Do you believe in Rewatchables?! The Ringer’s Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan head back to Lake Placid in the 1980 Winter Olympics to rewatch ‘Miracle,’ starring Kurt Russell.
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A bit of a stretch to call this a rewatchable
I love the podcasts, can not getg enough. But the additional videos are fucking up my shit
Not sure the Oscars could nominate anything from Miracle due to their new DEI mandates … 🤔
What aged the worst? Bill saying "f*ck Johnny Depp" on the Miracle Rewatchables.
I still can’t believe they haven’t done “All the Right Moves”…it is unfathomable
As a Minnesota native it’s insane Bill doesn’t think this is one of the best sports movies ever made
Wasn't Bill Ranford the stunt goalie in the movie?
Did Bill say “back then” all the most important moments of his life were sports related?
Horrible take by CR to want profanity in the movie. That's one thing that makes this film so good. Those of us who don't talk like that don't want to hear it either. Profanity would absolutely ruin this masterpiece.
Ah, Neal Broten was the best player on the team Bill. From Minnesota.
Forgot Neal Brotten was one of the best players
Charlestown kids know how to run their mouth. Ive only ever seen em get their ass kicked in the wild.
As great as the speech Brooks gave to the team prior to the Soviet game, the speech he gave at intermission against Finland may have been even better. Would have loved to see it in the movie but, then again, it wouldn't be a Disney movie, or the first R-rated Disney feature.
Again. Again. Again. Again. Props to whoever did the goalie sequences. The style of goaltending back then was ridiculous, Craig ended up on has back like every save. They captured that perfectly in the film.
Please do school of rock
Wow no American gangster That's my favorite movie of Russell
57:27 It was from before my time, but I remember reading this Mike Eruzione quote regarding backup goalie Vladimir Myshkin: "MIKE ERUZIONE: It didn’t matter to us. And I’ve said this over the years. Tretiak let in two goals in the first period. Myshkin let in two in two periods. Myshkin was the goalie when the Soviets beat the NHL All-Stars by a score of 6-0, Myshkin was the goalie.
It’s like taking Patrick Roy out and putting in Martin Brodeur."
Not saying it was a great move by Viktor Tikhonov, but maybe it's underselling Myshkin as a Chad Henne level goalie. Also an unrelated Tikhonov anecdote that I didn't know until recent years (which might have cost Russia a gold medal in 1998): In 1992, the de facto Soviet club was on its way to another gold medal. Coaches don't receive medals and Tikhonov maybe figured he deserved one after years of service and/or knew his time with the national team was coming to an end. So he took a gold medal from Nikolai Khabibulin who was the de facto Christian Laettner youngster on the team.
Fast forward to 1998 and Khabibulin was still annoyed about it and declined to play for Russia since most of the old guard was still in charge. The Dominik Hasek led Czech squad upset the Russians in the gold medal game and they started NHL journeyman Mikhail Shtalenkov in Khabibulin's absence. But I suppose the Russians were shut out, so a different goalie might not have been a definitive turning point. The IOC would award Khabibulin a replacement gold medal in 2002 where he was coaxed back to the national team since Slava Fetisov was now heading the program.
I wish Al did a cameo on the pod
I know he's right generational wise, but not knowing Noah Emmerich, no matter what your age, is a skill issue in my book.
Gotta step your games up, kids.
Do you need any video editor?
So long time listener first time caller here, can anyone explain to me why the film “The Fifth Element” has never been covered as a “Rewatchable” ??
Is Jim Craig's 39 stops the apex mountain for goalie performances across all sports? Tim Howard's 16 stops in the 2014 world cup maybe?
Is this from like 2022 also why don't they do glory road…a very important moment in sports…good film too…
I'm not looking for the best players…this isn't for a national championship
Apex Kurt Russell was ‘Tequila Sunrise’ wearing Pat Riley’s wardrobe.
This is the first time I’ve seen Producer Craig on camera. I’m surprised he’s not red headed, in my imagination he was redhead.
jesus i been listening to dozens of these podcasts, I always imagined chris ryan was a 30 year old dude that would look like josh duhamel or something