Was listening to silence of the lambs recasting coach and Jule Roberts or Michelle Pfieffer for Clarise. Also claim Pfieffer should have taken the helen hunt role in castaway. Because she really seems like the sort of person who would be married to a pudgy fedex middle manager
I think the lack of Mallory is mostly due to the types of movies she’d been strongest on (sci-fi/fantasy/superhero/genre) are completely out of Bill’s wheelhouse and aren’t likely to be featured.
I do not agree. It is because nobody can debate with Mallory, who is really smart, well researched, and an excellent speaker on her feet.
I meant that more about Bill’s somewhat narrow view of the types of movies that can be featured in the pod than specifically about Mallory (who is great). In the early days, he’d probably be on 80% of the pods and they would be some more varied host/guest lineups, but over time it’s basically rare when he’s not on an ep. So that usually means the pods will be limited to movies in the Simmons canon, which is somewhat limited given BS’ overall disinterest in certain genres.
I know Binge Mode covered Harry Potter, Star Wars, and others, but it is truly obnoxious that the rewatchables hasn't come close to touching anything in the fantasy or sci fi world. That is certainly a BS decision and it's pretty sad.
I know it's ramped up for the bit, but it seems like Ben Simmons is basically going to turn into Biff.
To add to this point, I think we got a peek of why Mallory is not welcomed in one of the recent The Big Picture movie drafts when Van mentioned that he did a pod with her in which they were to debate Tobey Maguire versus Tom Holland as Spider-Man, which he expected to be a friendly back and forth, but Mallory approached it like she was arguing a Supreme Court case. Everyone then chimed in about how intense and intimidating Mallory can be in these discussions, capped by Chris Ryan relating how she destroyed him after he chose Superman in their superhero draft years ago. I love and respect Mallory for her talents, but she's clearly the hypercompetitive friend you're reluctant to have over on game night.
My pet peeve about The Rewatchables is that he won't let Sean and Chris and other film nerds do the classics. Casablanca is a rewatchable film. It Happened One Night is a rewatchable film. Bonnie and Clyde is a rewatchable film. The Quiet Man, It's a Wonderful Life, Citizen Kane---just go to the TCM hub and it's full of them. Rewatchable films didn't begin when Bill discovered movies.
Whenever I think about Mallory's personality I think about this classic video from the Ringer:
The funny thing is Van did perfectly fine against Mallory in that debate. And Van was certainly arguing the worse side. It was pretty evenly matched, in my opinion. I think Van presented it that way because he wanted something to riff on and be hilarious about.(which Van is truly one of a kind in) The Spidey court case and Van's reaction were both great pieces of content.
They definitely make movies like The Rock. They have made a million Olympus Has Fallen movies. Those are basically The Rock. The Rock, in fact, has made "The Rock" at least a couple of times. (Hobbes & Shaw, Skyscraper, San Andreas, etc.)
This is true but kind of not relevant--folks just opinining that the'd rather havea broader range of hosts and topics (which historically the pod did have) --we all know Bill Simmons is like, super rich and has hundreds of thousands of adoring fans. The format is pretty good, a lot of the ringer regulars are pretty good, I think the hope/preference being expressed is that it might be more fun to have Fennessey and Ryan and Greenwald do the Friends of Eddie Coyle than to hear Simmons and anyone do Cobra.
Agreed, but the Cobra pod was a pretty good time, even if it did suffer from only being Billy Big Bucks and Kyle Brandt (I think).
It was awesome and Simmons and Ryan doing Heat long enough to get Mann to finally join them was also awesome.
Sure in the abstract and assuming there is an unlimited number of resources / time to do so. Given there isn't, they play to their demo. If the Ryan / Greenwald pods, which are more in the realm you're talking about, got downloads and listens (which they can track pretty specifically within the Spotify ecosystem and extrapolate from there) I'm sure they'd do more of them.
The main difference is that those movies aren't very enjoyable (outside of Hobbes and Shaw IMO, which is not a standalone film) - it's not like we'll even remember them in twenty years. I watched Red Notice over the weekend and it has all the hallmarks of a movie like the Rock - witty banter, action, etc - but none of the charm or inventiveness. Yeah, they still make facsimiles of those movies, but they don't do it as well. That's what I meant (though, obviously that's a personal preference thing and not an objective statement).
Truly an incredible scene.
Simmons literally praying to God openly on a podcast to not tease the Vikings again; and then he does tease them AGAIN, and then they lose to the Lions on a last second play…
I liked it also. And then I moseyed to the Bill Simmons reddit and read the thread on this episode, and Kimmel was universally destroyed. I didn't get it. Kimmel was good but I guess people think he's a Hollywood phony. But aren't they all?
I laughed for a full minute at Kimmel’s story of talking to his son about the Clifford movie.
I read this and wasn't sure if you meant Loman or Tannen. Having a corrupt empire built on sports gambling winnings seems feasible for a Simmons.
It literally took me until, "Did you watch the film?" before I realized this was fake. The judges also would have accepted, "Do you think this movie could be redone as a 10 episode netflix series?"
Royal Tenenbaums too, maybe? Which was very good but not like a funny romp. Seemed like a different pod.
Trainspotting was kind of different because, from their discussion, it was a major point in them becoming friends. And shockingly, because of his time as a study abroad student in Scotland the guy breaking into an accent for most of the pod was Greenwald, not Ryan.
One of the best. They might have had more than a few pops before this one. Sounded like they edited a decent amount of stuff out unless my app was malfunctioning. Who was the player Sal said was going to turn around the interview on and start asking Michelle where she had been?
