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The most 2008 thing

TiVo

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Approx. transcript time · 01:14:34Read transcript
  • Wii Tennis is proposed as a 2008 marker. — Bill Simmons
  • Tobey Maguire's MTV Best Kiss credit, Maxim, Maria Menounos's presentation, and the HD DVD versus Blu-ray discussion are proposed. — Bill Simmons
  • Lance Bass's cameo and Qualcomm phones are proposed. — Bill Simmons
  • TiVo wins because it saves the characters at the end.
  • An early iPod, Xbox, Spalding NBA ball, and period chapstick are also noted. — Van Lathan
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What’s Aged the Best?

Les Grossman and the ensemble's longevity

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  • Les Grossman's indifference to human costs is judged more recognizable in the contemporary executive class.
  • The aftermath of the opening explosion and Danny McBride's explosives role remain comic strengths. — Chris Ryan
  • The YouTube reference and the continued prominence of much of the cast are praised.
  • Vietnam-film parody is said to remain enjoyable even though the genre has faded. — Bill Simmons
  • The claim that pornography determines video-format adoption is said to have held up. — Bill Simmons
  • The fake trailers remain a favorite comic device.
  • Walking through the jungle and the young Flaming Dragons leader are also praised. — Bill Simmons
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The Butch’s Girlfriend Award for the Weakest Link in the Film

Late pacing; Jack Black; Ben Stiller

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  • The last third is judged seven or eight minutes too long, with a preference for more pre-jungle ensemble scenes. — Bill Simmons
  • Jack Black is selected because his withdrawal material sometimes pulls focus from stronger combinations. — Van Lathan
  • Steve Coogan is considered funnier in the mockumentary than in the main film. — Chris Ryan
  • Ben Stiller is selected because the performance feels familiar.
  • The defense of Stiller is that his nuanced straight-man work supports the more extreme performances and makes his own self-parody effective.
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Steven Seagal shitting on himself award for most unbelievable anecdote from the actual film shoot

Stallone legend and losing daylight

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What’s Aged the Worst?

Action, changed comedy context, and diminished laughter

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  • The action is selected as having aged worst.
  • The film's gamble that being funny could excuse every large provocation is considered harder to sustain in contemporary theatrical comedy. — Van Lathan
  • One participant says the comedy fell flat and was less funny than remembered. — Joel Anderson
  • Others defend the first hour and Hollywood satire while agreeing Anchorman and Step Brothers have broader cultural reach.
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The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award

Platoon parody effect; two qualified reactions to the portrayal; two proposed role swaps and Craig's response

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  • Tropic Thunder is said to affect later viewing of Platoon in the way Walk Hard affects music biographies because many shots closely parody Platoon. — Chris Ryan
  • One answer says the blackface performance has never personally offended him, while emphasizing that blackface outside this satirical context is objectionable. — Van Lathan
  • A separate qualification agrees that it had to be as good as it was to meet that bar.
  • A second answer says he is not offended by the blackface at all, understands the joke, and can laugh at material like it. — Joel Anderson
  • Matthew McConaughey is proposed for Tug because Ben Stiller's version feels too similar to his Zoolander mode, with Stiller moving to Rick Peck. — Bill Simmons
  • Bill Hader is proposed for Jeff Portnoy because he would have brought fresher improvisation than the already-established Jack Black. — Bill Simmons
  • McConaughey as Tug is explicitly endorsed when Craig is asked, but the Jack Black replacement is challenged because Black's physicality and Chris Farley-like energy enliven the jungle passages. — Craig Horlbeck
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