F9 exists in a parallel universe where Red's Hydrogen One was a good phone
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In the Fast Saga, anything is possible
By Eric Hamilton
WTF?! The now defunct Red Hydrogen
One makes a few cameos in the new F9 trailer, and while the phone wasn't
a success in this universe, it'll be immortalized in the Fast and
Furious universe.
The F9: The Fast Saga trailer has landed, and it resurrects more than
just characters from the past. The Fast and Furious movies rife with
fantastical improbabilities -- including the fact that this is the 9th
installment in the franchise. The movies are not exactly known for their
accurate portrayal of technology either, despite their often futurist
themes. See: Hobbs & Shaw.
I don't want to come down too hard on Vin and the boys here; I tend
to enjoy the movies for what they are. It just takes forgiving comically
outdated and absurd references such as "hacking the mainframe" and
understanding that most problems can be solved with car chases and
explosions.
Case in point: in the trailer, the disappointing
Red Hydrogen One phone is the handset of choice for multiple
characters, as it adorns the dashboards of their cars. You see, in the
F9 universe, Red never abandoned the phone business and the Hydrogen One wasn't an overpriced critical failure. Cue car chase.
In one of the scenes, the Hydrogen One can be briefly seen displaying
a radar or GPS system, which is always nice to have when you need to
defy the laws of physics and gravity with Dodge Chargers and
rocket-powered Pontiac Fieros. I don't recall that being a feature
shipped with the phone, but perhaps one of the promised add-on modules
that never materialized could've added it.
In all seriousness, it isn't far fetched to imagine that those in the
movie industry would have a natural proclivity to work with a phone
made by Red, as these are the same people that are already using Red's
high-end cameras. No doubt, filming took place before the phone's
untimely demise, trapping the Red Hydrogen One in time and leaving us to
wonder what could've been.
F9 will arrive to theaters later this year on May 22nd. It's
presently undetermined if the Red Hydrogen One will reprise its role for
the sequel in 2021.
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