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    The Bill Simmons Thread

    Simmons then sights 48 Hrs and Beverly Hills Cop as being more culturally relevant than Chinatown for younger people alongside the kids stuff he started to make in the late 90s/aughts.
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    The Bill Simmons Thread

    Why cut off at 30? Somebody that is 29 would know Eddie Murphy from Doctor Dolittle and Shrek. Maybe that's more true with under-20 but not so with people in their upper 20s. Denzel is still a bankable star who works in action movies and prestige pictures simultaneously. Hard to escape his...
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    The Bill Simmons Thread

    Late in the last episode, Bill Simmons and Ryan Russillo had a short discussion about the fame level of four celebrities who were at the game. Lebron James was included for purpose. Eddie, Denzel, and Jack were the names shorthanded for the discussion. Bill and Ryan have this quirk where they...
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    Just What is Apex Mountain: Rewatchables discussion thread

    The man has some form of speech impediment, because he continuous butchers names and places on his podcasts. Couple of his most notable name mis-pronunciations include Wimbledon and Jean Claude Van Damme, even when guests on his shows correct him.
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    Just What is Apex Mountain: Rewatchables discussion thread

    "Recasting couch: Hear me out, what if they got somebody bigger, like Faye Dunaway, for the Karen Black role? It just would be better." "Hmm, Bill, I would have trouble believing Faye Dunaway as some white trash girlfriend Jack instantly got hooked up with." "Jane Fonda?" "Hey, why not get...
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    Just What is Apex Mountain: Rewatchables discussion thread

    Of all the established categories, the Joey Pants award is often than not egregious in how they will exaggerate a certain character actor level of fame. Bill Simmons is the worst offender, because he'll always say a certain actor name is that actor name, without any real reasoning to think...
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    Just What is Apex Mountain: Rewatchables discussion thread

    Chris O'Donnell had the combo of appearing in a notorious derided blockbuster and the star-making roles of several actors around the time frame that put an halt to his movie career. By 1997 you have Matthew McConaughey breaking out with A Time to Kill and Contact, Ben Affleck with Chasing Amy...
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    Just What is Apex Mountain: Rewatchables discussion thread

    The episodes were decent enough that you got less of the Bill's batshit takes on movies. The one instance where it became very awkward was discussing Rosario Dawson performance in Unstoppable, where Bill tells Quentin somebody should use her better in movies, which QT leans forward to remind him...
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    The Ringer

    I'm 29 myself and got into Bill Simmons similarly during the ESPN Page 2 days as a Boston sports nut during middle school. Seen him make guest appearances on PTI, followed him into his Grantland era where I was in college, and the sports fans I know would read his takes. Think we're in a good...
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    The Ringer

    Other highlights of the Unforgiven pod: -Naming off 1991 movies or 1993 movies as being part of 1992, for his argument 92 was the impactful year for movies, pop culture wise. -Doing the obligatory recasting of young Leo in a bit part. -Knighting this as the start of anti-heroes, while CR or SF...
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    The Bill Simmons Thread

    Not trying to antagonize Simmons for how many movies he's watched, it's a question of his viewing habits and what movies that he has viewed that were released before his birth. On nit picking, one thing that bothers me that led me to asking the question is how often Simmons will say the soon on...
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    The Bill Simmons Thread

    How many movies pre-1970 has Bill Simmons seen? 12? 20? 5? On the Butch/Sundance episode he called it the first modern movie, which incidental was released the time of his birth.
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    The Bill Simmons Thread

    The funniest category is Recasting Couch, which barring the offense name choice, has some of the most ludicrous recasting I ever heard. You can just know Simmons is going to put Leo or Damon in the central male role or recast actresses he does not find attractive with those he got the boner for...
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    The Bill Simmons Thread

    "You know what, Citizen Kane just would be so much better if they retrospectively cast Matt Damon as Charles Foster Kane. He just would better than Orson Wells."
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    Boston sports teams popularity ranking.

    This article was posted a couple years back but it stands today. Maybe the numbers will slide without Brady being on the team, we'll see how variable the data is when the teams are on equal footing, as they were in say 2004...
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