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They single out Lance Armstrong's heroic image as the most time-stamped 2004 element.

They speculate the film could rack up several nominations, but the exact haul remains unsettled.

They discuss how different movies land best at different ages, but do not choose one definitive age winner.

They discussed expanding the category to include Big Nick in future but did not settle on a movie where he makes things worse.

They jokingly award Tom Arnold a supporting-actor Oscar for his performance.

Cameron and the hosts agree Hoffman would have been Lester Bangs in Almost Famous, connecting back to the discussion of performance.

They mostly brainstorm possibilities, landing only loosely on Deputy Hendricks or one of the teen roles for a young PSH.

They discuss Herb Brooks keeping OC on the roster as the key decision that helped the team and the movie.

They close out the nitpicks stretch by noting that the movie’s cycling-world specifics and wardrobe details help sell it.

They praise the dense hidden jokes, the workplace parody, and the overall construction as what still works best.

They focus on the emotional character thread, especially Raul and Emilio, as the thing that still works best now.

They picked the henchmen, mainly because the movie presents them as elite operators but they move like comically unfit pursuers.

The hosts open the awards rundown with Ted Knight's signature 'Well, we're waiting' moment.

They treat the neighbor's nightly strip routine as the funniest example in the category.

They picked movies set on trains as the best version of the category, with the train setting getting the strongest enthusiasm.

They treat asthma wheezing as an effective vulnerability that gives the heroine a built-in Achilles heel.

They agree the evil-nanny movie is a fun, valid genre and should be allowed to exist.

They praise the obligatory horny friend character as a staple of this kind of movie.

They debate the West Side Story introduction and the song choice, with the West Side Story scene carrying the discussion.

The hosts treat the movie’s heavy product placement as the clearest aged-worst issue.

The title, the principal, and several depiction issues all get criticized, but no single worst element is formally chosen.

They agree the school-fire finale is the biggest thing that aged badly, with rectal thermometers also getting heavy mention.

They agree the end-credit flight graphics are the worst-looking part of the movie.

They settle on having a boat as the best-looking but most impractical thing in the movie world.

Van says the whole shower-curtain-ring salesman concept has aged the worst because that job no longer exists in that form.

They identify the movie as a capsule of TiVo-era home viewing and other now-dated devices.

They estimate Drago was comfortably ahead on the cards before the last round.

After some back-and-forth, they settle on Drago being a steep betting favorite for the Russia fight.

They discuss several famous movie no's and compare them to Cliffhanger's dramatic screams, but do not settle on a single clear winner from this film.

They estimated Rocky as a heavy favorite in fight one and Clubber as the favorite in the rematch, with some disagreement on exact numbers.

They settle on Buttercup as the hardest part to cast because the role needs the right mix of beauty, charm, and presence.

The closing custom category turns into a joke about how that character would fit into the film rather than a clear, supportable answer.

They say the contemporary equivalent would probably be slap fighting, though they both dislike the sport.

They speculate about Nikki’s future but do not lock onto a single definitive next chapter.

The room settles on Paul Walker, with his return and the technology as honorable mentions.

They agree the way Deckard Shaw is handled across the later films is the biggest miss, ahead of several smaller continuity complaints.

They settle on the National Lampoon branding as the most 1978-specific element, with the pot-smoking paranoia as a secondary example.

The hosts settle on the film’s chopped-up, music-video-like form and editing as the most 1984 element outside of Prince himself.

After tossing around several era markers, they agree the Honda Elite scooters feel most specific to 1986.

The hosts toss out several period markers, including selective sex appeal, old computer terminals, and 90s slang and habits.

They land on the movie's pre-internet world, especially payphones and how much easier it was to communicate then.

The hosts settle on the film’s lack of concussion protocol as the most dated 2001 element.

After listing several dated details, they agree that TiVo is the most 2008 element in the movie.

They floated the iPod, the lack of social-media outrage, and the pre-true-crime-media environment without settling on one answer.

The hosts point to the film’s early-2010s dating style, fashion, and LA-bar ecosystem as its most 2011 elements.

They settle on the movie's 2015-era willingness to embrace shadowy government action against cartels, with Bernthal also mentioned as a strong second choice.

They settle on the cutting-edge phones, clunky email, and other very 1997 internet-era tech as the defining 1997 detail.

They agree Thug Life is the quote/image most associated with the film, with the cross joint and the Pineapple Express strain also cited.