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Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Alien
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James Brolin
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Recasting Couch
Keep the director; consider John Cazale, James Brolin, O.J. Simpson, Tom Hanks, Will Smith, Nicolas Cage, Richard Gere, Bruce Willis, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Chadwick Boseman
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Approx. transcript time · 01:34:12Read transcript
- The panel initially finds no director replacement and briefly proposes John Cazale, James Brolin, or O.J. Simpson for Larry Butler.
- Tom Hanks is proposed as Roy in a 1987 version.
- Will Smith is proposed for a 1997 version and questioned as too handsome or heroic.
- Nicolas Cage is proposed as another 1997 Roy.
- Richard Gere is considered and rejected as too attractive or too old for the 1997 role.
- Bruce Willis is considered and rejected as too old for the 1997 role.
- Philip Seymour Hoffman is proposed for a 2007 version.
- Chadwick Boseman is proposed for a 2017 version.
The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award
Dallas’s death is scarier; Scott’s influence; movie cats are bad
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Approx. transcript time · 01:09:20Read transcript
- One hot take says Dallas’s tunnel death is scarier than the iconic chestburster; The Exorcist III and Friday the 13th provide jump-scare comparisons without a completed ranked list.
- Another hot take suggests the Rewatchables might not exist without Alien launching Ridley Scott’s influence on Tony Scott.
- Ridley Scott and Tony Scott are described as foundational to the show's taste; Scott's genre range and enduring set pieces keep his films culturally present.
- Scott's storyboards, lighting, textures and spaceship details reward repeat viewing, sometimes despite limited attention to actors.
- The hottest take attacks movie cats and argues Jones mainly leads people toward danger; The Godfather cat and Mr. Bigglesworth are offered as counterexamples but dismissed as villain props.
- Ripley's late determination to rescue Jones is challenged because earlier crew behavior does not establish comparable attachment and the cat might carry the alien.
- The pet rescue is compared with James Brolin returning for the dog in The Amityville Horror despite escaping a visibly dangerous house.
- Alternative defenses suggest the cat provides crew comfort and a narrative parallel between predators; saving it may help audiences identify with Ripley.
- A personal cat-and-mouse anecdote supports the anti-cat provocation; another speaker defends cats as normal pets while declining to take them into space.
- Ripley's rescue of Jones is defended as empathy toward innocents, continuing through Newt, the prisoners and the Winona Ryder character; the opposing view depends on not caring about cats.
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Approx. transcript time · 01:20:28Read transcript
- Elizabeth Banks is a Dion Waiters choice, praised for her reaction to the steak-dinner invitation.
- Frank's mother is another Dion Waiters choice.
- Garner is explicitly rejected by one speaker as trying too hard.
- James Brolin is another Dion Waiters choice; Josh Brolin's suitability for the same role and work in No Country for Old Men and Sicario are discussed.
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