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- Location candidates are the remote counterfeit warehouse, Beverly Hilton roof and burger stand; the burgers also receive a food-category mention. — Bill Simmons
Categories & segments
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- Needle-drop choices include the opening title song and Dance Hall Days at Shipwreck Joey’s, whose disappearance prompts nostalgia. — Bill Simmons
The Amanda Dobbins Award for Best Piece of Real Estate
Chance’s Malibu home
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- Chance’s Malibu home wins real estate, with debate over affordability, renting a floor, possible skimming, the commute and parallels with Michael Mann’s ocean-facing characters.
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- Of Human Bondage on Cody’s television is the stealth-homage choice; its relationship themes and Bette Davis/Oscar history are discussed as reported context. — Sean Fennessey
- Cody’s dislike of the prison’s science-fiction movie is interpreted as a possible Star Wars jab after Sorcerer’s release experience. — Sean Fennessey
Did This Movie Need a Random Sports Scene?
Masters joining the pickup basketball game
Flex pick · Chris Ryan
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- Chris’s random-sports flex proposes Masters joining the pickup basketball game; a possible White Shadow court connection remains uncertain.
The Butch’s Girlfriend Award for the Weakest Link in the Film
The sports take; Pankow’s performance; terrorist opening
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- Weak-link candidates are the Dailey sports take and Pankow’s performance; two participants find the actor insufficiently compelling or dark, while another defends him and his chemistry.
- The terrorist opening is another weak-link choice because it belongs to a different kind of film and should provoke a bigger response; counterarguments say it establishes Secret Service duties and the partners’ relationship.
Recasting Couch
Melanie Griffith as Bianca; multiple Vukovich alternatives
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- Gary Sinise’s reported audition and recommendation of Petersen inform recasting alternatives: Sinise, Andy Garcia and John Malkovich, with Garcia considered too handsome and Pankow’s chase acting defended. — Bill Simmons
- Further Vukovich alternatives include Kelsey Grammer, Jeff Goldblum, Stanley Tucci, Will Patton, Michael Biehn and Bill Paxton, with age, height and attractiveness qualifications; Malkovich remains favored by one participant.
- Bianca recasting candidates include Melanie Griffith, Rosanna Arquette, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Kelly McGillis and Daryl Hannah; dance credibility matters and Griffith is favored.
- More Vukovich recasts are David Patrick Kelly, Michael Madsen, James Remar, J. T. Walsh and John Heard, with Madsen considered too handsome.
What’s Aged the Worst?
Police drinking; burning the painting; Friedkin’s agent leaving; deleted reconciliation; bridge association; alternate ending
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- Aged-worst begins with nostalgic portrayals of fun police drinking, challenged as clinically alcoholic behavior. — Sean Fennessey
- Alternative after-work drinking ensembles include podcasters, emergency-room doctors and NBA assistant coaches. — Sean Fennessey
- Aged-worst choices include burning the real painting, Friedkin’s agent leaving him and deletion of Vukovich’s reconciliation scene, which might have added depth. — Bill Simmons
- The bridge’s later association with Tony Scott’s death is an aged-worst observation; the alternate Alaska ending with a surviving Chance is strongly disliked. — Bill Simmons
Hans Gruber Scale Villain Ranking
Masters: 6–8
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- Masters’s villain ratings range from six or seven to eight, with artistic qualities offered as mitigation. — Bill Simmons
Marion Cobretti Pizza Cutting Award: Why Didn’t They Stop This on Set?
Burning the actual painting
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- Burning the actual painting is also nominated for the stop-this-on-set category, with a substitute suggested. — Chris Ryan
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- Overacting choices are Pankow and Robert Downey Sr.; Pankow’s reaction is defended as plausible while Downey’s conspicuous delivery is enjoyed. — Chris Ryan
The Neil McCauley “A Book about Metals” Award for Best Line from the Movie
“I’m getting too old for this”
Flex pick · Bill Simmons
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- An explicit flex selects the line “I’m getting too old for this,” noting that it predates Lethal Weapon. — Bill Simmons
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