This Is the End (2013)

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In the store as #517, This Is the End (2013).

The Rewatchables' awards

From ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck (2023-06-27):

Double feature

  1. pick Pineapple Express: Another Rogan and Franco stoner comedy that the hosts love, and one that never got a sequel.
    “It's gotta be pineapple.”
    unknown · 1:06:44
  2. pick Project X: Pairs the one-crazy-night party movie with this one, since the two sit side by side in pace and spirit.
    “Oh, I was gonna say Project X.”
    unknown · 1:06:45

Most rewatchable scene

  1. pick Seth and Jay's reunion: the car ride, the Carl's Jr. gluten bit, then Seth's apartment and the Backstreet Boys kicking in.
    “I like the Seth and Jay reunion when they're in the car talking about how he doesn't eat gluten anymore.”
    unknown · 0:19:43
  2. floated The party at Franco's house, with all the celebrities making fun of each other.
    “I just can't believe how good that whole stretches.”
    unknown · 0:21:25
  3. floated Everyone dies, starting with Michael Cera getting impaled.
    “Next one I have is just about everyone dies, starting with Sarah getting impaled.”
    unknown · 0:25:23
  4. floated Jonah Hill playing with the gun.
    “This is short one, but Jonah playing with the gun makes me laugh, but he's like, bang, bang.”
    unknown · 0:25:36
  5. floated The Milky Way argument.
    “The Milky Way argument I enjoy.”
    unknown · 0:26:13
  6. floated Danny McBride's arrival and his breakfast.
    “This is when it elevates to another level.”
    unknown · 0:26:19
  7. floated The Pineapple Express 2 'Blood Red' homemade video.
    “The, uh, the Pineapple Express 2 blood red.”
    unknown · 0:28:51
  8. floated Emma Watson shows up and takes the water.
    “Emma Watson shows up.”
    unknown · 0:29:37
  9. pick The McBride and Franco porno magazine fight.
    “Well, here's my pick for most rewatchable scene, as well as, I think, one of the 5 most funny scenes the last 30 years.”
    unknown · 0:30:29
  10. runner-up The Exorcism of Jonah Hill.
    “The Exorcism of Jonah Hill.”
    unknown · 0:33:36
  11. floated Danny McBride and the gimp (Channing Tatum) reappearing.
    “Danny and the Gymp reappearing.”
    unknown · 0:33:46
  12. floated The Backstreet Boys ending in heaven.
    “And then the Backstreet Boys song ending, which I think is really great.”
    unknown · 0:34:49

What Aged the Best · The things in the movie that hold up best, or have only gotten better.

  1. pick Danny McBride as Danny McBride: Rogan said McBride made everyone laugh and break character the most, once costing 18 takes.
    “Seth Rogan said McBride was the person who made everyone laugh and break character the most.”
    unknown · 0:35:18
  2. pick Mindy Kaling's hookup with Michael Cera, which proves a Kimmel-staff theory about David Spade
    “So when I worked on Kimmel show, Corolla always used to have this theory about David Spade”
    Bill Simmons · 0:36:42
  3. pick The real-life Jay and Seth friendship underneath the movie
    “The real life, Jay and Seth, this is how the other half lives and Seth's new friends and all the stuff they work in all in all these different ways.”
    unknown · 0:37:19
  4. pick The random Lindsay Lohan reference
    “Like the random Lindsay Lohan reference out of nowhere.”
    unknown · 0:37:51
  5. pick Jonah Hill talking to God and saying he was in Moneyball
    “I like when Jonah Hill, for what's age the best, talks to God and he says, I'm Jonah Hill, for Moneyball.”
    unknown · 0:38:02
  6. pick The devil's giant penis, played twice
    “The devil having a giant dick is so funny.”
    unknown · 0:38:13
  7. pick The Whitney Houston and The Bodyguard nostalgia
    “I like that they worked Whitney Houston in the bodyguard into this, that that time, and the nostalgia time of that was really good.”
    unknown · 0:38:21
  8. pick Seth's inventory list of apocalypse supplies
    “I just love that whole list.”
    unknown · 0:39:30
  9. pick The Superbad reunion fan-service scene with Michael Cera as a coke head
    “The fan service, like the super bad reunion scene, like they did a good job giving everybody what they wanted and like twisting it a little bit, like making Michael Sarah the crazy coke head.”
    unknown · 0:40:57
  10. pick The premise: a one-crazy-night party movie married to Night of the Living Dead
    “The combination of taking one crazy night party, like Project Decks or Days and Confused, and then marrying it to Night of Living Dead is pretty fucking potent.”
    unknown · 0:41:19
  11. pick The video confessionals
    “I also like video confessionals.”
    unknown · 0:41:54

What Aged the Worst · What looks worst now.

