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Interestingly, the conversation touches on the implausibility of actors' willingness and the logistical hurdles of rebooting beloved characters, hinting at an ongoing industry game of creative risk versus fan service. The hosts joke about setting up "accidents" to replace actors like Pedro Pascal, emphasizing the absurdity and humor of Hollywood's casting intricacies.
Nostalgia and Movie Quirks: Water, Water, Everywhere
A humorous tangent highlights the disparity between critics and audiences, using the film Water and its 27% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes as an example of biased critique—critics versus audience scores diverge sharply, with the latter often rating movies much higher. This leads to a broader critique of professional critics’ sometimes out-of-touch assessments.