brazil is no longer an option due to filming permit regulations (?) but who knows. WOuld love to see more from the films. I know a lot of people hate them but i think they're really good and do watch them a lot. I would feel let down though if the next 2 don't pull the rest together. Like, not linking the ends of the third and 4th to the rest of the plot. If they don't spend at least 10 minutes in Tokyo and show them getting Dom off the bus, i'll be pretty disappointed.