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Ted Levine Award for a Performance So Good and Distinct That It May Have Ruined the Actor’s Career

Indy Navarrette.

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  • Indy Navarrette is selected because the performance may make later roles difficult to separate from Nikki. — Bill Simmons
  • The panel also predicts that she can have a long career, keeping the career concern explicitly hypothetical. — Bill Simmons
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What’s Aged the Worst?

The MPAA ratings logic; a corporate logo; Van’s Twitter debate.

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  • The Blumhouse logo added at the end is criticized as weird. — Bill Simmons
  • Requiring six fewer head smashes for an R rating is criticized as arbitrary. — Bill Simmons
  • Van’s Twitter discussion about the villain is proposed.
  • The first part allows a case that the protagonist thinks the wish may not have worked; his later behavior removes that ambiguity. — Craig Horlbeck
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The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award

Timothée Chalamet would elevate the film; Bear never loved or knew Nikki.

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  • Casting the actor transcribed as “Shalamee” as Bear is claimed to elevate the movie dramatically. — Bill Simmons
  • Lucas Hedges is proposed as an alternative Bear.
  • Nikki’s lack of close friends who intervene is questioned. — Joanna Robinson
  • Sarah’s resentment toward Nikki is defended by the group’s romantic entanglements. — Joanna Robinson
  • Bear is argued never to have loved Nikki; he responds to status and the fulfilled wish rather than knowing her.
  • Nikki’s writing and shared history are offered as evidence that she has depth. — Joanna Robinson
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Picking Nits

Friends fail to intervene; injuries and police response; the cat sandwich; wish logic; Sarah’s timing and car.

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  • Sarah telling Bear about Ian and Nikki is criticized as a calculated romantic move.
  • Bear failing to insist on treatment for Nikki’s bottle wounds is criticized. — Chris Ryan
  • The characters’ selfishness is offered as the general explanation for several nitpicks. — Chris Ryan
  • Bear still attending boys’ night after the alarming wish call is criticized. — Chris Ryan
  • Nobody calling police or intervening at the party is criticized.
  • The cat opening and consuming oxycodone is questioned.
  • The dead cat prop is criticized as visibly cheap, while avoiding an animated effect is defended.
  • Bear’s negligence is blamed for the cat’s death. — Bill Simmons
  • The cat belonging to Bear’s late grandmother is offered as a speculative reason for his lack of attachment. — Bill Simmons
  • The sandwich’s room-temperature handling, smell, and resemblance to turkey are questioned.
  • The house already smelling terrible is offered as an explanation for why Bear does not detect the sandwich.
  • Bear initially trying to alter rather than cancel the wish is criticized. — Bill Simmons
  • Nikki’s face is judged insufficiently injured after repeated bottle blows. — Bill Simmons
  • Sarah’s body prop is criticized as mannequin-like. — Bill Simmons
  • Disposal of Sarah’s car and the limited police presence are questioned.
  • Nikki’s ability to retrieve a gun, copy tattoos, and cut hair in time is questioned. — Joanna Robinson
  • Sarah’s middle-of-the-night meeting request is criticized as avoidable timing.
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Casting What-Ifs

Timothée Chalamet, Lucas Hedges, Austin Abrams, or a young Casey Affleck as Bear; Boston as the setting.

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Half-Assed Internet Research

Filming locations; alternate opening; practical effects; casting chemistry.

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  • Bear’s house in Burbank and Castle’s Music, the Green Man Crystal Shop, Barker’s Pub, and Little Tony’s are identified as filming locations. — Bill Simmons
  • Barker learning the limits of long takes during production is reported. — Bill Simmons
  • An alternate opening with Bear watching a romantic comedy beside his dead cat is reported.
  • A vomit-tube effect nearly made the actor vomit for real is reported. — Bill Simmons
  • Two Sarah dummies and a facial cast were used for the car death. — Bill Simmons
  • The leads’ lack of chemistry in an audition reportedly helped secure Michael Johnston’s role.
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Apex Mountain

Curry Barker and Indy Navarrette; make-a-wish horror; dead cats; ugly sweaters; drinking-game Jenga.

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  • Everyone involved with the movie is proposed for an apex.
  • Obsession and Blair Witch are compared for independent-horror apex status.
  • Make-a-wish stories that backfire are proposed and rejected.
  • Hansel-and-Gretel erotica and dead cats are proposed.
  • Bear’s ugly sweaters are proposed.
  • Drinking-game Jenga is proposed.
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