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Stripes

Probably Unanswerable Questions

Stripes The Rewatchables

The panel asks whether the movie should end at graduation, what middle material would replace the rescue, and how attraction to the two military-police characters changed with age.

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  • The main question asks whether the film improves if it ends with the graduation ceremony and drops the military-vehicle rescue.
  • The proposal draws a specific objection: the welcome-to-Italy arrival still works, even though the plot from there is judged a disaster.
  • More backstory with the central friends, the two military-police characters, Candy, and another Pom Pom excursion is proposed.
  • The woman from the opening finding John attractive again is proposed as another middle sequence.
  • The favorite recruit-introduction scene was reportedly rewritten by the cast in Murray’s trailer, prompting regret that the ending did not receive the same treatment.
  • A bonus question compares adolescent and present-day attraction to Sean Young and the actress the machine transcript calls P. J. Souls.
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Stripes

Apex Mountain

Stripes The Rewatchables

Warren Oates, military comedies, and movie mud wrestling receive positive apex cases; most individual stars are rejected or debated.

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  • Bill Murray is rejected because Ghostbusters provided a stronger later peak.
  • Harold Ramis is debated as a newly cool movie star here, while Groundhog Day and Ghostbusters brought larger later influence and wealth.
  • John Candy is rejected.
  • Military comedies about joining and training are given a strong apex case, with the broader military-movie claim treated as weaker.
  • The actress identified by the machine transcript as P. J. Souls is rejected in favor of Halloween.
  • Sean Young is rejected in favor of the Blade Runner, Wall Street, and No Way Out period.
  • The actor whose name the machine transcript renders as Laracette is rejected because he became a major television star.
  • Goofy future-tense closing credits are discussed, with Animal House preferred.
  • Warren Oates receives a clear apex verdict.
  • Ivan Reitman is rejected.
  • The mud-wrestling sequence is proposed as the apex of mud wrestling in movies.
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Stripes

Half-Assed Internet Research

Stripes The Rewatchables

Research covers Army access, Warren Oates’s Wild Bunch stories, on-set injuries, improvised accidents, surprise haircuts, Murray–Young friction, and a John Candy fight-night dinner.

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  • The military reportedly supported the film with Fort Knox access and real troops as extras.
  • Warren Oates chipped a tooth when actors dragged him through mud without warning him.
  • Warren Oates reportedly entertained the cast with stories about The Wild Bunch and was liked even by Bill Murray.
  • The actor whose name is transcribed as Laracette broke his nose running into a door during an unused take and wore makeup afterward.
  • Murray’s suitcase blow was accidental and remained in the film.
  • Most basic-training haircuts were surprises, producing genuine reactions.
  • A disputed story says Murray and Sean Young clashed over improvisation; the panel explicitly marks it uncertain.
  • John Candy hosted the cast for homemade spaghetti and the Leonard–Duran no-más fight.
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Stripes

What’s Aged the Best?

Stripes The Rewatchables

The breakup setup, John Candy, Judge Reinhold, throwaway jokes, the women, poker running gag, score, deleted scene, Murray–Ramis friendship, and Warren Oates lead the praise.

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  • The wet-blanket girlfriend telling the likable loser he is going nowhere is treated as a comedy setup copied for decades.
  • The first training sequence, especially the log obstacle, is explicitly added as another thing that aged best.
  • John Candy’s first appearance, long hair, cigarette, and Eisenhower greeting still land immediately.
  • Judge Reinhold’s short role is praised as part of a strong early-career run.
  • Lines such as the furs answer, the drug answer, and Ramis’s strip-search head movement reward repeated viewing.
  • Sean Young and the other actress playing a military-police character are praised as charismatic women with agency; the latter’s strong late-1970s run is recalled.
  • Candy repeatedly exploiting the character Cruiser in poker remains an effective running gag.
  • Elmer Bernstein’s score is praised for shifting between jaunty and lower-register military themes.
  • A deleted South American subplot has LSD, an unauthorized paratrooper mission, guerrilla capture, and escape; cutting it is judged correct because it derailed the film.
  • The Harold Ramis and Bill Murray friendship is itself described as something that aged best.
  • Warren Oates and Sergeant Hulka also remain durable strengths.
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Raiders of the Lost Ark

Recasting Couch

Raiders of the Lost Ark The Rewatchables

The panel proposes stronger villains and debates Kathleen Turner, Sharon Stone, Michelle Pfeiffer, Margot Kidder, Deborah Winger, and Sean Young for Marion.

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  • Any stronger actor than Paul Freeman is the bronze change and John Lithgow as Toht is the silver.
  • Kathleen Turner is the primary Marion recast for greater sexual energy with Ford, though others object that Romancing the Stone later supplies exactly that pairing.
  • Sharon Stone, Michelle Pfeiffer, Margot Kidder, Deborah Winger, and Sean Young are alternate Marion ideas; the conversation ultimately leans toward Winger or Young while still defending Allen.
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Raiders of the Lost Ark

Casting What-Ifs

Raiders of the Lost Ark The Rewatchables

The enormous casting tree includes Deborah Winger, Amy Irving, Barbara Hershey, Sean Young, Jeff Bridges, Tom Selleck, Danny DeVito, Klaus Kinski, and Jonathan Pryce.

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  • Philip Kaufman was initially to direct, while Deborah Winger declined Marion, Amy Irving was unavailable, Barbara Hershey was considered, and Sean Young screen-tested opposite Indy candidates.
  • Jeff Bridges was liked and auditioned but apparently was not formally offered Indy; the hosts think he would be good but less physically hard-nosed than Ford.
  • Tom Selleck was fitted and nearly cast until CBS retained him for Magnum P.I.; a strike later would have freed him, but Ford had already been chosen.
  • Lucas resisted overusing Ford, Spielberg pushed for him, and Ford accepted salary, gross participation, and dialogue-rewrite rights while actively questioning production choices.
  • Danny DeVito could not play Sallah because of Taxi, Klaus Kinski rejected Toht for better pay on Venom, and Jonathan Pryce was considered for Belloq.
  • The Selleck/Ford choice is ranked among the most consequential movie sliding doors because it affects both Indiana Jones and Ford’s later career.
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Stripes

1981

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Stripes

1981 film

Bill Simmons · Brian Koppelman

Aired June 22, 2021

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