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The Legend of Billie Jean

Most Rewatchable Scene

The Invincible exchange montage and the first videotaped haircut reveal receive distinct favorite selections.

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  • The opening credits with Boys in Town are nominated for immediately establishing the Texas setting.
  • The harassment, escape and accidental shooting at the souvenir store are discussed; the apparent shoulder wound prompts questions about injury realism.
  • The mall exchange with Rebel Yell and marbles is nominated; more time in the mall and more stores are desired.
  • The two mustached cops suggest an unmade buddy-cop film, and Hubie emerging from plants is enjoyed.
  • The Joan of Arc viewing, haircut reveal and rich house are discussed, including the dark rooms, security cameras and bedroom-to-pool slide.
  • Lloyd’s horror masks are compared to Rick Baker; his confident rapport and suit conflict with the impression of a solitary horror enthusiast.
  • The Fair Is Fair tape playing at the police station and the child copying the gesture are praised.
  • The reward-seeking couple shooting at Billie Jean is enjoyed for its absurdity, while another response reserves it for the aged-worst category.
  • The five-minute Invincible montage of Billie Jean being exchanged across Texas is selected as a favorite; the communication network without phones or internet is questioned.
  • The motorcycle ride and crowd appearance are compared jokingly to a live podcast and meet-and-greet.
  • The burning store, discarded merchandise and third use of Invincible close the candidate rundown.
  • The first tape after the haircut is another final scene preference; the accompanying you-look-famous line is singled out.
The Legend of Billie Jean poster
The Legend of Billie Jean

The most "year the movie came out" thing

The beta camera, local radio and haircut stand out among the 1985 details.

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Approx. transcript time · 00:39:02Read transcript
  • The music by Pat Benatar, Divinyls and Billy Idol, plus the Honda Elite scooter, are nominees.
  • Panama Jack sun products and gas priced at $1.05 are period details.
  • Watching a wall of televisions for major news is nominated; the beta movie camera is called the winner.
  • Hubie’s patterned jams shorts evoke wearing swim trunks all day.
  • Jimmy J. Judge on C-101 is a major omission from the initial list; all Corpus Christi characters seem to listen to the same station.
  • Craig’s addressed response picks the haircut.
  • Favorite movie-radio-DJ comparisons include Play Misty for Me, Reservoir Dogs, The Warriors, The Fan and The Fog.
The Legend of Billie Jean poster
The Legend of Billie Jean

What’s Aged the Best?

The villain, mall exchanges, young cast, music and assorted 1980s conventions are praised.

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  • Mr. Piat is praised as a disgusting, well-drawn villain whose souvenir business fits his rapid merchandising.
  • Mall exchanges gone wrong work well with hiding places, chases and escalators.
  • Young Christian Slater, the haircut phenomenon and the TV interviewer dismissing a woman’s perspective are highlighted.
  • Shoplifting with IOU notes and the unrelated Slaters looking like siblings are enjoyed.
  • Hiding in an empty suburban mansion is a favored device, compared with Beverly Hills Cop II.
  • Cruel teenage villains such as Hubie’s crew, Pretty in Pink bullies and Johnny Lawrence are recalled, with their late realizations.
  • Characters offended by a low ransom value are enjoyed, including Lloyd’s reaction to $10,000.
  • The money-lets-you-get-away-with-anything line and Lloyd’s hostage plan as a ploy to stay near Billie Jean are praised.
  • Mark [transcribed Saffin] is credited with score work and the golf-course song; Win in the End from Teen Wolf is recalled.
  • Stranger Things is suspected of drawing on this film, E.T., Goonies and The Karate Kid, including the haircut and music.
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The Legend of Billie Jean

The Big Kahuna Burger Award for Best Use of Food and Drink

A milkshake dumped on a bully and Putter’s junk-food cart are favorites.

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  • Dumping a milkshake on a movie bully wins immediate affection.
  • The shopping cart full of junk food, including Butterfingers, is another selection; drinking milkshakes in the heat is questioned.
The Legend of Billie Jean poster
The Legend of Billie Jean

What’s Aged the Worst?

Vermont fantasies, shooting near children, unstable cars, music repetition, adult behavior and the reshoot wig are criticized.

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Approx. transcript time · 00:51:23Read transcript
  • Binks’s Vermont fantasy rests on a poster and heat avoidance; Hot Dog…The Movie is offered as an imagined influence.
  • Shooting at Billie Jean amid children for a house down payment is condemned; station wagons fishtailing reflect worse car handling, though it improved chases.
  • Invincible is jokingly proposed for fewer or many more repetitions, and an acoustic version for a love scene is imagined.
  • The report that Pat Benatar disliked the film is questioned despite her performing the song; a settle-down response is proposed.
  • The way adults speak to Billie Jean is recalled as an earlier criticism.
  • A reported reshoot wig is criticized for obvious hair discontinuity, especially given the earlier concern over her haircut.
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