Line #29 Recap/FilmRerollTheSearchers


1	-> New Film Reroll is up! Our 100th episode!!!
2	-> Just a straight telling of the somber classic Film/TheSearchers! [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial No shenanigans here!]]
3	-> [[FalseReassurance I mean do I look like a guy who would do shenanigans?]]
4	-->-- '''Paulo Quiros'''
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6	Episode 100 of Podcast/FilmReroll. Based on [[Film/TheSearchers the 1956 Western]]... as well as [[Film/TheMartian the 2016 Golden Globes Best Musical or Comedy winner]], [[Film/Drive2011 a film where a man drives to synthwave music]], [[Theatre/WaitingForGodot a play in which nothing happens, twice]], [[Film/TheItalianJob2003 a fictitious heist in Venice]] (not to be confused with [[Film/TheItalianJob1969 the similarly named fictitious heist in Turin]]), [[Film/{{Rashomon}} the Trope Namer]] for RashomonStyle, [[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty a Disney film]] where the day is saved by a TrueLovesKiss, and [[Film/CastAway the heartbreaking story of a friendship between a modern-day Robinson Crusoe and a volleyball.]]
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8	Okay, the title ''might'' be [[NeverTrustATitle a bit misleading.]] This is ''really'' a MilestoneCelebration for the podcast with something of a VarietyShow format, alternating between three main segments: speedrolls, personal offerings, and highlights.
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10	* The speedrolls follow the usual Film Reroll premise, with the difference that the plot is resolved with only 1-3 rolls at critical plot moments. They are very fatalistic, as they immediately determine whether or not the story has a HappyEnding or a DownerEnding. Each player present gets to play through their very own mini campaign.
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12	* The personal offerings gives the players the opportunity to bring their own content to the table, ranging from scripted (and sometimes prerecorded) comedy to minigames for the whole cast to play. Again, every player gets their own segment here.
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14	* Finally, the highlights simply has the players looking back at and reminiscing about stand-out moments throughout the show (voted in place by listeners) and giving their own thoughts and behind-the-scenes trivia about them.
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16	Starring Jon Miller as Ethan Edwards, Andy Hoover as Houben, Carolyn Faye Kramer [[IAmNotLeonardNimoy as Ryan Gosling]], Kara Strait[[note]] credited as “Pitr Strait” [[/note]] as Estragon, Scott Aiello as Vladimir, Jocelyn "Joz" Vammer as Chuck Noland, Lisa Kopitsky as Charlie Croker, Timothy E. "Tim" Nolan as Carolyn Faye Kramer, Lane Moore as Jasmine and Paulo Quiros as the Dungeon Master.
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18	Being for all intents and purposes a Bonus Scene, [[Recap/FilmRerollJozsOffering Joz’s Offering has its own page.]] Followed by [[Recap/FilmRerollAliens Aliens.]]
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21	!!Tropes:
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23	* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: Despite the general weirdness of her sketch, Carolyn Faye Kramer actually managed to predict some things that wound up happening in the real episode, such as Kara Strait wearing CoolShades. (The latter was quite freaked out after realizing that this in fact [[AvertedTrope wasn’t]] a ThrowItIn moment.)
24	* AmbiguousSituation: After the speedroll of ''Film/TheMartian'', Kara describes Jon's reaction to the audience, mentioning him being "begrudgingly sullen" and having an adorably upset expression. ''Scott'' then counters that assessment, saying "Jon Miller has done ''nothing''," and was just sitting silently.
25	-->'''Kara''': ''[[VitriolicBestBuds I think Jon Miller has done quite enough.]]''
26	* AMillionIsAStatistic: Brought up in regards to the [[Recap/FilmRerollOceansEleven Ocean’s Eleven]] and [[Recap/FilmRerollTheRock The Rock]] campaigns, where the players feel that the former is the sadder one despite the much lower body count, simply because there we get to know all the people affected by the tragedy. (It also helps that the disaster in The Rock was simply caused by bad luck, as opposed to a blind spot in the plan.)
