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It Follows The Rewatchables
It Follows

Todd Parker Award for Best Character Entrance

The crazy tall guy

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  • The crazy tall guy gets the Todd Parker award for best character entrance and is called so scary; Mike Lanier is a 7'7 basketball player in real life with a twin, given a black eye and white pancake makeup.
  • There is something freaky about somebody super tall, as in Backrooms, Barbarian and Patrick Ewing in Exorcist 3; the way he comes in behind her is singled out.
My Cousin Vinny The Rewatchables
My Cousin Vinny

What’s Aged the Worst?

Macchio; prison uniforms; lost Munster surprise; Stan; stutter; vanished comedy market; off-set accounts; Ewing shoes, disputed; tuna prices

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  • Macchio’s mustache and unconvincing basketball are criticized, with Scott Skiles and Tacko Fall comparisons for his play. — Bill Simmons
  • The striped prison uniforms are compared with Grease costumes. — Wesley Morris
  • The original surprise of seeing Herman Munster as the judge has faded as Gwynne’s role here became famous in its own right. — Bill Simmons
  • Mitchell Whitfield’s Stan performance prompts a wish for more casting auditions, alongside recognition of his later Friends role. — Bill Simmons
  • Pendleton reportedly regretted the stuttering-lawyer role after angry letters and believed it nearly ended his career. — Bill Simmons
  • The lawyer-switching subplot is considered unnecessary padding whose function is merely to send Stan back to Vinny. — Bill Simmons
  • The cast reportedly struggled not to laugh during the public-defender scenes.
  • The stutter is criticized as low comedy; another unexpected trait could have supplied the reversal without making stuttering the joke. — Wesley Morris
  • The disappearance of the adult-comedy market represented by Dale Launer’s Blind Date, Ruthless People and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is treated as a bittersweet loss. — Chris Ryan
  • McGill’s oral-history description of Pesci monopolizing Tomei’s off-set time is treated as uncomfortable information about a reportedly Svengali-like working relationship. — Bill Simmons
  • McGill’s account of Pesci treating Jonathan Lynn harshly and storming off after the director laughed is received as an unwelcome glimpse behind the comedy. — Bill Simmons
  • Pesci’s bulky Patrick Ewing shoes divide opinion: dated even then for one response, stylish and useful for a short wearer for another.
  • A tuna can priced in pennies is treated as a vanished detail of everyday shopping. — Bill Simmons
St. Elmo's Fire The Rewatchables
St. Elmo's Fire

Probably Unanswerable Questions

Georgetown basketball's view of the movie; what happened to each character; freezing to death in a D.C. apartment; whether Kevin is gay in a 2020 version

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  • Would Patrick Ewing like this movie? No. Has John Thompson seen it? No way. — Chris Ryan
  • The film should have referenced Georgetown basketball, such as Reggie Williams or David Wingate; Kirby should have had an Ewing poster. — Bill Simmons
  • A Perfect Storm follow-up: a friend emailed that the film says it is October, so Celtics games should have been on. — Bill Simmons
  • Kevin probably preferred his Woody Allen poster; he is a one seed with Troy among movie characters one host would not hang out with. — Bill Simmons
  • Kevin's writing career: a Pop Tarts front-page column, a Mitch Albom-style career (transcribed 'Mitch album'), or Spin in the late 80s; one verdict is that it failed because he is too much of a loser. — Bill Simmons
  • Alec becomes a senator and resigns in a scandal; the Ally Sheedy character's fate is unknown (transcribed 'Alice Sheedy'); Billy is dead. — Bill Simmons
  • Jules called her shot and hosts a show; Kirby has a bad ending, perhaps as Nationals GM. — Bill Simmons
  • Wendy is of no interest; Hubley joins the Navy and becomes a pilot. — Bill Simmons
  • Can you freeze to death in a Washington, D.C. apartment? No. — Bill Simmons
  • In a 2020 TV version, is Kevin gay? The other host says the Leslie love triangle must stay as the story's hinge. — Chris Ryan
St. Elmo's Fire The Rewatchables
St. Elmo's Fire

Apex Mountain

Judd Nelson; Ally Sheedy; John Parr; Jeep CJ7; Georgetown

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