Apex Mountain
Helen Slater is disputed; Christian Slater is rejected, while Honda Elite scooters and self-haircuts are endorsed.
In the discussion (9)
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- Helen Slater prompts debate among this film, Supergirl and The Secret of My Success, with box-office failures weighed against the Michael J. Fox opportunity.
- City Slickers is counteroffered; expectations for Slater are compared to Elizabeth Shoe and Kelly Preston, with a hypothetical Working Girl role.
- Christian Slater is rejected.
- Honda Elite scooters are endorsed and Lou Reed’s 1985 advertisement is recalled.
- Billie Jean’s self-haircut is called unmatched and immediately iconic, leading to COVID haircut memories.
- Peter Coyote is weighed against Ken Burns narration and E.T.; E.T. is preferred.
- Billie Jeans prompt comparison of the film, song and tennis player, with uncertainty about the filmmakers’ reaction to the shared name and a Billy the Kid interpretation.
- Fair being fair and short-haired women are proposed; specific haircut memories remain uncertain.
- Sturby Beach and Corpus Christi movies are endorsed; Yeardley Smith’s apex is The Simpsons, Barry Tubb’s Top Gun, and Keith Gordon’s Christine; Joan of Arc has other peaks.