27	* AnachronismStew: Andy Hoover’s review — supposedly written in UsefulNotes/TheNineties for a recently released (fictional) movie — describes Creator/MichellePfeiffer as an up-and-coming actress. In RealLife, she had already been a star for over a decade by that point.
28	* AstralProjection: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. In her ”behind-the-scenes” segment, Carolyn — playing Kara — claims that the tall woman in the kitchen is [[MindScrew "[her] body"]] before cracking up. It takes a while for her to calm down and clarify that she meant to say her (presumably fictional) bodyguard, Lumiere.
29	* TheBadGuyWins: PlayedStraight with ''Sleeping Beauty''. Possibly the case with ''Rashomon'', though the film was purposfully vague on just how evil its various characters were or weren’t.
30	* BodyBackupDrive: The {{Mockumentary}} ''Lost Down the Rage Chasm: A Pitr Strait Story'' claims that [[MeaningfulRename Kara]] Strait died [[YourHeadAsplode very unexpectedly]] early on in the show, but has since been brought back [[ExpendableClone hundreds of times]] by Paulo Quiros, who uses ”necrobothany” to grow clones in his rooftop garden. Some of these clones were supposedly murdered by Jon Miller and — at least in one case — Tim Nolan, whereas others simply exploded or spontaneously combusted, something which interviewee [[UnreliableNarrator Scott Aiello]] credits partially to CloneDegeneration, partially to the donor being ”a white guy[[note]]InUniverse, Kara may have become an OppositeSexClone since. It has yet to be stated whether this has had any effect on her incineration rate, though it appears to have alleviated her hair loss, if nothing else.[[/note]] from the suburbs.”
31	* TheCameo: Lane Moore’s appearance is more or less, as she provides the singing voice for Princess Jasmine — [[NonSingingVoice played in the original episode by Andy Hoover]] — in a prerecorded musical number.
32	* ClipShow: The highlight sequences are essentially this, with the Rerollers commenting on their previous work in the style of an audio-only ReactionVideo. The featured segments are:
33	** [[Recap/FilmRerollJaws Andy and Kara’s two-headed coroner.]]
34	** [[Recap/FilmRerollFridayThe13thTheFinalChapter The reveal of Jason Voorhees, as well as Carolyn Faye Kramer trying to expose his so-called “true identity.”]]
35	** [[Recap/FilmRerollIronMan3 Kara Strait accidentally shooting the president.]]
36	** [[Recap/FilmRerollAladdin Aladdin worrying that Jafar is trying to hit on him, only for the vizier to actually fall in love with the street rat.]] For this one, they watched [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKccujh0WVU a fan-made animatic.]]
37	** [[Recap/FilmRerollTheWizardOfOz The Cowardly Lion musing what may have happened to Dorothy and the Scarecrow.]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0aXazjuGmg Here too, an animatic was shown.]]
38	* CoverVersion: Paulo Quiros' offering is an orchestrated, "proper" ExpositoryThemeTune version of ''[[Recap/FilmRerollStandByMe They Walk By Night]]''. The episode also ends with him and Lane Moore performing a similar version of his rewritten ''[[Recap/FilmRerollAladdin A Whole New World]]'' cover.
39	* CreatorsFavoriteEpisode: InUniverse, the Rerollers take time to name their favorite campaigns that they ''aren't'' in, at the request of a fan letter.
40	** Andy Hoover’s is [[Recap/FilmRerollPokemonTheFirstMovie Pokémon: The First Movie.]]
41	** Joz Vammer and Tim Nolan’s are both [[Recap/FilmRerollJaws Jaws]] (specifically because of the aforementioned coroner scene, in the case of Joz.)
42	** Jon Miller’s is [[Recap/FilmRerollWeekendAtBernies Weekend at Bernie’s.]]
43	** Scott Aiello’s is ([[FirstInstallmentWins the first episode of]]) [[Recap/FilmRerollPracticalMagic Practical Magic.]]
44	** Kara Strait’s is [[Recap/FilmRerollThelmaAndLouise Thelma and Louise.]]
