Sheridan’s first screenplay and the removal of most Alejandro dialogue are praised; the script reportedly showed his dream and opening narration, whereas the film conveys information visually.
Research reports a replica border crossing, practical thermal camera use, heated shoe soles, the word’s Latin origin, Blunt’s food poisoning and Brolin’s effective pause after forgetting dialogue. Night vision is an added personal-enjoyment answer.
Research reports Blunt striking experienced boxer Bernthal and the filming bar’s later shooting, closure and reuse, with uncertainty about the new venue.

Recasting Couch

Early-2000s Kate Winslet

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Blunt’s career run leads to approval of her casting, with early-2000s Kate Winslet imagined; credibility as an agent is separated from concerns about the character’s later moral reasoning.
Recasting discussion rejects Hathaway and Adams, considers the Blunt/Johansson Black Widow counterfactual, and credits Edge of Tomorrow for Blunt’s credible physicality.
Early-2000s Kate Winslet is the preferred hypothetical recast, qualified by Kate’s younger age.
Philadelphia replacing Juárez is a joking recasting-city suggestion tied to sports.

Roger Ebert's review

Rating not yet verified

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The hosts explicitly say Ebert died before the film and never reviewed it. A ChatGPT guess of three-and-a-half to four stars is hypothetical.

Picking Nits

Hidden bodies’ smell; Ted’s plan and money band; missed shot; unspecified beer; post-assault smoking; arrest and signature; tracking logistics; selective candor

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The smell of dozens of concealed bodies is an early nitpick, with tight packaging and drywall offered as uncertain explanations.
Nitpicks question Ted’s plan after killing an FBI agent and his carrying the distinctive cartel money band, with police connections and poor judgment offered as explanations.
The opening gunman missing Kate at close range is a nitpick; confusion with the later crossing shot is corrected.
Ordering unspecified beers is a nitpick, followed by speculative discussion of Kate’s drink preferences.
Smoking immediately after strangulation is a nitpick, countered by a smoker’s desire for a cigarette after any stressful event.
Kate trying to arrest Alejandro and the coerced signature are nitpicked: she could later disclose duress, while the document might incriminate her; Graver letting her leave and the possibility of forgery are questioned.
Ted’s reliance on Reggie introducing him is questioned; a longer-term seduction plan is offered as a possible explanation.
Alejandro finding the right car, Silvio and Manuel is questioned, with intelligence and timing offered as partial explanations; arriving exactly at dinner prompts jokes.
Graver’s selective candor is criticized as serving the script rather than his own interests.

Casting What-Ifs

Brolin’s initial refusal and Deakins’s persuasion

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Casting What-Ifs reports Brolin initially declining after Everest and Deakins persuading him by email; no specific alternate actor is established.

Probably Unanswerable Questions

Alternate ending; soccer aftermath; Halloween costume; Kate’s future

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The interrogation’s unseen actions are debated, including a Reddit sexual-assault interpretation raised by Craig; the hosts remain uncertain and do not establish what occurred.
Kate killing Alejandro is rejected as an improvement. The Mexico soccer ending is defended for showing nothing has changed and ordinary people bear the cost, despite a joking objection to the children’s play.
An unanswerable question imagines the concealed bodies as an awful Halloween costume, with horror-film alternatives.
The Watney next-day question considers Kate’s future relationships and work, with police, desk job, post office and crafts suggested; no outcome is established.

Best Double Feature

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Sicario: Day of the Soldado

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King of New York

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Fast Five

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Happy Gilmore

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Double-feature choices are Sicario: Day of the Soldado, King of New York, Fast Five and Happy Gilmore. Fast Five is placed first; adding Furious 6 is proposed then rejected.

Producer review

Underwhelming laptop viewing; excellent television rewatch

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Craig corrects his earlier claim of seeing Sicario theatrically: he first watched on a laptop and was underwhelmed, then loved the full television-and-sound rewatch. Aerial shots and the plane shadow are praised.