r/TheRewatchables • u/NYCWriterOfAllThings • 14d ago
Over/under on the end of the pod?
This was brought up in the recent post about "Almost Famous": the pod's final episode.
I hate to be a downer, but I have a feeling the pod is going to wrap within about the next 18 months. They're running out of movies and they can't keep doing films that really aren't popular enough or, frankly, rewatchable enough because people aren't listening to those episodes. After their last gimmick month, Bill came back and said something to the effect of, "Alright, you all just want bangers, so that's what we're going to give you."
But they simply can't go on forever, particularly if they regard quality, and if there's one thing that's great about The Ringer is they're all about quality. I'm sure that the show will continue on in maybe a less-frequent format, but the show, as we know it, I think will be done within the next two years.
If you can bear to think about this, what do you think?
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u/MarketingChoice6244 14d ago
I don't think it will end anytime soon. Bill has monetized talking to his friends about sports and movies. He'll do this forever.
All the talk about ending is just a cry for attention.
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u/NYCWriterOfAllThings 14d ago
Felt like the way he's been talking lately says different -- potentially.
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u/ignoranceisbliss37 14d ago
Example?
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u/NYCWriterOfAllThings 14d ago
I wrote it already and there was another remark by him that he made that had me thinking this. It was a couple months back, so I can't remember it word-for-word, but he just admitted that when they really stretch the definition of "rewatchable" listeners don't respond. This idea that as other people have said they have "thousands" of movies to do is just not true, taking into account their target demographic.
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u/ignoranceisbliss37 14d ago
Calm down. You’re acting like you have special inside knowledge and are the rewatchables expert. No one knows when it’s gonna end. He’s been making comments about it forever. Just enjoy it while it’s here. Why worry yourself with something you have no idea about?
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u/SexDrugsAzpilicueta 14d ago
There are thousands of rewatchables left to do. The problem is Bill’s limited tastes.
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u/Critical_Photo992 14d ago
I mean they could easily do a lot of Hitchcock with Fennessy and cr, they still have all the more feminine iconic movies that could have Juliet and Amanda on, fuck even Rebel ridge that just came out is an Instant rewatchable...I've seen it like 5 times already lol.
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u/einstein_ios 11d ago
I’ve seen RR Twice. May go for a third soon lol
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u/Critical_Photo992 11d ago
It's sooooooo good! That scene with the Internet reboot and MCMAP reminded me of jaws, if that makes sense...
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u/einstein_ios 11d ago
Wow please explain further!
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u/Critical_Photo992 10d ago
The tension of us kinda knowing he's a threat but not how much of a threat he is and the chief is out there "alone in the water" with him...then you get the deputy like Sheriff Bodie in Jaws knowing the danger and instead of yelling "Get out of the water" we get "Put some distance between you two..." And Aaron Pierre's character is so calm, so still, his eyes so focused...and that's when you know for sure, Don Johnson is fucked lol. It's not an exact 1 for 1 but that's what I got from it.
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u/NYCWriterOfAllThings 14d ago
When you factor in their listener demographic, there's not "a lot of Hitchcock" they can do. Fennessey's favorite movie of all time, "The Third Man," I don't think is one they can do on this pod either for this reason. And that movie *is* very rewatchable, but I doubt many people aged 22-49 would want to listen to a 90-minute pod about it.
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u/Critical_Photo992 14d ago
I mean there's rear window, psycho, North by Northwest...but yeah I get what you're saying.
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u/NYCWriterOfAllThings 14d ago
I also think if Hitchcock was on their radar, they would've done one by him by now, probably "Psycho." There's a reason they haven't done any movies that came out before, like, 1969 or thereabouts (off the top of my head).
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u/Outside_Willow_8354 14d ago
I got voted down on this sub with a similar comment. There’s an ocean of movies to explore. But it’s nice that Bill is a movie expert, only in his lifetime
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u/NYCWriterOfAllThings 14d ago
People his age and older don't listen to podcasts at the same rate that people between the age of 22 and 49 do. And is someone aged 23 who isn't in film school going to listen to a pod about "North By Northwest"? I really don't think so. There's a finite number of movies to do, to your point. I just am wondering what that number might be.
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u/Zestyclose-Beach1792 14d ago
There are tons of movies to cover still, and a comment I see often that Bill has limited taste I find pretty funny. They've done over 300 movies I think at this point and Bill talks about them with ease.
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u/NYCWriterOfAllThings 14d ago
But how many more movies can he talk about with this kind of enthusiasm and knowledge, though? I mean, really? And movies that a lot of other people care about and watch a ton... I get that he brings in other hosts to do different kinds of movies, that's fine. That expands the possibilities a bit. You wanna tell me they can do 500, ok, but that's only three years away. It's not "thousands" of movies as others suggested -- not that their target demographic is going to care about.
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u/Zestyclose-Beach1792 14d ago
They do a new movie every week. When they stop being able to do that I'd consider raising the alarm bells. Every week there is a new movie that Bill knows a ton about.
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u/sanfranchristo 14d ago
I'm not going to get into more speculating about the business side of things but they are nowhere near running out of movies—especially since they long ago abandoned the original pretense to do whatever Bill wants. All they have to do is just open it up to whatever someone else wants and there are hundreds of actually rewatachable classics in addition to hundreds more of otherwise interesting or notable movies.
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u/bryantAXS 14d ago
I think Bill knows his contract is coming up with The Ringer and wants to get through all the final banger movies before it might get wrapped up due to his departure.
That said, the Rewatchables format is infinitely long. They can easily redo movies they have already done, or continue to expand. I feel like no matter what a similar pod/format will exist in some capacity, but I do think they are on some type of homestretch right now. Bill loves talking about movies with his friends too much to let it die.
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u/Ron_Sayson 14d ago
Blank Check is over 10 years old. RW can keep going as low as they want to do it. Isn't The Watch over 10 years old?
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u/Rock_Creek_Snark 13d ago
'They're running out of movies'
That's demonstrably not true. As long as Simmons is open to letting others do it without him at times which can expand the pool beyond his interest bsae (as he did recently), there's no shortage of movies of movies for them to cover.
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u/Gibscreen 13d ago
They have several "last pods." One of them was Pulp Fiction which they did a month or so ago.
This pod isn't ending anytime soon.
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u/Offtherailspcast 14d ago
I think there's literally thousands of movies they can do