  1. pick James Franco: Offered as an aged-worst because he has since vanished and no longer speaks to Rogan.
    “I guess Franco has to be mentioned as a Woodsage the worst, right?”
    unknown · 0:44:22
  2. pick 3D TVs
    “I guess that has aged poorly.”
    unknown · 0:46:20
  3. pick Marijuana-culture humor
    “I'm pretty over marijuana culture.”
    unknown · 0:46:26

Best Needle Drop · The best song moment in the movie.

  1. nominee Kid Cudi, Pursuit of Happiness
    “Kid Cudi pursued a happiness word for best needle drop.”
    unknown · 0:42:10
  2. nominee The 2013-era club song that drops in (transcribed as 'whoop-um gangnam style'): Loved it for being so 2013.
    “A lot of choices here, but I really like the whoop-um gangnam style pop it in because I forgot how much I love that.”
    unknown · 0:42:14
  3. nominee Paper Planes, dropped in Pineapple Express
    “I think paper planes dropping for pineapple too.”
    unknown · 0:42:30
  4. winner Danny McBride's entrance
    “Oh, yeah, that's probably that probably wins.”
    unknown · 0:42:36

Big Kahuna Burger Award · Best use of food and drink.

  1. winner Danny McBride's breakfast
    “No, it's it's breakfast.”
    unknown · 0:42:43
  2. nominee The Carl's Jr. food: It made the speaker want a Carl's Jr.
    “Or you could say the Carls Jr. is really good too.”
    unknown · 0:42:46
  3. nominee The Milky Way bite
    “The Milky Way also is pretty big.”
    unknown · 0:42:50

Great Shot Award · Most cinematic shot.

  1. nominee Heaven with the Backstreet Boys
    “I think it's heaven with the Backstreet Boys.”
    unknown · 0:43:02
  2. winner Danny McBride's entrance
    “McBride probably wins most cinematic.”
    unknown · 0:43:22
  3. nominee Running away from the convenience store as the apocalypse starts
    “Yeah, I mean, the only competition would be, uh, them running away from the convenience store when the Apocalypse 1st starts and all the car cars.”
    unknown · 0:43:14

Den of Thieves Benihana Award (scene-stealing location) · Best use of a location.

  1. winner Melrose: Praised, though the movie makes Melrose seem more convenient than it is.
    “It's really good use of Melrose.”
    unknown · 1:00:34

Butch's Girlfriend Award · The weak link of the film.

  1. pick The unfilmed post-credits scene in hell with Hitler: Few weak links; the complaint is that the planned hell post-credit scene was cut.
    “There's not a lot of weak links in this film.”
    unknown · 0:43:32

Ron Burgundy Award (best time for a pee break) · The best moment to leave the room.

  1. winner When Craig Robinson leaves the house
    “I think Craig leaves.”
    unknown · 0:47:31

Best Quote · The best line.

  1. pick Danny McBride: Too many to name; the hosts say to pick any McBride quote.
    “Best quote, too many mention.”
    unknown · 0:47:33

Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take · A deliberately bold opinion.

  1. pick Danny McBride: Calls McBride the funniest person of the last 15 years, the funniest since Ferrell.
    “I think he's the funniest person in the last 15 years.”
    unknown · 0:26:27
  2. pick This Is the End: It is the best Apatow-adjacent movie because it does not end affirming the nuclear family or growing up.
    “This is the best Appatau adjacent movie.”
    unknown · 0:47:51

Who Won the Movie · The person who comes out on top in the movie.

  1. winner Danny McBride: Agreed by the group; every moment he is in the movie is a home run.
    “Every moment he's in the movie, it's a home run.”
    unknown · 1:10:46

Dion Waiters Award · A small role that makes a big impact.

  1. winner Michael Cera as Michael Cera: Named 'not even close'; the hosts joke about renaming the award for him.
    “Sarah.”
    unknown · 0:52:41

Best That Guy · The best that-guy actor in the movie.

