Speed on VHS—pure 90s action bliss.This is the movie that reignited Keanu Reeves’ career, turned Sandra Bullock into a superstar, and let Dennis Hopper chew up every scene he touched.Sure, the premise is ridiculous. But that’s the point. You don’t watch Speed for realism—you watch it for the thrill. For the impossible stunts. For the moment a bus jumps a freeway gap and somehow sticks the landing. Praise the movie gods.And honestly? If you’re firing up a VCR, this is exactly the kind of tape you want spinning.@movies
Speed on VHS—pure 90s action bliss
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nolannice@lemmy.world · 29 pts · 362d
I just saw this funny art piece at the Minnesota State Fair of the cover entirely made from seeds
mpg@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 362d
Hey, my partner made that! So sweet to see it here 🤙
brap@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 362d
Tell your partner that this is awesome and I love it!
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech · 15 pts · 362d
It's good, but I prefer the original, The Bus that Couldn't Slow Down
f1error@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 362d
The story Bullock tells of the audition between her and Reeves is bonkers. The Smartless podcast with Bullock is worth listening to for this alone.
Sandy is a gem and does not get enough Hollywood respect. She's got sooo much talent and skill!
Gork@sopuli.xyz · 10 pts · 362d
The entire movie is just the bus going "Bitch I'm a bus!"
bulwark@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 362d
Pop quiz, Hot Shot. It's 1995 and all 20 copies at your local Blockbuster are sold out. Are you going to hang around the store to see if someone miraculously returns it?
whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 362d
Not enough time, guess I'm grabbing one of dozens of available copies of The Flintstones or City Slicker 2: The Hunt for Curly's Gold
IWW4@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 361d
Keanu is a wonder. Speed is one of the many “you gotta be shitting me that looks so stupid” movies that he made that are excellent in so many ways.
It started with Point Break and the latest iteration are the John Wick flicks.
Atherel@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 362d
Either you have huge hands, or VHS tapes are much smaller than I remember.
HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 362d
First R movie i ever saw
melsaskca@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 362d
I liked the irony of "Speed 2" which took place on a big, slow moving boat.
Flamekebab@piefed.social · 2 pts · 362d
🎵Bus from Speed🎵
I finally got around to watching this last year and enjoyed it, unsurprisingly. The jump is tremendously dumb (seriously, could they not even have contrived a ramp‽) but other than that I was happy to buy into the silliness. You chew that scenery, Hopper!
UKFilmNerd@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 362d
The DVD extras allow you to watch the real bus jump from five different angles. It didn't look too healthy once it landed. 😁
SidewaysHighways@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 362d
earlier i watched a copy of speed that we taped in like 94, commercials and all. little time capsule
UKFilmNerd@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 362d
If anyone wants to go really deep on the history and making of Speed, check out the podcast 50mph. Fifty episodes that tell the story from start to end and has an interview with Keanu and Sandra in one of the last episodes.
Really good stuff. You learn than Speed was originally just set up as a cheap action film, they never expected the success they achieved.
Also, the script was briefly considered as an idea for the next Beverly Hills Cop movie.
Zahille7@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 361d
Got a shot of the whole collection?