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Sigourney Weaver
Also referred to as Weaver, Sigourney
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- Episodes featuring their films
- 6
- Movies in this archive
- 6
Rewatchables episodes featuring Sigourney Weaver’s films
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Gandolfini Butter on My Ass So It Pops in My Mouth Award
Rom-com bitches; Jennifer Garner's hairstyles
In the discussion (5)
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- Rom-com bitches are loved: mean but never catastrophically so, watered-down versions of people everyone knows; Lucy is one. — Juliet Litman
- Sigourney Weaver in Working Girl is an example; Judy Greer is unassailable and makes this a better movie. — Juliet Litman
- Lucy is Jenna's Darth Vader, pulling her to the Six Chicks from the 13th birthday party. — Bill Simmons
- A tangent asks whether Jenna Rink would have had a bat mitzvah and is Jewish, with Kathy Baker recalled from Picket Fences and Street Smart, and a Jewish-themed pilot with Adam Friedland still only in text messages. — Juliet Litman
- Jennifer Garner's hairstyles, including chopsticks in the hair, track the character's evolution and add a feminine touch. — Juliet Litman
In the discussion (4)
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In the discussion (9)
Approx. transcript time · 01:45:16Read transcript
- Sigourney Weaver: yes
- James Cameron: no
- Michael Biehn: probably yes
- Bill Paxton: no, with Twister and Titanic cited
- Extraterrestrial movies: E.T. offered instead
- Alien franchise: disagreement between Alien and Aliens
- Jenette Goldstein: yes
- Body-concealment performances: examples discussed without resolution
- Paul Reiser: no; Mad About You offered instead
Half-Assed Internet Research
Practical effects, production conflicts and the extended cut
In the discussion (11)
Approx. transcript time · 01:40:41Read transcript
- British crew tea-break conflicts
- A lightweight Newt dummy for carrying scenes
- Carrie Henn repeating slide takes
- Fourteen puppeteers operating the alien queen
- Heavy prop weapons
- Henriksen’s reported illness from Bishop’s milky effects mixture
- Reuse of the alien-nest set for Batman
- Editing out the colony sequence
- Weaver’s objections to cutting Ripley’s daughter backstory
- Franchise timeline complications
- Alien: Isolation’s Amanda Ripley premise
In the discussion (4)
Approx. transcript time · 01:33:29Read transcript
- Weaver’s salary negotiation is recounted
- Paxton’s prospective Police Academy 2 role and Bobcat Goldthwait are discussed
- James Remar’s removal and Biehn’s quick arrival are recounted
- Pacino visiting a neighboring set leads to imagined roles for him; those are jokes, not casting history
Apex Mountain
Dan Aykroyd, ghost movies, and ghost combat: yes
In the discussion (8)
Approx. transcript time · 01:42:14Read transcript
- Ghostbusters is accepted as Bill Murray's apex by some, while Groundhog Day remains a strong rival.
- Ghostbusters is treated as Dan Aykroyd's apex because he wrote it and remained the franchise's custodian, though Trading Places is considered.
- Aliens is preferred as Sigourney Weaver's apex.
- Groundhog Day is preferred for Harold Ramis as a director, while Ghostbusters remains a contender. — Bill Simmons
- The marshmallow mascot, ghost movies, Ernie Hudson, Rick Moranis, New York Public Library scenes, dog transformations, occult architecture, and ghost combat each receive separate apex checks.
- Ghostbusters narrowly beats Ghost as the apex ghost movie, with Poltergeist and newer horror franchises also considered.
- Ghostbusters is considered Ernie Hudson's best-known role, while Oz is noted as substantial work; Honey, I Shrunk the Kids beats it for Moranis.
- The movie is favored as the apex of ghost combat after Ghosts of Mars is raised as an alternative.
The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award
Four distinct hot takes cover SNL films, ghost imprisonment, Dana's standards, and a Sigourney Weaver–Kathleen Turner swap.
In the discussion (5)
Approx. transcript time · 01:25:40Read transcript
- Ghostbusters is argued to be the best film emerging from Saturday Night Live's creative orbit, ahead of Wayne's World, Blues Brothers, Anchorman, and other contenders.
