While the plot is a parody of Speed, writers Graham Linehan and Arthur Mathews got the idea for the episode after asking themselves if it was possible to come up with a "worse idea for a sequel than Speed 2".
Right now they are averaging just 29km an hour, the sort of speed this writer could just keep up with on his trusty Raleigh Chopper.
Only those who cannot afford a Mulsanne Speed (this writer, for instance) bother to engage in cross-shopping fantasies or make statements like "For that sum, you could buy a BMW M3 and a Cessna Skyhawk".
For example, cTBS over dorsal premotor cortex increases SICI and improves writing speed in Writer's cramp focal hand dystonia [57].
Mr. De Palma soars off into space toward the same end, with a group of writers including Graham Yost of "Speed" and writers with producers' credits like Ted Tally ("Silence of the Lambs") and David Goyer ("Blade"), although much of the picture feels as if it came from the director.
At these speeds, headline writers like to say, we could soon be zipping from London to New York in just one hour.
Despite the speed of typing – writer Robert Frisk bemoans the fact that only typing can keep up with his ideas – the practice of slowing down and thinking about our thoughts in order to write them with a pen or pencil uses more brain power.
It's not a total secret that Joss Whedon wrote the production script for "Speed" -- credited writer Graham Yost has frequently mentioned Whedon's contributions in interviews -- but the acclaimed director has rarely commented on the work he did for Jan de Bont's 1994 blockbuster.
A REPORTER AT LARGE about the advent of a fibre-optic "Evernet" high-speed Internet... Writer examines a fibre-optic line in a tunnel in lower Manhattan.
The New Yorker, November 27, 2000 P. 132 A REPORTER AT LARGE about the advent of a fibre-optic "Evernet" high-speed Internet... Writer examines a fibre-optic line in a tunnel in lower Manhattan..
