Carrie-Anne Moss, coming out of The Matrix, is at her Apex here since it did not lead to much more. — Bill Simmons
Georgia Fox is at Apex: it has never been better for her as she moves from ER to CSI. — Bill Simmons
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. — Bill Simmons
Christopher Nolan and Steven Toblowski are not at Apex; the discount inn motel is, since it was never more prominent. — Bill Simmons
Joey Pants is not at Apex here; his Matrix-Memento run is nice, but his Apex comes soon after with The Sopranos. — Bill Simmons
This is the Apex for anterograde amnesia; other amnesia candidates include Kelly Taylor on 90210, Overboard, Lost, Liam Neeson in Unknown and soap operas. — Bill Simmons
A wish to get amnesia to relive all the Boston sports titles closes the amnesia bit. — Bill Simmons
Tan suits are added as one more Apex; Pearce keeps his crisp despite living in it. — Chris Ryan
The movie will never match the experience of seeing it the first time, like a first in-person playoff game; the build-up, the theater, and the final-ten-minutes realization that there is no second killer cannot be replicated. — Bill Simmons
Films like Fight Club and The Sixth Sense offer a new way to watch once the ending is known. — Chris Ryan
Whether Teddy's end-of-film account is the real story is questioned; one reading says yes, while a fun theory puts Leonard in the mental institution with Sammy as an invention, hinted by a quick shot of him in the chair. — Bill Simmons
Most characters (Bert, Natalie, Teddy) tell Leonard the truth at various points because there are no consequences to lying to him. — Bill Simmons
Anyone holding Guy Pearce rookie cards after Memento took a hit; his Mayor of Easttown character does not add up and needs to be heavier, scarred or balding. — Bill Simmons
The episode posts on Monday, when more of that show will have aired, so the character may still surprise. — Chris Ryan
The other view is that the film remains timeless with nothing aged badly, agreeing only that the first-viewing feeling is hard to replicate; picking the movie up in the middle feels like vertigo, as noted before recording. — Chris Ryan
Brad Pitt was initially slated to play Leonard; after he passed, the line was that a movie star was not wanted anyway, and Aaron Eckhart and Thomas Jane were considered. — Bill Simmons
A controversial take: this would have been an amazing Brad Pitt movie, catching him after Seven, an uncertain stretch and Fight Club, and before Ocean's 11; this and Moneyball would have been favorite Pitt movies, and the other participant agrees. — Bill Simmons
Radiohead's Paranoid Android was going to play over the closing credits and Nolan was fired up about it, but it was too expensive for a low-budget movie. — Bill Simmons
A digital-release director's cut whose only change adds Paranoid Android over the end credits is floated. — Bill Simmons
One host has no questions beyond not knowing enough about PCP; what is Jake's tomorrow is floated as another sequel, the day after Training Day, whether he is still a cop.
A likely trajectory: like Edmund Exley, the Guy Pearce character in LA Confidential, a straight arrow who sees the dark side and wants to rise, Jake would try to make lieutenant very young and climb the ranks, with the wise men asking what it takes to keep him quiet.
Asked directly, one host has no other unanswerable questions; the closing question is whether watching this ever made anyone want to try PCP or wonder how long it takes to wear off.
Nobody wanted to try it, but it gave pause about laced pot, something to look out for; the possibility of accidentally smoking dust and ending up in a situation like this had not really landed before for a guy working at record stores.
One host recounts being in the Bahamas with his wife, wanting pot they had not brought, going downtown to a shady part of town, and his wife saying she had it and going off alone, the alpha dog in these situations, Alonzo in that moment. — Bill Simmons
The others call it one of the all-time great what-ifs, how Bill did not get murdered buying drugs in a foreign country, note it was good he did not bring pot to the Bahamas, and ask the statute of limitations on a crime committed 17 years ago.
