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Back to the Future The Rewatchables
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Apex Mountain

Fox, Lewis, Lloyd, Wells, Glover, Wilson, Pepsi Free, Zemeckis, and time travel

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  • Michael J. Fox is judged at his apex through the combination of Family Ties and the film
  • Huey Lewis, Christopher Lloyd, Claudia Wells, Crispin Glover, and Thomas F. Wilson are assigned apexes
  • Libyan terrorists are rejected in favor of Gaddafi as their apex
  • Pepsi Free is assigned an apex while the larger Pepsi brand is debated
  • Robert Zemeckis is assigned an apex because Romancing the Stone and this film enabled later ambitious projects
  • Time travel is assigned an apex over Lost for popularizing difficult concepts
Back to the Future The Rewatchables
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Picking Nits

Band audition, adult sibling at home, Jeep reaction, George’s income, and transformed Lorraine

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  • The Pinheads are questioned for being dismissed after only five seconds
  • Marty is criticized for treating the group like a backing band without practicing or rehearsing
  • Performing The Heart of Rock and Roll is proposed as a stronger audition choice
  • Adult Dave McFly still living at home after the timeline improves is questioned
  • Marty’s reaction to receiving an expensive Jeep is judged too restrained
  • George’s job and ability to afford the Jeep are unclear
  • Lea Thompson should have been shown in a Jane Fonda aerobics outfit to emphasize how much better the new timeline is
Back to the Future The Rewatchables
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Probably Unanswerable Questions

Hearing damage, concussions, dog care, Doc-Marty friendship, Doc’s private life, duplicate selves, and parental recognition

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  • Marty’s likely tinnitus from the opening amplifier blast is questioned
  • Marty’s repeated concussions across the trilogy are questioned
  • Doc is judged a bad dog owner for automated feeding and using Einstein in the time machine
  • The origin and propriety of teenage Marty’s friendship with adult Doc are questioned
  • Whether Doc Brown is a lifelong bachelor, asexual, or gay is speculated about
  • Whether two versions of one person can occupy the same place and time is questioned
  • The failure of Marty’s parents to recognize their son as Calvin is debated, with Bob Gale reportedly arguing they knew Calvin only briefly thirty years earlier
Back to the Future The Rewatchables
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The most "year the movie came out" thing

Pepsi Free

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  • Huey Lewis, Twin Pines Mall, the DeLorean, Pepsi Free, and an X-rated downtown theater are nominated
  • Pepsi Free and Tab or the prominence of Huey Lewis are the leading choices. — Chris Ryan
  • Pepsi Free is declared the winner because of its narrow mid-1980s window
  • The DeLorean remains a nominee but is discounted for originating earlier in the decade
Gladiator The Rewatchables
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Gladiator

Roger Ebert's review

Roger Ebert’s two-star review is discussed through his “Rocky on downers” comparison, objection to the film’s joylessness, and later criticism of the special effects.

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  • Ebert gave Gladiator two stars.
  • He compared the story to “Rocky on downers,” said the film lacked joy, and criticized its reliance on bitter, morose characters.
  • He later stood by the review and criticized the special effects.
Gladiator The Rewatchables
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Most Rewatchable Scene

The third gladiator fight—the first Colosseum battle, ending with Maximus revealing himself—is the unanimous favorite after a field spanning the opening war, political scenes, escape, earlier arena fights, tigers, and the final confrontation.

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  • The opening Germania battle is nominated and praised for realism, physical scale, and immediate character building.
  • Marcus Aurelius asking Maximus to rule is nominated for establishing their bond and a generational passing of the torch.
  • Commodus killing Marcus Aurelius is acknowledged as powerful but not a scene the panel would casually dial up.
  • Maximus escaping his execution is nominated, with the caveat that the family aftermath makes the scene hard to continue watching.
  • The first chained gladiator fight is nominated for the strangers’ rapid teamwork.
  • The one-versus-six “Are you not entertained?” fight is nominated.
  • The first Colosseum battle and Maximus identity reveal are the unanimous choice.
  • The tiger fight is nominated.
  • The pre-final confrontation between Commodus and the chained Maximus is nominated for Maximus’s verbal reversal.
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What’s Aged the Best?

Opening dialogue, background arena brutality, Joaquin Phoenix’s improvised outburst and performance, memorable lines, post–Game of Thrones incest jokes, and the sword-and-sandal fights make up the aged-best field.

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  • The gladiator combine’s casual background violence is praised as vivid world-building.
  • Commodus’s “am I not merciful?” outburst is praised and reported as improvised.
  • “It vexes me” is praised.
  • Joaquin Phoenix’s performance is called flawless.
  • “Tell the men their general lives” is praised and connected to a personal comeback joke.
  • Suggestions of incest are jokingly said to have aged better after Game of Thrones.
  • The film’s sword-and-sandal fight scenes are called the best one host has seen.
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What’s Aged the Worst?

The runtime, repeated Elysium imagery, Senate ending, digital Oliver Reed, and missing Proximo action draw objections.

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  • The movie could lose roughly twelve to fifteen minutes.
  • The repeated wheat-field Elysium imagery feels heavy-handed.
  • The Senate and restored-republic ending is questioned.
  • The digitally completed Oliver Reed material is visibly artificial.
  • The film loses an intended Proximo fight because of Reed’s death.
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Casting What-Ifs

Mel Gibson, Antonio Banderas, Ben Mendelsohn, and Hugh Jackman are mentioned as reported Maximus possibilities, while Crowe’s push for Christopher Plummer as Marcus Aurelius lost to Richard Harris.

In the discussion (3)
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  • Mel Gibson, Antonio Banderas, Ben Mendelsohn, and Hugh Jackman are mentioned as reported possibilities, with the hosts unsure of the sourcing.
  • Russell Crowe reportedly pushed for his Insider costar Christopher Plummer as Marcus Aurelius.
  • Ridley Scott chose Richard Harris after reported back-and-forth.
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The Joey Pants “That Guy” Award

Tommy Flanagan wins over Ralf Moeller, though one host recognizes Flanagan primarily as Chibs from Sons of Anarchy.

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  • Tommy Flanagan is selected because one host still recognizes him as the scarred man from Gladiator.
  • Ralf Moeller is the other nominee.
  • The choice is disputed by a host who sees Flanagan as Chibs from Sons of Anarchy.
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