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Shampoo

What Piece of Memorabilia Would You Want From This Movie?

Shampoo The Rewatchables

The Triumph, jacket, blow dryer, earring, and Almost Famous/Say Anything props receive distinct preferences.

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  • The Triumph motorcycle is selected despite the speaker’s fear of riding motorcycles.
  • George’s brown leather jacket is considered and criticized as too thin and ordinary.
  • The blow dryer is proposed as a usable studio prop.
  • The earring is selected because the apartment scene spins on it.
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Shampoo

Best Double Feature

Shampoo The Rewatchables

The Parallax View, The Rules of the Game, and Nashville are three distinct pairings.

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  • The Parallax View is selected as the dark counterpart to Beatty’s Shampoo persona.
  • The Rules of the Game is selected for its interrelationships and wistful tone.
  • Nashville is selected as another sprawling, musical, political film from 1975.
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Shampoo

Who Won the Movie?

Shampoo The Rewatchables

Warren Beatty is chosen with agreement.

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Rocky II

Most Rewatchable Scene

Rocky II The Rewatchables

The group considers the opening hospital material, proposal, commercial, Mickey scenes, Apollo and Duke, the coma awakening, both training montages, the run, and the fight; final preferences favor round fifteen, Apollo and Duke, and the awakening-to-training turn.

In the discussion (28)
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  • The repeated ending of the first film is questioned for marathons, though the opening fight supplies action before a long stretch without boxing.
  • The opening credits and remastered Rocky theme are nominated.
  • Rocky wheeling over to Apollo and asking whether Apollo gave his best is nominated as a short scene.
  • Rocky’s zoo marriage proposal, including his awkward phrasing and invitation to the tiger, is nominated.
  • Rocky struggling to film the Beast aftershave commercial is nominated and described as painful to watch.
  • The group digresses on period aftershave advertising and the appeal of the Beast campaign.
  • Mickey testing Rocky’s injured eye and warning that another fight could hurt him permanently is nominated.
  • Rocky returning to work in the gym and Mickey challenging his dignity is separately praised for Stallone’s acting.
  • Rocky’s quiet job loss and request to finish the workday are praised as understated setbacks.
  • Duke warning Apollo that Rocky kept coming and is wrong for them is praised as a great sports-movie monologue.
  • Apollo calling Rocky out on television through Mickey deciding they should fight again is nominated.
  • Paulie’s behavior at the press conference prompts an extended objection to the harm he causes Adrian and Rocky.
  • The eleven-minute coma stretch is criticized for its length.
  • Adrian waking, telling Rocky to win, and Mickey asking what they are waiting for is selected as a favorite sports-movie turn.
  • The one-arm exercise against the sun, chicken-catching, and jump-rope work announce the energized training montage.
  • The montage is praised for establishing the heightened training template of later Rocky films.
  • Rocky beating up scrap metal is singled out as a standout training-montage image.
  • The hosts estimate roughly six weeks of serious training before the fight.
  • Rocky dropping the heavy log and choosing to pick it up again is praised as a perseverance moment.
  • The scrapyard hammering prompts a joke about a spinoff following the scrapyard owner.
  • Mickey’s largely silent assistant receives praise for the medicine-ball training and stomach punches.
  • The montage’s contrast between neighborhood-supported Rocky and ego-driven Apollo is praised.
  • Rocky’s run through Philadelphia with the children is nominated, while its estimated distance and finishing sprint are questioned.
  • The fight’s escalation into “World War III” and Rocky refusing to go down are nominated.
  • Rounds three through fourteen and especially the fifteenth-round double knockout are nominated.
  • Rocky’s victory speech produces a debate over ranking the day against marriage and his child’s birth.
  • One final choice is round fifteen, with the Apollo-and-Duke conversation as a secondary favorite.
  • Another final choice is Adrian waking followed by “What are we waiting for?” and the training montage.
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Rocky II

“OK, Motherfucker” Award for When the Movie Goes Up a Notch

Rocky II The Rewatchables

Adrian saying “win,” followed by Mickey’s “What are we waiting for?”, is the episode choice; the group supports renaming the award after Mickey’s line.

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  • Adrian saying “win” is identified as the point when the movie goes up a notch.
  • The group agrees that “What are we waiting for?” is a better category name because this film accelerates immediately afterward.
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Rocky II

The most "year the movie came out" thing

Rocky II The Rewatchables

A 9.5% mortgage, fifteen-round fights, paper hate mail, and major fights on regular television in Philadelphia are offered as period markers.

In the discussion (5)
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  • A 9.5% mortgage on a $16,000 Philadelphia house is nominated.
  • Roberto Duran appearing as a sparring partner leads to an extended period-boxing discussion.
  • Fifteen-round championship fights are nominated.
  • Receiving and reading physical hate mail is nominated.
  • Major fights airing on regular television and being held in Philadelphia are nominated.
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Rocky II

What’s Aged the Worst?

Rocky II The Rewatchables

Affordable housing, Paulie, weight training, Adrian missing the fight, stickball, domestic expectations, background boxing, and Rocky’s exaggerated impairment are criticized.

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  • A young couple being able to afford the house is identified as having aged worst.
  • Paulie is selected as having aged worst.
  • The claim that boxers should never lift weights is questioned.
  • Adrian not attending the fight is criticized.
  • Stickball and children playing outside are nominated as dated images.
  • Rocky telling Adrian to start dinner after she returns to work is criticized as dated.
  • A background boxer’s technique and hairline are mocked.
  • Stallone is criticized for making Rocky seem too cognitively impaired in this installment.
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Rocky II

Steven Seagal shitting on himself award for most unbelievable anecdote from the actual film shoot

Rocky II The Rewatchables

Stallone’s pectoral injury and Talia Shire’s scheduling conflict are discussed as production explanations for two plot choices, with explicit uncertainty about the injury story.

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  • The host says he is not positive he believes Stallone’s claim that a torn left pectoral forced the switch to right-handed fighting.
  • The group notes that one-handed exercises in the training montage may support the injury account.
  • Talia Shire’s work on Old Boyfriends is reported as the reason Adrian misses the fight and her scenes were filmed later.
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Rocky II

What’s Aged the Best?

Rocky II The Rewatchables

The zoo callback, reckless spending spree, fuller arena, Tony’s pep talk, New Jersey gas service, Rocky lore inherited by Creed, and Carl Weathers are praised.

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  • The zoo callback to the driver in the first film is praised.
  • Rocky rejecting condominiums and characters going on a visibly doomed spending spree are praised as period storytelling.
  • The arena being filled with actual extras improves on the first film’s cost-cutting.
  • Tony’s monotone locker-room encouragement of Apollo is praised.
  • Tony’s pep talk prompts a joking comparison to Ben Johnson coaching Caleb Williams.
  • The line about pumping gas in New Jersey still works because drivers there cannot pump their own gas.
  • A story about teasing Charlemagne for using full-service gas leads to discussion of regional gas-station customs and their argumentative friendship.
  • The Rocky lore and visual template inherited by Creed, especially the running and training material, are praised.
  • Carl Weathers’s athleticism, acting, and range are praised.
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Rocky II

Sasha Jenkins Award for Actor Who You Can’t Believe Didn’t Become a Bigger Star

Rocky II The Rewatchables

Carl Weathers is the flex selection.

In the discussion (3)
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  • Carl Weathers is selected because his comedy, action work, athleticism, and dramatic range should have produced a larger career.
  • The group objects to how often his characters die to motivate other heroes.
  • A sitcom-style career turn is suggested as another path he could have taken.
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