It was the morning ritual: wake up well before any of the adults were even remotely willing to get out of bed, pour a bowl of cereal, and make my way to the television set for Saturday morning cartoons. I might be a product of the 1980s, but as far as morning cartoons went, I was spoiled for choice, from the old Tex Avery and Warner Bros. productions through Inspector Gadget and Transformers. Cartoons were a part of growing up in my world. It kept me quiet and gave my folks a little bit of time before they had to make the morning migration from the waterbed to the coffee pot.
Now, let’s discuss the Fast and Furious franchise for a second. What started out as a borderline stalker-like love letter to import cars has morphed into a physics-defying, reality-ignoring take on car culture that somehow has turned Ludacris into a tech geek, among many other unbelievable scenarios. At least they started to make headway with the cars they run…what used to be the epitome of horrible early 2000’s import culture, neon kits and all, now has cars that we actually approve of, like the Monte Carlo from Tokyo Drift and the Caprice from Furious 7.
Now, imagine for a moment that those two worlds collided and that your mini-me children were sitting in front of the TV or computer, watching a Fast and Furious cartoon. It’s not that farfetched, and might be a reality next year, if this tweet is anything to go by. So we want to know: do you allow it and hope that car culture rubs off a little, or do you do your best to explain that nobody shifts 37 times in a quarter mile and the the evil black muscle car cannot really do a wheelstand like that?
A @FastFurious animated series is racing onto @netflix in 2019! https://t.co/JiB8UHyuzt pic.twitter.com/Nckp8w9WJl
— DreamWorks Animation (@DWAnimation) April 23, 2018
I’d consider it child abuse.
I grew up thinking the Mach V could cut down trees at 120MPH without damaging the car or running over the stumps so I guess that would make as much sense as cars doing block long wheelstands on street tires or Hondas with 97 Speed transmissions?!
Plus at least maybe some of the kids would get into cars instead of just looking down all day doing their thumb wrestling BS.
Fast and Furious cartoons? Pfft, my son was watching Smokey and the Bandit, all 3, and Cannon Ball run in the morning when he was 4. He thinks F&F is silly.
It’s a cartoon, why not? Just like 69rrboy mentioned, Speed Racer real? Not! If the show gets kids interested in cars, I’ll call it a win.
No. Nor most any other crap on TV
Sure, why wouldn’t you let them watch it? There’s tons of actual crap on tv if you don’t like it. I grew up watching the coyote fly off this cliffs chasing the road runner and I’m perfectly normal!
Yes- it gets them thinking about cars as being more than just transportation.
I grew up watching “Wacky Racers” on Saturday mornings and Adam West driving the Barris-customized Batmobile.
F&F is no more unrealistic than Dick Dastardly, Muttley, Penelope Pitstop, et al.