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Hello!
Welcome to another episode of the Roy Unit Experience,
Where we can all waste time together talking about things that may or may not be important
if you're coming back after the first episode I'm glad you like what you've seen
so far
if this is your first time with us remember that if your expectations are
low enough
you'll always be pleased. Well after last ever so that vendors with poorly executed
plan from outer space
I reside or work in a movie whose action is a bit more down there
and what could be more action-packed than good old fashioned drag racing
that's right today where wanting up fast enough
areas
all but not for Fast and the Furious your thing
0 this is the original Fast and the Furious made in 1955
hey I said give your expectations low yes
not many people know the years before been beyond company
tore up the streets of Los Angeles another racing movie was made under the
same tale starring canadian-born actor John Ireland an actress Dorothy Malone
we're both gaining popularity in nineteen fifties B-movie 30
of proving further there are no new ideas in hollywood actually I shouldn't
say
this is the original since the 2001 Burton Fast and the Furious
isn't technically a remake story the 1955 film is widely different from the
2001
fell with the main similarities being in the title and the fact that both movies
involve some kinda raising
and to go back even further well I was researching for this movie I found that
there's another movie called
Fast and Furious which dates back to 1939
it features a husband-wife detective team on vacation
who find themselves trapped in the *** of web over racketeer from New
York
I guess at all just prefer that people have been stealing ideas in Hollywood
Forever
this version v2 the young racer named Connie Adair
played by Dorothy Malone on her way to an international raised in Southern
California
it was abducted by a putative convicted of *** trying to get across the
border to Mexico
sounds pretty intense in fact many considered a part of the grind has John
R
B-movies though frankly it's not anywhere as intense as shocking as the
Hellcats
however the film was a commercial success at the time grossing five times
its budget up fifty thousand dollars
so why don't we see rather curious about him
up fast enough areas okay so let me just at play here and
while are you sure we didn't miss something there
well at any rate and here's my wasting time getting the action
I guess they knew how to pander to a drag racing audience
they came for car race men want as they at now ron Sarah
and here we have our leading lady Connie
driving her sleek white Jaguar roadster
boy I can't wait to see your but the pedal to the metal and this baby
or she could just pull into a rest stop for a while
wear them at what a penguin doing around
battled Ecolodge California so these to go into the cafe which is run by a lady
who's to hobbies are complaining about everything and
speaking an exposition find anything which hamburger on
get him that I know yeah
here thrown out a lot Coachella
someday like hey
say probably day well hurry and thank all wet
dollar row after row *** that's what it is
you can say that again I don't bring a running our car off the road in Napa
clearly ***
it down like it could just be bad driving
recharge highways watch
foreign regional
won't even have time to think about getting away there's no way to win a car
chase with a trucker
especially with their big heavy be a call to require made here
have to read any kind approving be in I wonder if you could get the use
now surely by look bad part is that this point have a bath
service and out know him
webster now hear about it
going out
interest
on
continue like seared
I want
maybe see it anyway
or better watch out man
a big black guy like that im gonna go down easy I'll
okay so it doesn't take long for Connie to realize that Billmeyer to the paper
convict Frank Webster
ok
but meanwhile Baby Jane Hudson return could find that the only businesses
adn do we could either disappeared mysteriously orbin
passed over the head required
yeah here seriously you're just assuming is dead without going over to emerge
trying to see if he is OK
are crap the one time I wanna make a quick getaway were stuck behind a dang
funeral procession
gonna see a lot of cops not the people people across the board
drop but it seems that they won't see too many more cop now they turn on the
film protector Boulevard
and just in time to give us a taste for the misogyny that
only the nineteen fifties can deliver like quiet
women stay that way from
but fortunately she's got a trick up your sleeve that sure to get around a
bit as a gas station ahead
benefit sort of
you can do better than that see even the movie thanks for writing as a week
by the dogs on him as it turns out because the car actually does need gas
find a better surefire plan into action
going someplace I'll nevermind
but it's just as well the founders and he probably would have broken her knack
once that
wobbly mcintyre's fell over and here's where the main problem love the whole
kidnapping narrative is
the movie doesn't really do a good job going up any
pensioner beer or sis bent over the fact that this woman is being held hostage by
a mysterious man convicted of ***
