Apex Mountain on The Rewatchables
63:42 – 66:28… I actually looked... I was going to put that for what's age the worst, thinking he was 38 when he filmed the movie, and he was 21. I was shocked. He was 21. Apex Mountain. Ethan Embry, definitely. It's Ethan Embry. Jennifer Love Hewitt, no question. Well, I... Party of Five crossed with this movie, crossed with I Know We Did Last Summer. Yes, this time. It never got bigger. This exact moment is her moment. This exact moment. I don't know that this... And Dating Carson Daly, as you pointed out. Yeah. I don't know that this movie... Like, of those three things, I don't know that this movie... I'm just saying …
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I thought Ethan Embry looked... He kind of had a receding hairline, even at 21. It's true. It's true. Yeah. I actually looked... I was going to put that for what's age the worst, thinking he was 38 when he filmed the movie, and he was 21. I was shocked. He was 21. Apex Mountain. Ethan Embry, definitely. It's Ethan Embry. Jennifer Love Hewitt, no question. Well, I... Party of Five crossed with this movie, crossed with I Know We Did Last Summer. Yes, this time. It never got bigger. This exact moment is her moment. This exact moment. I don't know that this... And Dating Carson Daly, as you pointed out. Yeah. I don't know that this movie... Like, of those three things, I don't know that this movie... I'm just saying this specific time frame, 98, this is it. The entrance she gets with the fan on her preposterously enormous hair... Yeah. Yeah. And the sneaker pips are playing underneath. Yeah. It's like an all-timer. Like, any actor in Hollywood wants that to have happened to them at some point in their career. For Stephen Embry. Fast and Ellie, definitely. No, Twilight. Oh, I don't know Twilight. I also don't know Twilight that well, but he is a big deal with Twilight. See, how big is he in Twilight? He's the, like, patriarch of the vampire family. Oh, that sounds important. Yeah. That's more important than this movie and being married to Jenny Garth at the same time. You're right. He's got Twilight money. Yeah, Twilight. All right. That's fine. Jenna Elfman. Yes. Because she's on that show at the same time. Darma and Greg. Yeah. Darma and Greg. Plus, she cameo on this where it's like a big deal. She made a cameo. What was the... It was like there. Keeping the Faith. Is that what that's called? The one with Edward Norton. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. 90s teen movies. Okay. No, I don't know if it is or not. We're debating. I don't think so because... I actually think the answer is Scream. That's a good one. It might be Clueless. Oh, yeah. You're right. It might be Clueless. Yeah. It's Scream or Clueless. Clueless is like right in the middle. You know what I mean? Yeah. So, yeah. And American Pie is 2000? Yeah. Yeah. So that's... Or 99. American Pie might be 99. Oh, shit. If Pie's 99, then I think that's... You think it's American Pie? Yeah. Well, the question about... Is that movie? Yeah, it's 99. Yeah, it's 99. But, like, the thing... I would say, yes, it spawns sequels, but I think the fact that it spawns sequels then, like, takes it out of the 90s, whereas Clueless is just pure... Buried in the 90s. 90s, you know? Corsmo. I really liked him in What About Bob? But I don't know. I don't know what his... He's great. He's great in Hook. Run Home Jack. All in one night high school movies? Yeah. Probably Superbad? Superbad is... I love Superbad. I love Booksmart. Days in Confused. Yeah, that's pretty good, too. Yeah. I would say Superbad. I think it was the most successful, and it had the most people in it that went on to become even bigger.
76:09 – 78:55… this. So he gets to at least point to like, hey, that time I led a movie. Seth Green, who's just having an incredible run here. Yeah. Did we mention him in Apex Mountain? No. I might have forgotten to put him in there. Because he has Austin Powers. Yes. He's Scott Evil. Buffy. He has this. He's on Buffy. He's just all over the place. And it feels like he's, everybody likes Seth Green. He had a really high approval rating. And then he does Robot Chicken. You know, this wasn't his first high school movie. I can do this. Airborne. I don't know if you're going to get it. Airborne. Does that count? Not what I'm …
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So I had it narrowed down to Ethan Embry because there's just no way he was ever going to lead another movie after this. So he gets to at least point to like, hey, that time I led a movie. Seth Green, who's just having an incredible run here. Yeah. Did we mention him in Apex Mountain? No. I might have forgotten to put him in there. Because he has Austin Powers. Yes. He's Scott Evil. Buffy. He has this. He's on Buffy. He's just all over the place. And it feels like he's, everybody likes Seth Green. He had a really high approval rating. And then he does Robot Chicken. You know, this wasn't his first high school movie. I can do this. Airborne. I don't know if you're going to get it. Airborne. Does that count? Not what I'm thinking. My Stepmother's an alien. Can't Buy Me Love. Oh, Can't Buy Me Love. He's Chucky, the little annoying brother who keeps trying to, who, he's Patrick Dempsey's brother. Have you seen Airborne, though? What? The rollerblading movie? I don't know if I saw Airborne. Oh. Yeah? Oh. Okay. You should watch Airborne. Young Jack Black's in that movie. Really? Seth Green's in that movie. Alana Yubak's in that movie. It's about a California surfer bro who moves to Minneapolis or something like that. It's snowing all the time. And he discovers rollerblading. And that's how they all bond together. The hockey kids and the California kid. I missed out on all the roller skating, rollerblading, skateboarding movies. All of them. I haven't seen any of them. You didn't glean the cube? Yeah, none of them. Wow. Okay. None of them. For who won the movie, I think you could say Lauren Ambrose. Because she had the best career after, and it's so cool to see her in this movie now. She gets Six Feet Under sort of off the back of this. Yeah. And you see the seeds of all of it. She's had a really good career. I mean, in the moment, it felt like Jennifer Love Hewitt won the movie. But as you said, her characters doesn't really have a lot going on. I think this cemented something for her moment. Yeah. But it didn't carry her beyond this. I like your Seth Green call. I think that's the right call. Yeah, I think it's Seth Green. Yeah. He's the most quotable. So everyone was just like always running around dropping Kenny. Special K quotes. All right. I'm nervous. Craig Horlbeck, our producer. I've never seen this movie. I genuinely can't wait because I feel like I know. You can't hardly wait. I can't hardly wait. Look, I'll be kind. The bar is just high for high school comedies. The bar is really high. And this is like watching Bob Pettit. And you're like, I get it maybe in the moment. I don't know if it holds up. You know what I mean? It kind of feels like... Bob Pettit. He's a 1950s basketball player. It just feels like you ran... If you ask ChatGPT, like, write me say anything in three minutes. And it cranked out, can't hardly wait.
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