Apex Mountain on The Rewatchables
100:25 – 105:47… song from Spike. Okay. I think there's some stuff he's trying to say in that one. The shock was ruined on that one. Guy against the machine. Third eye open. Apex Mountain. Goddamn. We always argue about Denzel. This was not it. We should have a whole pod where we just argue people's Apex Mountains. Like, seriously, because- Like a spinoff pod? Yeah. Well, like, Denzel's- We said training day for Denzel, I think. I don't agree. Because remember, the Titans had been the same year. I guess it would have to be training day, but I guess it has to be, but you could- He's the third, second black actor to win the …
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but he died. Interesting choice for your opening credits song from Spike. Okay. I think there's some stuff he's trying to say in that one. The shock was ruined on that one. Guy against the machine. Third eye open. Apex Mountain. Goddamn. We always argue about Denzel. This was not it. We should have a whole pod where we just argue people's Apex Mountains. Like, seriously, because- Like a spinoff pod? Yeah. Well, like, Denzel's- We said training day for Denzel, I think. I don't agree. Because remember, the Titans had been the same year. I guess it would have to be training day, but I guess it has to be, but you could- He's the third, second black actor to win the best actor? I guess it would have to be, but like you- He's one of the biggest stars in the world? Yeah, but he doesn't get- He doesn't make 20 million for a film until like three or four years after that. But I think part of- Also, there's a lot of argument that like that training day, Oscar was like Kobe's 08 MVP, where he's like- Yeah. It was a, we didn't get you for this one, so we'll get you for this one. That's usually how the Oscar goes. I guess, I guess, I guess. Ray Allen Apex Mountain. It was until the, at least for me, until the greatest shot of all time. Ray Allen made the greatest shot in the history of professional basketball. I'm going to say that was his Apex Mountain. Which shot are we talking about here? The shot when he single-handedly swung the title? I understand this. The step back after the rebound? The step back? I understand. He stole the title from somebody? Popovich doesn't have Duncan in the game. Wow. He gets kicked out. I was watching live, just like the rest of you guys. Really? The greatest shot? Really? Greatest. Yeah. You know- It's the greatest shot of all time. It swung a title. You know, there's this unquestionable Apex Mountain of this film. Travis Best. I had Travis. Travis Best. I also had Walter McCarty and John Wallace. Well, John Wallace went to the final four. Spike Lee, no. Chasey Lane and Joe Kelly. Abso-fucking-lutely. Yeah, probably so. Wait, is it Apex Mountain for Abraham Lincoln High School basketball? I don't know enough about that. Sebastian Telfair probably played for them, too. Yeah, I think that a couple of people go crazy. They like- Sorry, New York. I love you. SportsCenter. Oh. Probably not. No, probably, yeah. It's like 97, 98. Oh, no. For SportsCenter, that's definitely the Apex. Like, talk about- Yeah, that's Dan and Keith. That era? Yeah. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Kilbourne gets the daily show off SportsCenter. If you have- If you look at the guys- Stu Scott's on the rise. Patrick Kilbourne. Yeah. Stuart Scott's coming. Is Keith still there? Keith's still there. They're able to throw a montage, and he got game. I'm going to say yes. Also, I love how they said it was like a day in the life of Jesus, and it was like, no, it's not. This is just Spike Lee. Right. It's just flexing. Yeah, it was definitely not a typical Bristol segment. Air Jordans. I don't know quite enough about Air Jordans, but I think you could make a case. No, Apex Mountain for Air Jordans and a Jordan O. Evans. Bar none. All right, make the case. Why? Because it's the best basketball shoe of all time. Those are the patent leather joys, right? Yeah, patent leather ones, and also it was during the 72 and 10 year. It was like the perfect year. Okay, so that's- Because I was going to say, last MJ year with this movie coming out is pretty hard to beat. That's the greatest basketball shoe of all time. Okay. Yeah. How about old school Brooklyn before everybody moved there? Pre-gentrified Brooklyn? Don't know shit about it. Yeah, I don't know either. Just throwing it out there. What do you have for best racehorse name? What about a racehorse called He Got Game? He Got Game is a good racehorse. Jesus. Jesus Shuttleworth? Jesus Shuttleworth is a great racehorse. La La Bonita. Oh, yeah. That's a good one. Picanets. Booger. Booger. What was that guy? Lonnie Dub Dukes? Lonnie Dub Dukes. Some great racehorse names. Big Time? Big Time. Oh, Big Time's good. That's a good one. Yeah, Big Time. Yeah, I'd want to bet on Big Time. That's the winner. Picanets. So, they have all the gratuitous celebrity cameos and all the coaches talking about the recruits. You're just literally not allowed to do that. No coach is allowed to discuss a high school player in any forum for any reason. That segment, though, Bill, was literally for Spike Lee. I get it. It was just for him. I'm just saying. For picking nits, that's just not allowed. You would get fined from the NCAA. I actually didn't even think about that. That's true. La La flirting in the pool with DeAndre. That's my picking nits. What the fuck? Like, that, when I saw that, I'm like, come on, man. There's no fuck. She would have to be so dense or just, they would have to have some different structure in their relationship. I don't know why I never caught this before when I was watching the movie. He walks out of the thing, and she's in the pool with the guy. Like, what the fuck is going on? And Jesus kind of just looks and keeps it and then goes back to the agent. I'm like, what the fuck is going on? I'm leaving. I'm leaving the house. Fuck. What the hell? Yo, what the fuck is going on in the pool? Also, another picking that I have is, I felt like Spike revealed La La, like, her extracurricular activities way too fast. Like, it's very clear that she is fucking him over in the beginning when, like, she makes the call. Who calls at one in the morning to be like, hey, I just want to make sure that you're coming to, like. Yeah, that was. It was just weird. I wish that they could have just, I wish it was more of a surprise that La La was cheating on him. Are we sure Jesus could live alone with his sister without both of them being thrown in a foster home?
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