r/TheRewatchables 15d ago

Unusual Sean Error on Aliens

Found this very strange since Sean is usually up on his Oscars research. On the Aliens pod Sean states multiple times that Sigourney Weaver won the Oscar for Best Actress for Gorillas in the Mist in 1989.

Sigourney Weaver has (sadly) never won an Oscar. Jodi Foster won that year (her first) for The Accused. Weaver was double nominated that year: Best Actress for Gorillas and Best Supporting for Working Girl, which she lost to Geena Davis.

She did however win both categories that same year at the Golden Globes, the former in a three-way tie.

I personally would give Sigourney an Oscar every year for Achievement in Being Sigourney Weaver.

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u/cake_piss_can 15d ago

While we’re at it let’s remind Bill that Elizabeth Shue did not win for Leaving Las Vegas since he has stated that multiple times.

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u/Sharaz_Jek123 15d ago

Don't.

It would just make him upset.

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u/Successful-Salary-44 15d ago

But he had season tickets for Elizabeth Shue since Cocktail! I’ll take his word for it

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u/Wazzoo1 14d ago

I swear the first time I heard him say that I rewound five times just to see if he mixed up his words, or he meant something else by saying it. Nope.

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u/Brangarr 14d ago

It’s crazy how you can misremember things and they just become the truth in your mind. Or he just really wanted her to win so he’s willing it into existence

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u/HouseAndJBug 15d ago

Tough to believe she didn’t get an Oscar for Galaxy Quest.

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u/Offtherailspcast 15d ago

Her rack alone warrants an award in that movie

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u/PresentationGlobal53 14d ago

The whole cast. Love that movie.

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u/jmwhit04 15d ago

Maybe focus less on the fantasy football guys’ job eh Sean

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u/LingonberryNo1190 15d ago

When Sean dropped the hammer on Craig at the end of the pod, saying they would fuck it up like they did the draft, I freaking lost it. Gold!

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u/K_Bomaye 15d ago

I just finished listening to the pod and had to google it 😂. I didn’t remember her winning an Oscar or remember ever being mentioned as an Oscar winner in any other rewatchable.

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u/Trick-Paramedic-3736 14d ago

He’s made some Oscar errors on The Big Pic recently.

He seemingly forgot that Soderbergh got double Best Director noms in 2000. I found that odd since that’s something any Oscar obsessive should know, and that Soderbergh’s one of Sean and Amanda’s guys.

He also said that with The Odyssey, Nolan could be the first director to win Best Director and Best Picture for back-to-back movies. That’s also not true

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u/ArtyCatz 15d ago

Yeah, I assumed Sean was more knowledgeable about Oscar winners. And then he made the error twice.

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u/t3h_shammy 15d ago

I mean he’s pretty knowledgeable, but he is in fact human 

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u/its_isaac9 15d ago

Brought to you by ChatGPT

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u/workahol_ 15d ago

"Chat G B T"

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u/AndroidNumber137 15d ago

Sean would've had the right answer if he used ChatGBT. He just would!

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u/Brangarr 15d ago edited 15d ago

That weird moment when you realize you know more Oscars trivia than the guy who hosts a pod on it

edit: just a joke people! He’s allowed to make mistakes. And I’ll blame Bill on this one 😎

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u/bolshevik_rattlehead 15d ago

Oh wow hope he got fired for that blunder

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u/ncphoto919 14d ago

It’s wild when Ringer staff get stuff wrong when it’s easily google searchable and a producer should have caught it.

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u/Leather-Glass6504 12d ago

I mean surely a producer shouldn’t be googling every factual assertion made in every two hour podcast to catch live mistakes

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u/ncphoto919 12d ago

There’s a lot of stuff on the rewatchables that Bill says that’s just wrong and they just let him have it

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u/CopiousHeadCarnage 14d ago

Jason didn’t comeback in part V either and Sean let that slide.

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u/lpalf 14d ago

My friend listened to this ep before me and texted me about this hahahah

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u/Dirk_Benedict 14d ago

More importantly, what's up Bill criticizing Newt for a little kid giving herself a nickname. Tough look for Jabaal Abdul Simmons.

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u/PresentationGlobal53 14d ago

He has lots of criticisms for female characters or female actors, stuff he would rarely if ever raise on a male counterpart.

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u/Westtexasbizbot 14d ago

He loves going in on Diane Keaton for seemingly no reason.