  1. nominee David Krumholtz as David Krumholtz: Questioned whether he qualifies as a that guy yet.
    “Is Krumholtz a that guy yet?”
    unknown · 0:52:28
  2. nominee Brian Huskey: For sticking his head through the door.
    “Brian Husky?”
    unknown · 0:52:31

Overacting Award · The best overacting performance.

  1. pick No winner: everyone dialed it up properly (Michael Cera going for it, but it works)
    “I mean, like, nobody everyone dialed it up properly.”
    unknown · 0:52:20

Danny McBride Award · A new category announced here: the best job playing yourself in a movie.

  1. winner Danny McBride as Danny McBride: Bill announces the category as permanent, named for McBride.
    “I thought he was that great in this movie that we needed a word named after him.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:53:28

Recasting Couch · Who you would cast if the movie were made today.

  1. pick Tim Robinson: Leading the comedy game now but not famous enough on his own.
    “You know, I, Tim Robinson is probably like right now leading the comedy game.”
    unknown · 0:53:45
  2. pick A Timothee Chalamet, Zendaya, Tom Holland, Sydney Sweeney cast
    “Like, you couldn't, you, could you do the Timothy Chalamet Zendaya Tom Holland group of people?”
    unknown · 0:53:51
  3. pick Jason Segel: Who replaces the canceled James Franco if his scenes had to be digitally redone.
    “I think it's Siegel.”
    unknown · 0:54:31

Casting What Ifs · Almost-castings and recasts.

  1. pick Mila Kunis as the role that went to Emma Watson: Scheduling kept her out of the movie.
    “That Emma Watson part was supposed to be Mila Kunis, and she couldn't do it with scheduling, and it sucks that she's not in this movie.”
    unknown · 0:50:14
  2. pick Cameron Diaz as celebrity cameo at the party: Lost when the production moved from LA to New Orleans.
    “And they lost Cameron Diaz as a celebrity camera.”
    unknown · 0:51:04
  3. pick Daniel Radcliffe: Turned the part down.
    “They wanted Daniel Radcliffe to be in it, and he turned it down.”
    unknown · 0:51:13
  4. pick Morgan Freeman as God: The original ending had Morgan Freeman as God before it became the Backstreet Boys.
    “They go to heaven and they're greeted by Morgan Freeman.”
    unknown · 0:51:35

Apex Mountain · Where this movie sits in each person's career.

  1. pick Seth Rogen: This Is the End or Neighbors.
    “So it's either this is the inner neighbors.”
    unknown · 0:58:54
  2. pick Jonah Hill: Probably Moneyball.
    “Wolves, I would say it's probably worth money ball, yeah.”
    unknown · 0:59:18
  3. pick James Franco: Around 127 Hours and getting nominated.
    “Franco, it's probably right around here.”
    unknown · 0:59:22
  4. pick Danny McBride: Last year of Eastbound and this movie.
    “This is last year of Eastbound.”
    unknown · 0:59:35
  5. pick Craig Robinson
    “It's right around here for him too.”
    unknown · 0:59:42
  6. pick Michael Cera: Backwards; probably Superbad.
    “It's probably super bad.”
    unknown · 0:59:50
  7. pick Emma Watson: Harry Potter is still the apex.
    “Yeah, I'm going to say Harry Potter.”
    unknown · 0:59:57
  8. pick This Is the End: Not the apex for comedies, but the apex for movie pitches.
    “I think it's Apex Mountain for just movie pitches.”
    unknown · 1:00:26

Best Character Name · The best name in the movie.

  1. winner Jonah Hill's dog, Aja
    “I also really like Jonah Hill's dog's name, Asia.”
    unknown · 0:41:43
  2. nominee Textbook twatage
    “What about textbook twatage?”
    unknown · 1:00:52

Picking Nits · Nitpicks of a film they love.

  1. pick LA geography: Franco's hillside house is supposedly three blocks from Melrose
    “Where in LA could Franco had that house, but then walk 3 blocks to Melrose.”
    unknown · 1:01:05
  2. pick Seth Rogen picking someone up at the airport
    “There's no way Seth Rogan is picking anyone up from the airport.”
    unknown · 1:02:31
  3. pick Michael Cera and Mindy Kaling as a couple
    “I don't feel like Michael Sarah and Mindy Kaling makes sense as a couple.”
    unknown · 1:02:58

Sequel, Prequel, Prestige TV · The sequel, prequel or prestige TV version they would make.

