Ever since news was announced that Paul Walker's Brian O'Connor character was set to retire from the dangers of family heisting and the racing business, entertainment writers are weighing in on why retirement will ruin the image Fast & Furious has made for itself.

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"Recently, it came out Universal will 'retire' Brian from the franchise, presumably riding off into the sunset with wife Mia (Jordana Brewster) and their baby boy. Never again would they get mixed up in globetrotter heists or risky car chases. Never again will the O'Conner clan deal with gangsters and terrorists. They'll live a quiet life on some stretch of beach (Zihuatanejo perhaps), or back in L.A., maybe. Except that resolution makes zero sense because Brian would never leave the family he has forged through these movies," said Kristy Puchko from CinemaBlend.com.

With Dom Toretto and O'Connor's lives so intertwined, and the Fast 6 plot featured O'Connor putting himself at risk, it's hard for writers and fans to imagine an eighth movie where he doesn't do the same.

"I have to agree. There is no way to have Brian leave and not have him be dead. He wouldn't leave Mia and Jack, but also couldn't disappear with them. It would defeat the whole purpose of Fast Six," said Erin, a fan on CinemaBlend, on Jan. 7.

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In terms of O'Connor and Mia running away from their family, Epoch Times stated, "That wouldn't fit into the storyline at all, because Toretto would never let O'Conner retire like that."

Director James Wan thinks differently on the subject, and it will be interesting to see what he comes up with when the movie is released in April of 2015.

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