The category cycles through the recurring actor pool without a clear initial answer. — Bill Simmons
Ramon Raymond is proposed for one of Julio’s lieutenants or Bauer’s partner. — Chris Ryan
Sam Jackson could replace Joey Pants as Snake or fit elsewhere in the movie. — Bill Simmons
Danny Treo is the favored addition as Jimmy Smits's lead henchman. — Bill Simmons
Longlegs as Julio is a comic alternate version rather than the final answer. — Bill Simmons

Running Scared The Rewatchables November 26, 2024

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Crystal is rejected because City Slickers and his Oscars period are later. — Bill Simmons
Hines receives a plausible apex here because “now he’s a real movie guy” and the role leads toward Tap. — Bill Simmons
Key West is debated between this movie, Hemingway, and a Real World season. — Bill Simmons
Jack Walsh is selected among Chicago movie cops because he had to leave the force after refusing a Serrano buyout. — Bill Simmons
Jimmy Smits is rejected here and tentatively placed nearer NYPD Blue. — Bill Simmons
Dan Hadea is placed around Blood Simple and his Cheers role. — Bill Simmons
Michael McDonald music videos receive an apex while Yacht Rock is said to end here. — Bill Simmons
Chicago movie bars are tested for Apex, especially the bar in About Last Night and the bar in Thief that the transcript says Conn blows up. — Bill Simmons
Joey Pants is rejected for Apex. — Bill Simmons

Running Scared The Rewatchables November 26, 2024

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Hodea as the over-screaming lieutenant is the first candidate. — Bill Simmons
Jimmy Smits’s cocaine scream and death scene receive the final choice. — Bill Simmons

Running Scared The Rewatchables November 26, 2024

Honda Elite scooters

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Jimmy Smits as the villain and Sweet Freedom shoehorned into the movie open the 1986 list. — Bill Simmons
Walter Payton gear, the 1985 Bears, Michael Jordan, and a 1983 White Sox cap make Chicago sports central to the answer. — Bill Simmons
Darlane Flugel, Joey Pants with hair, and roller skating are further period markers. — Bill Simmons
The Honda Elite scooters win because of their era-specific ad campaign and disappearance. — Bill Simmons

Tango & Cash The Rewatchables August 30, 2022

The lack of a sequel is an outrage; ranking it second among 1980s buddy-cop films is disputed

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Tango and Cash and Roadhouse are said to have deserved sequels more than many films that got them; leaving LAPD to become detectives is an imagined continuation. — Bill Simmons
The stars’ other sequels make the omission baffling; different cities or countries are imagined for a follow-up. — Bill Simmons
A second take ranks it behind only Beverly Hills Cop, excluding 48 Hours because one lead is not a cop; Lethal Weapon, Turner & Hooch, Red Heat, Running Scared, Midnight Run, Dragnet and Alienation are discussed. — Shea Serrano
Lethal Weapon 2 is preferred to the first; Lethal Weapon 4 is praised separately. Another response includes 48 Hours and places Lethal Weapon 2 and Running Scared above this film. — Bill Simmons
Running Scared’s Key West trip and early Jimmy Smits are praised, and the absence of its sequel is also questioned. — Bill Simmons

Commando The Rewatchables March 29, 2021

Gary Carlos Cervantes in Dan Hedaya's role; Esai Morales as a younger dictator

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The question is which Latino actor should have had Dan Hedaya's role, without defaulting to Jimmy Smits; Edward James Olmos ('Edward James almost' in the transcript) is considered but judged too good an actor. — Shea Serrano
Move Gary Cervantes, already in the film as the man with the 'I love you' note who explains the plan to Arnold, into the dictator role for his slimeball energy. — Shea Serrano
Esai Morales ('SI Morales' in the transcript) could have been shoehorned in as a younger deposed dictator or the dictator's son.
That actor owns the room against a fully furious Arnold ('mellow out, man'). — Bill Simmons

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