The original release of "Speed 2: Cruise Control"

What were the reactions? How gorgeous was Sandy Bullock? The lines must have been around the block, the original was so great. Was it the must-see film that week?

• They closed the schools where I lived. Mother and Father put on their finest outfits and left early that morning to make it into an evening showing. We kids waited up until they got home, too excited to hear all about what Sandy had gotten up to.

• It was a huge flop.

• Didn't they close post offices and banks that day also?

• There was a lot of discussion on DL about why Meryl should have gotten the lead.

• They drove a BOAT.

• They flew the flags at half staff. My secretary flew hers around her waist.

• The picture was dead-on-arrival.

• Sandy looked much better in the first.