I mean for the most part he doesn't seem all-out up
sad about the fact that he is being held hostage by that guy
yes he had like some I would burst there's something but he was really
be even more like he did leaving him along and playing hard to get into some
kinda
weird wind-aided take this being for and
where a cop painting on the highway and you decide to stop the car by throwing
the key that out the window
in a rush going to vote wanna tell your tail light out
forget affect and over while are going to run away from me
while I get it what you for Webster that even all over body only cop on the
highway you hadn't been working with the radio whole day
but the point is not only does he not seemed very upset that it hot that it
does avatar
them right in front of them but see it seemed to take the whole thing almost
like a hero
my stock market for what the ignition key what did you think the diamond
see anything
I'm not looking can imagine you wanna play Rock
I don't wanna play Allentown for
you're good not me try to make this thing start iraqi
midnight or whatever
well judging by the way the sun is shining on that car I'm
getting that ex-wife somewhere in the Arctic that
activity why didn't you tell me
yeah be given that our criminal would react with hot into behaving that way
I feel like I'm watching us that com called my heart of the den me
but meanwhile it seems the tracker is survived the fight
no thanks to the diner owner but is in critical condition in the hospital
but the two officers investigating the case want to get information out of him
as soon as possible
you're in a fight man and a woman you know who they were
you know what kind of crowd can you tell
driving a golf cart
in a managed could not have been
Frank Webster blink your eyes 48 times about whether webster
and 42 times I've ever jimmy hoffa the Webster decide to spend the rest of the
day per night shot hiding up on a hell away from the road
and I have to say this theme comes closest to making you feel really
tense and uncomfortable just by the sheer implication of what he wants the
new york
but fortunately and never get from bad uncomfortable thanks to the sheer force
of their planned acting
bad and the Packers nose keeps making me think it richard nixon
ballroom why I'm darkened or
but in the morning and get the tries to make it
up to her our comfort zone
car wash your face thanks for that conveniently placed radio advertisement
I for got my benefit the washing 100
a bowl and put it on the radio about webster latest crime
along with a convenient recap a mystery be a crime
yet in case the audience for got webster
over the better get here quick before the film burned up
well looks like there's not much left for them to do on the way to Mexico
accept exchange more cool area dialogue
I'm hungry
of
him
so my but then they get closer to the border there stopped by a police
checkpoint
where you go Mexico
this year white mister fire
bill Meyer
trouble of working no group
I getting at a more questions now if the audio cut out
better don't wanna go through buy it the lovely day for a ride along the green
screen
summit headed by going to make
No
run calf
Connie you do realize that proper part of a backdrop in can't hear anything
years bank right
but wait it looks like the case could finally break now the truckers starting
to come around
don't or driving can you remember eg J
Jack Jaguars are racing to
the waiters it was a joke just when we gonna try anything by tomorrow most
those cars will be at the International French dinner
five-acre park well better ball over all the crew load more
stock but in maybe you'd rather registered for the race
or is that impossible to registered
act part number one checkpoint number what
where did all this come from they did that out loud speakers along a major
highway
but connie's plans to drive in the race an unfortunate
nag when the announcer guy tell her I
yes you have art they have had a meeting last night this causes too dangerous all
maybe drivers are there but got I'm sorry but that's what I decided
hard drive all
you're a racer 2 put me down while
it sure is why keeper her that he doesn't have anything more important
that they will wake
or I don't know get across the border to escape on *** charge
on this a dare can ride with me can see well
files a few months but not tomorrow you know we've always had nothing but
drivers in this race
while drivers on women but but I data women aren't really drivers now are over
well well well I'll be watching you and a
health care much about a young lady are you hungry
well yes I am where you'd like to share
thanks nevermind she's always hungry I like my women anorexic
they make on his old friend Brad
and for some reason he never questioned why does a man with her he had never
spoken about are introduced before
and you seem to be ordering her around everywhere he goes
it nice to have consider a friend said Connie wants just people are larger
can't drive
might be easier than take a chance with the car I think I can manage it
apparently sick I about the economy and decrease because I'm
are you busy with your driver we'd be glad thanks what are your keeper
sure thing banks well
there's no reason to be concerned about her safety hear them put on their
biohazard Aaron go for a test drive around the course
here
and remember to keep your movement and
