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This Is the End

2013 film

Bill Simmons · Chris Ryan · Craig Horlbeck

Aired June 27, 2023

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Picking Nits

Impossible Los Angeles geography and celebrity behavior

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Approx. transcript time · 00:59:53Read transcript
  • Franco’s supposed hill house cannot plausibly sit three blocks from Melrose and appears to combine several neighborhoods. — Bill Simmons
  • Six men being frightened away by Emma Watson with an axe is questioned, then defended because the characters are helpless actors. — Bill Simmons
  • Seth Rogen personally meeting Jay at the airport is considered implausible at his 2013 fame level. — Craig Horlbeck
  • Sending a driver is proposed as the plausible alternative.
  • Michael Cera and Mindy Kaling are considered an implausible sexual pairing, though that mismatch is defended as the joke. — Bill Simmons
  • Waiting at the airport gate after 9/11 is identified as a separate implausibility. — Bill Simmons
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Apex Mountain

Danny McBride, Craig Robinson, and movie pitches

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  • Seth Rogen is placed at or near apex between this film and Neighbors. — Chris Ryan
  • Jonah Hill is assigned The Wolf of Wall Street or Moneyball rather than this film. — Bill Simmons
  • James Franco is placed near apex, with 127 Hours as an alternate. — Bill Simmons
  • Danny McBride is accepted at apex based on Eastbound & Down and this film. — Bill Simmons
  • Craig Robinson is placed near apex through Hot Tub Time Machine, The Office, and this film. — Bill Simmons
  • Michael Cera is assigned Superbad and Emma Watson is assigned Harry Potter.
  • The Backstreet Boys and comedies overall are rejected as apex cases.
  • The film is selected as apex mountain for audacious movie pitches.
  • The use of Melrose is praised but its convenience is questioned.
  • Aja, textbook twatage, and Channing Tate-yum are proposed for best resource/name-style phrases. — Bill Simmons
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Half-Assed Internet Research

Rihanna slap, reused duffel, ratings, deleted material, music, and geography

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  • Michael Cera reportedly asked Rihanna to slap him for real after he slapped her, leading to repeated hard takes. — Bill Simmons
  • Emma Watson’s water duffel is identified as the same prop used in Pineapple Express. — Bill Simmons
  • The filmmakers expected an NC-17 and were surprised that extreme material survived with an R rating. — Bill Simmons
  • Test audiences rejected a cannibal sequence in which McBride drinks from Franco’s severed foot. — Bill Simmons
  • A marijuana scene with Hitler was nearly filmed and then rejected. — Bill Simmons
  • Step Into a World at Franco’s house samples Rapture.
  • The opening directions name several canyon routes, prompting questions about the fictional house location. — Bill Simmons
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Recasting Couch

Jason Segel for James Franco; a modern cohort remake

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Casting What-Ifs

Mila Kunis or Kristen Stewart for Emma Watson; several lost cameos

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  • Mila Kunis was reportedly the original Emma Watson-role choice and is favored by one participant for her comic history with the cast.
  • Others defend Emma Watson because Hermione’s presence and her perceived innocence make the scene stranger and funnier.
  • Kristen Stewart is proposed as a Twilight-based alternate. — Bill Simmons
  • Cameron Diaz was reportedly lost when production moved from Los Angeles to New Orleans. — Bill Simmons
  • Daniel Radcliffe reportedly declined a role. — Bill Simmons
  • An alternate ending with Morgan Freeman pretending to be God is described and rejected in favor of the Backstreet Boys ending. — Bill Simmons
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What’s Aged the Worst?

Franco context, party length, 3D television, and weed culture

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  • The party is considered five or six minutes too short, while Craig Robinson’s departure could be shortened. — Bill Simmons
  • James Franco’s centrality and onscreen friendship with Seth Rogen are uncomfortable in light of their later estrangement and Franco’s disappearance from major films.
  • Emma Watson’s discomfort with improvised material is discussed with Seth Rogen’s later acceptance that communication failed.
  • 3D televisions are identified as a dated technological fad. — Chris Ryan
  • The movie’s heavy marijuana culture is judged less funny after legalization and saturation. — Chris Ryan
  • The proposed Hitler scene remains disputed rather than a unanimous missed opportunity. — Bill Simmons
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Most Rewatchable Scene

Danny McBride and James Franco argue about the magazine

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This Is the End

2013