Brackett’s marriage, police consequences and Ben Tramer litigation, Laurie confronting her parents, unused Dana Carvey comedy, hospital youth, and Michael’s impossible knowledge
Brackett may be blamed and divorced after failing to warn or protect Annie. — Bill Simmons
The officer who killed Ben may be suspended or retained during the shortage, while Ben’s parents have a powerful claim against Haddonfield. — Chris Ryan
Laurie must ask her parents why they hid her adoption and sibling and remained absent through two attacks.
Carvey could have contributed a Church Lady broadcast or impressions instead of silent background work. — Bill Simmons
The hospital improbably concentrates many young, attractive employees in a tiny town.
The opening credits and between-scene face-making transitions are praised for maintaining pace and coherence between sketches. — Bill Simmons
Mojo is praised as an enduring concept and the colorful, larger-budget production design is admired, including the canister's convincing appearance. — Bill Simmons
Dr. Evil's combination of Blofeld and a Lorne Michaels impression is praised; Dana Carvey's claim to the impression and the resulting estrangement are discussed, distinguishing comic invention from Myers's ability to build a film around a character. — Bill Simmons
Dr. Evil's unexplained oversized nipples are an aged-best choice. — Bill Simmons
The sex-scene lead-up with Frau Farbissina is considered weak, but the awkward coffee encounter afterward is praised and suggested as another rewatchable scene. — Sean Fennessey
Mustafa calling up from below after his injury is praised as a successful repeated gag from the first film. — Bill Simmons
Mini-Me humping the laser and his hostile farewell card to Scott are aged-best choices. — Bill Simmons
I shall call him Mini-Me is praised as a reusable line, alongside the Mini-Me fight. — Bill Simmons
Final aged-best choices split between the unapologetic connected-sketch structure and the Mini-Me–Scott feud; Dr. Evil's nipples are explicitly rejected by the structure voter. — Sean Fennessey
Lowe and Wagner are proposed as aged-best choices, interrupted by an explicitly speculative and then qualified accusation about Natalie Wood's death; the speakers acknowledge they do not know what happened. — Bill Simmons
The hosts say Dana Carvey and Lovitz were first wanted in a film written for them called Bulletproof Hearts; Carvey backed out after a Vegas trip with Simpson, and the project moved from Disney to Columbia. — Bill Simmons
Bay wanted Will Smith, and Arsenio Hall reportedly turned down Mike Lowry and calls it his worst mistake; nobody can picture Arsenio in the opening or the open-shirt run.
Martin Lawrence reportedly told a magazine that Fishburne also turned down Lowry; Fishburne is said to have turned down Jules in Pulp Fiction and Die Hard 3, about seven iconic roles in five years.
Fishburne would have made this a different movie; he was born to play Jules, a cold pill to swallow until Morpheus. — Van Lathan
