The Rewatchables: 'Edge of Tomorrow' With Sean Fennessey and Chris Ryan

Published 2020-03-23; 1:22:30 by the feed.

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Most rewatchable scene

  1. pick The first storming of the beach, the airdrop landing, with the heavy mech suits
    “I'm going to go 1st storming at the beach?”
    Chris Ryan · 0:40:11
  2. pick The first battle on the beach
    “Um, I agree with you about the most rewatchable scene.”
    Sean Fennessey · 0:42:51
  3. floated Major Cage's first meeting with General Brigham
    “So 1st Major Cage's 1st meeting with Brendan Gleason's General Brigham.”
    Sean Fennessey · 0:30:47
  4. floated Waking up in J squad for the first time
    “Obviously waking up in Master Sergeant Farrell's J squad for the 1st time”
    Sean Fennessey · 0:32:57
  5. floated The first airdrop and first battle sequence
    “Next rewatch will see in the airdrop”
    Sean Fennessey · 0:34:12
  6. floated Cage seeking out Rita and the training montage
    “The next sequence I wrote down is Cage seeking out Rita and then the training montage”
    Sean Fennessey · 0:36:58
  7. floated The drive to Leon that leads to the farmhouse
    “I like the drive to Leon, which eventually leads to the farmhouse.”
    Sean Fennessey · 0:37:37
  8. floated The return engagement with General Brigham
    “I think the return engagement with General Brigham is on the list.”
    Sean Fennessey · 0:37:40
  9. floated The final battle (he thinks it is sort of bad)
    “And then I guess sort of the final battle, but I think that the final battle is sort of bad.”
    Sean Fennessey · 0:37:46
  10. floated Cage reading everybody's poker hands in the J squad camp
    “He walks into the J squad camp with Ferrell and he reads everybody's poker hands.”
    Chris Ryan · 0:38:42
  11. floated The final shot and the ending, Cage opening his hand with the grenade rings and then "have I got something on my face"
    “I do think that the final, basically the final action shot of the movie and then the final, final sequence, the very ending of the movie are both really good.”
    Sean Fennessey · 0:39:27

What's Aged Best · What about the movie holds up best.

  1. winner Emily Blunt as Rita Vrataski: Emily Blunt as an action star; he first wrote it down as his answer.
    “I'm going to say blonde has aged the best.”
    Chris Ryan · 0:47:18
  2. nominee The sci-fi World War II setting
    “The sci-fi World War 2 thing is really cool to me.”
    Chris Ryan · 0:47:15
  3. nominee Green screen mixed with practical effects, and riffing on Groundhog Day
    “I also mentioned being unafraid to riff on Groundhog Day, which I think was a smart choice for this movie.”
    Sean Fennessey · 0:46:23

What's Aged Worst · What about the movie holds up worst.

  1. nominee The alien plot and how the Omega works
    “Obviously, the alien plot in general, I think, just kind of doesn't matter.”
    Chris Ryan · 0:47:27
  2. nominee The score
    “I thought the score is kind of blah for a movie this cool.”
    Chris Ryan · 0:48:03
  3. nominee The Louvre sequence, which is too dark
    “I think mostly, for me, the Louvre stuff actually doesn't work for me also because it's so dark.”
    Chris Ryan · 0:48:28
  4. winner The ending of the movie: He calls it the key flaw of the movie.
    “I'll go with the ending in general as kind of what's age the worst.”
    Sean Fennessey · 0:50:07

Casting What Ifs · Almost-castings and cut castings.

  1. pick Jeremy Piven: Added late, cut from the finished film; Chris says his energy would not have worked.
    “actor Jeremy Piven was added to the cast and extra scenes, including him, were filmed.”
    Sean Fennessey · 0:50:16
  2. pick Brad Pitt as Bill Cage: Chris says it would take the winking Pitt, but Cruise is the better fit.
    “Brad Pitt was originally considered for the role of Bill Cage.”
    Sean Fennessey · 0:51:19
  3. pick Ryan Gosling as Bill Cage
    “I read that Ryan Gosling was also considered for Cage”
    Sean Fennessey · 0:52:17
  4. pick Berenice Bejo as Rita Vrataski
    “I read that Berenice Bejo was up for, um, the role of Rita Vertaski”
    Sean Fennessey · 0:53:06

Dion Waiters Award · The biggest heat check from a small role.

  1. winner Brendan Gleeson as General Brigham
    “I've written down one name and one name only and that name is Gleason.”
    Sean Fennessey · 0:54:16
  2. nominee Bill Paxton as Master Sergeant Farrell
    “Oh, you're not going Paxton?”
    Chris Ryan · 0:54:20

Joey Pants Award · Best that guy.

