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  1. career (career): Joss Whedon → Speed. Whedon did a substantial rewrite on Speed, which explains its fizzy dialogue.
    “By all accounts, he did a pretty substantial rewrite.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Resurrection · 0:25:54 · David Sims (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Andrzej Bartkowiak → Speed. The same cinematographer shot Speed, a moment when great DPs took jobs like Species.
    “He shot speed and it was just like that moment”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Species’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:52:23 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. craft (craft): Species → Speed. The mid-90s BMW convertible in Species reminds them of the car in Speed.
    “What is homie driving in speed?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Species’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:15:50 · Bill Simmons (0.30 sure it was them)
  4. career (career): Jan de Bont → Speed. De Bont went from cinematographer on Die Hard to director of Speed, then Twister.
    “director of speed.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:26:19 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  5. career (career): Alan Ruck → Speed. Alan Ruck gives a movie a decade: Ferris, Speed, Twister, Spin City.
    “He's giving us something every decade, man.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:57:52 · Chris Ryan (0.30 sure it was them)
  6. programming (programming): Twister → Speed. Best double feature for Twister is the Jan de Bont pair with Speed.
    “It's gotta be speed, right?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:46:54 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  7. verdict (Apex Mountain: bus drivers): A Bronx Tale → Speed. Best movie bus drivers: this or Speed.
    “It's just it's this or Annie and Speed.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 1:27:18 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  8. people (typecasting): Alan Ruck → Speed. Spotting Cameron on the bus in Speed was disorienting.
    “I was like, what the hell is camera doing on this bus?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:15:03 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  9. industry (industry): Twister → Speed. Hollywood shifted after Speed; Twister marketed Paxton and others as future stars.
    “The one that changed it was speed.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:54:13 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)