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- Lincoln’s unseen, imagined steak wins; the child prefers tuna on whole wheat.
Categories & segments
The Butch’s Girlfriend Award for the Weakest Link in the Film
Hospital scenes; unexplained family abandonment
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- The hospital scenes with Christina are considered particularly bad, including the performance and repetitive phone calls.
- The movie never adequately explains why Lincoln abandoned his family for ten years; conflict with the grandfather is insufficient.
What’s Aged the Worst?
Kidnapping; Stallone’s acting; score; Hawk/Hawks; Brut slogan
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- The henchmen’s attempted kidnapping feels like forced action inserted to give Stallone a chase and punches.
- Stallone’s subdued acting and interview scenes feel like an effort-free payday.
- Giorgio Moroder’s credited music contribution seems hard to discern amid the prominent songs.
- The inconsistent Hawk/Hawks surname, including the letters, is distracting.
- Brut’s “smells like a man” branding is dated, alongside memories of competing colognes.
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- Robert Loggia wins for bending-the-law dialogue and his furious reaction on the stairs; Rick Zumwalt is an alternative.
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- No: the title names the move and aptly describes the film’s excess.
The Neil McCauley “A Book about Metals” Award for Best Line from the Movie
The world meets nobody halfway
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- “The world meets nobody halfway” is the choice.
The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award
Lincoln is the villain; Mendenhall’s performance is good
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- Lincoln is argued to be the villain: he abandoned his family and undermines the grandfather who actually raised and supported the child.
- Jail familiarity, an unanswered drug question, physique, recovery and destructive behavior are interpreted as signs of drug use; these are speculative claims about the character.
- Lincoln is accused of exploiting a dying woman’s illness to regain custody.
- The child actor is defended as highly effective at playing the intended spoiled, hateful boy, including repeated convincing tears.
Casting What-Ifs
Don Johnson; Cleve Dean; Ox Baker
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- Don Johnson reportedly was the first Lincoln choice, but his build and looks seem less credible for a truck-driving arm wrestler.
- Cleve Dean was deemed too large, Ox Baker was approached, and Rick Zumwalt became the third choice for Hurley.
The Joey Pants “That Guy” Award
Sam Scarber; Allan Graf alternative
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- Sam Scarber as Harry Bosco is favored, supported by Karate Kid refereeing, a Cheers episode and a professional-football background.
- The diner official is jokingly likened to Dan Le Batard; this is a resemblance, not a claimed cameo.
- Alan Graf as the security guard is another candidate.
Recasting Couch
Debra Winger; Gary Coleman; Emmanuel Lewis; Kirk Cameron; Tattoo joke
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- Debra Winger is proposed for Christina to improve the hospital scenes.
- Gary Coleman or Emmanuel Lewis could play Mike without explanation.
- Kirk Cameron is a further child-role choice; Tattoo from Fantasy Island is a joke alternative.
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- Both choose Gus Johnson, especially for the strap and other tournament excitement.
Apex Mountain
Golan-Globus; arm wrestling; Bob Beattie; annoying children of divorce; Rick Zumwalt; Sammy Hagar; motor-oil drinking
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- Stallone is rejected.
- Golan-Globus are affirmed in their prolific Cannon heyday.
- Arm wrestling is an unquestionable yes, with the movie’s association persisting decades later.
- Divorce films are rejected in favor of Kramer vs. Kramer, with Mrs. Doubtfire personally affecting.
- Bob Beattie receives a definite yes.
- The Vegas Hilton probably had larger boxing moments; Terry Funk is rejected.
- Evil Loggia is placed at Scarface, while this grandfather is defended as potentially the good party.
- Annoying children of divorce and Rick Zumwalt receive affirmative answers.
- Truck driving loses to the late-1970s era, with Smokey and the Bandit and Convoy among comparisons.
- Sammy Hagar receives an emphatic yes around his Van Halen debut period; the podcast’s same-year chronology is not independently verified.
- Las Vegas is rejected.
- Drinking motor oil is affirmed as a memorable, reckless gimmick.
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