4.8 • 676 Ratings
🗓️ 14 March 2014
⏱️ 86 minutes
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We thought it might be fun to revisit a movie that came out when we were in high school so Carlos suggested Varsity Blues. This coming-of-age story was his first introduction to these up-and-coming stars and to the legendary Jon Voight.
Donna wasn't interested in it when it was originally released, but eventually discovered it on cable and has grown to love it over the years (though mostly ironically). Chris had never seen it before and was a little nervous that this was probably just not for him.
After taking a look at what was going on in the world in 1999, they discuss how the film sort of sidesteps what should be the real conflicts in the story, Voight's pretty spectacular performance of an underwritten character, the bizarre sexual politics at work here that allow Tweeter to be treated like a hero while Darcy's just a sad slut, the various ways this connects to Friday Night Lights, and much more.
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0:00.0 | Hey, do you remember varsity blues? |
0:07.0 | Hello and welcome, Hey, do you remember, Hey Do You Remember, a show where we reminisce about a movie or TV series we grew up with, then take off the rose tinted glasses to see how it holds up today. |
0:31.7 | I'm Chris. |
0:32.6 | I'm Donna. |
0:33.6 | And I'm Carlos. |
0:34.7 | And today we're revisiting varsity blues. |
0:52.3 | Yeah. And I'm Carlos. And today we're revisiting varsity blues. In West Texas, football isn't just a sport, it's a way of life, and for coach Bud Kilmer, losing is not an option. |
0:59.3 | But when his star quarterback is injured, second stringer John Moxen steps up to take his place and, |
1:05.0 | well, actually, everything sort of works out just fine. |
1:08.2 | Mox immediately becomes a superstar and very deftly navigates all |
1:11.7 | of the pressures that come with his new title, including the overbearing nature of Coach Kilmer. |
1:16.7 | Mok's the only one on the team willing to stand up for himself, but he's underestimated just |
1:21.1 | how far Kilmer's willing to go in order to win. Donna, what do you remember about Varsity Blues? |
1:26.9 | Wow. So Varsity blues came out in 1999 just before I was able to |
1:35.1 | vote. So I felt like I had a pretty good grasp of my own little world at that point. And I remember I did not like football. Now I'm a huge, |
1:48.2 | huge football fan. I did not, I did not care for football in high school. I was very artsy. |
1:55.3 | And I thought, football pads just so never understand my art. |
2:04.0 | This is how we know we're in the past. |
2:07.5 | That's what I used to sound like in my inner monologue. |
2:10.6 | Oh, God. |
2:13.2 | No, so I didn't, I didn't see it in the theater. |
2:15.9 | I thought it was something completely not for me. |
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