too all the ones here who dont like the fast and the furious!

[Mr 5 0]

Originally posted by red5.0:

I would like to comment about Mr. 5.0's reply.
You said it was a "ricer" film. Correct me if I'm wrong (which I may be) but a "ricer" is someone with a slow car who puts wings, tips, and others to make it look fast but it's slower than my dead grandmother. The cars in the fast and furious were moded and did go fast.

I'll be glad to correct you, red.

Yes, the cars in 'The Fast and the Furious' were modded and did (allegedly) 'go fast' - but they were almost ALL Japanese cars with a stray VW or two and with the awesome Dodge Charger at the end.

Now, to me, that constitutes a 'Ricer' film. Wild graphics and all the race equipment on a Japanese vehicle is 'rice'. The fact that the little Honda may be actually modded and run strong is a mitigating factor but it's still Rice-A-Roni to me and almost every car in 'The Fast and the Furious' was a foreign car with all the 'ricer' trappings.

To make it easier, here's my precise definition of RICE:

A standard issue car - regardless of origin - is not rice. It's just a car.

Once you put the ricer crap on it - no matter the make - it's rice. That would include giant wings, 4" exhaust tips, huge wheels with no-profile tires, 'racing' stickers, garish paint jobs, 22 gauges, etc. You know what I mean here but I just want to be precise.

The fact that you have all this crap on your car - especially a Japanese car - and it runs fast (very rare on the street - as you know) simply makes it a 'ricer' - that runs quick.

I've seen a lot of very fast American cars (Mustangs, Camaros, Buick GN's and Corvettes) that are near-stock looking and run 12's on the street. No one needs an absurd giant wing, oversized wheels or garish paint jobs to go fast. That's 'rice' and it's bogus. A roll cage, yeah, some functional gauges, yeah, big tires - to a point - but the rest is just clownish and I call it rice. If no one else does, fine.
Low et - even fake numbers such as that riced-up movie presented us with - doesn't change that definition for me. That is my basis for calling 'The Fast and the Furious' a 'ricer' film. To me, it was.