RoboCop Is This Movie Better With…? RoboCop · The Rewatchables ·August 5, 2025 The imagined Gus Johnson call of RoboCop’s alley rescue wins over Mike Breen and Peter Schrager alternatives. In the discussion (3) Approx. transcript time · 01:39:53Read transcript Gus Johnson is chosen to call RoboCop shooting through the woman’s legs. Mike Breen is imagined calling the boardroom barrage. Peter Schrager is imagined defending the robot after talking to Dick Jones.
RoboCop Just One Oscar RoboCop · The Rewatchables ·August 5, 2025 Sound effects is the choice, matching the film’s stated Oscar win. In the discussion (1) Approx. transcript time · 01:41:50Read transcript The panel selects sound effects and notes that the film won for sound.
RoboCop Probably Unanswerable Questions RoboCop · The Rewatchables ·August 5, 2025 The panel asks when the story occurs and whether Bob Morton engineered Murphy’s transfer; the transfer theory is treated as answerable. In the discussion (3) Approx. transcript time · 01:41:50Read transcript A home-video ad reportedly placed the story in 1991, but the film itself does not establish a year. The panel guesses a setting around 2005 to 2011 based on the technology. Bob Morton is suspected of transferring suitable cops into dangerous districts to create RoboCop candidates.
RoboCop What Piece of Memorabilia Would You Want From This Movie? RoboCop · The Rewatchables ·August 5, 2025 The Nuke ’Em home game and RoboCop’s mask are selected. In the discussion (2) Approx. transcript time · 01:43:42Read transcript Nuke ’Em is selected as a party game piece of memorabilia. RoboCop’s mask is the other desired object.
RoboCop The Coach Finstock Award for Best Life Lesson RoboCop · The Rewatchables ·August 5, 2025 You can kill someone but cannot take their humanity; weapons demonstrations should use blanks. In the discussion (2) Approx. transcript time · 01:44:50Read transcript The return of Murphy’s humanity supplies the first lesson. The robot disaster supplies the practical lesson to use blanks during demonstrations.
Best Double Feature RoboCop · The Rewatchables ·August 5, 2025 RoboCop + Poster unavailable The Terminator Poster unavailable Starship Troopers Poster unavailable Total Recall In the discussion (3) Approx. transcript time · 01:45:32Read transcript The Terminator offers a double-robot program and is the main choice. Starship Troopers and Total Recall are director-based alternatives. Terminator 2 is compared with RoboCop through its steel-mill ending, stabbing, and backlit police imagery.
RoboCop Who Won the Movie? RoboCop · The Rewatchables ·August 5, 2025 Paul Verhoeven wins; the villains’ personalities and the movie’s satire reinforce the choice. In the discussion (3) Approx. transcript time · 01:46:45Read transcript Paul Verhoeven is the immediate winner for the film’s bloody, satirical direction. The closing response praises the film for hiding its message inside cheesy 80s science fiction. The villains are praised as more vivid and genuinely terrible than the restrained leads. Podcast choices Speaker not identifiedPaul Verhoeven Speaker not identifiedPaul Verhoeven
Marathon Man Steven Seagal shitting on himself award for most unbelievable anecdote from the actual film shoot Marathon Man · The Rewatchables ·June 18, 2025 The disputed Hoffman–Olivier method-acting exchange is selected. In the discussion (5) Approx. transcript time · 00:23:27Read transcript The famous account says Olivier answered Hoffman’s sleep-deprivation method acting by suggesting that he simply act. The exchange has been retold in conflicting versions by participants and chroniclers. Hoffman’s Studio 54 detail is questioned because the club opened after the movie’s release. Hoffman later said Olivier was joking and described a warm final-day visit. The hosts favor Goldman’s version while acknowledging the dispute and Goldman’s stake in the rewritten ending.
Marathon Man Roger Ebert's review Marathon Man · The Rewatchables ·June 18, 2025 ☆★☆★☆★☆★ Ebert’s three-star review is judged too low. In the discussion (3) Approx. transcript time · 00:31:38Read transcript Ebert gave the film three stars while praising its moment-to-moment thriller craft despite plot holes. The hosts argue the movie merits four stars and that Ebert withheld about half a star too much. Contemporary critics are described as having unusually high expectations for 1976 thrillers.
Marathon Man Most Rewatchable Scene Marathon Man · The Rewatchables ·June 18, 2025 The “Is it safe?” torture sequence is selected, among several nominated suspense set pieces. In the discussion (9) Approx. transcript time · 00:34:33Read transcript The opening road-rage crash is nominated and also called exaggerated enough to evoke a later spoof. Doc’s Paris hotel fight and the piano-wire attack are nominated. Doc visiting Babe and then testing Elsa over lunch are nominated for dialogue and character revelation. Doc’s stabbing and bloody arrival at Babe’s apartment are nominated. Babe trapped naked in the bathroom is praised for suspense and helplessness. The dental torture and repeated “Is it safe?” question are praised as iconic and terrifying. Szell being recognized in the Diamond District and opening the deposit box are nominated. Doc’s Paris material is a favorite for its ominous atmosphere. The “Is it safe?” sequence is selected as the most rewatchable scene.
Marathon Man The most "year the movie came out" thing Marathon Man · The Rewatchables ·June 18, 2025 Original Nazis still active in 1976 is the lead choice; five other period markers are discussed. In the discussion (6) Approx. transcript time · 00:44:32Read transcript Living perpetrators from World War II still operating openly is selected as the strongest 1976 marker. Marathon training being treated as strange is nominated. New York City’s 1976 appearance is nominated. The film’s barely stated gay relationship is nominated as period-specific. Diamonds priced at fifteen thousand dollars per carat are nominated. McCarthyism victims functioning as a central plot device is selected as another period marker.
Marathon Man What’s Aged the Best? Marathon Man · The Rewatchables ·June 18, 2025 Location photography, conspiracy-thriller construction, early death, dentistry horror, reversals, deposit boxes, running skills, Steadicam use, and Devane are praised. In the discussion (11) Approx. transcript time · 00:46:23Read transcript Authentic New York and Paris location shooting is praised. Doc’s death staging outside the modernist building is praised. Knowing the conspiracy makes Elsa’s surveillance and other clues more rewarding on rewatch. Roy Scheider dying earlier than expected is praised as an effective star misdirection. The film’s use of dentistry as torture remains potent. Janeway’s apparent rescue of Babe becoming another interrogation is praised as a plot reversal. Movie scenes involving safety-deposit boxes are called reliably watchable. Babe’s highway-ramp jump is praised despite its physical improbability. Babe’s marathon training paying off during his escape is praised. The film is credited as an early Steadicam production and the first such movie released. William Devane’s 1976–77 run and his performance are praised.
