I was watching a show on tv last night that was so bad I can't even remember what happened, much less what it was called, but at one point a character said something like, "Everybody knows that Joss Whedon wrote Speed." I've always liked Speed. And I've always liked Joss Whedon. So the thought made me happy. But surely I would have heard this before if it were true, right? I went to IMDb and found . . . no writer credit for Joss Whedon on Speed.
Nada. Hmm. So I went to Joss Whedon's IMDb page to look at his writing credits. And I found some surprises . . . like that he had written for the tv shows Parenthood and Roseanne . . . which was cool. But no Speed. So I figured that it was probably just a stupid, made-up thing in a stupid, utterly forgettable television show, but just in case I Googled "Did Joss Whedon write Speed?" And found
an article entitled, "Joss Whedon Wrote 'Speed,' In A Hollywood Plot Twist Is Certainly Worthy Of Gratuitous Lens Flare." I have to admit that I have a little bit of trouble trusting a writer who has such a feeble grasp on English grammar (maybe it was translated from Chinese?), but the content of the article seemed believable, and there were other articles which supported it.
So hey. Joss Whedon wrote Speed.
And even stupid television shows can give you a little something something.
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