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The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award

Keep Ray alive for a sequel; welcome Heat emulation

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Approx. transcript time · 00:58:59Read transcript
  • Proposes keeping Ray alive so that Nick could recruit him from prison to catch Donnie in a sequel, arguing that Pablo makes the character valuable to retain. — Chris Ryan
  • A response defends Ray's death as revealing that the apparent predator was prey; Nick and Donnie remain the physical and intellectual predators. The proposed prison-recruitment sequel is nevertheless praised.
  • The hosts invent Ray's twin Rick Merrimen as a way to restore the actor for a sequel, extending the joke into football and family casting.
  • The hosts defend the film's similarities to Heat, including bank heists, troubled police relationships, surveillance, major shootouts, and the cop confronting his wife's new partner; they argue that emulating a beloved film is welcome.
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The Joey Pants “That Guy” Award

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  • Evan Jones is the leading That Guy choice, recognized from this film and Shot Caller.
  • Dawn Olivieri, identified as Nick’s wife, is another That Guy candidate.
  • Meadow Williams, identified as Ray’s girlfriend, is another candidate whose name was not known.
  • An unnamed Russian actor playing a truck driver is recognized from other films.
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Recasting Couch

Ali Larter; young Nick prequel; keep existing cast

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Approx. transcript time · 00:19:01Read transcript
  • Recasting: Ali Larter's Landman character as Big Nick's ex-wife, with a joke that she would respond less gracefully and might stab him.
  • A prequel about young Nick's football years and entry into Los Angeles policing is proposed after discussing Timothée Chalamet's next role.
  • An earlier proposal would give Butler a funny sidekick played by Dave Chappelle.
  • The Chappelle idea receives immediate objections; the proposer ultimately says he was wrong despite imagining gun training and jokes at Nick’s expense.
  • The existing cast is ultimately retained.
  • A funnier Bosco is proposed, with Flea invoked as a model for someone who could mock Nick.
  • Shane Gillis as Murph is offered as another example of a cop who could supply a few jokes about Nick.
  • Nicolas Cage would have suited Big Nick in the mid-to-late 2000s but has aged out of that version.
  • Pedro Pascal is a contemporary Big Nick possibility, with physical credibility and apparent behavioral authenticity important to the role.
  • An unspecified Wagner is another possibility; the transcript does not establish a surname.
  • Ben Affleck is proposed for a mid-to-late-2000s version.
  • Liev Schreiber as Big Nick would create a brother-against-brother pairing with Pablo; the audience groans at the idea.
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What Would Tony Romo’s Director’s Commentary for This Movie Sound Like?

Doris Burke: prom; Tony Romo: bank cameras

In the discussion (3)
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  • Director's commentary: Performs Doris Burke narrating the prom-date intimidation scene. — Chris Ryan
  • Tony Romo is proposed for Donnie's tense bank-room sequence when the cameras shut off.
  • A response notes that actual Doris Burke does not speak in monologues this long, joking about how the imitation has grown.
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Half-Assed Internet Research

Fifteen-year development; locations; training; banknote credits

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  • The director reportedly began writing in 2003, making the project a fifteen-year journey.
  • Some countries released the film as Criminal Squad.
  • Ziggy's was filmed at Atlanta's Johnny's Hideaway, and the hosts discuss its connection to Sam's Hofbrau in Los Angeles.
  • A military consultant reportedly ran separate boot camps for the opposing teams.
  • The closing-credit hundred-dollar bill has a serial number referring to Den of Thieves and 2018.
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Apex Mountain

Pablo Schreiber; three-for-three suit stores; Los Angeles Fed; school rivalry; Benihana; misdirected stripper texts; gearing up; Angel City Donuts; 50 Cent’s film career

In the discussion (16)
Approx. transcript time · 01:11:58Read transcript
  • Apex: Butler's second career phase is associated with this film, but 300 remains a competing first peak and receives an explicit preference; participants disagree about which has the stronger present identity.
  • Pablo Schreiber is affirmed for this film, with The Wire as the alternative.
  • The specific three-for-three suit store is an affirmative Apex choice, distinguished from all suit stores.
  • The Los Angeles Federal Reserve Bank is an affirmative Apex choice.
  • Describing things as Fort Knox is proposed without a settled affirmative choice.
  • Long Beach Poly versus South Torrance is affirmed, particularly for South Torrance.
  • Shooting ranges lose to Beverly Hills Cop II because of their greater importance to its plot.
  • Benihana is counted as an affirmative Apex choice after the hosts ask the director in the audience whether the location qualifies.
  • Accidental texts intended for a stripper but sent to a wife are an affirmative film-specific Apex choice; Tiger Woods is offered outside movies.
  • Second-generation Heat films are debated through Den of Thieves, The Town, Triple Frontier, and Widows; no final winner is established.
  • Putting on protective gear for a street gunfight after a heist is affirmed as an Apex choice.
  • O'Shea Jackson Jr. is considered against Straight Outta Compton; one participant identifies him with Donnie, while another predicts the sequel will be his peak.
  • Bad things happening in donut stores lose to Boogie Nights, with a note that Buck's experience eventually funds his stereo shop.
  • Drinking milk from the carton is compared with Anchorman.
  • Angel City Donuts itself is affirmed as an Apex choice.
  • 50 Cent is praised for fitting the ensemble and playing off Pablo without his celebrity overwhelming the character. This is affirmed as his movie Apex, distinct from the larger career peak of Get Rich or Die Tryin'. Keeping him alive for the sequel is proposed.
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Cruise or Hanks?

Hanks as Big Nick

In the discussion (3)
Approx. transcript time · 01:15:51Read transcript
  • Hanks is proposed as Big Nick after Saving Private Ryan, drawing on the imagined influence of Tom Sizemore; the hosts picture him delivering Nick's crude lines.
  • Cruise is proposed for his ability to become an extreme character like Collateral's lead, but his height relative to Pablo inspires objections and a hypothetical shorter recast.
  • The deciding Cruise-or-Hanks vote goes to Hanks, producing a Hanks result while acknowledging Cruise's experience with similar roles.
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