Apex Mountain on The Rewatchables
61:36 – 64:22… it. What the fuck? Yeah, I didn't really watch it. Oh, my God. Guys. Yeah, I never really liked it. It wasn't like, I was never like. This was John Mahoney's Apex Mountain. I get it. Was being in this movie while Frasier was at the top of the ratings. I never really liked the Kelsey Graham or David Hyde Pierce. Oh, my God. The Emmys all fucking jerk circling about how great they were together. That was a classic McBride movie. Is this like, I don't like Troy from Reality Bites? It's like these high-flowing assholes things. Frasier Crane, you deprecitist taint. That's why you cruised right by the Nathaniel …
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Crane. True. You know? Like, he was kind of the bane of Frasier's existence on that show. Are you a big Frasier guy? I love Frasier. Another. Do you guys want to watch Frasier? I never really liked it. What the fuck? Yeah, I didn't really watch it. Oh, my God. Guys. Yeah, I never really liked it. It wasn't like, I was never like. This was John Mahoney's Apex Mountain. I get it. Was being in this movie while Frasier was at the top of the ratings. I never really liked the Kelsey Graham or David Hyde Pierce. Oh, my God. The Emmys all fucking jerk circling about how great they were together. That was a classic McBride movie. Is this like, I don't like Troy from Reality Bites? It's like these high-flowing assholes things. Frasier Crane, you deprecitist taint. That's why you cruised right by the Nathaniel Hawthorne quote. You didn't want to hear about that. Frasier Crane was the original podcaster. What are you talking about? He was crushing with the microphone. I just never really watched it. That's disappointing. I'm sorry. Any other what's aged the worst? I think Shaughnessy reminding Janet that she was bawling Marty is an HR violation. That's true. And I'm also glad that we left bawling in 1996. Yeah. Are you? This run through the movie, too. If you watch, so like he, they get that kid Alex, John Cena, right? And they're like, he's like, yeah, the Archbishop calls it purging the devil. And then Marty goes back to the crime scene and finds the exact videotape because it says sermon purging the devil. But you have to like freeze frame to tell why Marty picks that tape. So otherwise, it's just like, so Marty just goes back to the crime scene and this guy's got homemade porn in his house and Marty picks the exact right tape and then knows to fast forward. So it's a little bit of a. I had that in the Ron Burgundy flute award, best time for a pee break. The movie kind of gets a little sloggy. Yeah. No, that gets a little sloggy during that stretch. This movie's in two hours and 10 minutes. It was actually, it was originally like three plus. Yeah. And they cut it down. I feel like we could have banged this out in two hours. I agree. There's some slog. The last 45 is great. Was there a better title for this movie? Primal Fear is good. What if they just called it Butcher Boy? Well, there was a movie right around this time. Was Butcher Boy in the 90s or was it early 2000? Isn't that like a Ken Loach movie? It's like Patrick McCabe novel. It's like an Irish movie. Anyway, Mike Lee, right? No. Neil Jordan. Neil Jordan. Neil Jordan. 98. 97? 97. Well, that's Primal Fear came out in 96. I don't think Primal Fear is the best title for the movie. I think there was a movie called The Man with Two Faces that would have been an interesting title for this movie. Yeah. Yeah. Best quote. You're worse than the thugs you represent. I always like when stuff like that gets thrown in the movie. Let's take a break and then let's take. For adults with Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis symptoms, every choice matters.
78:41 – 82:30… you at on Fallen? Hoblet's follow-up. Not bad. I like it. It's okay. Some great, uh, John Goodman. Yeah. That movie. Yeah. Some, uh, Elias Coteas. That movie. Apex Mountain. Gear, no. Laura Linney, no. Broward, is Homicide on at this point? No. It is, right? So maybe, maybe for him. He didn't win the Emmy for, did he, he won eventually, right? I think he might have won for Brooklyn Nine-Nine. Oh, gosh. Went for Hamilton. Nobody else in this movie. Mahoney. Mahoney is on Frasier when this movie comes out. And then the same year, she's the one where he plays the. Oh, you're right. That's good. He plays Ed Burns …
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Where our guy Hoblet was the producer and director of a bunch of those. Where are you at on Fallen? Hoblet's follow-up. Not bad. I like it. It's okay. Some great, uh, John Goodman. Yeah. That movie. Yeah. Some, uh, Elias Coteas. That movie. Apex Mountain. Gear, no. Laura Linney, no. Broward, is Homicide on at this point? No. It is, right? So maybe, maybe for him. He didn't win the Emmy for, did he, he won eventually, right? I think he might have won for Brooklyn Nine-Nine. Oh, gosh. Went for Hamilton. Nobody else in this movie. Mahoney. Mahoney is on Frasier when this movie comes out. And then the same year, she's the one where he plays the. Oh, you're right. That's good. He plays Ed Burns and Mike McGlone's father. How about multiple personality murderers? That's a good one. I was trying to think of this. I think it might be Apex Mountain for multiple personality disorder. What are the, what's the competition? Uh, Sybil. Right? Isn't that, isn't Sybil about a girl with multiple personality disorder? Psycho? Yeah. I guess Psycho. Psycho. Yeah. Jeez. Psycho. Cheer me out. I think this is Apex Mountain in general for sordid VHS sex tapes. Same year as Pamela and Tommy. