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The Outsiders (1983) plot hole: How the fuck did they pull off that cast?

Patrick Swayze, the brothers Estavaz/Sheen, the karate kid, ...
Glassy Coffee Pot
  09/09/26
Those are some Handsome men
Adventurous Senate Really Tough Guy
  09/09/26
Swayze has some solid acting range. He can play a twinky da...
Glassy Coffee Pot
  09/09/26
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stirring trailer park
  09/16/26
I don't know that an observation on casting is a "plot ...
talking kitchen
  09/09/26
yes, framing non-plot holes as plot holes is a schtick i'm t...
Glassy Coffee Pot
  09/09/26
none of them had been in a hit movie yet. for a lot it was e...
jade bawdyhouse
  09/09/26
that's what's wild about it. they just happened to land on a...
Glassy Coffee Pot
  09/09/26
angels in the outfield: christopher lloyd, danny glover, ton...
Self-centered Heaven
  09/09/26
C Thomas Howell was a pretty big name at the time among thos...
tripping nibblets athletic conference
  09/09/26
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Glassy Coffee Pot
  09/16/26


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Date: September 9th, 2026 7:25 AM
Author: Glassy Coffee Pot

Patrick Swayze, the brothers Estavaz/Sheen, the karate kid, Matt Dillon (underrated), Rob Lowe, and Tom fucking Cruise. Plus the hot chick just happened to be Diane Lane. C Thomas Howell is the main character and by far the least famous.

edit for pedantic lawfags: not actually a plot hole. more of an anomaly.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5901825&forum_id=2#50124212)



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Date: September 9th, 2026 7:34 AM
Author: Adventurous Senate Really Tough Guy

Those are some Handsome men

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5901825&forum_id=2#50124215)



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Date: September 9th, 2026 9:20 AM
Author: Glassy Coffee Pot

Swayze has some solid acting range. He can play a twinky dancer who's also a high iq badass, a roofer raising two orphaned boys who's also a high iq badass, a scumbag dive bar bouncer who's also a high iq badass, and even a fucking dead guy reincarnated as a ghost who's also a high iq badass.

bro had some skills. RIP.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5901825&forum_id=2#50124251)



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Date: September 16th, 2026 12:53 PM
Author: stirring trailer park



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5901825&forum_id=2#50137953)



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Date: September 9th, 2026 9:17 AM
Author: talking kitchen

I don't know that an observation on casting is a "plot hole".

What is a plot hole in the original book is that SE Hinton is a woman who used a pseudonym so that her book would be measured by the standards of male authors and wouldn't be written off as chick lit, but the book actually sucks ass, totally feels like it's written by a woman pretending to be a man, and we would never have heard of The Outsiders, Tex, or SE Hinton were she not a woman.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5901825&forum_id=2#50124249)



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Date: September 9th, 2026 9:23 AM
Author: Glassy Coffee Pot

yes, framing non-plot holes as plot holes is a schtick i'm trying out. see the wayne's world thread. doesn't mean i'm wrong with the observation and the book was fine and somewhat of a relief from the tedious femanazi dreck they shoveled onto us in middle school and later in high school

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5901825&forum_id=2#50124256)



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Date: September 9th, 2026 11:31 AM
Author: jade bawdyhouse

none of them had been in a hit movie yet. for a lot it was even their first movie (kinda like dazed and confused). also FFC was a god at the time so every 20 something actor auditioned.

Rob Lowe talks in depth about this on several podcasts

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5901825&forum_id=2#50124435)



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Date: September 9th, 2026 11:56 AM
Author: Glassy Coffee Pot

that's what's wild about it. they just happened to land on a shitload of future major stars.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5901825&forum_id=2#50124471)



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Date: September 9th, 2026 11:44 AM
Author: Self-centered Heaven

angels in the outfield: christopher lloyd, danny glover, tony danza, joseph gordon-levitt, neal mcdonough, adrien brody, matthew mcconaughey

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5901825&forum_id=2#50124452)



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Date: September 9th, 2026 12:01 PM
Author: tripping nibblets athletic conference

C Thomas Howell was a pretty big name at the time among those kids actors.

the guy probably didn't help his career by starring in Soul Man.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5901825&forum_id=2#50124473)



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Date: September 16th, 2026 12:11 PM
Author: Glassy Coffee Pot



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5901825&forum_id=2#50137848)