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Clueless

Apex Mountain

Paul Rudd (asked 'other than' Silverstone and Heckerling)

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  • The question is posed as who is at their best other than Alicia Silverstone and Amy Heckerling ('Hackerling' as transcribed); one host repeats that Paul Rudd is at his best here, and another jokes that his eyes are at their best in the film.
  • On a seventy-first viewing in HD one host finally noticed how much eyeliner Paul Rudd wears throughout, wondering if it is an emo move or part of his green-party, standing-in-front-of-the-fridge flannel persona; another doubts you are meant to see it and says this was the first film watched on a fancy TV, which revealed things about the aesthetic better left unseen.
  • The pick refers back to an earlier aside during the casting discussion: Clueless together with Paris in Romeo and Juliet is still the peak Paul Rudd run for one host, who says he will never be more important than he was then in that host's universe.
  • A tangent on the Arclight theater chain in Los Angeles, whose lobby displays film costumes that look like sewn-together tablecloths; cameras and lights do a lot of work, HD has ruined many illusions and is good only for reality TV, Game of Thrones production value and sports.