The Ringer’s Bill Simmons opens up the mailbag for the first time in 2025 and reads listener questions and submissions for new categories with Chris Ryan and Craig Horlbeck. Watch this episode on our Ringer Movies YouTube channel! Producer: Craig Horlbeck Video producer: Jack Sanders Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Chapter 1: What is the main topic of this episode?
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All right, I'm not sure if this is the first Rewatchables mailbag. Have we ever done this before?
We did a categories mailbag.
Oh, that's right. We did. But we refreshed them.
We came up with, our listeners sent in Cruise vs. Hanks. That's where we got that.
Was that before or after I got the vaccine? Because I don't remember anything after the vaccine. Is this Firebill? It's no longer called Mac. Yeah, fuck it. We have no idea how long this is going to be. It could be one part. It could be two parts. That's producer Craig right there. Craig Horlbeck, CR, Chris Ryan. We've been doing the rewatchables.
We had like, was the eight, nine, nine year anniversary. Is that right? Of when we did the heat, 20 years of heat, which by the way, in 2025, 30 years of heat.
I was at the Lakers Spurs the other night and a guy shouted out from the crowd for heat. That was it. That's all he brought to the table? And that was Victor Wemby and Yama.
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Chapter 2: What are the new category ideas for the Rewatchables?
This one's for UCR. It's from Bobby Sleeth, 2E's. I listened to the There Will Be Blood episode and laughed my fucking ass off when CR did the Jackson mainline from Star Is Born in Daniel Plainview's voice.
I'd forgotten I did that.
I'd like to have another look at your face, please.
Turn around. I'd like to look at your face. I'd like to get another look at you.
Therefore, I'd like to nominate Daniel Plainview as consideration for Would This Movie Be Better With category. and suggest that Wayne Jenkins send some of the other candidates away for a very long time. Yeah, well, so— I love adding Daniel Plainview to that. That's a great idea.
Do you feel like there should be a promotion and relegation system for the— We've already got rid of a couple people, right? Yeah, but we also—we got rid of one and added three. But there needs to be, like, five or seven.
Yeah. Do you feel like you have some Plainview in you in 2025? Sure, yeah. All right, so we'll add him. Yeah. What else are you working on at home? There's another one coming up that's even better than this. Jerry Jones?
Yeah. Would this movie have been improved with an eight-minute Jerry Jones monologue? That's a good idea. I'm going to throw that in.
A sequel question.
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Chapter 3: How are modern actors compared to classic ones?
Yeah.
So Riggins was what? Riggins is like a... He's like a banger. He's like a rebounder. He's like an undersized four. Saracen's like a 5'9 point guard. He's like Jose Alvarado. Boobie Miles shooting guard. Boobie Miles is like the Kobe. He goes down. Category tweak from John Wolfe. This is great. A cousin of the Mally Rubin did this movie need a better sex scene.
I thought of this during the Redentive Thieves pod. Basically, How do you have shoehorned a sports scene into this movie for no reason? The best version of this is American History X when we have the Helter Skelter pickup basketball game.
I was watching Maverick again the other day and the football scene with two footballs is just like, in the movie theater, you're like, what are they doing? Even though it's basically the volleyball scene for the first one. It's so awesome. It's just such a chill hangout. I think we keep this in our back pocket.
I think you could work this into every movie. How can we shoehorn a sports scene into this? You guys have to come up with one. I think it's great.
So before sunrise. A little five-a-side soccer. Yeah, he all of a sudden is.
Yeah, I mean, looking at these movies, like body double. Is he like going to play racquetball one day? That's a good one.
Instead of acting class, racquetball is claustrophobic. It's too much.
It's too tight in there.
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Chapter 5: How do we define a 'heat check' in movies?
We have that. Such a good idea.
Yeah.
Another theme month idea from Amy Fleischer. She's calling it, Shit Goes Sideways Very Quickly. Adventures in Babysitting. Empire Records. Go. Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead. I'm throwing in Long Kiss Goodnight. It's like this too. But that's Shit Goes Sideways.
Yeah, I would also throw After Hours in there.
Yeah. Yeah. decent idea. So this is from Logan in Hawaii. He says, Aloha rewatchables. His category ideas. How would Van Lathan get out of this one? It was a great impromptu moment during den of thieves, the redent of thieves. When Chris Ryan asked Van Lathan, how he'd excuse himself out of an accidental text. Mr. Lathan jr's response was very entertaining. It would be a great, great addition.
Should opportunity allow in a given rewatch and,
I like that. Yeah. Like, how would you get out of, if you were Karen Hill, how would you get out of flushing all the cocaine when Henry comes home from jail? Right. Just like, that was all the money we had! Karen! You know, it's like, I don't want to live in a world where we have to sell cocaine just to make ends meet, you know? Yeah. What was the right move for her there?
uh probably just to be like what do you want the cops were searching the house did you want to go away for like federal drug possession the move is she should probably just leave yeah how good would you be at flushing cocaine down the toilet what is the best way to dispose of it like to disappoint they always shake it and then the cocaine just gets everywhere you really gotta like it's more about how you open the bag and no one's ever flushing cocaine down the toilet in a patient way
You know, like, it's usually if you're flushing it down the toilet, I think it's because— You have seconds. I think the DEA is outside.
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