  1. pick A prestige TV version of the movie: Also called a spiritual sequel to Pineapple Express.
    “This isn't untouchable for me, but the prestige TV version of this, I think, would have been really good.”
    unknown · 1:03:11

Unanswered Questions · Things the movie leaves open.

  1. pick Are you really supposed to take six shits a day?
    “Are you really supposed to take 6 shits a day?”
    unknown · 1:04:15
  2. pick What happened to Aja, the incontinent Spaniel, after the apocalypse
    “Uh, what happened post-apocalypse to uh, Aja, the incontinent Spaniel?”
    unknown · 1:04:26
  3. pick Whether Michael Cera's butthole is a pink sprinkled donut
    “Is Michael Sarah's butthole really like a pink sprinkled donut?”
    unknown · 1:04:50
  4. pick Jay Baruchel: Whether he actually sucks or is just playing a type.
    “Does Jay Barrishell actually kind of suck?”
    unknown · 1:04:59

The Secret Handshake · A prop from the movie they would want to own.

  1. pick The crusty porno magazine
    “The crusty porno magazine, probably.”
    unknown · 1:08:05
  2. pick The giant penis sculpture
    “I like the giant penis sculpture.”
    unknown · 1:08:07
  3. pick Michael Cera's yellow windbreaker
    “Yeah, Michael Sarah's windbreaker.”
    unknown · 1:08:14
  4. pick The Gandalf pipe
    “Oh, the Gandalf pipe.”
    unknown · 1:09:47
  5. pick The gimp collar
    “You could have the gimp, the gimp collar for Chaney Tatum.”
    unknown · 1:09:32

Coach Finn Stock Award · The best life lesson in the movie.

  1. pick Be nice to your friends
    “Be nice to your friends.”
    unknown · 1:09:56
  2. pick Seth Rogen drawing the burnt match and refusing to go
    “I do kind of like when Seth Rogen draws the burnt match.”
    unknown · 1:09:59

Who talked about it

The Rewatchables

Came from

What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Charlie Kaufman: 1 line the maker said so ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Charlie Kaufman ⇒ This Is the End (the maker said so: came up in the research). Goldberg said the film was meant to rip off little bits of Charlie Kaufman.
    “He said the whole point of this movie, they're just trying to rip off little bits of Charlie Kaufman.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:03:24 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

Jay and Seth versus the Apocalypse: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Jay and Seth versus the Apocalypse ⇒ This Is the End (the host's read). The movie grew out of the 8-minute short Rogen and Goldberg made.
    “It was based on a short that, uh, Rogan and Goldberg did called Jay and Seth versus the Apocalypse.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:13:50 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Pineapple Express: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Pineapple Express ⇒ This Is the End (the host's read). A weird spiritual sequel to Pineapple Express; Pineapple Express is the double feature pick.
    “this is kind of like a weird spiritual sequel to Pineapple Express anyway.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 1:03:18 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

No line says another film or person drew on it.

Connected to

Knocked Up: 2 lines theme ×1 contrast ×1

  1. theme (theme): Knocked Up → This Is the End. Rogen and Goldberg add heart: the pull of sacrifice for a friend runs from Superbad and Knocked Up into this film.
    “sacrificing yourself for like the greater good was super bad with knocked up.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:15:36 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

Neighbors: 2 lines career ×1 theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): Neighbors → This Is the End. Neighbors is the last gasp of the Apatow arc where the guy realizes he has to grow up, one last big blast.
    “neighbors is kind of like the last gasp of that where it's like these people who have a kid who, like, haven't party in a while, but like they have one last big blast.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:07:15 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

Pineapple Express: 2 lines lineage ×1 programming ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): This Is the End → Pineapple Express. A weird spiritual sequel to Pineapple Express; Pineapple Express is the double feature pick.
    “this is kind of like a weird spiritual sequel to Pineapple Express anyway.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 1:03:18 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

Superbad: 2 lines people ×1 verdict ×1

  1. verdict (verdict): This Is the End → Superbad. Hottest take: This Is the End beats Knocked Up and Superbad because it does not end by affirming the nuclear family.
    “It's better than Superpad.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:47:54 · Craig Horlbeck (0.45 sure it was them)