- The Ghostbusters are criticized as an unregulated private police and prison service with no clear right to confine ghosts. — Van Lathan
- Dana is accused of warming to Venkman only after he becomes a successful and famous small-business owner.
- A final take proposes swapping Sigourney Weaver and Kathleen Turner between Ghostbusters and Romancing the Stone.
- The swap is defended on the theory that Weaver better fits an initially restrained novelist while Turner would heighten possessed Dana's sexuality. — Bill Simmons
Casting What-Ifs
Keep Robert Hays as Ted, Julie Hagerty as Elaine, and Leslie Nielsen as Rumack
In the discussion (12)
Approx. transcript time · 01:01:22Read transcript
- David Letterman auditioned for Ted Striker, but the panel prefers that he was not cast. — Bill Hader
- The studio reportedly pushed Barry Manilow for Ted. — Bill Hader
- Fred Willard reportedly declined Ted because he did not understand the script. — Bill Hader
- Tim Matheson reportedly could not take Ted while filming 1941. — Bill Simmons
- Caitlyn Jenner auditioned for Ted and did not get the role. — Bill Simmons
- Robert Hayes is preferred because he plays the absurdity straight. — Bill Hader
- Sigourney Weaver and Shelley Long auditioned for Elaine before Julie Haggerty was cast. — Bill Hader
- Dom DeLuise, Christopher Lee, Vincent Price, and Jack Webb reportedly declined Doctor Rumack. — Bill Hader
- Leslie Nielsen is preferred for Rumack. — Bill Hader
- Pete Rose was wanted for Roger but baseball scheduling led to Kareem’s casting. — Bill Simmons
- Harriet Nelson was wanted as the jive translator before Barbara Billingsley was cast. — Bill Simmons
- Peter Graves initially rejected the script as tasteless before being persuaded to play Over. — Bill Hader
Apex Mountain
Melanie Griffith: yes; Sigourney Weaver: near peak; Harrison Ford: no.
In the discussion (7)
Approx. transcript time · 01:37:17Read transcript
- Melanie Griffith is at Apex Mountain. — Bill Simmons
- Harrison Ford is not. — Bill Simmons
- Sigourney Weaver is at or near her peak between Aliens and this film. — Bill Simmons
- Female workplace-struggle movies are rejected as an apex because they are evergreen. — Amanda Dobbins
- Carly Simon is discussed. — Bill Simmons
- The Staten Island Ferry is proposed. — Bill Simmons
- Massive hairstyles and repeated disparaging terms are proposed. — Bill Simmons
In the discussion (1)
Approx. transcript time · 01:18:52Read transcript
- Sigourney Weaver’s office smoking is selected as terrible on-screen smoking. — Bill Simmons
In the discussion (17)
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- 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
- Jeff Bridges reportedly was Hackford’s original choice but was unavailable. — Bill Simmons
- Travolta reportedly declined Mayo. — Bill Simmons
- Harry Hamlin was reportedly considered for Mayo. — Bill Simmons
- Christopher Reeve was reportedly considered for Mayo. — Bill Simmons
- Kevin Costner reportedly auditioned for Mayo. — Bill Simmons
- The role is imagined as a major alternate career break for Harry Hamlin. — Chris Ryan
- Sigourney Weaver was a reported Paula possibility but is judged unsuitable.
- Anjelica Huston was a reported Paula possibility but is judged unsuitable.
- Jennifer Jason Leigh reportedly left for Fast Times and is considered plausible but inferior to Winger. — Bill Simmons
- The performer transcribed as DeMorne (identity unresolved) reportedly auditioned and is considered too glamorous for Paula but plausible for Lynette.
- Meg Ryan reportedly auditioned for Paula.
- Geena Davis reportedly auditioned for Paula.
- Jack Nicholson reportedly declined Foley. — Bill Simmons
- Mandy Patinkin was reportedly rejected on ethnicity grounds before research into Black drill instructors redirected casting. — Bill Simmons
In the discussion (2)
Approx. transcript time · 01:50:00Read transcript
- Ridley Scott is proposed as the winner, followed by two explicit affirmative Scott choices; Sigourney Weaver is discussed as a runner-up. — Bill Simmons
- Scott's victory is justified by his lighting, smoke, sweaty visual texture, handheld camerawork and comprehensive directorial execution.
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