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The Transporter 1 and 2 are a decent grounding for a 'Fast' director anyway, so hopefully will do an alright job.

I'd have agreed with you on Leterrier completely were it not for The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, which was really quite good, and I imagine an absolute nightmare to direct.

I’ve seen the first two films but not had the opportunity to see the rest.

What exactly is the series about? Is “the family” a gang of criminals who use cars in their crimes? Or are they good guys who help people?

I know I will watch them at some point if they are on Netflix or Prime but I’m just curious about the gist of it all (other then mad stunts, etc.)

Thank you. So it is kind of like KNIGHT RIDER times 10,000 ?

I enjoy big dumb fun but the never never had the urge to go to the cinema to see them (which is probably the best way) - I have seen a couple of trailers and got annoyed at the amount of times the word “family” is used.

I saw part of the trailer.

How do Vin Diesel and Elsa Pataky’s character have a sim who is black?

No I think he is black - as “African American”.

I googled to see if you are correct and that lead to photos of the character I. A previous film and that kid looked like he is South American but the this new kid is a complete different skin colour.

Cast for acting ability not looks in a Fast and Furious movie? You jest, surely.

No doubt though we are headed for movies and TV shows were diversity overshadows logic in regards casting.

Of all franchises, the Fast one doesn't need to worry about diversity. And as Penn said, logic has been in the rear view mirror for a long time.

You misunderstand.

I referring to the boy being black despite neither parent being black and your comment that he could Asian and still make more since than the rest of the film.

What I meant I see diversity casting going truely mad and casting for example a tv show about a black dad and white mum having a biological child that is Asian

No I get that, I was saying that the actor they chose (who is mixed-race) could still reasonably pass for being Dom & Elena's son despite being more dark-skinned, as their characters both have strong Central/South American heritage, and that they cast for the best actor who could reasonably play their son (given that the actor they chose has had some decent roles and performances). My comment about having the child be played by an asian actor was just a joke given the unbelievability of everything else in the film.

Likewise in my above post, they cast John Cena as Dom's brother despite Cena being white, and they added in a line of dialogue to try explain it away and just ignore it. Again, they're casting for who best fits the role above all else.

If you have issues with how diversity in casting is changing or that it's "going truely mad", that's a whole other discussion I'm not interested in having.

Never ceases to amaze me how we got from the first movie, a movie about street racing, heisting electronics, and undercover cops, to what we have now - a bunch of people who can drive well saving the world from nuclear annihilation/rogue nations/bond-like villians, venturing into space, driving between skyscrapers, and whatever else.

Just because they're good at driving cars.