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Bill Simmons · Chris Ryan

Aired June 1, 2021

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Keep Adam McKay and the existing cast

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Approx. transcript time · 01:33:28Read transcript

Christopher Nolan directing a serious racing version is treated as a joke rather than a replacement.
Tim Robinson, Sam Richardson, and Danny McBride are imagined in a remake, but no actual change is endorsed.

Obsession The Rewatchables July 28, 2026

The economical production; Indy Navarrette’s switches; dense visual details; the retained ending.

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An old-style Memorial Day box-office weekend is praised.
The no-no-no montage is praised despite its obvious Get Out debt.
Ian reading as a bad friend becomes clearer on rewatch.
The production’s tiny scale and polished result are praised.
Indy Navarrette’s switches between normal and possessed Nikki are praised.
The shower shutting off after boys’ night is announced is praised as a small detail.
Bear dying in a way that mirrors his cat is praised. — Chris Ryan
The magic figure and voodoo doll in the wish shop are retained as possible franchise clues.
The upside-down Art of Seduction book is retained as a visual joke.
Bear’s search history is retained as character detail.
Sarah consistently staged to Bear’s left and Nikki to his right is proposed as a visual pattern, with intent left uncertain.
Nikki eating only when Bear eats is proposed as a pattern.
The television showing video of Bear sleeping is retained as an Easter egg.
The romance montage appearing long while covering about two days is retained.
An unused tragic ending in which Nikki kills herself after breaking free is reported; the released ending is preferred.
A possible anthology about other wishes is reported.
Nikki’s confused turn after the wish was reportedly an actor mistake retained in the film.
Christopher Nolan’s praise for the film is reported.

Memento The Rewatchables June 1, 2021

Guy Pearce; Carrie-Anne Moss; Jorja Fox; the Discount Inn; anterograde amnesia; tan suits

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Approx. transcript time · 00:39:02Read transcript

Guy Pearce: yes.
Carrie-Anne Moss, coming out of The Matrix, is at her Apex here since it did not lead to much more.
Georgia Fox is at Apex: it has never been better for her as she moves from ER to CSI.
CSI's revival prompts a tangent about Peterson living nearby, the L.A. code of not approaching him, his being the backup choice for a Goodfellas role, and a vow to do To Live and Die in L.A.
Christopher Nolan and Steven Toblowski are not at Apex; the discount inn motel is, since it was never more prominent.
Joey Pants is not at Apex here; his Matrix-Memento run is nice, but his Apex comes soon after with The Sopranos.
This is the Apex for anterograde amnesia; other amnesia candidates include Kelly Taylor on 90210, Overboard, Lost, Liam Neeson in Unknown and soap operas.
A wish to get amnesia to relive all the Boston sports titles closes the amnesia bit.
Tan suits are added as one more Apex; Pearce keeps his crisp despite living in it.

Memento The Rewatchables June 1, 2021

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The categories are run completely out of sequence, so Who Won the Movie comes first.
Nolan wins going away: he came out of nowhere after The Following and for $5 million made a movie that looks better than 99% of films of the time, with Soderbergh championing it.

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