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The most "year the movie came out" thing

Atlantic City heavyweight fights; Rick’s gold flip phone; public excitement about the defense secretary; a Columbo reference.

In the discussion (4)
Approx. transcript time · 01:03:40Read transcript
  • A major heavyweight fight in Atlantic City is the leading 1998 marker.
  • Rick’s large gold flip phone is proposed.
  • Spectators applauding the defense secretary is proposed.
  • A Columbo reference is proposed as period-specific and culturally faded.
Snake Eyes The Rewatchables
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What’s Aged the Best?

The fixed athlete; De Palma’s craftsmanship; villain reveal; innocent bystander; recurring visual clues; a compromised cop choosing integrity.

In the discussion (7)
Approx. transcript time · 01:06:56Read transcript
  • An athlete driven by debt into fixing a contest is called newly topical.
  • Brian De Palma’s control of a modest thriller is praised as increasingly rare.
  • The moment Kevin is revealed as the villain is nominated.
  • The random hotel guest who expects sex is shot despite ending the encounter after the woman says she is in trouble.
  • De Palma’s clues that gain meaning on replay are nominated.
  • Rick deciding he will no longer be bought is nominated.
  • The casino’s willingness to serve as a film location is proposed.
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The Great Shot Gordo Award for Most Cinematic Shot

Overhead hotel rooms; Julia’s glasses on the floor; the cracked-door party shot.

In the discussion (3)
Approx. transcript time · 01:16:27Read transcript
  • The long overhead view through adjoining hotel rooms is nominated.
  • The floor-level image of Julia’s glasses before they are stepped on is nominated.
  • The long view through a cracked door into the party is nominated for its voyeuristic effect.
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The Butch’s Girlfriend Award for the Weakest Link in the Film

Removing the filmed tidal-wave ending.

In the discussion (4)
Approx. transcript time · 01:19:24Read transcript
  • The omitted tidal wave is selected because the storm is set up without payoff.
  • A participant says the existing tidal-wave footage would make the ending substantially better.
  • Another explanation is that De Palma decided the movie was about intrigue rather than spectacle.
  • The beach kiss is criticized as too tidy and too much like a romantic comedy.
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How Would Van Lathan Get Out of This One?

Rick separately reframes Kevin’s betrayal to his wife and sets boundaries with his girlfriend.

Flex pick · Van Lathan

In the discussion (3)
Approx. transcript time · 01:23:14Read transcript
  • The speaker chooses Rick and tells his wife that Kevin’s betrayal proves her prior suspicions right. — Van Lathan
  • For Monique, the speaker proposes reasserting that their time apart is separate and offering a later hotel visit. — Van Lathan
  • The panel questions why Rick must arrange the late-night pizza and jokes about how both women might resist his framing. — Van Lathan
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The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award

Restore the tidal wave; De Palma is better with lurid material; swap the leads; Nicolas Cage can play any casino-world role.

In the discussion (4)
Approx. transcript time · 01:26:50Read transcript
  • The tidal-wave ending is again argued to be better.
  • The Untouchables is called less interesting than De Palma’s less respectable, more lurid films; others partly disagree.
  • Swapping Gary Sinise and Nicolas Cage is proposed as a more interesting version.
  • Nicolas Cage is proposed as uniquely able to play nearly any Las Vegas or Atlantic City role.
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Casting What-Ifs

Al Pacino; Will Smith; swapped Sinise and Cage.

In the discussion (4)
Approx. transcript time · 01:28:41Read transcript
  • Al Pacino is identified as an offered alternative for Kevin Dunne, with the need for an older Rick discussed.
  • Will Smith is identified as another offered alternative, and his choosing Enemy of the State is defended.
  • The panel says Smith as Kevin would have let him play an unusual villain.
  • Swapping Gary Sinise and Nicolas Cage remains an alternate recasting idea.
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