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Rambo: First Blood Part II
Rocky IV
Rocky IV
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Dolph Lundgren
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Casting What-Ifs
Dolph Lundgren; Lee Marvin; local extras; John Travolta as Rambo’s partner
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Approx. transcript time · 01:09:12Read transcript
- Casting What-Ifs includes Lundgren reportedly removed because of his Drago role, Lee Marvin declining roles across both films, and local Chinese-restaurant workers recruited as extras in Mexico. — Bill Simmons
- The producers reportedly wanted John Travolta as Rambo’s partner, an idea Stallone vetoed; the hosts enthusiastically imagine buddy banter and a Quarter Pounder and metric-system exchange. — Bill Simmons
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Approx. transcript time · 00:59:45Read transcript
- The category is framed as having two winners, something not normally done in this category. — Bill Simmons
- Vernon Wells, who played Bennett and is remembered from Weird Science, is named first, but is later said not to have won the Joey Pants Award. — Bill Simmons
- David Patrick Kelly is one of the best ever in the category, known as the Warriors gang leader and Luther in 48 Hours, and seen in The Crow, Crooklyn and John Wick; the award is given to him. — Bill Simmons
- The flight attendant who says the flight will take exactly 11 hours is another candidate: she played Bruce Willis's wife in The Last Boy Scout and Teela ('Tila' in the transcript) in the Dolph Lundgren He-Man movie, but nobody could recall her name. — Kyle Brandt
Who Won the Movie?
Ivan Drago / Dolph Lundgren
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Approx. transcript time · 01:40:50Read transcript
- Dolph Lundgren’s unproven arrival and indelible villain performance were the main case.
- The United States was proposed as a thematic winner, but Ivan Drago became the shared final answer. — Bill Simmons
Apex Mountain
Stallone’s 1985–86 global stardom; Dolph Lundgren; Warner Wolf; Barry Tompkins; Vince DiCola; movie sit-ups; sports-movie wet-blanket wives; Tony Burton; foreboding synthesizers; 1980s movie montages
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Approx. transcript time · 01:17:02Read transcript
- Rocky IV plus Rambo: First Blood Part II made 1985–86 Stallone’s apex. — Bill Simmons
- Rocky IV was considered a Cold War movie apex candidate, with Red Dawn preferred by one host.
- Dolph Lundgren was treated as an apex case. — Bill Simmons
- Survivor’s apex remained Rocky III because “Eye of the Tiger” was the larger phenomenon. — Bill Simmons
- Warner Wolf’s local influence and “let’s go to the videotape” catchphrase made this an apex case. — Bill Simmons
- Barry Tompkins was treated as being at his announcing apex. — Bill Simmons
- Vince DiCola was treated as an apex case. — Bill Simmons
- The hayloft and fire-lit sit-ups were called an apex for movie sit-ups.
- The Russian anthem lost to The Hunt for Red October and earlier wrestling or game uses.
- Adrian was argued as an apex sports-movie wet-blanket wife.
- Tony Burton was treated as an apex case for Duke’s expanded role.
- The robot lost the 1980s-robot apex to alternatives including Terminator and Johnny 5.
- The film’s foreboding synthesizer music was considered an apex case.
- Rocky IV was selected as the apex for 1980s movie montages.
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