think with the bellwether for water really corny but trouble for throwing a
police officer shows up attacked the names are the registered reiter
Stapley at wait a minute why is that
flying backward they film it danger our rearview mirror
copper cart
in
them but now
you know what I'm talking about work how can that guy
the what they're doing nvm camera than megaphone hidden
everywhere on the course won't change your mind
Myers your mind you know my mind
on I'm you know on to the tumor pretty excited about qualifying for the rate
but this police blockade in the park kinda put a damper on things for prank
what's going on
the cops looking for a guy that they think here in the park think there
should be a crazy place to hide
we never know what they're gonna Paul Mac they figure he's gonna be driving a
jaguar
make them think that sell abroad %uh to jail for the *** at they don't expect
them to be racing but but I can have a car
you hang around here until the heat of well thank mister exposition
but we really need to get to are hiding spot out no words for unrelated reasons
and that's another thing why this seaside only like him now
i meani haven't really done a whole lot to prove that he's a good guy
she just seems term like him sometimes a man hating other times
interpreters who spent so much time on cars chases and copper they forgot to
add in
actual character motivation for
coming down to the races kinda to come into my parlor
pitch mapping just hi
so you side you said something about an explanation like on the level
the moment the only thing I have against you as I never got that a
her that novak you kidnap me help me at gunpoint in fourth minute drive hundreds
of miles across the state but
a that no big deal runaway
later also now that we've got
roads here love them to see a woman or a patent go
theme now at Webster is finally ready to tell a story
me all my life I've been trying to get by on my own because that's the way I
think
to the army save the money is right moment of a truck
not to trucks are roughly no partners just me
turned out I was bothering somebody guy on the ladder truck he tried everything
undercut me everything I think I am i right so I stuck
and one was drivers try to run me off the road
all I was trying to do with people getting killed his truck went over this
time
two minutes later when another driver they're yelling as head of about our
drivers body on the quiz he didn't even seem to care much he was dead
no jury in the world would convict you be told what happened
yet I'm sure they'll let them to you now that you can now have made driven across
the state and tried to leave the country on up all
name but their discussion is cut short when park at all showed up to give them
to make smoothies in
luckily I came by you know after sunset
the cops patrol the pock and the rest you
venture capture come here yeah
perfect pitch you know kinder Lovers Lane
or with like carrying the shovel again
trust somebody
yes see why don't well when you make
you hate the world in the world thank you that specific enough actually
incurred
me although I hate you know our badly but we're outta graham crackers
were you too
there
say this is my big romances court
what time is the anti-christ are gonna make a joke right now
pilot a ride with me no thanks will make your day
trade the run away again he is a good thing you weren't trying to ask me for
help
got on a roll to my locker curiosity gotta put you in a lot of danger
think race you have
everything bus steamer all
I take it all back waiter a resistor
writer sandra Gal scope of change where
don't know mandate ha for 0
no one else understand why you're lobbying about
we really good united with a know who this guy to
Marissa Mayer's heard your incoming ever meet each other
ok
and
now we have no a winner in this breaks
mystery Jane Jones driving his Maxwell
flower sure what my fighting right
I'm sure glad we didn't get to see any overt for keeping an undercover but a
friend of mine told me that look for a burger
well it sure is a well-kept secret given the fact that you're the 10th person to
talk about it this afternoon
Mascherano %um shock
on the announcer you said Park by you mom
attorney think I will just say anything anyone tell them they went to the
microphone
okay what is going on with the whiting
there's so much shadow over there bathers I feel like I'm watching the
famous people players
so frank take her to an abandoned shack out in the word
where that they realize that they love each other for some reason
*** him
while old rag no furniture and a collapsing ru
you churn audubon bought her a hot date web: there
especially after you spent the night sleeping on a record the floorboard
but then Frank decide that too dangerous for trying to come up in the back to go
through a trap door in a cabin and go to the race
ok fair enough thank you *** that day or the whole
that can fall out so after he realized that there's no one around here
her hate it I felt the play it on fire together you're trapped somewhere and no
one is around to help
setting up late on fire can't possibly make things any work
well someone didn't know I'm not sure if connie is a relief
martyr really there but do have tried that but no time to explain anything are
asking a question
we've got a wanted criminal to catch up with old-boy the