Blood Red (unmade Pineapple Express 2): 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): This Is the End → Blood Red (unmade Pineapple Express 2). The Jay and Seth versus the Apocalypse homemade footage echoes the planned Pineapple Express 2, Blood Red.
    “If they were going to make it, it was going to be blood red.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:29:25 · Bill Simmons (0.30 sure it was them)

Cameron Diaz: 1 line what-if ×1

  1. what-if (what-if): Cameron Diaz → This Is the End. Cameron Diaz was to be a celebrity at the party; location moved to New Orleans to save money.
    “And they lost Cameron Diaz as a celebrity camera.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:51:04 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

Charlie Kaufman: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): This Is the End → Charlie Kaufman. Goldberg said the film was meant to rip off little bits of Charlie Kaufman.
    “He said the whole point of this movie, they're just trying to rip off little bits of Charlie Kaufman.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:03:24 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

Daniel Radcliffe: 1 line what-if ×1

  1. what-if (what-if): Daniel Radcliffe → This Is the End. Radcliffe turned the film down; supposedly only if he could be in hell with Hitler.
    “They wanted Daniel Radcliffe to be in it, and he turned it down.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:51:13 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

Dazed and Confused: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (genre): This Is the End → Dazed and Confused. The film takes the one-crazy-night party movie and marries it to Night of the Living Dead.
    “taking one crazy night party, like Project Decks or Days and Confused, and then marrying it to Night of Living Dead is pretty fucking potent.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:41:19 · Craig Horlbeck (0.40 sure it was them)

Dumb and Dumber To: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): This Is the End → Dumb and Dumber To. After Neighbors the sequels arrive.
    “And then we go into sequels, 22 Jump Street, Dumb and Dumber 2.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:10:56 · Bill Simmons (0.35 sure it was them)

Eastbound & Down: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Eastbound & Down → This Is the End. Kenny Powers as a houseguest; the public's perception of McBride from Foot Fist Way and Eastbound.
    “what if Kenny Powers was just like at our house, you know?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:05:36 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: 1 line programming ×1

  1. programming (programming): This Is the End → Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Hitler-in-comedy debate: they just did Hitler in Last Crusade.
    “We just did Hitler in Last Crusade.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:47:07 · Bill Simmons (0.35 sure it was them)

Jay and Seth versus the Apocalypse: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Jay and Seth versus the Apocalypse → This Is the End. The movie grew out of the 8-minute short Rogen and Goldberg made.
    “It was based on a short that, uh, Rogan and Goldberg did called Jay and Seth versus the Apocalypse.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:13:50 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Jonah Hill: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): This Is the End → Jonah Hill. Hill moved to Moneyball and left comedy.
    “He's kind of trying to get away, but you people like he probably should apologize for.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:26:04 · Bill Simmons (0.30 sure it was them)

Kristen Stewart: 1 line what-if ×1

  1. what-if (what-if): Kristen Stewart → This Is the End. Kristen Stewart floated as a funnier Watson alternative.
    “Is she funnier than Kristen Stewart?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:50:49 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

Mila Kunis: 1 line what-if ×1

  1. what-if (what-if): Mila Kunis → This Is the End. The Emma Watson part was supposed to be Mila Kunis, who couldn't do it for scheduling.
    “That Emma Watson part was supposed to be Mila Kunis, and she couldn't do it with scheduling”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:50:14 · Craig Horlbeck (0.40 sure it was them)

Moneyball: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): This Is the End → Moneyball. Hill's line to God invoking Moneyball.
    “I'm Jonah Hill, for Moneyball.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:38:02 · Bill Simmons (0.35 sure it was them)

Morgan Freeman: 1 line what-if ×1

  1. what-if (what-if): Morgan Freeman → This Is the End. Original ending had Morgan Freeman as God in heaven; he declined.
    “They go to heaven and they're greeted by Morgan Freeman.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:51:35 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation: 1 line programming ×1

  1. programming (programming): This Is the End → National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. Best comedy sequel chat: Christmas Vacation over European Vacation.
    “Christmas vacation maybe.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 1:07:20 · Bill Simmons (0.35 sure it was them)

Neighbors 2: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): This Is the End → Neighbors 2. Neighbors 2 called the nadir of 2010s comedy.
    “Neighbors 2, which is the Nadir of comedy in the 2010.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:11:15 · Bill Simmons (0.35 sure it was them)

