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Apex Mountain on The Rewatchables

The Replacements 2000

With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 19 November 2024 · 19,665 feet

The claim

84:21 – 87:41

… Can't dance. Maybe he couldn't... There are times when you see, and it looks like he could be struggling a little bit. The electric slide isn't for the weak. Apex Mountain, not a lot of candidates here. Keanu, no. Brooke Langton, no. I still think it's Melrose Place. Madden and Summerall, no. Jack Ward, no. You just... It's no's around... Except for throwing a trophy football underwater. I'd never seen that before. Yeah. Scabs? Scabs. Movies about scabs. Movies about scabs, definitely. No movies celebrate scabs. If you think about... This is it. Any movie about labor celebrates labor. Yeah. Celebrates, like, …

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I find it hard to believe he can't dance. He does all the John Wick Matrix stuff. He can't dance. He can do, like... I don't know. Like, 10-minute fight scenes. Can't dance. Maybe he couldn't... There are times when you see, and it looks like he could be struggling a little bit. The electric slide isn't for the weak. Apex Mountain, not a lot of candidates here. Keanu, no. Brooke Langton, no. I still think it's Melrose Place. Madden and Summerall, no. Jack Ward, no. You just... It's no's around... Except for throwing a trophy football underwater. I'd never seen that before. Yeah. Scabs? Scabs. Movies about scabs. Movies about scabs, definitely. No movies celebrate scabs. If you think about... This is it. Any movie about labor celebrates labor. Yeah. Celebrates, like, Norma Ray. It's Norma Ray, yeah. Yeah. This is the apex mountain of movies about scabs that I can think about. 21st century football movies? Remember the Titans. Oh, Friday Night Lights. Remember the Titans. Well, I'm just getting buried. Mentioning it. Yeah. I think it's probably Friday Night Lights. Yeah, Friday Night... But you could also talk me into Remember the Titans. Remember the Titans is... Which goes back to my original point. All these movies are early 2000s. Yeah. Like, we haven't had anything since. All right, one more break, and then we're doing Cruiser Hanks. For adults with Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis symptoms, every choice matters. Tremphaya offers self-injection or intravenous infusion from the start. Tremphaya is administered as injections under the skin or infusions through a vein every four weeks, followed by injections under the skin every four or eight weeks. If your doctor decides that you can self-inject Tremphaya, proper training is required. Tremphaya is a prescription medicine used to treat adults with moderately to severely active Crohn's disease and adults with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis. Serious allergic reactions, increased risk of infections, or lower ability to fight them, and liver problems may occur. Before treatment, get checked for infections and tuberculosis. Tell your doctor if you have an infection, flu-like symptoms, or need a vaccine. Explore what's possible. Ask your doctor about Tremphaya today. Call 1-800-526-7736 to learn more, or visit TremphayaRadio.com. Well, this is one of the best Cruiser Hankses we've ever had. I agree. Cruiser Shane Falco is unbelievable. I also feel like 80s Hanks could have played Shane Falco, but I'm going with Cruz, and I think he's the right answer. I think he's the clear answer. Either guy could have done it, but... This is an amazing Cruz, but this is basically cocktail crossed with Cruz being a replacement strike quarterback. Nothing to Keanu. Love him. Yeah. If Cruz is in this movie, it makes $150 million. I think more. You think so? Yeah, $200 million. I don't think he could have thrown the throwing scenes. I'm just judging from War of the Worlds when he's trying to throw the baseball. I don't know if he could have done the quarterback stuff. He's also very small. Yeah. He would have to be like a Kyler Murray. Yeah, he's going to be scrambling around. He's going to be a whole... That's why he lost the Sugar Bowl, because... That's why he didn't get drafted. He just got killed. He didn't get drafted. He's too short. He's too small for the game. There's Doug Flutie biases. Remember Doug Flutie didn't get a job for a while? I think it's Cruz. Racehorse, Rock Band, Wrestler, Fantasy Team name.

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What the board says

Their apex is elsewhere
Keanu Reeves25,570 ftThe Matrix, 1999, by 5,932 feet.
Gene Hackman25,890 ftUnforgiven, 1992, by 6,892 feet.
Jack Warden19,290 ftUsed Cars, 1980, by 1,664 feet.

A grade for each call is not built yet. The board's answer is shown; whether the pod landed on it is a separate judgement, and it is not made here.