  1. nominee Terence Maynard: Named for the sergeant who says "on your feet, maggot".
    “Terrence Maynard, who is sergeant on your feet, maggot”
    Chris Ryan · 1:04:30
  2. nominee Charlotte Riley as Nance
    “I guess Charlotte Riley too, who plays Nance.”
    Chris Ryan · 1:05:01
  3. winner Tony Way as Kimmel: Character name inferred from the preceding Kimmel / Game of Thrones talk.
    “I guess we should just go with Tony Way as our”
    Sean Fennessey · 1:05:29

Vincent Hanna Award · Overacting.

  1. winner Charlotte Riley as Nance: Speaker unclear; the other host says she is going to the max.
    “I give to Charlotte Riley.”
    unknown · 1:06:09
  2. nominee Bill Paxton as Master Sergeant Farrell
    “Paxton?”
    unknown · 1:06:06

Picking Nits · Nitpicks of a movie they love.

  1. pick The hospital break-out is too easy
    “it sure seemed like they broke out of that hospital fairly easily.”
    Sean Fennessey · 1:06:24
  2. pick Rita sees Cage in the mimic simulator and offers to train him
    “What's up with that weird scene where Rita sees Cage training in the mimic simulator”
    Sean Fennessey · 1:06:36
  3. pick How long it takes each day to explain the situation to Rita
    “My biggest picking knit is just like how long would it take every day to explain the situation to her?”
    Chris Ryan · 1:07:08
  4. pick How Rita could know she lost the reset power
    “Rita couldn't know she lost her ability to restart the day unless she died and the day didn't reset.”
    Sean Fennessey · 1:07:40
  5. pick Why the mimics bleed Cage to death at the dam
    “The mimics trap cage to a German damn ostensibly to get their time control power back by bleeding cage to death.”
    Sean Fennessey · 1:08:25
  6. pick Why Cage and Rita keep returning to the farmhouse and running out of gas
    “Though initially it seems that it is Cage and Vertaski's 1st visit to the farmhouse cage later reveals that the 2 have been there many times.”
    Sean Fennessey · 1:08:59
  7. pick The transponder theft in London; they could have used the one in the general's office
    “When Cajun Rita steal the transponder from the general in London, there is no reason for them to try and escape.”
    Sean Fennessey · 1:10:02
  8. pick Rita's body count of executed soldiers
    “Rita's body count and all the extra judicial killings”
    Chris Ryan · 1:10:39

Best Quote · The best lines.

  1. pick "On your feet, maggot"
    “I mentioned on your feet, maggot.”
    Sean Fennessey · 1:11:58
  2. pick Rita asking "what do we do now?" in General Brigham's office, which he calls the funniest moment
    “I think the funniest moment of the movie is when they go to General Brigham's office and they get the transponder and Rita says, what do we do now?”
    Sean Fennessey · 1:12:24
  3. pick Griff's line about never having been with two girls at the same time
    “When Cage says to, I think, Griff, he's like, listen, man, I've never been in one of these and Griff goes...”
    Chris Ryan · 1:12:42
  4. pick Farrell's "Battle is the great Redeemer" speech
    “he says, Battle is the great Redeemer.”
    Chris Ryan · 1:12:58
  5. pick "Come find me when you wake up"
    “just come find me when you wake up.”
    Sean Fennessey · 1:13:31

Sequel / Prequel / TV · Whether it would work as a Netflix show, and the sequel.

  1. pick A General Brigham show
    “No, but I would watch the General Brigham show.”
    Chris Ryan · 1:13:44
  2. pick The sequel (Live Die Repeat and Repeat): Says a script apparently exists but it keeps being about to start shooting.
    “Well, Doug Lyman, salesman that he is, has said that it would redefine what a sequel could be if they did it.”
    Chris Ryan · 1:13:58

Unanswerable Questions · Unanswerable questions about the movie.

  1. pick How many times Major Cage died: Sean asks; Chris takes Rita's 300 deaths for Hendrix as the baseline.
    “I would imagine something close to like a year of deaths.”
    Chris Ryan · 1:17:06
  2. pick Hillary Clinton shown as president in 2020; is the movie responsible for the 2016 election?: Joke question; Sean's answer is that it is Doug Liman's fault.
    “One of the public officials they showed was Hillary Clinton, implying that she was the president of the United States of America.”
    Sean Fennessey · 1:17:35

Apex Mountain · Where a career peak sits.

  1. pick Emily Blunt: Edge of Tomorrow or Sicario.
    “I would say this or Sicario is probably apex for me.”
    Chris Ryan · 1:20:14
  2. pick Doug Liman: Speaker unclear.
    “So I think Bourne would probably be his Apex Mountain”
    unknown · 1:19:15

Who Won the Movie · Who came out ahead.

  1. winner Tom Cruise as Major Cage: Sean jokes it is Donald Trump.
    “But, I'm going to say, cruise, but I don't feel like you can easily talk me into Blunt.”
    Chris Ryan · 1:20:33

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