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Stripes

The Dion Waiters Award for Best Heat Check Performance

Stripes The Rewatchables

John Candy wins as Ox; Dave Thomas, Judge Reinhold, and Conrad Dunn are runners-up.

In the discussion (5)
Approx. transcript time · 00:54:23Read transcript
  • Dave Thomas is a runner-up for the mud-wrestling announcer.
  • Judge Reinhold has a high success rate with very few lines.
  • Conrad Dunn is another runner-up for Francis.
  • John Candy wins for Ox.
  • Candy’s wider career is celebrated while the panel wishes his early death had not prevented another defining 1980s comedy vehicle.
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Stripes

Half-Assed Internet Research

Stripes The Rewatchables

Research covers Army access, Warren Oates’s Wild Bunch stories, on-set injuries, improvised accidents, surprise haircuts, Murray–Young friction, and a John Candy fight-night dinner.

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Approx. transcript time · 00:56:50Read transcript
  • The military reportedly supported the film with Fort Knox access and real troops as extras.
  • Warren Oates chipped a tooth when actors dragged him through mud without warning him.
  • Warren Oates reportedly entertained the cast with stories about The Wild Bunch and was liked even by Bill Murray.
  • The actor whose name is transcribed as Laracette broke his nose running into a door during an unused take and wore makeup afterward.
  • Murray’s suitcase blow was accidental and remained in the film.
  • Most basic-training haircuts were surprises, producing genuine reactions.
  • A disputed story says Murray and Sean Young clashed over improvisation; the panel explicitly marks it uncertain.
  • John Candy hosted the cast for homemade spaghetti and the Leonard–Duran no-más fight.
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Stripes

Apex Mountain

Stripes The Rewatchables

Warren Oates, military comedies, and movie mud wrestling receive positive apex cases; most individual stars are rejected or debated.

In the discussion (11)
Approx. transcript time · 00:59:19Read transcript
  • Bill Murray is rejected because Ghostbusters provided a stronger later peak.
  • Harold Ramis is debated as a newly cool movie star here, while Groundhog Day and Ghostbusters brought larger later influence and wealth.
  • John Candy is rejected.
  • Military comedies about joining and training are given a strong apex case, with the broader military-movie claim treated as weaker.
  • The actress identified by the machine transcript as P. J. Souls is rejected in favor of Halloween.
  • Sean Young is rejected in favor of the Blade Runner, Wall Street, and No Way Out period.
  • The actor whose name the machine transcript renders as Laracette is rejected because he became a major television star.
  • Goofy future-tense closing credits are discussed, with Animal House preferred.
  • Warren Oates receives a clear apex verdict.
  • Ivan Reitman is rejected.
  • The mud-wrestling sequence is proposed as the apex of mud wrestling in movies.
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Stripes

Picking Nits

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Haircuts, the Pom Pom raid, EM-50 promotion and design, an impossible basketball throw, and a missing double-date scene are questioned.

In the discussion (7)
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  • Bill Murray and Harold Ramis keeping movie-star hair while other recruits receive crew cuts is questioned.
  • The reason military police raid the Pom Pom mud-wrestling club remains unclear.
  • The late-arriving recruits being promoted to the military-vehicle project is judged implausible.
  • The supposedly advanced vehicle looks too much like a minivan or Winnebago.
  • The indoor-basketball throw through the window follows no plausible shot trajectory.
  • One more double-date scene is requested to deepen the four central characters.
  • The bag underneath his head is there and then not there, but that continuity issue is explicitly dismissed.
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Stripes

Sequel, Prequel, Limited Series, or All-Black Remake

Stripes The Rewatchables

A Stripes series is possible but unwanted; An Officer and a Gentleman is preferred for adaptation.

In the discussion (2)
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  • One participant rejects a ten-episode Stripes series as sacrilege, while another says the right two leads could make an entertaining version.
  • An Officer and a Gentleman is proposed as the more suitable series adaptation.
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Stripes

Probably Unanswerable Questions

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The panel asks whether the movie should end at graduation, what middle material would replace the rescue, and how attraction to the two military-police characters changed with age.

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  • The main question asks whether the film improves if it ends with the graduation ceremony and drops the military-vehicle rescue.
  • The proposal draws a specific objection: the welcome-to-Italy arrival still works, even though the plot from there is judged a disaster.
  • More backstory with the central friends, the two military-police characters, Candy, and another Pom Pom excursion is proposed.
  • The woman from the opening finding John attractive again is proposed as another middle sequence.
  • The favorite recruit-introduction scene was reportedly rewritten by the cast in Murray’s trailer, prompting regret that the ending did not receive the same treatment.
  • A bonus question compares adolescent and present-day attraction to Sean Young and the actress the machine transcript calls P. J. Souls.
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Stripes

What Piece of Memorabilia Would You Want From This Movie?

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The EM-50, framed spatula, apartment set, and indoor basketball hoop are the preferred objects.

In the discussion (3)
Approx. transcript time · 01:08:40Read transcript
  • The military vehicle is proposed as a driveway object, gaming room, sports-viewing room, or child’s hangout.
  • The spatula would be framed.
  • The apartment set and especially its basketball hoop are preferred alternatives.
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Stripes

Who Won the Movie?

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Bill Murray wins without debate; Ivan Reitman is mentioned only as a possible alternative.

In the discussion (2)
Approx. transcript time · 01:11:10Read transcript
  • Bill Murray is the unanimous winner.
  • Ivan Reitman is acknowledged as a possible case but immediately rejected in favor of Murray.
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Stripes

The Neil McCauley “A Book about Metals” Award for Best Line from the Movie

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The panel rapidly lists favorite lines, with Wisconsin selected as the funniest single line.

In the discussion (5)
Approx. transcript time · 01:11:10Read transcript
  • The rapid list includes the furs answer, Eisenhower greeting, unusual-underwear speech, acorn speech, officer-material line, and depression line.
  • The abandoning-the-car, never-convicted, and have-that-removed lines are cited as frequently reused favorites.
  • Wisconsin is selected as the funniest single line.
  • The cheap-shoeshine line is another finalist.
  • The stopped-draft exchange is praised as a final throwaway quote.
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Raiders of the Lost Ark

Roger Ebert's review

Raiders of the Lost Ark The Rewatchables

Roger Ebert awarded four stars and celebrated the movie as a breathless series of adventures made by Spielberg at the top of his game.

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Approx. transcript time · 00:36:21Read transcript
  • Ebert’s four-star review is summarized as an enthusiastic defense of the film’s story and adventure machinery.
  • Pauline Kael’s cooler review is treated as a parallel critical lens: she saw a well-made thrill ride but disliked what its success forecast for mainstream movies.
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