Don Simpson

That was the first time I realized who it was.

And then I remember... and he hasn't updated his intro and or that logo intro at the beginning what the hell is that called the lightning ball but i recognized many similar things and it reminded me of the one on bad boys which was at that point don simpson and jerry bruckheimer but it was a very similar looking one

we will talk about don simpson as well because he is also a huge part of this story and for me yeah advertisements and trailers for the rock when that was coming out the the announcer don florentine i believe was doing the announcing for that one he's like on Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer, the producers of bad boys, the Crimson, like hearing these names are like, you know, those movies.

And then this, the director of bad boys, Michael Bay.

So yeah, it came this whole thing of like movie that had that logo that you just mentioned and, You knew what you were in for.

And I think that's what made me go back and find Top Gun and Beverly Hills Cop and suddenly see, like, yeah, it really does have a track record.

You could see the pattern of what he does in terms of casting, his choice of filmmakers, and the soundtracks.

And... and some of the movies that brookheimer worked on he worked with like you just mentioned in michael bay which you guys can go back and listen to our bay episode but uh i feel like maybe during the michael bay episode we gave bae the credit for a lot of the look and feel when in fact i think it was more of a jerry brookheimer and or don simpson or combination of those two where you have like the and feel for things because a lot of bruckheimer movies have those orangey colors or the just the cuts and all that and i just think that bae anyway i'm i think i may have just started talking without even any proper setup to anything so you slow me down man

Mm-hmm

... uh, s- specifically with Don Simpson.

But it's the movie that he meets Nicole on.

Um-

The story about Robert Towne specifically, what he added, is really funny.

Um, Don Simpson called him at like midnight one night and asked him to dictate the scene, uh, where they're talking about like war politics over the phone with him-

Mm

... probably in like a coke-filled rage.

"Bobby, I need you to give me some rewrites."

So this is like peak...

We, we didn't mention this is like peak Bruckheimer/Don Simpson-

Yeah

I, there are certain-

Is it a Don Simpson thing?

There are certain-

Too far

I got to say,

I would – given you – yeah, if you offer me Jerry Bruckheimer, I'm probably going to steer more towards Don Simpson.

I got

high concept.

Oh, is that okay? Objectively, it's just Top Gun again, but with cars.

It's one of those films, for some reason, I've kept at arm length, even though it's Tony Scott, Jerry Bruckheimer, Don Simpson, Tom Cruise.

You should love it, Dave.

Oh, yeah, on paper.