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  • Pacino receives the first winner choice. — Bill Simmons
  • McConaughey receives the second winner choice. — Bill Simmons
  • McConaughey receives another choice, though the claim that this immediately changed his career is challenged; Pacino’s balance of broad comedy and a substantial character is praised. — Bill Simmons
  • The invited producer chooses Pacino and says the performance turns an initially modest reaction into greater enjoyment on revisiting clips. — Chris Ryan
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Weird Science The Rewatchables
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Most Rewatchable Scene

Split: Chet trying to make drunk Gary vomit; Gary’s father

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  • The opening gym credits, pantsing, cheer, and theme song are nominated. — Bill Simmons
  • The gym sequence prompts memories of changing and showering during the school day. — Kyle Brandt
  • Gary and Wyatt using the computer to create Lisa is nominated, with the special effects praised as the point when the movie escalates. — Bill Simmons
  • The computer sequence prompts memories of sleepover rewatches and the scarcity of adult imagery before the internet. — Kyle Brandt
  • The bar scene and Gary’s Richard Pryor-style performance are nominated, while the hosts acknowledge that such an impersonation would be rejected today. — Bill Simmons
  • Chet trying to make drunk Gary vomit at the top of the stairs is nominated for both Paxton and Hall. — Bill Simmons
  • The hosts imagine Chet joining The Real World and The Challenge, complete with rivalries and a later media career. — Kyle Brandt
  • The mall drink spill followed by Lisa confronting the bullies is nominated. — Bill Simmons
  • A participant recalls repeatedly declining The Challenge because its environment no longer appealed to him. — Kyle Brandt
  • Lisa meeting Gary’s parents, announcing the party, embarrassing Gary, and erasing his father’s memory is nominated. — Bill Simmons
  • A joking Hall of Fame compares sexually preoccupied movie characters and debates excluding incarcerated characters. — Kyle Brandt
  • The failed second attempt to create a woman is nominated. — Bill Simmons
  • Chet confronting the party in the blue kitchen is nominated. — Bill Simmons
  • The grandparents in the closet are nominated as a joke that remains funny. — Bill Simmons
  • The goodbye to the girls and Chet becoming a toad are nominated as satisfying ending beats. — Bill Simmons
  • The party at maximum chaos is an alternate final choice. — Kyle Brandt
  • Chet confronting drunk Gary at the top of the stairs is the explicit most-rewatchable selection. — Bill Simmons
  • One participant says his personal choice is still Gary’s dad. — Bill Simmons
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What’s Aged the Best?

The practical effects, parents-away trope, and the lesson about being liked for oneself

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  • The practical effects, including the chimney and moving house, are praised as effective for 1985. — Bill Simmons
  • The parents-away-for-the-week teen-movie premise is praised. — Bill Simmons
  • The film’s lesson that people should like the boys for themselves rather than their possessions is praised. — Bill Simmons
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