after an hour build-up looks like we're finally gonna get them
tolerating action
during a recent go
ok
morning in mind
of them i've seen stock car races
but never stock Bill Murray who you know Webster is driving
very well considering that connie had been talking Peruvian
hired qualifying run from daycare
55 me international break with had to stop for the support he'd ever
mmm
sure is convenient but they did not hear any other information
but meanwhile Webster is about to cross the border to Mexico
well I'm sure the can wing that the police to set up across the road most of
them
ok
on
ole ole better not go to pay them or anything
Frank Webster
thankfully I only needed but they're quite have you been given that paper we
got a boy
over by history repeats itself good driver and up
were going off the road into a tree
Wow I don't understand it qualified women razor
clearly he was able to drive a car at supersonic
bean safe way to catch up with them favor
pretty dangerous carried yourself runaway
helping him I didn't guess you're right
Chinese I'm going back side
menus
pop
but you really I'd 15
track beginning
all know you can't possibly now
now you're really gonna and their
at the side of the road without planning are in the background and i got even
diet weighing at your the where just about to assume that everything works
out happily with no explanation as to why he changed his mind ur
how he proved himself an open well whatever it over now
so I guess that's the fast one of the area's was it bad
well it is definitely no Manos the hands of bait but it's still poorly done in a
lot of ways
the first problem is in the way the story is executed
the movie's title poster in opening sequence set it up as a high-octane car
racing movie
but from there it seems to lose its focus on what it's supposed to be
first it's about a kidnapping and then it becomes a Stockholm Syndrome a
romance
there's also some chase scenes hiding from the police and
oh yeah there's a race in this movie there's so much else going on in this
story that
honestly the racing part seems almost like it was added as an afterthought
I'm not saying that everything in this movie should have been about the cars
with no character development
I'm seeing the movie seems to like focus on what it wants to be
and besides even the character development doesn't work
it's extremely hard to identify with either Connie or Frank simply because we
know almost nothing about them
pretty much the only thing we know about connie is that she races cars in has
some
brands in Southern California against we never know what her motivation is where
she comes from her where she aims to go
worse the film almost seems to hint at a back story but then
doesn't get like in this scene where she tries to enter the race
yes at art they have had a meeting last night this causes too dangerous all
maybe drivers are there but got why
why do you have to are you trying to prove to someone that you can
is this the race that a family member wanted to drive in but could never get
to do so you're doing in their honor
if you tell us why you care about this the
audiences that much more likely to care about it who
Frank Webster is a bit better since we do hear something about his story
but still it just seems tacked on the movie basically tells us what he's like
on the inside but never show was ice
years really do anything noble until the very end and by then it seems like too
big a change to be a real
Ortiz kidnapped the woman he must have a beautiful anguished are on the inside
for that matter even the story was jailbreak it confusing
for most the movie I was unsure whether he had already been convicted in
and stir was awaiting trial and then the movie just
and unclear promise that things will get better
but we never see a definite resolution so basically the movie starts with
knowing nothing in and without knowing
not much else all what I gas at the happy ending because Connie got our man.
isn't that what she was looking for it's hard to tell since the romance in the
movie is all over the place to
Connie tries to resist Frank during the movie but
half the time it seems like he's just playing hard to get with them
she'll say she hates them and wants to escape but the second he does even the
smallest thing for
is all smiles again it's like it doesn't matter if she's ever
three years sees anyone she loves again as long as he's giving are failing isn't
trying to assault her
overweight what's this a movie poster all wanted man
meets all wanting woman so this whole time connie has been looking for
rank 00 course wasn't I Philly
a woman wouldn't really be enters then erasing are building a career no
what you really want the down as a man
ha of are all nineteen fifties you are a delight
that's the big problem with this movie practically
everything is glossed over so that the plot can arrive at a half-baked
on imaginative including without showing us anyway real
revolutionary character I'll so many vague
underdone plot points can't draw viewers into the story
and if the only thing left after that as a binder probably other racing scenes
made its stock but in
your movie is yes get off the track the latter but I've gotta 1955
the Fast and the Furious now if you'll excuse me I'm off to an out another race
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