Is it the mat broderick monkey movie or the found footage american pie one?Project X is the first Rewatchables that I've never even heard of.
Is it the mat broderick monkey movie or the found footage american pie one?Project X is the first Rewatchables that I've never even heard of.
Late to the party but I always thought a dynasty implied keeping the main core together. I remember there once being a debate if the Pats were a dynasty after number 4, but people decided it was because it included the same coach and QB. If the Sox were to win a WS this year and next, there would be dynasty talk. Hell, there might be if they won the WS in 2022. Anyway, I thought the main selling point of a dynasty was having the same core together for awhile. I guess it depends on how long the stretch is though.I always thought dynasty implied some roster turnover. I can see the Warriors not being one because the core has remained the same. Pats were a dynasty - besides Brady, the entire roster and key players turned over. I’m ok with dynasty being an exclusive term.
2012.Project X is a found footage movie that came out in 2011 about a crazy high school house party. I was a junior in high school when it came out and it was definitely a cult hit at school because we were the perfect age for it. I hadn't seen it since it came out, but watching the trailer now it does feel like a pretty accurate representation of what we thought was "cool" in 2011.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BEIhA8CcY0
And- likely why it was selected now- stars Miles Teller.Project X is a found footage movie that came out in 2011 about a crazy high school house party. I was a junior in high school when it came out and it was definitely a cult hit at school because we were the perfect age for it. I hadn't seen it since it came out, but watching the trailer now it does feel like a pretty accurate representation of what we thought was "cool" in 2011.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BEIhA8CcY0
Craig is also really witty and absolutely hilarious, if you listen to the Ringer Fantasy Football show. He's been a little more reserved on the Rewatchables, probably because he's a little intimidated. But he's a talent on the mic, quick witted and extremely funny. This isn't as much a "young demo" move as it is, "Get this hilarious, witty dude over here."Going to producer Craig for his opinion on a movie that came out before he was born has been a running gag for a while. Promoting him to the main lineup and doing some more recent movies is clearly an intentional move to try to grab a younger demo for the pod. Plus sooner or later they are going to run out of rewatchable movies from the 80s and 90s. I had never heard of this movie and was kind of surprised they were doing the forgettable Broderick - monkey movie from the 80s, but hey, whatever they need to do to keep my favorite pod going is fine by me.
Totally agree, I have enjoyed the ones I have listened to when he's been more prominently featured.Craig is also really witty and absolutely hilarious, if you listen to the Ringer Fantasy Football show. He's been a little more reserved on the Rewatchables, probably because he's a little intimidated. But he's a talent on the mic, quick witted and extremely funny. This isn't as much a "young demo" move as it is, "Get this hilarious, witty dude over here."
Craig was great, and entirely right for this episode.Totally agree, I have enjoyed the ones I have listened to when he's been more prominently featured.
I’m about halfway through the podcast, but definitely felt that this is one of the instances where a written product is superior. If nothing else, being able to reference the list while they’re debating rather than waiting to hear who’s within the next few spots. I love this type of Simmons content though, what kind of lunatic spends hours and hours of time creating something like this? Maybe Lowe.Wait a minute, Bill actually kind of sort of wrote something???
https://www.theringer.com/nba/2022/7/11/23203674/bill-simmons-nba-trade-value-2022-summer-list
Yeah, people can debate his rankings and if he is biased towards or against certain players and all that, but there is no denying that he is very sincere about this kind of project and he thinks a lot about it; it's not a typical click-bait listicle.I’m about halfway through the podcast, but definitely felt that this is one of the instances where a written product is superior. If nothing else, being able to reference the list while they’re debating rather than waiting to hear who’s within the next few spots. I love this type of Simmons content though, what kind of lunatic spends hours and hours of time creating something like this? Maybe Lowe.
I'm not sure when Law started doing this, but BS started these columns over 20 years ago. They are actually archived at Grantland.I can't believe that he stole Keith Law's trade value bit.
I might be mistaken, but I think gtg807y was making a joke. Simmons has complained in the past that others have "borrowed" his trade value schtick.I'm not sure when Law started doing this, but BS started these columns over 20 years ago. They are actually archived at Grantland.
https://grantland.com/nba-trade-value/
That's a YOU problem. If you don't get to the theater before it's gone, you're missing out.Latest Rewatchables episode is Top Gun: Maverick. I haven’t even watched it, so how can I rewatch It?
True, but I don’t think they’ve ever done a “still in theaters” episode before.That's a YOU problem. If you don't get to the theater before it's gone, you're missing out.
They did something that was very new. Don’t think this is the first time. I don’t love it but it will do numbers and then I will enjoy the “one for us” they do at a later date.True, but I don’t think they’ve ever done a “still in theaters” episode before.
