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Zodiac The Rewatchables
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Recasting Couch

Reject Michael Keaton for Anthony Edwards; John Slattery for the ensemble

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Approx. transcript time · 02:12:16Read transcript
  • Michael Keaton is proposed for Anthony Edwards’s role.
  • The proposal is rejected because Keaton would be too large for the role’s assist function.
  • Fincher reportedly called Anthony Edwards the embodiment of an assist.
  • John Slattery is proposed for an unspecified supporting role.
Zodiac The Rewatchables
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Half-Assed Internet Research

Period reconstruction, digital photography, a 1972 sting film, repeated straw takes, Ruffalo’s deal, and a cocktail

In the discussion (7)
Approx. transcript time · 02:15:19Read transcript
  • Production used period photos to recreate streets, cars, and the number of Volkswagen Beetles.
  • The Thomson Viper digital camera is discussed as an early major digital-production choice.
  • A 1972 Zodiac movie was reportedly screened as part of an attempted sting.
  • The filmmakers behind that movie hoped the killer would attend.
  • Downey’s straw trick reportedly required 26 takes.
  • Ruffalo recounts a blunt studio negotiation over his casting.
  • The movie’s cocktail recipe is enumerated and judged unappealing.
Zodiac The Rewatchables
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Apex Mountain

David Fincher (creative apex disputed); Mark Ruffalo as a movie detective; John Carroll Lynch; Zodiac within Fincher’s filmography

In the discussion (10)
Approx. transcript time · 02:17:56Read transcript
  • Fincher’s apex is disputed among Zodiac, The Social Network, Fight Club, and Gone Girl, with a distinct case for Zodiac as his creative apex.
  • Mark Ruffalo is judged at an apex specifically as a movie detective, with Zodiac favored over Collateral.
  • Gyllenhaal’s apex is debated against Nightcrawler and his End of Watch/Prisoners period.
  • San Francisco movies are measured against 48 Hrs., Bullitt, and Dirty Harry.
  • Chloë Sevigny is rejected in favor of The Last Days of Disco.
  • Fincher villains are compared, with John Doe favored over Arthur Leigh Allen and Mark Zuckerberg.
  • John Carroll Lynch movies are compared, and Zodiac is chosen over Fargo.
  • Donovan needle drops are compared across Zodiac, To Die For, and Goodfellas.
  • Wooden dildos receive a joking apex discussion.
  • Zodiac is selected as Fincher’s best or favorite movie, with Seven and other later films discussed.
Zodiac The Rewatchables
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Cruise or Hanks?

Split choice: Tom Hanks and Tom Cruise

In the discussion (5)
Approx. transcript time · 02:26:44Read transcript
  • The category is introduced as “Cruise or Hanks.”
  • One audible choice favors Hanks.
  • Another audible choice favors Cruise, followed by agreement that Cruise is fun in the movie.
  • Cruise and Hanks are each tested as Graysmith and Toschi, with concern that either recasting loses Ruffalo.
  • The panel explicitly says it does not really have to choose.
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Picking Nits

Meetings, the roadside sequence, a clue, detective conduct, food history, and Herb Caen produce distinct nitpicks.

In the discussion (6)
Approx. transcript time · 02:30:49Read transcript
  • The number and arrangement of cartoonist meetings are questioned.
  • Ione Skye pulling over for the stranger is questioned.
  • The Narlow clue is questioned.
  • Detectives interacting so freely with a prime suspect is questioned.
  • Penne alla vodka is flagged as a possible historical error.
  • The handling of Herb Caen is questioned.
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Probably Unanswerable Questions

Who the Zodiac was, why police did not begin with people known to victims, what non-work obsession could consume a life, whether Graysmith saw money in the project, and how a 1970s handwriting expert established authority

In the discussion (5)
Approx. transcript time · 02:35:26Read transcript
  • Who was the Zodiac killer?
  • Why do police in serial-killer stories fail to begin with people the victims knew?
  • What non-work subject could someone pursue so obsessively that they would throw their life away?
  • Did Graysmith eventually see that his obsession could make money?
  • What qualified a 1970s handwriting expert, and what made one better than another?
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