Night of the Living Dead: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (genre): This Is the End → Night of the Living Dead. Party movie plus zombie-style siege movie.
    “marrying it to Night of Living Dead is pretty fucking potent.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:41:19 · Craig Horlbeck (0.40 sure it was them)

Pete Davidson: 1 line what-if ×1

  1. what-if (what-if): This Is the End → Pete Davidson. Pete Davidson would be the James Franco.
    “Pete Davidson would be in it.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:08:06 · Bill Simmons (0.35 sure it was them)

Project X: 1 line what-if ×1

  1. what-if (what-if): This Is the End → Project X. One crazy night party like Project X married to Night of the Living Dead; Project X offered as a double feature.
    “Oh, I was gonna say Project X.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 1:06:45 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

Scarface: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): This Is the End → Scarface. Dick-measuring line 'Scarface style' called great.
    “Except Scarface, that was great.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:40:51 · Bill Simmons (0.30 sure it was them)

The Bodyguard: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): This Is the End → The Bodyguard. Whitney Houston in The Bodyguard worked in as period nostalgia.
    “I like that they worked Whitney Houston in the bodyguard into this”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:38:21 · Bill Simmons (0.35 sure it was them)

The Interview: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): This Is the End → The Interview. The Interview is the one other time this group was together after This Is the End.
    “because it kind of never happened again after this, there was the interview.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:02:17 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

The Larry Sanders Show: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): This Is the End → The Larry Sanders Show. Celebrities playing exaggerated versions of themselves with real insults leaking through is a Larry Sanders move.
    “This has so many Larry Sanders moments where it's like, They're celebrities, but they're, they're playing like exaggerated or shticky versions of themselves”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:03:31 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

The Wolf of Wall Street: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): This Is the End → The Wolf of Wall Street. Apex Mountain check: Jonah Hill, Wolf and This Is the End the same year, probably worth Moneyball.
    “I mean, this is Wolf and this is the end, right?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:59:15 · Chris Ryan (0.35 sure it was them)

Tim Robinson: 1 line what-if ×1

  1. what-if (what-if): This Is the End → Tim Robinson. A remake today: Tim Robinson, but he isn't famous enough.
    “You'd pick like Tim Robinson and then all these guys again.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:08:02 · Chris Ryan (0.35 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

career (7)

  1. career (career): This Is the End → Neighbors. Neighbors is the last gasp of the Rogan-era group of comedies; This Is the End is the end of that run.
    “this was like the end to the group of those guys.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:02:07 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): This Is the End → The Interview. The Interview is the one other time this group was together after This Is the End.
    “because it kind of never happened again after this, there was the interview.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:02:17 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): Eastbound & Down → This Is the End. Kenny Powers as a houseguest; the public's perception of McBride from Foot Fist Way and Eastbound.
    “what if Kenny Powers was just like at our house, you know?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:05:36 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. career (career): This Is the End → Jonah Hill. Hill moved to Moneyball and left comedy.
    “He's kind of trying to get away, but you people like he probably should apologize for.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:26:04 · Bill Simmons (0.30 sure it was them)
  5. career (career): This Is the End → Moneyball. Hill's line to God invoking Moneyball.
    “I'm Jonah Hill, for Moneyball.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:38:02 · Bill Simmons (0.35 sure it was them)
  6. career (career): This Is the End → Scarface. Dick-measuring line 'Scarface style' called great.
    “Except Scarface, that was great.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:40:51 · Bill Simmons (0.30 sure it was them)
  7. career (career): This Is the End → The Wolf of Wall Street. Apex Mountain check: Jonah Hill, Wolf and This Is the End the same year, probably worth Moneyball.
    “I mean, this is Wolf and this is the end, right?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:59:15 · Chris Ryan (0.35 sure it was them)

contrast (2)

  1. contrast (contrast): This Is the End → Neighbors 2. Neighbors 2 called the nadir of 2010s comedy.
    “Neighbors 2, which is the Nadir of comedy in the 2010.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:11:15 · Bill Simmons (0.35 sure it was them)
  2. contrast (contrast): This Is the End → Knocked Up. Knocked Up ends with growing up; This Is the End does not.
    “They don't grow up.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:48:21 · Craig Horlbeck (0.40 sure it was them)

industry (2)

