Welcome to Lights, Camera, Remake where we try to determine whether Hollywood has truly run out of ideas.
Sometimes even $12 million isn’t enough to star in the “biggest piece of crap ever made” according to Sandra Bullock.
It’s time to talk exploding buses, a flagrant disregard for physics, and why you need 14 buses to make this movie.
Speed (1994)
A young Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) officer must prevent a bomb exploding aboard a city bus by keeping its speed above 50 mph.
Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997)
A computer hacker breaks into the computer system of the Seabourn Legend cruise liner and sets it speeding on a collision course into a gigantic oil tanker.
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On each episode we’ll look at a movie and its remake, or sometimes a movie and its sequel, to determine if Hollywood rehashed it for a reason or for a cash grab.
Your Podcast hosts:
Bridget LaMonica @Bridget LaMonica
Erica Strout: @stroutocaster
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References:
Morgan, Chris. “20 Facts You Might Not Know about “Speed.”” Yardbarker, 3 July 2024, www.yardbarker.com/entertainment/articles/20_facts_you_might_not_know_about_speed/s1__37718123#slide_3. Accessed 21 May 2025.
Wikipedia Contributors. “Speed (1994 Film).” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 28 Nov. 2019, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_(1994_film).
Staff, MotorBiscuit. “One Action Movie Destroyed More Cars than “the Blues Brothers” and “Fast & Furious” Combined.” MotorBiscuit, 26 Apr. 2022, www.motorbiscuit.com/one-action-movie-destroyed-cars-blues-brothers-fast-furious-combined/. Accessed 21 May 2025.
