Now see this scene in the real Hot Tub Time Machine for stone-cold confirmation of The Trope (linking BEARS with TIME TRAVEL):
Note that The Bear appears exactly when Chuck D raps about 'the CIA,' (0:56) right in the middle of a homoerotic booze-guzzling debauch ritual that sends Rosemary's Baby / Malkovich Puppeteer (John Cusack) back in Time. Also note the MASKS of prominent USA Presidential Actors.
"God, I'd give anything for a drink. I'd give my goddamned soul for just a glass of beer." - Jack Torrance, at the 'bar' asking for 'beer'.
'Beer' & 'Bar' both sound a lot like Bear. In fact, in Dutch, 'beer' = Bear.
At least one other director had the same idea - from CAPOTE
What word is perfectly etched in the negative-space of the railing above Danny's head in the shot when Wendy sees the bruises on his neck?
What's on the Saul Bass-designed poster, lurking like a King in Yellow just a perceptual-twist away from the distorted image of a frightened child's face?
What are the names of the husband/wife duo who created the Berenstain Bears? What is the name of Stan Kubrick's step-brother & executive producer?
Just what exactly is a 'Bear Stain', & what's it doing in a children's book series, and how did the 'Bear Stain Bears' wind up the center of a universe-altering / time-travel related mainstream conspiracy theory?
Look at these shots from TWIN PEAKS s3 for about 20 minutes, then ask: what is Big Ed eating? What is that little slip of paper? Why is there a giant BEAR present? & why does this scene conclude with a 'time slip'? (Big Ed sees his reflection 'out of sync' w/ himself)
Is it a coincidence that the shape & sickly color of Big Ed's soup, along with the close proximity of a BEAR, a TIME JUMP, & the USA (via Presidential Masks / Flag), matches neatly with the shape and color of the Hot Tub Time Machine?
What does the USA have to do with Time Travel? It's a coincidence I assume that the latin word for Bear is URSA—as in Ursa Major, 'The Great Bear', the Original Subliminal Bear—which, see, URSA is the USA, plus (or minus) Plan 'R'.
He was born on the 42nd day of 1936, & died an inclusive 999 weeks after EYES WIDE SHUT released, which was 666+666+666 weeks after THE SHINING released.
We can now calculate the exact mid-point of his life, which arrived on May 25, 1977 - the day a little movie called STAR WARS premiered.
Smokey and the Bandit—one of his most iconic roles—released two days later, 5/27/77, directed by HAL Needham.
Reynolds died 42 days after Kubrick's 90th birthday—another way of saying 90 is 10+50+30.
THE SHINING released 1053 + 42 days after STAR WARS released on Reynolds' mid-life day.