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Apex Mountain

Michael Cera; Martha MacIsaac; comedic cops (possible); McLovin's Hawaiian driver's license

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  • Jonah Hill, twice Oscar nominated and now a director, was on a Belushi-like track; 21 Jump Street is offered as his apex, after Moneyball changed opinions, though this may be the movie he is remembered for.
  • Jonah and his peers are thoughtful fans of earlier movies who planned their careers.
  • This is definitely an Apex Mountain for Michael Cera, with Juno the same year and Scott Pilgrim in 2010.
  • His 2010s dip is attributed to not wanting fame and choosing smaller indie parts as an art-house fan; Molly's Game and Twin Peaks show a possible second life in a White Lotus-style series, though at 33 he is too young for the part mentioned there.
  • Research aside: Martha MacIsaac was 23 and Cera 17 during the sex scene.
  • Christopher Mintz-Plasse is raised with an unclear "absolutely, yeah," then credited with more career than expected (Role Models, Neighbors, Promising Young Woman) and a good essay about being trapped as McLovin.
  • Emma Stone no, Martha MacIsaac yes, Bill Hader no.
  • Rogen's 2007 was massive and his mogul career since (shows, weed line, books, pottery, Sony hack, fighting Ted Cruz) is the most impressive of the group; Long Shot shows his ideas, and his apex is probably Neighbors.
  • Pineapple Express got greenlit because of his stardom, from a generation that wanted to make its own Midnight Run or Lethal Weapon; producer Craig is asked about it and it is predicted as a late-300s episode, 383.
  • Comedic cops could be at Apex Mountain since the subgenre faded after this; Observe and Report was darker, and 21 Jump Street is offered by Craig.
  • Apex for flipping a boner into the waistband is asked as a question.
  • A joke Apex for Dartmouth credits the movie for Ringer staffers going there.
  • Goldschlager vodka was not a real vodka; Goldschlager is called an evil liquor, and a modern version would be marketed with an NFT.
  • The Hawaiian driver's license has got to be the peak, a cultural wave with shirts of it; one host's son Ben has a McLovin license flag from Amazon covering a window.