45	** Carolyn Faye Kramer’s is [[Recap/FilmRerollTheRock The Rock.]]
46	** Lisa Kopitsky’s is [[Recap/FilmRerollBillAndTedsExcellentAdventure Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure.]]
47	** Paulo Quiros says that his favorite campaign is the Rashomon segment they just rerolled.
48	* CreditsGag: The rather curious cast list is [[ItMakesSenseInContext entirely accurate to what the episode ends up being]], but it also makes it pretty clear that this MilestoneCelebration is really going to be a VignetteEpisode. (Either that or some bizarre MassiveMultiplayerCrossover.)
49	* DarkReprise: While the original cover of A Whole New World from the [[Recap/FilmRerollAladdin Aladdin]] campaign had lyrics changed mostly to simply fit with the new scenario, the extended version sung here treats Jasmine becoming the ruler of Agrabah as her StartOfDarkness, making it somewhat of a WeCanRuleTogether song.[[labelnote:Lyrics]]
50	----> I could live in your world.\
51	Hold your hand while you build it.\
52	Tell me, President. For real did\
53	You want to build this world alone.\
54	I could fight by your side.\
55	Crush the filthy Habargans.\
56	Loose the cannons and war guns\
57	On our sister town below.\
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59	A whole new world\
60	Took shape from your confusing wish.\
61	Wish we could take it back,\
62	It’s pretty wack,\
63	To rule the world by fiat.\
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65	A whole new world.\
66	The whimsies of a prankster god.\
67	But now I’m way up here\
68	The new Ameer.\
69	I kinda like this whole new world, don’t you?\
70	(Now I’m in a whole new world with you.)\
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72	Unbelievable mights.\
73	Indescribable power.\
74	From my people, I scoured\
75	Undesirables away.\
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77	A whole new world.\
78	(Don’t you leave me behind.)\
79	A hundred thousand souls to rule.\
80	(That’s a lot, I can help you.)\
81	I’m like a brand new tsar.\
82	I’ve come so far.\
83	I can’t go back to where I used to be.\
84	(A whole new world.)\
85	Every brick of it mine.\
86	(Except Habarga to the sum.)\
87	In a moment I’ll get them.\
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89	I’ll chase them anywhere.\
90	There’s time to spare.\
91	Let me share this whole new world with you.[[/labelnote]]
92	* DecoyProtagonist: Ethan Edwards is introduced as the main character, but his story is quickly wrapped up by having him find his niece immediately with no apparant complications, after which Paulo Quiros introduces the rest of the cast and the real premise of the episode.
93	* EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory: InUniverse, Kara Strait feels that Godot is an annoyingly obvious metaphor for God. WordOfGod (heh) claimed that the name similarity was a coincidence.
94	* {{Foreshadowing}}: A meta example, as this episode was recorded before Kara came out but released afterwards. She makes a one-off comment about recently seeing herself in a very different light, but never elaborates on this within the episode itself.
95	* InSpiteOfANail: Even though it's in the speedroll format, [[Theatre/WaitingForGodot Godot doesn't show up.]]
96	* InstantWinCondition: The speedrolls are essentially normal campaigns distilled down to their most pivotal moments, with only a couple of dice rolls — sometimes just one — needed to win. The crux is that they are just as easy to lose and grant you a NonStandardGameOver. The films Rerolled here are:
97	** Film/TheSearchers: Ethan Edwards (Jon Miller) searches for his lost niece and quickly finds her.
98	** Film/TheMartian: Creator/MattDamon (Andy Hoover) tries to survive on Mars, succeeds, and is eventually rescued. He then moves to Venice (not Venus) and starts a potato farm.
99	** Film/Drive2011: Creator/RyanGosling (Carolyn Faye Kramer) fails to drive and proceeds to die. Creator/BryanCranston makes it out okay.
100	** Theatre/WaitingForGodot: Estragon (Kara Strait) and Vladimir (Scott Aiello) attempt rolling for Godot, who still never shows up.
