Speed · The Rewatchables ·August 18, 2026 Speed Apex Mountain Die Hard successors and L.A. buses: yes In the discussion (8) Approx. transcript time · 01:41:45Read transcript Reeves, Bullock and Hopper are rejected as being at their apex here — Bill Simmons Die Hard successors receive support — Bill Simmons LA freeways are compared with the OJ chase and The Chase — Bill Simmons Cops with grudges are debated without a conclusion — Bill Simmons LA buses are accepted — Bill Simmons Los Angeles’s cultural visibility in 1994 is discussed with the post-riots LAPD depiction noted — Bill Simmons Daniels’s Speed–Dumb and Dumber year is compared with The Newsroom — Bill Simmons Characters named Annie are debated against Annie Hall, Misery and the musical — Bill Simmons
Speed · The Rewatchables ·August 18, 2026 Speed Cruise or Hanks? Cruise In the discussion (2) Approx. transcript time · 01:44:08Read transcript Cruise is the clear choice The panel imagines Speed motivating Cruise’s own action work, as speculation
Speed · The Rewatchables ·August 18, 2026 Speed The Edie Falco in Cop Land Award for the Character Made Hotter by Smoking Annie, with the caveat that no puff is shown In the discussion (2) Approx. transcript time · 01:45:53Read transcript The panel discusses Annie’s cigarette and points out she is seen extinguishing it rather than taking a drag — Bill Simmons They note the prompt was put in the regular categories for this episode, rather than selected as a flex — Bill Simmons
Speed · The Rewatchables ·August 18, 2026 Speed Picking Nits The bus physics, Harry’s raid and the final chase’s continuity In the discussion (19) Approx. transcript time · 01:47:21Read transcript Jack answers an improbably timed payphone He could have disabled the tires before the bus reached fifty LA traffic and the hairpin turn cannot sustain the required speed Weekday-morning college football is implausible Jack’s screwdriver grip and prolonged fuel leak are questioned Harry’s limp disappears before the raid Jack setting down gun and badge is contrasted with period LAPD behavior Helen’s explosion damages surprisingly little and uses up the door bomb Airport access and the delayed choice to use its runways are questioned The blown tire should affect stability immediately Harry should anticipate a bomber’s booby trap A 1994 wireless bus camera is questioned, though the tape-loop trick is praised Paying the ransom is considered against the enormous damage Airport-to-downtown travel time is implausible Howard’s dead-man trigger during the gunfight and fistfight is debated, including an objection that he retains it Doors and Howard’s missing dye stains create continuity problems Howard choosing a fistfight over a gun is questioned News of the bus explosion should reach Howard sooner The panel emphasizes these flaws do not spoil the movie
Speed · The Rewatchables ·August 18, 2026 Speed Sequel, Prequel, Limited Series, or All-Black Remake A Bomb Squad spin-off, Howard prequel or reunion sequel In the discussion (8) Approx. transcript time · 01:53:45Read transcript Speed 2 is rejected A Bomb Squad movie or Joe Morton mentoring replacements is proposed A Howard Payne prequel in Atlanta is proposed A third movie with Reeves and Bullock would attract interest, depending on director and story A married Jack and Annie face Howard’s son during a road trip An electric-car battery rule and a daughter’s wedding are added A Boston–Martha’s Vineyard ferry gives the boat premise another try None of these hypothetical ideas is an announced production
Speed · The Rewatchables ·August 18, 2026 Speed Is This Movie Better With…? Frank Booth tending bar and Barney riding the bus In the discussion (3) Approx. transcript time · 01:57:01Read transcript Hopper’s Blue Velvet character tends the celebration bar Barney from The Vanishing joins the bus passengers The panel proposes a draft of movie characters to put on the bus
Speed · The Rewatchables ·August 18, 2026 Speed Just One Oscar Jan de Bont for directing, with awards competition acknowledged In the discussion (4) Approx. transcript time · 01:58:12Read transcript The existing sound win is mentioned — Bill Simmons De Bont is proposed for direction — Bill Simmons Hopper’s lack of a competitive Oscar is discussed as a panel claim — Bill Simmons The hosts agree Samuel L. Jackson deserved the supporting-actor Oscar that year — Bill Simmons
Speed · The Rewatchables ·August 18, 2026 Speed Probably Unanswerable Questions Would Harry as villain improve the movie, and who commands the bomb squad? In the discussion (5) Approx. transcript time · 01:58:42Read transcript The panel prefers the finished version over the reported Harry-villain script Who is the most important Jan? De Bont is compared with Jan Hammer and others What is the bomb squad’s hierarchy when Jack and Harry keep improvising? When does Jack’s attraction to Annie become another motivation? The fictional Chris Ryan obituary tangent is not treated as a fact about him
Speed · The Rewatchables ·August 18, 2026 Speed What Piece of Memorabilia Would You Want From This Movie? The trigger, gold watch, bomb-squad earpiece or bus In the discussion (4) Approx. transcript time · 02:01:29Read transcript The bomb trigger and gold watch are nominees — Bill Simmons Jack’s earpiece is chosen for use in a sports-podcast segment — Bill Simmons A bus is reported to have sold at auction in 2018 for $102,000 — Bill Simmons The practical problem of storing the bus leads to a collection tangent — Bill Simmons
Speed · The Rewatchables ·August 18, 2026 Speed The Coach Finstock Award for Best Life Lesson Luck runs out; guts only get you so far In the discussion (2) Approx. transcript time · 02:02:34Read transcript Harry’s warning supplies the lesson — Bill Simmons The panel connects it with Miami Vice’s time-is-luck theme — Bill Simmons
Speed · The Rewatchables ·August 18, 2026 Best Double Feature Speed + Die Hard Picked by Chris Ryan Transformers In the discussion (2) Approx. transcript time · 02:03:03Read transcript Chris chooses Die Hard and two others agree — Bill Simmons Transformers is the fourth choice — Bill Simmons
Speed · The Rewatchables ·August 18, 2026 Speed Who Won the Movie? Split choices: Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock In the discussion (5) Approx. transcript time · 02:03:24Read transcript Two Reeves selections and one Bullock selection occur in the initial exchange The Reeves case emphasizes athleticism and the ability to film action without hiding the actor One Bullock choice reasons that Keanu was already a star while Bullock had only had “some bites at the apple” The later closing contribution explicitly adds another Bullock selection No final group declaration resolves the split; voice identities remain unverified Podcast choices Speaker not identifiedKeanu Reeves Speaker not identifiedKeanu Reeves Speaker not identifiedSandra Bullock Speaker not identifiedSandra Bullock
