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The Joey Pants “That Guy” Award

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Dwayne Davis, remembered as Alvin Mack from The Program, was selected from a deep field.

In the discussion (7)
Approx. transcript time · 01:21:59Read transcript
  • Private Nash from The Fugitive was nominated.
  • Glenn Morshower was nominated.
  • Nick Mancuso was nominated.
  • Colm Meaney was nominated.
  • Joe Kosala, recognized as Rosetti from The Fugitive, was nominated.
  • Damian Chapa, recognized from Blood In Blood Out, was nominated.
  • Dwayne Davis won on the strength of The Program and other football roles.
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Half-Assed Internet Research

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Research covered Erika Eleniak’s E.T. appearance, Alabama shooting locations, budget-saving rewrites, Seagal’s Pearl Harbor idea, and the film persuading Harrison Ford to make The Fugitive.

In the discussion (7)
Approx. transcript time · 01:26:35Read transcript
  • Eleniak’s first feature role was the girl Elliott kissed in E.T.
  • USS Alabama stood in for USS Missouri.
  • Mobile-area locations and framing made the limited water appear to be open ocean.
  • The script was reduced from an estimated $100 million version to a roughly $30 million production.
  • Seagal proposed incorporating the Pearl Harbor memorial and gathered ships.
  • Harrison Ford reportedly joined The Fugitive after seeing an Under Siege rough cut.
  • The production used a blackout barge and visual blocking to conceal the Alabama’s surroundings.
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Apex Mountain

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Under Siege was identified as Seagal’s apex; other cases included Busey, Eleniak, the 1989 Playboy issue, Voodoo Child, and movie cooks.

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Approx. transcript time · 01:28:37Read transcript
  • Seagal’s commercial and industry standing clearly declined after this film.
  • Busey’s apex was placed around Point Break, Under Siege, and The Firm, with The Buddy Holly Story as an earlier prestige high.
  • Erika Eleniak was treated as an apex case.
  • The June 1989 Playboy issue was treated as an apex case because Under Siege and Home Alone preserved its fame.
  • “Voodoo Child” in Under Siege lost its apex case to its later NWO use.
  • Casey Ryback was nominated as the apex movie cook who could also fight.
  • Goodfellas’ prison cooking and Clemenza’s meatballs were competing movie-cook cases.
  • Chef and Burnt were rejected because their cooks could not fight.
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Picking Nits

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The takeover plan, surprise-party cover, one-woman entertainment plan, haircuts, accents, cake logic, pills, injury continuity, ovens, and payment were all questioned.

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Approx. transcript time · 01:32:50Read transcript
  • The ease with which armed terrorists boarded a nuclear battleship was the central nit.
  • A surprise party was judged too flimsy a cover for activity on a nuclear battleship.
  • Flying in only one entertainer for the party seemed implausible.
  • Several sailors lacked expected military haircuts.
  • Colm Meaney’s American accent disappears in later scenes.
  • Jordan apparently slept inside the cake without hearing the gunfire.
  • It was unclear whether Busey drugged Jordan or she simply took too many seasickness pills.
  • Ryback’s water injury disappears in the next scene.
  • The galley uses a gas-style oven even though the Navy reportedly uses electric appliances around shipboard weapons.
  • Jordan’s exact job in the attack plan remained unclear.
  • The amount Jordan was promised for the cake appearance was debated.
  • Whether Jordan was ever paid remained unanswered.
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The Andy and Red – Zihuatanejo Award for What Happens the Next Day?

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Two dark speculative futures for Casey and Jordan were offered; neither was treated as fact.

The panel is imagining how this might look in the future.

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  • One speculation had the pair go to Hawaii before the relationship turned abusive.
  • Another had Jordan return to Los Angeles, struggle in acting, and later circle back to Casey.
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