  1. industry (industry): This Is the End → Dumb and Dumber To. After Neighbors the sequels arrive.
    “And then we go into sequels, 22 Jump Street, Dumb and Dumber 2.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:10:56 · Bill Simmons (0.35 sure it was them)
  2. industry (industry): This Is the End → The Bodyguard. Whitney Houston in The Bodyguard worked in as period nostalgia.
    “I like that they worked Whitney Houston in the bodyguard into this”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:38:21 · Bill Simmons (0.35 sure it was them)

lineage (5)

  1. lineage (lineage): This Is the End → Charlie Kaufman. Goldberg said the film was meant to rip off little bits of Charlie Kaufman.
    “He said the whole point of this movie, they're just trying to rip off little bits of Charlie Kaufman.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:03:24 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage): This Is the End → The Larry Sanders Show. Celebrities playing exaggerated versions of themselves with real insults leaking through is a Larry Sanders move.
    “This has so many Larry Sanders moments where it's like, They're celebrities, but they're, they're playing like exaggerated or shticky versions of themselves”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:03:31 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  3. lineage (lineage): Jay and Seth versus the Apocalypse → This Is the End. The movie grew out of the 8-minute short Rogen and Goldberg made.
    “It was based on a short that, uh, Rogan and Goldberg did called Jay and Seth versus the Apocalypse.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:13:50 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  4. lineage (lineage): This Is the End → Blood Red (unmade Pineapple Express 2). The Jay and Seth versus the Apocalypse homemade footage echoes the planned Pineapple Express 2, Blood Red.
    “If they were going to make it, it was going to be blood red.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:29:25 · Bill Simmons (0.30 sure it was them)
  5. lineage (lineage): This Is the End → Pineapple Express. A weird spiritual sequel to Pineapple Express; Pineapple Express is the double feature pick.
    “this is kind of like a weird spiritual sequel to Pineapple Express anyway.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 1:03:18 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (people): This Is the End → Superbad. The Superbad reunion scene is fan service with a twist; Michael Cera as the crazy coke head.
    “The fan service, like the super bad reunion scene, like they did a good job giving everybody what they wanted and like twisting it a little bit”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:40:57 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

programming (3)

  1. programming (programming): This Is the End → Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Hitler-in-comedy debate: they just did Hitler in Last Crusade.
    “We just did Hitler in Last Crusade.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:47:07 · Bill Simmons (0.35 sure it was them)
  2. programming (programming): This Is the End → Pineapple Express. Pineapple Express is the pick for best double feature with This Is the End.
    “It's gotta be pineapple.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 1:06:44 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. programming (programming): This Is the End → National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. Best comedy sequel chat: Christmas Vacation over European Vacation.
    “Christmas vacation maybe.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 1:07:20 · Bill Simmons (0.35 sure it was them)

theme (4)

  1. theme (theme): Neighbors → This Is the End. Neighbors is the last gasp of the Apatow arc where the guy realizes he has to grow up, one last big blast.
    “neighbors is kind of like the last gasp of that where it's like these people who have a kid who, like, haven't party in a while, but like they have one last big blast.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:07:15 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. theme (theme): Knocked Up → This Is the End. Rogen and Goldberg add heart: the pull of sacrifice for a friend runs from Superbad and Knocked Up into this film.
    “sacrificing yourself for like the greater good was super bad with knocked up.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:15:36 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. theme (genre): This Is the End → Dazed and Confused. The film takes the one-crazy-night party movie and marries it to Night of the Living Dead.
    “taking one crazy night party, like Project Decks or Days and Confused, and then marrying it to Night of Living Dead is pretty fucking potent.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:41:19 · Craig Horlbeck (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. theme (genre): This Is the End → Night of the Living Dead. Party movie plus zombie-style siege movie.
    “marrying it to Night of Living Dead is pretty fucking potent.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:41:19 · Craig Horlbeck (0.40 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

  1. verdict (verdict): This Is the End → Superbad. Hottest take: This Is the End beats Knocked Up and Superbad because it does not end by affirming the nuclear family.
    “It's better than Superpad.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:47:54 · Craig Horlbeck (0.45 sure it was them)

what-if (8)

