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The Bourne Identity

Probably Unanswerable Questions

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The questions compare Marie's hair lengths, imagine Josh Hamilton's character as Grover from Kicking and Screaming, and ask whether Matt Damon is cinema's best performer of a particular profane line.

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  • Both participants prefer Marie's longer hair, although the shorter style is also praised.
  • The panel asks whether the movie is more fun if Josh Hamilton's character is secretly Grover from Kicking and Screaming.
  • The imagined story has Grover stay in Europe after heartbreak and take a data-entry job that leads to Conklin.
  • A later question asks whether Damon is the greatest actor at delivering the words 'fuck it.'
  • Examples from Rounders and this film lead the panel to answer that Damon probably is the best at that delivery.
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The Bourne Identity

What Piece of Memorabilia Would You Want From This Movie?

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The choices are Marie's red Mini and Bourne's red bag with its Paris-apartment props.

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  • One participant chooses Marie's small red car.
  • The other chooses the red bag and the props Bourne pours onto the desk in Paris.
  • Adam Savage of MythBusters is reported to own that bag and its props.
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The Bourne Identity

Who Won the Movie?

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Both participants choose Matt Damon.

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  • The first winner response is Matt Damon.
  • The second participant immediately agrees with Matt Damon.
  • The panel calls the choice easy and closes after saying the film is a good and great movie.
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The Martian

Most Rewatchable Scene

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No consensus: the rescue, Rich Purnell explanation, early farming/problem-solving, and the Starman montage were the leading choices.

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  • The opening storm was praised for beginning the plot immediately.
  • Watney blowing himself up and deadpanning about the excess oxygen was nominated.
  • Watney establishing text contact with NASA was nominated.
  • The potato farm exploding was nominated as a heartbreaking reversal.
  • The David Bowie “Starman” montage was nominated for making an obvious song choice work.
  • The final rescue was nominated for sustaining suspense even though Watney’s survival was expected.
  • The reunion was criticized for ending too abruptly and omitting a needed moment between Watney and Lewis.
  • Watney’s final solve-one-problem-at-a-time speech was praised as the movie’s lesson.
  • The Rich Purnell stapler demonstration was selected by one host.
  • The early water-making, farming, and rationing sequence was selected by another host as the movie’s soul.
  • The rescue was selected by another host.
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The Martian

What’s Aged the Best?

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The title, potatoes, disco motif, move away from 3D, self-surgery, mission-control celebration, Sean Bean, and resignation trope were praised.

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  • The simple title “The Martian” was praised.
  • Watney’s potato garden using Martian soil, crew waste, rocket-fuel water, and unused potatoes was praised.
  • Commander Lewis’s love of 1970s disco was praised as a comic wrinkle that could easily have failed.
  • The film was treated as evidence that audiences preferred conventional 2D releases over the 3D push.
  • Watney’s self-surgery was called the film’s tensest and most effective sequence.
  • The mission-control celebration after contact with Watney was praised as an effective recurring movie device.
  • Sean Bean’s character was praised for risking his career to back the Hermes crew.
  • The movie convention where a principled official resigns after insubordination was praised.
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The Martian

What’s Aged the Worst?

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U.S.–China cooperation, Golden Globes category fraud, some casting choices, government transparency, public attention, unchanged cable news, and Teddy’s press manner were questioned.

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  • U.S.–China cooperation felt newly implausible to the panel in 2020.
  • The film’s Golden Globe win as a Musical or Comedy was cited as category fraud that helped force rule changes.
  • Sebastian Stan’s tiny role was criticized as a waste of an actor who became more prominent later.
  • Kristen Wiig’s comic screen persona made her difficult for some hosts to accept as the NASA press official.
  • NASA and the government appeared implausibly candid about bad news and internal decisions.
  • The world’s sustained public attention to one astronaut seemed optimistic.
  • Cable news appearing unchanged in 2035 felt implausible.
  • Teddy’s blunt press conferences felt oddly cold.
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The Martian

Recasting Couch

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Carrie Washington or Kate Winslet for Kristen Wiig, and Ed Harris as Teddy, were the strongest proposals; other possibilities were debated.

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  • Kerry Washington was proposed for the public-relations role.
  • Kate Winslet’s Steve Jobs performance made her another proposal for the PR role.
  • Kate Winslet was also proposed as Commander Lewis.
  • Tom Hanks was proposed for Teddy.
  • Jeff Bridges was proposed for Teddy.
  • Tommy Lee Jones was proposed for Teddy.
  • Ed Harris was proposed as the best Teddy replacement because he supplied the desired Pat Riley quality.
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The Martian

Half-Assed Internet Research

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Research covered Jordan/Hungary locations, NASA assistance, Damon’s five-week solo shoot, staged potato growth, and the 2035 setting.

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  • The Mars exteriors were filmed in Jordan.
  • Soundstage work was filmed in Hungary.
  • NASA assisted with science and technology.
  • Damon filmed his solo material for five weeks.
  • The production maintained real potatoes at multiple growth stages.
  • Andy Weir placed the story in 2035.
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