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Rollerball The Rewatchables
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Rollerball

What’s Aged the Worst?

Domestic violence, racist Tokyo material, CTE, and the 2002 remake

In the discussion (4)
Approx. transcript time · 01:05:53Read transcript
  • Jonathan nearly hurting the blonde girlfriend is identified as a poorly aged moment.
  • The stereotyped treatment of the Tokyo team is criticized as racist.
  • The sport's brain-injury implications are judged to have aged badly.
  • The 2002 Rollerball remake is called one of the worst remakes and evidence that the property aged badly.
Rollerball The Rewatchables
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Rollerball

Recasting Couch

Gene Hackman is proposed as the coach; Burt Reynolds and Warren Beatty are considered for Jonathan.

In the discussion (4)
Approx. transcript time · 01:13:01Read transcript
  • Gene Hackman is proposed as a stronger choice for the Houston coach.
  • Burt Reynolds is considered for Jonathan because of his athleticism and swagger, though Caan is preferred.
  • Robert Redford is rejected as insufficiently credible for the violent athletic role.
  • Warren Beatty is considered a plausible alternate lead because of his athletic credibility.
Rollerball The Rewatchables
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Rollerball

Half-Assed Internet Research

The Munich shoot, the unrealized video game, stunt injuries, and Devo's response

In the discussion (5)
Approx. transcript time · 01:13:58Read transcript
  • The production is recalled as having shot the arena material in Munich.
  • The episode notes that the film uses several operatic pieces whose details can be researched separately.
  • A planned 1998 Rollerball video game is reported to have been delayed before its publisher went bankrupt.
  • The production is reported to have caused major stunt injuries but no deaths.
  • Devo is reported to have responded to the film by writing a corporate anthem.
Rollerball The Rewatchables
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Rollerball

Apex Mountain

Caan near his apex; invented fictional sports, burning pine trees, and making roller skating look cool: yes

In the discussion (8)
Approx. transcript time · 01:15:20Read transcript
  • James Caan is placed near his career apex because of his recent run, star status, and the film's commercial performance.
  • Rollerball wins the apex for invented fictional sports over Dodgeball.
  • Dick Enberg's film apex is rejected in favor of Heaven Can Wait.
  • Maud Adams is tentatively placed at her apex here because she was also a major model.
  • Norman Jewison's apex is debated among In the Heat of the Night, Moonstruck, and his late-1960s run.
  • Houston's sports-city apex is debated against the Hakeem Olajuwon Rockets and the Dan Pastorini-Earl Campbell era.
  • John Beck's apex is assigned to his sixty episodes of Dallas, and John Houseman's to The Paper Chase.
  • The film wins apexes for burning pine trees and for making roller skating look cool.
Rollerball The Rewatchables
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Rollerball

Picking Nits

Unclear penalty rules and no gambling lines

In the discussion (3)
Approx. transcript time · 01:18:38Read transcript
  • The panel questions which violent acts count as penalties before the rules are removed.
  • The film's failure to explain that violence is legal during play is criticized as requiring more commentary from the announcer.
  • The absence of gambling lines is criticized despite the sport existing in a period with established sports betting.
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