  1. what-if (what-if): This Is the End → Tim Robinson. A remake today: Tim Robinson, but he isn't famous enough.
    “You'd pick like Tim Robinson and then all these guys again.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:08:02 · Chris Ryan (0.35 sure it was them)
  2. what-if (what-if): This Is the End → Pete Davidson. Pete Davidson would be the James Franco.
    “Pete Davidson would be in it.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:08:06 · Bill Simmons (0.35 sure it was them)
  3. what-if (what-if): Mila Kunis → This Is the End. The Emma Watson part was supposed to be Mila Kunis, who couldn't do it for scheduling.
    “That Emma Watson part was supposed to be Mila Kunis, and she couldn't do it with scheduling”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:50:14 · Craig Horlbeck (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. what-if (what-if): Kristen Stewart → This Is the End. Kristen Stewart floated as a funnier Watson alternative.
    “Is she funnier than Kristen Stewart?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:50:49 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  5. what-if (what-if): Cameron Diaz → This Is the End. Cameron Diaz was to be a celebrity at the party; location moved to New Orleans to save money.
    “And they lost Cameron Diaz as a celebrity camera.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:51:04 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  6. what-if (what-if): Daniel Radcliffe → This Is the End. Radcliffe turned the film down; supposedly only if he could be in hell with Hitler.
    “They wanted Daniel Radcliffe to be in it, and he turned it down.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:51:13 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  7. what-if (what-if): Morgan Freeman → This Is the End. Original ending had Morgan Freeman as God in heaven; he declined.
    “They go to heaven and they're greeted by Morgan Freeman.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:51:35 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  8. what-if (what-if): This Is the End → Project X. One crazy night party like Project X married to Night of the Living Dead; Project X offered as a double feature.
    “Oh, I was gonna say Project X.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 1:06:45 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

  1. fun, about This Is the End: The pitch: celebrities play themselves at the apocalypse, with a demon with a 10-foot penis; the cockiest pitch ever.
    “I think this is the end might be the the most the most cocky movie pitch ever.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:12:46 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about This Is the End: Last movie rented at a Blockbuster before it closed on November 9, 2013; a fitting end to 30 years of video-store comedy.
    “This was the last movie ever rented in a blockbuster before Blockbuster closed on November 9, 2013.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:13:37 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about This Is the End: Blockbuster, video-store tie: comedies from video stores.
    “Thought that was kind of fitting because this is 30 years of running comedies from video stores.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:13:46 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  4. fun, about This Is the End: Budget about $40M (they all took pay cuts), grossed about $126M; mostly three sets.
    “$40000000 budget made 126.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:18:18 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  5. fun, about This Is the End: Turned up in the leaked Sony documents as a $50M profit.
    “this is the end made $50000000 in profit.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:18:27 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  6. fun, about This Is the End: Most rewatchable scene: the McBride-Franco porno magazine fight, 'one of the 5 funniest scenes in 30 years', surely improvised and chopped from a 10-minute argument.
    “I'm sure that was like a 10 minute argument that they just chopped down to too many.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:30:50 · Chris Ryan (0.35 sure it was them)
  7. fun, about This Is the End: Kid Cudi and Gangnam Style/Backstreet Boys needle drops date the film to 2013.
    “It's like, oh, this is so 2013 that they decided.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:42:24 · Craig Horlbeck (0.30 sure it was them)
  8. fun, about This Is the End: Original ending: Morgan Freeman as God in heaven; Freeman said no, so the Backstreet Boys were used.
    “But then Morgan Freeman said, no.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:52:00 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  9. fun, about This Is the End: Rogen and Goldberg were shocked it wasn't NC-17; test audiences said the Franco severed-foot blood scene went too far.
    “These guys were shocked this movie wasn't NC17.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:56:05 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  10. fun, about This Is the End: A post-credits scene in hell with Hitler smoking marijuana was nearly filmed; Bill wants the Hitler cut released.
    “They really did almost film the marijuana Hitler scene and they all decided it was too much.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:56:43 · Bill Simmons (0.35 sure it was them)
  11. fun, about This Is the End: Apex Mountain for Rogan: This Is the End; for pitches, the best.
    “I think it's Apex Mountain for just movie pitches.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 1:00:26 · Bill Simmons (0.30 sure it was them)
  12. fun, about This Is the End: Nitpicks on LA geography: the house can't be 3 blocks from Melrose.
    “You're not walking to Melrose in 3 blocks from that house.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 1:01:26 · Chris Ryan (0.35 sure it was them)
  13. fun, about This Is the End: The dog Aja may be the dog Rogen dances with at the end.
    “Isn't he holding? Aja?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 1:04:43 · Craig Horlbeck (0.30 sure it was them)

Who the speakers said made it

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