Apex Mountain
Mid-1980s Los Angeles; cheap 1980s hotel-room sex (joking); possibly Tech Noir among Pico-area nightclubs
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- Arnold, Cameron, Linda Hamilton, and Biehn are rejected because later work provides clearer career peaks.
- The combination of Terminator, Beverly Hills Cop, Fletch, and the Lakers makes mid-1980s Los Angeles a defensible local summit.
- Titanic is chosen as Cameron’s strict apex, though the cheap 1980s hotel sex scene gets a joking category peak. — Chris Ryan
- The simple one-way naked time-travel rule is praised against later films’ increasingly elaborate mechanics, but the discussion stops short of a firm all-movie victory. — Chris Ryan
- Top Gun beats this film for sunglasses, while Tech Noir may be the apex of Pico-area 1980s nightclubs. — Bill Simmons