Did This Movie Need a Random Sports Scene?
A baseball catch
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- A baseball catch with old gloves, possibly invoking Satchel Paige, is proposed as a random sports scene.
Categories & segments
Chest Rockwell / Brock Landers Award for Best Character Name
Preacher Boy; Smoke and Stack
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- Preacher Boy and Smoke/Stack are character-name candidates without a settled winner.
- The offered flex is passed rather than selected.
The Butch’s Girlfriend Award for the Weakest Link in the Film
Unevenly staged final fight and vampire retreats
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Approx. transcript time · 02:04:42Read transcript
- The final fight makes eight humans versus roughly fifty vampires look evenly matched and insufficiently overwhelming.
- Sequential attackers and retreating vampires weaken the fight; needing proximity to Remmick is a possible explanation, not established fact.
In the discussion (1)
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- No better sex scene is needed; extended kitchen intimacy is floated but Mary's saliva moment already exceeds expectations.
What’s Aged the Worst?
Early box-office skepticism
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- Early profit skepticism is criticized for undervaluing successful original filmmaking.
- Studio notions of responsible budgets are discussed with uncertainty about the applicable thresholds.
- Coogler’s deal is defended as meeting Warner’s need to attract proven talent; the sports-contract analogy provokes objections.
- The lengthy section before the vampires appear is acknowledged as a plausible studio concern, countered by Coogler’s track record.
In the discussion (1)
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- Lindo's heightened performance is enjoyed and considered appropriate; Mrs. Chow's behavior is another overacting irritation.
The Den of Thieves Benihana Award for Scene-Stealing Location
Clarksdale and the American South
Flex pick · Van Lathan
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- Clarksdale and the American South are praised for textured beauty and convincingly old buildings.
- A Mississippi drive past cotton fields illustrates the South’s brutal beauty and its uneasy historical associations.
The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award
Vampires should bite anywhere; old Sammie could bargain for Mary
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- Disliking the musical sequence is recalled as one participant's hottest take without a new one.
- An intentionally outrageous hot take imagines old Sammie bargaining for sex with Mary and accepting others' deaths.
- Vampirism seems easy if any bite can turn someone; fixation on neck bites is questioned through mock tactical analysis.
Casting What-Ifs
Halsey read for Mary
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- Halsey reportedly read for Mary's role; no other casting alternatives are available so soon after release.
In the discussion (1)
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- Omar Benson Miller is the That Guy choice; Coogler reportedly fulfilled a promise made after a Miracle at St. Anna screening to cast him someday.
The Dion Waiters Award for Best Heat Check Performance
Choctaw vampire hunters
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- The Choctaw vampire hunters receive strong heat-check support over Lindo and Buddy Guy for an efficient, memorable single scene.
Recasting Couch
A new older relative or Delta Slim’s estranged wife
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- A new older relative for Viola Davis or an estranged wife for Delta Slim could add texture, though overlapping Annie's function is a concern.
- Jenifer Lewis is suggested then judged too overpowering for the ensemble.
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