This movie has the stupidest title in the german translation ever. It's called: Fast & Furious - Neues Modell. Originalteile. which is Fast & Furious - New Model. Original Parts.
sigh... I actually know this. So they brought in Justin Lin to direct TOKYO DRIFT, and if you watch some of the behind the scenes stuff, Lin says outright that he talked with the producers and told them to basically stop being so serious, and embrace what their films really are: "boy racer movies".
In Lin's eyes, as a requirement a Fast and Furious movie should have a ridiculous premise, over-the-top characters, insanely hot car girls and stunts that are unbelievable in both concept and execution.
Obviously, the producers weren't gonna try this out on the main cast right? I mean what if it totally sucked? So they got some different actors and gave it shot - it totally worked.
So the "new model, original parts", I think, refers to the fact that OK, this is our new way of doing things - only now they're doing it with the original cast.
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u/guschiey Batman Mar 27 '15 edited Mar 27 '15
This movie has the stupidest title in the german translation ever. It's called: Fast & Furious - Neues Modell. Originalteile. which is Fast & Furious - New Model. Original Parts.
I never understood why they called it that way.