Where does Jay's date rank among the worst movie dates? Was naked guy on the roof an It? Does it work for all kinds of sex? Did Paul wear a condom? How does the entity choose its form? What if everyone had sex at once? Could you isolate the person? Does its touch kill, and could having sex with it reverse the curse?
Where does Jay's date with Hugh rank among the worst movie dates in movies: Ellen Barkin and Mickey Rourke in Diner, and Jada Pinkett and Omar Epps at the premiere of Stab, where she gets stabbed to death.
Matt Damon and Jack Nicholson at the theater in The Departed, and the family outing in Cape Fear with a cigar in the theater, are added.
What if Naked Guy on the Roof wasn't an It but a neighborhood creep, grandpa out again; the movie is called a bellwether for old people being scary.
Does it work for all kinds of sex: David Robert Mitchell has answered in interviews that it works for queer sex and condoms don't work, and the hosts debate non-penetrative sex between two women.
Does digital penetration count, the kids could have tested the limits, and the demon is on its own clock, since Greg is sure he beat the system before his own mom gets him.
In a threesome all three people get it, which raises whether she had sex with all three boat guys.
Did Paul wear a condom with the sex workers: probably not, since he would want it spread, so Paul probably got a real STD.
Is Jay off sex for a while; she does not enjoy sex with either Paul or Greg.
Does the entity choose a person to get to who it wants to kill: the answer is it shows up as what will unsettle you, a loved one or a seven foot Romanian basketball player, with naked Aaron Rodgers, Mike McCarthy and Ben Roethlisberger imagined.
What if everyone in Detroit had sex at the exact same time; it's just one entity with a clear path, so whoever you have sex with is next.
One human sacrifice in government solitary confinement, a block of ice, burial 500 feet underground or outer space like the Martian, but it can get on a plane or a space shuttle, and when that person dies it comes back to Jeff Hugh.
Earlier, flagged as an unanswerable, the hosts argue whether Jay had sex with the boat guys at the lake to buy herself time before the pool and Paul.
One more idea after the double feature: when the It touches you, do you just die, and could you reverse Uno it by having sex with the It; since it grabbed Jay by the hair and her ankle without killing her, the touch is not enough, and it has to have sex with you, grinding against you, as seen once with the mom.
The answer is no, with the fuller case saved for a flex later on.
The flex is a top five list of movies that did not need black people, and this movie has zero black people; the hosts imagine a site called Black Stat Muse to count them.
Number five is Friday the 13th, everybody in the woods with white people getting killed; number four is The Big Chill, where a black friend would have been a token teaching the group the Motown songs.
Number three is Grease, called a movie about gang violence that would hit Fox News with black people in it; number two is Good Will Hunting, a Boston movie, with The Departed raised and Anthony Anderson remembered.
Number one is Jackass: none of the stunts are needed, and representation matters, but not in Jackass.
Anthony Anderson is credited with saving The Departed from a whiteout, which leads to its ending, rewatched a month earlier, and Jack Nicholson's accent.
Andrew Stevens is said to have competed with Hamill for both The Oregon Trail and Star Wars. — Bill Simmons
Karen Allen, Amy Irving, Cindy Williams, Linda Pearl, and Joe Foster are discussed as Leia possibilities, with uncertainty around some claims. — Bill Simmons
Russell is said to have auditioned for both Luke and Han because his age placed him between the roles. — Bill Simmons
Jack Nicholson is an intriguing Han thought experiment, while James Kahn and Al Pacino later claimed to have declined the role. — Bill Simmons
Peter Mayhew and David Prowse were offered a choice between Chewbacca and physical Vader and selected the good and bad roles respectively. — Bill Simmons
Travolta reportedly declined both American Gigolo and this role; Gere's subsequent career slump is placed against competition among leading men before Internal Affairs and Pretty Woman revived him. — Bill Simmons
Gere is preferred to Travolta because his mystery and harder edge make the breakdown believable; Travolta's sweetness and broader quality are considered less suitable. — Bill Simmons
An online claim that John Denver was offered Mayo is treated as a disastrous hypothetical and met with disbelief. — Bill Simmons
Nicholson is rejected, with Chinatown and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest preferred and the Broadcast News/Batman period considered for sheer stardom. — Bill Simmons
Code reds, the opening marching-band performance and Pollak receive affirmative nominations; Guantanamo Bay is rejected. — Bill Simmons
Sorkin and Walsh are rejected, with Blue Chips preferred for Walsh; Yoo-hoo receives a yes. — Chris Ryan
Bacon is rejected; Reiner receives a yes because of Seinfeld and Castle Rock’s success.
Cinematic softball practice and Bodison receive agreement. — Bill Simmons
Jason Alexander was initially cast as Weinberg but reportedly withdrew after Seinfeld’s second-season renewal. — Bill Simmons
Alexander is preferred over Pollak by one participant and rejected by two others; his Seinfeld association and squirmier screen persona are debated, with Larry David offered jokingly.
Jessup’s first scene, reading Santiago’s transfer request and reacting to Markinson’s disapproval, is nominated.
Jessup’s humiliating reminder that he advanced faster than Markinson is singled out as brutal. — Bill Simmons
The outdoor lunch builds from sexual boasting to Jessup’s anger at questions about code reds, culminating in his challenge to investigate him.
Kendrick’s rare laughter at Jessup’s superior-officer joke is highlighted. — Bill Simmons
The lunch and Navy-whites confrontation receive a second-favorite ranking, though another response rejects that ranking. — Chris Ryan
Kaffee interrupting Ross’s basketball game is another second-favorite selection; Ross abandoning a pickup game is considered socially outrageous. — Bill Simmons
Dawson calling Kaffee a coward and withholding a salute is praised. — Bill Simmons
The opening statements are nominated for their courtroom appeal and Kaffee’s casual manner; Ross’s speech effectively forecasts the entire defense strategy. — Chris Ryan
Ross’s insistence on the undisputed facts and his ability to separate courtroom conflict from friendship make him unusually appealing as an opponent. — Chris Ryan
The mess-hall redirect and Ross’s impressed reaction are nominated, followed by mutual respect at happy hour. — Bill Simmons
The confrontation ending with Kaffee insulting Ross’s softball ability is nominated, especially Ross’s cutting claim that Kaffee was bullied into court by others and his late father’s memory. — Chris Ryan
Kendrick’s angry testimony is nominated. — Bill Simmons
Drunken Kaffee’s mock game-show monologue and galactically-stupid insult receive a second-favorite selection, despite the scene’s briefly threatening tone toward Jo. — Chris Ryan
The 21-minute Cruise–Nicholson confrontation is the primary choice and is compared with a prizefight that repeatedly shifts advantage.
Kaffee’s question about the contradictory orders is highlighted as the decisive turn in the interrogation.
Jessup’s climactic speech epitomizes a scene that makes a channel-surfer commit to finishing the movie. — Chris Ryan
Downey’s confusion about the dishonorable discharge is provocatively ranked above the interrogation by one participant. — Chris Ryan
The final interrogation is rated among the greatest Cruise scenes and among the most rewatchable scenes generally. — Sean Fennessey
Cruise is judged to outperform Nicholson in the confrontation, particularly the accusation that Jessup abandoned the defendants and falsified records; multiple responses agree. — Sean Fennessey
Jo’s first visit to Kaffee and the Yoo-hoo appearance are belatedly nominated after correcting an initial mix-up with Matt Craven’s plea-bargain scene.