101	** Film/TheItalianJob2003: Charlie Croker (Lisa Kopitsky) successfully carries out the remake version of the job. (Joz points out that she still prefers the original.)
102	** Film/{{Rashomon}}: Houben (Andy Hoover) questions four people about the events leading up to the death of a samurai. He concludes that the Bandit — CardCarryingVillain that he is — murdered the man, which leads to him being sentenced to death. What Houben never learns is that the Woodcutter has stolen the (quite valuable) murder weapon, putting the reliability of his testimony into question.
103	** WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty: Prince Philip (Paulo Quiros) [[TheBadGuyWins fails to slay Maleficent in her dragon form and gets eaten.]] The beauty remains sleeping.
104	** Film/CastAway: Chuck Noland (Joz Vammer) survives the plane crash and makes it to the deserted island, but dies shortly thereafter.
105	* KickTheDog: Once Paulo announces Andy's going to be doing ''Film/TheMartian'', Jon spends the entire speedroll upset and bitter.
106	-->'''Jon''': (distraught) ''Oh, you... No! You asshole!''
107	* {{Mockumentary}}:
108	** Carolyn Faye Kramer’s offering. It is basically a RealPersonFic purporting to be behind-the-scenes audio, with Carolyn playing all of the present Rerollers herself live. [[MindScrew To call it surreal would be an understatement.]]
109	** Scott Aiello’s offering is a prerecorded mock interview where he expands on the previous claim that [[BodyBackupDrive Kara Strait is actually a series of clones]], revealing [[BlackComedy the gruesome ways some of them have died.]]
110	* NeverMyFault: After everyone listens to the [[Recap/FilmRerollJaws two-headed coroner bit]], Jon pipes up that, even after all this time, he still thinks he was justified in wanting to arrest Alex Kitner's mom for slapping him.
111	* NeverLiveItDown: [[invoked]] After the [[Recap/FilmRerollFridayThe13thTheFinalChapter "I know who it is"]] clip, it comes to light that Andy had ''severe'' trust issues for about a year after that campaign.
112	-->'''Kara''': (to Paulo) Did you anticipate Andy having a ''year long grudge'' against you?
113	-->'''Joz''': ''Oh my God,'' that was amazing!
114	-->'''Kara''': And occa- and occasionally, people tweeting to be like "Does Andy hate Paulo now?"
115	** Andy then clarifies that he didn't have any animosity towards Paulo, but rather was increasingly paranoid about the true nature of certain campaigns.
116	* OldShame: [[invoked]] Discussed: Among the "conspiracy theories" that Kara mentions having heard from the podcast's audience, one of them is that the unreleased episodes were actually good. The general reaction to her saying that proves it to not be the case.
117	* OutdatedByCanon: While ''every'' episode featuring Kara Strait before she changed her name arguably counts as this somewhat, this one stands out for featuring ''multiple'' fictionalized versions of her only months beforehand. Also, while it was obviously recorded before she came out, it actually ended up being released afterwards. Scott’s pre-recorded segment dated the quickest, as it treats Kara being bald as a given. When it came time to record the main episode, this was no longer quite true.
118	* ParodyRetcon: [[invoked]] Andy claims ''Film/TheMartian'' being nominated for [[AwardCategoryFraud Best Comedy/Musical]] at the 2016 Golden Globes makes more sense now having done the speedroll.
119	* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Kara points out that Creator/JohnWayne’s character from Film/TheSearchers was quite racist. [[DecoyProtagonist This never really has time to factor into the gameplay.]]