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Sordid VHS tapes became a thing right around here. And it's in the movie. When you would watch the Pam and Tommy tape, would you wear sweatpants? Best racehorse name? Butcher Boy? Yeah. That's good. Love it. Yeah. Perfect. No notes. Here comes Butcher Boy. I like that scene when Gear is going in to see Stampler and he walks past a Chicago cop who's like a Chicago, he's definitely Chicago cop in The Fugitive. You've seen him in a bunch of movies before. And he's just like, oh, Butcher Boy, huh? And Gear is like, yeah, I forgot his real name. You're right. Pickin' Nets. I got one. I have three that I'm excited about. You go. Well, the biggest one for me is when they go to Barleycorn's at night and Janet walks in and she goes, Stu, I'll have the usual. And then they just bring her a Bud Light. Yes. I thought the same thing. It's like, that's not a fucking usual. That's a beer. But that's a usual for you. It's, that's not the usual. It used to be a unique drink for it to be a usual. It's a drink that they know to make because you are this. Oh, I disagree with this. Chris is 100% right. What? No. The usual? The usual is not a Bud Light. Just say Bud Light. I'll just be like, Stu, can I get a Bud Light? Can I get a beer? The usual is like Bud Light with like a shot of whiskey in it or something. Yeah. Yeah. And like a lime on top. The usual for it should be like a Cosmo or like a, or like a. All that the usual indicates is that she's in a bar five nights a week. I don't think it has anything to do with the complexity of the drink. I disagree. I agree. And you used to be a bartender and you're backing me up, aren't you? If somebody was like the usual, Bill, and you're like, you mean a fucking ice water? Like. You don't say the usual for a beer, especially like a pretty available beer. Yeah. All right. I, I, just in general, you just say the name of the beer. You don't say the usual for a beer. I mean, it's, I, I guess it's more just that it's meant to indicate something about the character. Sure. And he should bring her a fucking. Whiskey sour. She's a grounded, regular gal who works for the state's attorney. I know, she's drinking a liter of Diet Coke before that. I love that. I'm just saying. The 20 ounce of Coke. Yeah. And that's the scene previous to that. The usual has to be at least a little interesting. You wanted her drinking like an apple martini. Yeah. Well, not something, it doesn't have to be like overly feminine. I just mean like it's a cocktail that this guy's like, oh, I better get started. Janet's here. You know? If you order coffee, you'd be like, oh, the usual. Right. It's just a black coffee. But what if it was. I'd rather just say black coffee. What if it was just a neat one? I go to the same coffee place every day and they know what I want. But I always am like, hey.
98:51 – 102:10… little girl! Couldn't kick your own ass! Before we go, my son had some notes on This Is The End. He listened to the entire podcast. He didn't understand what Apex Mountain was. Dude, Ben and Zoe listen to the pods? No. No. Okay. They can't take me seriously in any format. Does Carrie listen to the pods? No. Okay. Yeah. They have that in common with Phoebe. Yeah. They're around me every day. They don't need my takes. Yeah, that's the thing. So none of your wives listen to anything you guys do? No. Eileen will listen to movie drafts, but I think mostly for Chris. But he said, get rid of Apex Mountain, and we …
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And then Chris says, shut the fuck up, Jeff! You're crying like a little girl! Couldn't kick your own ass! Before we go, my son had some notes on This Is The End. He listened to the entire podcast. He didn't understand what Apex Mountain was. Dude, Ben and Zoe listen to the pods? No. No. Okay. They can't take me seriously in any format. Does Carrie listen to the pods? No. Okay. Yeah. They have that in common with Phoebe. Yeah. They're around me every day. They don't need my takes. Yeah, that's the thing. So none of your wives listen to anything you guys do? No. Eileen will listen to movie drafts, but I think mostly for Chris. But he said, get rid of Apex Mountain, and we should have ranked the actors instead. That was his... Ranked the... This is the... I was like, what do you mean rank the actors? It's like, yeah, you should just... Like, Danny McBride would have been first. In that movie, that's a fun exercise. Yeah, but you can't really do that in, like, Primal Fear. You can't do it in Primal Fear, but I did think for ensemble movies, that might be a good category to add. Like, we actually just... The Ben Simmons ranked the ensemble? Yeah. The Eye of the Attention Span of a Mosquito ranked the actors in. This is for me. This is the first step. I know. He's already... Ben taking over the pod. This is it. Every time he and I are like, hey, we have somebody do some of the rewatchables, you're like, who the fuck is this? And it's like, Ben's just like, let's rank guys. And it's like, this kid's a genius. Hey, Sean, good news. Meet the old boss. He was the new boss. Listen, he's a creature of... Who's the guy on YouTube who does the basketball stuff for TikTok? The guy, the guy Troydon? Yeah. I don't know what you're talking about. Troydon. Yeah. He loves Troydon. He just ranks guys? Troydon's just like, best five slam dunkers right now. Number five. CR, meet your new boss. Troydon. Troydon and Ben. Troydon and CR show is going to be great. It's going to turn this place into GameStop. All right. This podcast was produced by Craig Coralbeck. Thanks to CR and Sean. We are going to be back next week with another courtroom movie that is going to be from the same decade. That'll be your hit. Okay. Okay. This episode is brought to you by the movie Mutiny. Only in theaters August 21st, Jason Statham stars in Mutiny, the new action thriller from the director of Plane. When an international conspiracy turns deadly, Statham goes off the grid on a one-man mission to take down those responsible. If you're a fan of The Beekeeper, The Meg, or The Expendables, this is exactly the kind of movie you want to see Statham in. One of the defining action stars of the last 25 years, doing what he does best. Think Die Hard on a boat. Mutiny. Only in theaters August 21st. Rated R for strong, bloody violence and language.
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