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Worst Accent

Flex pick · Craig Horlbeck

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Approx. transcript time · 01:13:07Read transcript
  • Chooses the Kevin Costner award for worst American accent and gives it to Gerard Butler, whose Scottish accent falls out with every line. — Craig Horlbeck
  • The hosts wonder whether he is even meant to be American, as a CIA operative.
  • A speaker says actors should just keep their normal accent, citing Chris Hemsworth's Brooklyn accent in Blackhat and Costner in Robin Hood.
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Half-Assed Internet Research

Butler's law training and firing as a trainee solicitor; the film's toll on Butler; filming in Philadelphia; the near-NC-17 cellmate killing; Nomos meaning law in Greek; Bruce McGill's two car-explosion deaths

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Approx. transcript time · 01:14:30Read transcript
  • The hosts say Butler graduated from law school in Glasgow, was a trainee solicitor, got fired and became an actor.
  • The hosts report Butler's own account that the film messed with him, and he went away to hike and then to India; he is called one of the most interesting people and a wished-for podcast guest.
  • They filmed in Philadelphia; the hosts quote Butler that veteran crew were stunned by the cellmate killing and the ratings board said it would be rated NC 17, so it was cut down.
  • Nomos, Clyde's janitor identity, is said to mean law in Greek.
  • The hosts note Bruce McGill has two car-explosion deaths, the other in The Last Boy Scout; a website tracking actors' movie deaths is pitched.
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Cruise or Hanks?

Cruise

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Approx. transcript time · 01:17:51Read transcript
  • Hanks goes in the Philadelphia shadow sequel with Denzel as Nick, and Cruise would be a phenomenal Clyde, a dark role he should have done more after Collateral.
  • Cruise would have crushed the hyper-fixated Clyde and learned tunneling and bomb-making; running would have been added in the parking garage.
  • A speaker says Craig thought Cruise would make a good Rewatchables guest and they argued; the other thinks Cruise would not answer a single category and dares him to come on.
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Did This Movie Need a Random Sports Scene?

Nick's Saturday-morning basketball game with an exploding ball

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Approx. transcript time · 01:20:06Read transcript
  • Nick's Saturday-morning basketball game with legal colleagues, where the ball explodes on a layup after Nick passes it.
  • Tennis and softball are considered, but basketball is best; Nick insisting on his hoops game amid the bombings fits the character.
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Sequel, Prequel, Limited Series, or All-Black Remake

Sequel in which Nick faces Clyde's booby traps

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Approx. transcript time · 01:26:32Read transcript
  • The hosts say a sequel was announced in May 2022 with Kurt Wimmer returning, Butler producing and producer Lucas Foster calling the premise more relevant than ever, but three years later it was said not to be happening.
  • Sequel idea: Nick finds Clyde set booby traps in case he died, and Billy Bob Thornton plays a former associate who must get into Clyde's head.
  • The traps could include the basketball bomb or a bomb in the cello.
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The Andy and Red – Zihuatanejo Award for What Happens the Next Day?

Nick goes to jail for blowing up the prison

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Approx. transcript time · 01:26:57Read transcript
  • What happens the next day is taken up early: 'I'll just do it now'.
  • Nick goes to jail for blowing up a prison and probably many people in it with no warning; he should be arrested at the cello recital.
  • The bomb could take out two floors, so an inmate serving a short weed sentence would be killed.
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Probably Unanswerable Questions

What if the whole school blew up at the recital?

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Approx. transcript time · 01:29:47Read transcript
  • The one question: what if Nick realizes at the recital that it is about to blow up, and the whole school explodes as the ending?
  • The school exploding is judged too dark, since hundreds of kids would die, though the film did blow up a prison.
  • A note triggering a bomb is compared with Arlington Road, which is said to follow its premise all the way through.
  • Nick being strangled by his tie, with a flashback of Clyde rigging his ties, would have been appropriate.
  • Clyde could peek from behind the curtain or be the piano accompanist; the film should not have shown the flames around Clyde, leaving his escape open.
  • Nick has to die in the last scene, and one voice says they all agree.
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