120	* RiddleMeThis: Timothy E. Nolan’s offering is three (out of supposedly forty-seven) riddles for the other players to solve, designed specifically as a form of ”revenge” for Paulo’s riddle game from [[Recap/FilmRerollMemento Memento]], simply because Tim failed to solve it. [[note]] Yes, Tim did in fact make sure that the answers to all three riddles actually were various forms of bubbles. [[/note]]
121	** The first riddle:
122	--->"We are little airy creatures,\
123	Each with these important features.\
124	Shiny things we form in spheres.\
125	Poke us once, we disappear.\
126	In glassy cups of sweet champagne,\
127	We travel up, as down we drain.\
128	And in the flashing tub,\
129	We swim the water while you scrub.\
130	Tell us what we all are called,\
131	To solve this riddle [[BreakingTheFourthWall Tim just scrawled.]]”[[note]]Answer: Bubbles[[/note]]
132	** The second riddle:
133	--->"We are speculative creatures,\
134	With certain volatile features.\
135	Take stock of us before we burst,\
136	And streets with walls will claim you first,\
137	But if you let the markets wait,\
138	Your futures soon will all deflate.”[[note]] Answer: Stock Market bubbles[[/note]]
139	** The third riddle:
140	--->"I’m a most melodic creature,\
141	With vocal nightengale features.\
142	Upon new stages there I sing,\
143	Through olden songs of jazz and swing.\
144	And though they say I’m like Sinatra,\
145	To him I’d like to say ’I’m not ya.’”[[note]]Answer: Music/MichaelBuble[[/note]]
146	* {{Robinsonade}}: Coincidentally or not, this episode features two speedrolls — ''The Martian'' and ''Cast Away'' — based on films following this trope. The former goes well. The latter... doesn’t.
147	* SettingUpdate: E-mails are mentioned in the ''Waiting for Godot'' speedroll. The original play premiered in 1953.
148	* ShowWithinAShow: Andy Hoover’s offering is a review for the [[Recap/FilmRerollWeekendAtBernies Weekend at Bernie’s campaign]], written as though it was a theatrically released film based on a true story, by a reviewer suffering from SanitySlippage. [[SelfDeprecation It only got one and a half stars out of eight.]]
149	--->"''Weekend at Bernie’s'', the latest [[ArcWords offering]] from talented but often frustrating director Paulo Quiros. A madcap, avant garde spectacle, and at times a mortifying and confusing examination of what it is to alive in 1989. It is many things, but I can not tell you if it is — [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall in the strictest sense of the word]] — a movie. Based on the semi-autobiographical mea culpa ''We Thought We Were Gods: The Real Story of Hampton Island'' by Richard Parker, ''Weekend at Bernie’s'' takes a surprisingly bold and often offensive approach to the infamous events on Hampton Isle which left two dead and several injured. While previous attempts to dramatize the events of July 3rd, 1989 — including of course Music/DavidByrne’s solo concept album ''The Mask of the Duck'' — while those took a more dark thriller tack, this so-called “comedy” leans into the absurdity of these real-life events. At its best, the film delivers on its grim promise of black comedy, reveling in the pathetic absurdity of central players Richard Parker and Larry Wilson. This movie so disturbed me that it made me question the entire career that I had chosen as a movie critic, as well as my marriage, and the fact that I was born with eyes and ears. I look forward to salvation, but must commend the performance of a young Creator/MichellePfeiffer in the role of Baby Destruction. That kid is going places.
150	* SongParody: Lisa Kopitsky's offering is a musical medley tribute to the show featuring {{Call Back}}s to numerous episodes, all set to tunes from Film/{{Grease}}, various Creator/{{Disney}} movies, and other sources.
151	* ThrowTheDogABone: After the speedroll for ''Film/TheSearchers'', Jon openly thanks Paulo, stating [[Recap/FilmRerollOceansEleven he needed the win.]]
152	* UnknownCharacter: Kara Strait’s offering is a guessing game, in which the other players have to figure out the identities of fictional characters based on the given stats from Kara's custom character sheets. [[note]] The characters in question are [[Film/TheMatrix Neo]], [[Franchise/HarryPotter Hermione Granger]], Film/SpeedRacer, [[Film/WaynesWorld Cassandra Wong]] and WesternAnimation/TheBraveLittleToaster.[[/note]]
153	* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: [[invoked]] Andy Hoover mentions that the Rerolled [[Recap/FilmRerollFridayThe13thTheFinalChapter ”Summerspell”]] movie somehow got a G rating despite the explicit sex and violence. Andy implies it's because [[CreatorsApathy whoever was in charge of rating it didn't care.]]
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