Hey everyone, wanted to stick my neck out here and talk about the franchise that got myself and probably several others into cars. It’s no secret that the films have took a turn for the worst, especially with the passing of Paul Walker and their pivot to nonsensical action and invincible characters. My question is, for those who have a sliver of investment still left after Fast X, how would you want the franchise to end? We know Fast 11 is coming but at a much slower pace than expected after reports of budget cuts and a complete reshuffling of production. It’s reportedly slated for April 2027. Vin Diesel has stated the final film will return to LA, refocus on car culture and “reunite Dom and Brian O’Conner.” My concern is, how do you do this? How do you scale down this final film? Especially when they’ve blown everything so far out of proportion that there aren’t any real stakes or believability that the early entries captured. But most of all, I’m very skeptical of reviving Brian O’Conner on screen yet again. Personally, I want to have a fitting explanation of where he’s been through all these crazy events since F7 other than the lame excuse of his character baby sitting. We need to feel Brian’s touch in some capacity in the finale but (potentially) fully reanimating his likeness doesn’t sit well with me. However, the franchise had the perfect opportunity for a satisfying ending back with Furious 7 with his character retiring and driving off into the sunset. But of course, the film made around 1.5 billion dollars and Universal was hungry for more profit that spawned these bizarre films that are Fast 8-10. One final thought, I always felt it was a wasted opportunity to never bring back Carter Verone (2F2F) as a returning threat after Brian and Roman busted his operation. But those are some of my thoughts as a FF fan. What do ya’ll think? I’ve talked about this a little more on my YouTube channel Noah Speaks for anyone slightly interested in more.