The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award
Jesse anticipating live streaming; Gen X indie crossover universe; more romantic than Casablanca, Gone with the Wind or Titanic
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- Jesse's proposed 24/7 public-access feed is compared to YouTube, Instagram Reels, and TikTok. — Bill Simmons
- A host argues that ordinary indie films should have character crossovers rather than leaving shared universes to comic-book movies. — Bill Simmons
- Grover from Kicking and Screaming is imagined passing through Vienna after Prague. — Bill Simmons
- Characters from Singles and Barcelona are offered as more Gen X crossover possibilities.
- A White Shadow/St. Elsewhere crossover is recalled as a television example. — Bill Simmons
- Before Sunrise is called more romantic than Casablanca, Gone with the Wind, and Titanic because it needs no life-and-death stakes. — Sean Fennessey