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What Lies Beneath The Rewatchables
What Lies Beneath

Sean Fennessey Award for Stealth Homage That Gives Every Movie Nerd a Criterion Orgasm

Rear Window, Vertigo, and Bernard Herrmann-style scoring.

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  • The neighbors-and-binoculars plot is identified as a Rear Window homage. — Chris Ryan
  • Claire and Madison’s resemblance is identified as a Vertigo homage. — Chris Ryan
  • Alan Silvestri’s score is described as a Bernard Herrmann homage. — Chris Ryan
  • The repeated foot imagery is jokingly called a Tarantino homage.
Back to the Future Part II The Rewatchables
Back to the Future Part II

What’s Aged the Best?

Future predictions, Silvestri’s score, Nike shoes, Jaws 19 and the jokes.

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  • The successful future predictions and Spielberg's presenting credit. — Bill Simmons
  • Alan Silvestri's score, also remembered from the Universal tour. — Bill Simmons
  • The lack of chemistry or purpose for Jennifer is perversely funny: she is quickly tranquilized, and Zemeckis regretted putting her in the car.
  • A comic approach to the future and the Nike shoe concept's eventual commercial influence. — Bill Simmons
  • The Jaws 19 trailer's absurd premise and Max Spielberg credit.
  • Fox looked better in real 2015 than the film's aged Marty; the future jokes and the insult slacker still work. — Cousin Sal
Predator The Rewatchables
Predator

What’s Aged the Best?

Arnold’s iconography and battle cry, Old Painless, one-liners, production mythology, Sunny Landham, Jesse Ventura, Poncho, the creature fix, structure, score, and heat vision

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  • Arnold’s first cigar shot remains effective action-star iconography.
  • Dutch’s battle cry remains effective. — Chris Ryan
  • Old Painless remains an iconic action-movie weapon. — Chris Ryan
  • The movie’s compact one-liners remain effective. — Chris Ryan
  • Arnold plays the escalating threat with unusual seriousness. — Chris Ryan
  • The cold, wet jungle shoot became durable production mythology. — Chris Ryan
  • Van Damme’s firing from the original creature role became durable production mythology. — Chris Ryan
  • The cast’s dawn workouts and physical competition became durable production mythology. — Chris Ryan
  • The reshot final third created a cleaner creature confrontation.
  • Sunny Landham was praised as a uniquely authentic and unpredictable screen presence.
  • Jesse Ventura’s wrestling persona translated into an unusually memorable supporting action role. — Chris Ryan
  • Poncho’s reactions and supporting presence were praised.
  • Stan Winston’s replacement creature design was treated as essential to the film’s success. — Chris Ryan
  • The shift from ensemble combat movie to slasher and then one-on-one duel was praised.
  • Alan Silvestri’s score was praised. — Kyle Brandt
  • The thermal-vision effect was praised as both legible and durable.
Back to the Future The Rewatchables
Back to the Future

What’s Aged the Best?

Huey Lewis, character payoffs, Claudia Wells, backlots, Christopher Lloyd, and Alan Silvestri

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  • The Goldie Wilson setup and later mayor payoff are praised — Bill Simmons
  • The Power of Love and Back in Time are praised, including Huey Lewis judging Marty’s performance of his own song — Bill Simmons
  • Marty’s horror at Lorraine flirting with him is praised — Bill Simmons
  • The 1950s ice-cream shop and George punching Biff are praised — Bill Simmons
  • Claudia Wells is praised as a supportive Jennifer Parker — Chris Ryan
  • Studio backlots are praised for creating a reusable, convincing town square
  • Christopher Lloyd is jokingly praised for appearing not to age
  • Alan Silvestri’s score is praised as iconic and durable
  • Huey Lewis is selected as the leading Aged Best choice
Cast Away The Rewatchables
Cast Away

Half-Assed Internet Research

Hanks's FedEx origin idea; Fiji filming location; Silvestri's minimal score; FedEx cooperation; Wilson's origin; Hanks's staph infection; Lost's origin at ABC; Wilson coincidences; Hanks on Chuck's fate; deleted hanging scene; death of Bettina's actress

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  • Hanks is quoted saying the idea came from reading about FedEx 747s full of packages crossing the Pacific and wondering what happens if one goes down; the film is said to have made over $450 million. — Bill Simmons
  • The film is said to have been shot on a small island in Fiji (names admittedly mispronounced) that became a tourist attraction; a joke Rewatchables vacation would pair it with the Shawshank location. — Bill Simmons
  • Alan Silvestri's minimal score is said to have won a Grammy in 2002, with no original score until Chuck escapes.
  • FedEx is said to have provided facilities in Memphis, Los Angeles and Moscow plus planes, trucks and uniforms, with marketers overseeing more than two years of filming after being initially horrified by the plot. — Bill Simmons
  • The screenwriter is said to have stranded himself for a week on a beach near Mexico's Sea of Cortez, where a washed-up volleyball inspired Wilson; spearing stingrays, opening coconuts and making fire went into the film. — Bill Simmons
  • Hanks is said to have gotten a staph infection from a cut during filming and been hospitalized for three days.
  • Lost is described as a Cast Away rip-off: ABC chief Lloyd Braun is said to have loved the film and had writer Jeffrey Lieber write a pilot that J.J. Abrams took over; Braun is also said to have hired Jimmy Kimmel.
  • Other Wilsons in Hanks's life are listed: wife Rita Wilson, his Bosom Buddies character Kip Wilson, and Charlie Wilson's War. — Bill Simmons
  • As stated on air, on Inside the Actors Studio Hanks told James Lipton that Chuck turned around, went back and made babies with Bettina; that reading is endorsed. — Bill Simmons
  • The deleted scene of Chuck hanging a log dummy from a branch that snaps is said to have really been in the movie.
  • The actress who played Bettina is said to have died in January 2018 at age 52. — Bill Simmons
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