Apex Mountain
Wang Chung; supporting women
In the discussion (5)
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- Wang Chung is proposed as the sponsor-name for Apex Mountain; the story says Friedkin initially prohibited a title song, then loved it enough to build a new opening around it, reflecting trust in collaborators.
- Apex affirms Wang Chung while preferring Mad About You for Pankow and CSI for Petersen.
- Secret Service films are compared with In the Line of Fire, the Has Fallen series, The Interpreter, The Sentinel, Along Came a Spider, Guarding Tess, The Bodyguard and Dave; no settled universal peak emerges.
- Dafoe’s Apex is directed to Platoon or Spider-Man; supporting women are broadly affirmed, Friedkin is rejected, and burning art, bungee jumping and related stunt examples are debated.
- Apex alternatives include Pulp Fiction for the genital gunshot and GoldenEye for bungee jumping; the Impala and Ferrari receive brief mentions.