I strongly recommend going to see this in a theater. You will miss a TON out of the experience at home.Doing it before it is released on home video/streaming is kinda lame. I'm not going to listen to the episode now without having seen the movie. Probably by the time I do get around to seeing the movie and wanting to listen to the episode, it'll be archived behind the Spotify paywall. Oh well, I guess.
Fact. I get the sense that he would still make this list (and others like it) just for himself and his buddies even if you took all the platforms away.Yeah, people can debate his rankings and if he is biased towards or against certain players and all that, but there is no denying that he is very sincere about this kind of project and he thinks a lot about it; it's not a typical click-bait listicle.
I assume it will be in theatres until "Top Gun The Ice Man Cometh" is in theatres summer of '23 or Top Gun Charlie's Revenge in summer '24..That's a YOU problem. If you don't get to the theater before it's gone, you're missing out.
His position that he hated and never believed in the "Curse of the Bambino" narrative but that the Sox became "just another rich team" after 2004 was a little hard to parse. I guess he meant that he felt that never being able to win the WS made the Sox "special," but that feels to me as much of a "narrative" as the CotB.Bill Simmons talking fantasy football. Yeesh. So many absurd and non-sensical comments. Bill's trying to be Skip Bayless and it's all milquetoast claptrap.
He's now out of his depth even on things that are shallow. It is not hard to know about FF. And Bill's like, "Matthew, I have a BOMB to drop. Instead of one QB, how about TWO QBs?" Berry's like, "Eh, not much of a bomb there Bill." My league has been using two QBs since 2002. I am in 4 leagues and only 1 is a one QB league and that is because I joined last year and it's a work league. And it sucks. You don't need to draft a QB.
And the whole booger eater thing is just inane. I do an auction league and snake draft leagues. They are obviously different, but snake drafting is no easier than auction. In some ways, auction is actually easier. Billy Bayless!
His strawman about, "I guess I can't complain about the Red Sox or sumptin'?" was so weird. Nobody says you can't complain about the team. Complain all you want.His position that he hated and never believed in the "Curse of the Bambino" narrative but that the Sox became "just another rich team" after 2004 was a little hard to parse. I guess he meant that he felt that never being able to win the WS made the Sox "special," but that feels to me as much of a "narrative" as the CotB.
I know it's been said many times on this site that the ownership group may not be as committed to the Sox as they once were, but it was interesting to hear someone "in the know" posit that the Fenway Sports Group has bigger fish to fry than worrying about the on-field performance of the Sox. Also interesting that they are working to get an NBA team in Vegas.
You nailed it. He said essentially everything you did, but in a stream-of-consciousness way that didn't connect all the dots. He was trying to say that past Sox mismanagement was blamed on "the Curse of the Bambino," and he's wondering if we've entered a new era of Sox mismanagement that'll be written off as "the curse of Mookie." If he'd made the point as cogently as you did, it wouldn't have struck me as strange.I didn't listen to the podcast today but I will say that pre-2004, the Boston Sports Guy was very consistent about the "just another team" point. Back then, he clearly didn't mean as a dig, it was aspirational. He/we just wanted to be able talk about team the way other teams did, watching as fans or doing baseball analysis. Those of us old enough to follow the Sox closely in the 90s will remember that every goddamn thing eventually came back to The Curse, especially in the national media. Bad July trade? The Curse. Racist owners, bad stadium, can't sign Bernie Williams, Mo Vaughn gets in a car accident, Mike Greenwell gets eaten by an alligator, The Curse The Curse The Curse. Simmons point was simply, can we just talk about baseball when discussing our baseball team?
Again, I didn't hear the tone today. I am only chiming in because as I recall (20 years ago, cough), he made the point often.
He didn’t. In fact he was one of the first writers around Boston to call it absolute bullshit. He used to write about it all the time.Simmons, the guy who has been referencing reverse jinxes and hot hands in gambling for decades didn't believe in the curse of the bambino? Yeah I totally buy that one.
It's like Simmons 101. He hated CHB and constantly mocked his view that the Red Sox were cursed, as opposed to incompetent.He didn’t. In fact he was one of the first writers around Boston to call it absolute bullshit. He used to write about it all the time.
Well, he does still have straight black hair. Or is baldness the opposite of red curls?It's like Simmons 101. He hated CHB and constantly mocked his view that the Red Sox were cursed, as opposed to incompetent.
You could even say his hated of the "curse" jump started his career. He was absolutely the anti CHB. Was.
Bill talking about why he’s interested in tiktok is a really good encapsulation of how he’s changed.It's like Simmons 101. He hated CHB and constantly mocked his view that the Red Sox were cursed, as opposed to incompetent.
You could even say his hated of the "curse" jump started his career. He was absolutely the anti CHB. Was.
100% unsurprised that Bill thinks shooting a TikTok while driving in the left lane with his teenage daughter in the passenger seat is a good idea. What a fucking asshole.
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRPcfMys/