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Rocky II

Who Won the Movie?

Rocky II The Rewatchables

Sylvester Stallone wins for writing and directing.

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  • Stallone wins for writing and directing.
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Weird Science

Most Rewatchable Scene

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Chet trying to make drunk Gary vomit at the top of the stairs is the final favorite; Gary’s father is a separate personal choice after many nominated set pieces.

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  • The opening gym credits, pantsing, cheer, and theme song are nominated.
  • The gym sequence prompts memories of changing and showering during the school day.
  • Gary and Wyatt using the computer to create Lisa is nominated, with the special effects praised as the point when the movie escalates.
  • The computer sequence prompts memories of sleepover rewatches and the scarcity of adult imagery before the internet.
  • The bar scene and Gary’s Richard Pryor-style performance are nominated, while the hosts acknowledge that such an impersonation would be rejected today.
  • Chet trying to make drunk Gary vomit at the top of the stairs is nominated for both Paxton and Hall.
  • The hosts imagine Chet joining The Real World and The Challenge, complete with rivalries and a later media career.
  • The mall drink spill followed by Lisa confronting the bullies is nominated.
  • A participant recalls repeatedly declining The Challenge because its environment no longer appealed to him.
  • Lisa meeting Gary’s parents, announcing the party, embarrassing Gary, and erasing his father’s memory is nominated.
  • A joking Hall of Fame compares sexually preoccupied movie characters and debates excluding incarcerated characters.
  • The failed second attempt to create a woman is nominated.
  • Chet confronting the party in the blue kitchen is nominated.
  • The grandparents in the closet are nominated as a joke that remains funny.
  • The goodbye to the girls and Chet becoming a toad are nominated as satisfying ending beats.
  • The party at maximum chaos is an alternate final choice.
  • Chet confronting drunk Gary at the top of the stairs is the explicit most-rewatchable selection.
  • One participant says his personal choice is still Gary’s dad.
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Weird Science

What’s Aged the Best?

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The practical effects, parents-away trope, and the lesson about being liked for oneself are praised.

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Approx. transcript time · 00:49:54Read transcript
  • The practical effects, including the chimney and moving house, are praised as effective for 1985.
  • The parents-away-for-the-week teen-movie premise is praised.
  • The film’s lesson that people should like the boys for themselves rather than their possessions is praised.
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Weird Science

Apex Mountain

Weird Science The Rewatchables

Anthony Michael Hall, Kelly LeBrock, John Hughes, and transformation tropes receive separate Apex consideration.

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  • Anthony Michael Hall receives a yes for the peak of his teen-star run.
  • John Hughes is treated as being on a creative heat check rather than at a settled peak.
  • Turning a person into a toad receives a comic yes as a movie trope.
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Picking Nits

Weird Science The Rewatchables

The shared bathroom, twin beds, mansion geography, and Illinois real estate are separate objections.

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Approx. transcript time · 01:29:10Read transcript
  • One friend taking a shit while the other remains in the bathroom is called implausible and unpleasant.
  • The two twin beds in Wyatt’s room are questioned.
  • The extraordinary size and quality of the North Shore suburban houses are questioned as a recurring 1980s-movie fantasy.
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