2 Fast 2 Forever #487 – 2 Fast 2 Furious (Lap 17)
Paul Dergarabedian (Head of Marketplace Trends at Rentrak) joins us to talk about 2 Fast 2 Furious and the Fast and Furious box office! After discussing Paul’s history with motorcycles, cars, and car movies, we pivot to the future of this franchise and how a more “unplugged” film could revive things.
We also tackle big questions, like: How do you reconcile a car franchise against the current anti-driving culture? How many March releases have made $1 billion? (Yes, some of these answers are wrong. Just play along.)
Paul talks about why he’s down on TV series based on films, and he provides a new approach to the “favorite character” question! Joey talks about 2 Fast 2 Gekido. Joe leads the 2 Fast round of “Where the women at?” Also: is Roman projecting?
Visit our Patreon page at patreon.com/2fast2forever. Extra special shout-out to Alex Elonen, Brian Rodriguez (High School Slumber Party), Jason Rainey, Wes Hampton, Josh Buckley (Whole Lotta Wolves), Michael Moser, Terra New One, Aaron Woloszyn, Randy Carter, Lane Middleton, and Jerry Robinson for joining at the “Interpol’s Most Wanted” level or above!
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Intro music by Nico Vasilo. Interlude and outro music by Wes Hampton.
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