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What’s Aged the Worst?

The portrayal of Jack Swigert as underprepared

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Approx. transcript time · 01:09:26Read transcript
  • The repeated courting of thirteen is questioned — Bill Simmons
  • Fade-to-black transitions feel dated — Bill Simmons
  • Marilyn’s hair and the oldest daughter’s crying are criticized — Bill Simmons
  • The panel says real Swigert was an experienced backup rather than the risky rookie depicted — Bill Simmons
  • The dramatic distortion is discussed as unfair to his family — Bill Simmons
  • Heat-shield concerns are raised in comparison with contemporary missions — Bill Simmons
  • Some small launch effects show their age — Bill Simmons
  • The teenage daughter’s blame of Paul for the Beatles breakup is criticized — Bill Simmons
  • The panel compares difficult teenage-daughter roles with Moneyball, Homeland and The Americans — Bill Simmons
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The Estelle Reiner “I’ll Have What She’s Having” Award for Best Contribution with Two or Fewer Lines

Jean Speegle Howard as Jim’s mother

Flex pick · Rob Mahoney

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  • Rob defends the grandmother’s washing-machine line
  • The reversal of a frightened child being reassured by the grandmother moves him
  • Her casting as the director’s mother fits the Estelle Reiner namesake
  • She reportedly removed dentures to appear older
  • Other Howard family appearances are discussed
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The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award

America needs a rival to recover its ambition

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  • A speaker argues the end of the Soviet rivalry left American ambition unfocused
  • Bill provocatively offers respect for Musk’s space ambitions; the others question the claim
  • They debate the appeal and purpose of Mars exploration
  • Amanda refers back to her earlier Hanks/Oscar take
  • Political and current-event comments remain attributed episode opinions
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Casting What-Ifs

Costner and Travolta for Lovell; Pitt and Kilmer for Swigert

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The Joey Pants “That Guy” Award

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Recasting Couch

Gene Hackman, Tom Cruise, Julianne Moore and a Flight crossover

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  • Hackman is considered for Gene but Harris’s performance is defended
  • Pitt is considered as a higher-star-power Swigert without displacing Hanks
  • Cruise as Swigert would be fun, though his crisis of confidence might be hard to believe
  • Moore is imagined delivering Marilyn’s defiant line
  • Bill proposes Denzel’s troubled pilot from Flight in the Swigert part
  • These are hypothetical recasts, distinct from reported casting history
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Half-Assed Internet Research

Zero-gravity filming, practical sets and the origins of Failure Is Not an Option

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  • Spielberg is credited with suggesting parabolic-flight filming — Bill Simmons
  • The actors filmed in brief zero-gravity intervals during long flights — Bill Simmons
  • Full-size modules and a chilled set are reported — Bill Simmons
  • The splashdown was reportedly filmed in a Universal lot lake — Bill Simmons
  • The USS New Orleans substituted for the unavailable Iwo Jima — Bill Simmons
  • Bacon praises Hanks’s intensive astronaut training — Bill Simmons
  • Failure Is Not an Option is reported as wording created for the movie, later used by Kranz as a book title — Bill Simmons
  • Mission-control leadership is said to have been consolidated, leaving Glynn Lunney out; the transcript renders the name imperfectly — Bill Simmons
  • Marilyn’s lost ring is said to have been recovered in real life — Bill Simmons
  • Bacon’s repeated Jack/Jackie character names are listed across seven productions — Bill Simmons
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Apex Mountain

Hanks’s mid-1990s summit, Quinlan’s nomination and Houston’s championship era

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Approx. transcript time · 01:30:37Read transcript
  • Hanks’s Forrest Gump–Apollo 13–Toy Story period is a leading choice
  • Later freedom to direct or take unusual roles is offered as another measure of Hanks’s power
  • Howard’s A Beautiful Mind acclaim is preferred
  • Sinise’s Forrest Gump–Apollo 13 period is accepted
  • Bacon’s Footloose breakthrough is preferred
  • Houston’s back-to-back Rockets titles alongside the film are favored over the Beyoncé-birth alternative
  • Harris’s peak is placed somewhere between this and The Truman Show
  • Quinlan’s Oscar nomination supports her apex
  • Grazer is considered without a firm conclusion
  • Space movies are rejected because of Star Wars and 2001
  • American idealism and ingenuity are debated in relation to 1970 versus 1995
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