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Jake Busey

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Rewatchables episodes featuring Jake Busey’s films

Twister

1996 film

Bill Simmons · Chris Ryan · Van Lathan

Aired July 9, 2024

Enemy of the State

1998 film

Bill Simmons · Sean Fennessey · Chris Ryan

Aired April 9, 2020

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Road House

What’s Aged the Worst?

Sparing Wesley, absent sports, the weaker finale, editing gaps, lodging, lip-syncing and Road House 2.

In the discussion (10)
Approx. transcript time · 01:00:54Read transcript
  • Dalton sparing Wesley seems inconsistent after his other killings; a counterargument says Elizabeth's warning about becoming another tyrant establishes the moral choice, without convincing everyone.
  • The haircuts and exposure of Elliott's pubic hair are criticized, though another participant jokingly nominates the latter for Great Shot Gordo. — Kyle Brandt
  • Bars without televised Kansas City sports feel wrong, especially given Bo Jackson and the area's prominent teams; shared sports might even unite the town. — Bill Simmons
  • The opening song Don't Throw Stones is merely adequate compared with the closing song.
  • The Jimmy fight overshadows the Wesley finale. Moving it immediately before the townspeople kill Wesley could improve the structure and avoid Dalton's oddly rapid recovery between locations. — Chris Ryan
  • The waitress's obvious lip-syncing, the barn's lack of air conditioning, Wesley's consequence-free abuse of a henchman and the ineffective stuffed-bear attack are criticized. — Bill Simmons
  • Dalton leaves his old job without notice, raising doubts about his reliability and whether his bar improvements last after departure. — Chris Ryan
  • Road House 2 with Jake Busey is rejected as a squandered sequel opportunity. — Bill Simmons
  • Modern litigation might make violent professional coolers less viable, though the speaker invites correction. — Chris Ryan
  • Dalton's constant smoking conflicts with his spiritual, mind-and-body discipline, though pain and personal demons are offered as possible explanations.
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Approx. transcript time · 01:09:39Read transcript
  • Lisa Bonet’s post-Cosby Show visibility is proposed, with a joke that the birth of Zoë Kravitz is her actual apex. — Bill Simmons
  • Jake Busey is proposed and rejected because Starship Troopers is judged his apex.
  • The panel explicitly agrees to treat the category as Lisa Bonet’s Apex Mountain. — Bill Simmons
  • The Washington–Baltimore–Virginia film setting is added as another Apex Mountain candidate, short of All the President’s Men. — Chris Ryan
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