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Totally agree! Without knowing those details, I think the only thing that then comes across as 'something-isn't-right' is Brian having a much smaller role than the previous movies when he has been [one of] the main protagonist. If it were my first Fast movie though, doubt I would have noticed that either.

I thought the same of the phone call between Brian and Mia when she tells him about their daughter too -- most of Brian's side of the phone call was just generic reactions. I'm thinking the second baby was part of the re-writes as a way to push Brian into "staying home"?

I noticed the same thing with Paul Walker's scenes KoBnR. A lot of the friendship between Dom and Brian was missing (in my opinion) and makes me wonder how different the original script was in portraying their relationship (we were TOLD they had a friendship/connection through narration but we weren't shown it much in this one). There were a few Dom-centric scenes were I felt that Brian would have had more interaction if they were able . I've been a fan of the series, and Paul, for a very long time so I was going to see this movie regardless and I think they did really well with what they could do, considering the circumstances. That memorial really got to me; the imagery was so perfect and just knowing that it wasn't just Dom talking, but Vin Diesel as well. All the tears! I too thought that Lucas Black would be involved more in this movie. I had read that they were bringing in his character but was expecting a lot more. I know a lot of people hate Tokyo Drift, and the Sean character, but as a racer already establish in their world, I kind of hope they'll bring him in over just some random person we've never met (seems less contrived that way to me, as we know he races and Dom has met him and trusts him by proxy because of Han, to follow on the family theme).

Yes, I got that. The "names" have probably stuck from the earlier episode.

I think that would be from the invitation episode where they were under the big coat together to look like a tall person and one was on top the other on the bottom? But surely they should have names by now...!

I was hoping Rosie would turn out to be Cory's Nanna Boo-Boo