Unbreakable (2000)
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Wikidata Q650613, film, IMDb tt0217869, TMDB 9741: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by episode credits M. Night Shyamalan as director (Lady in the Water with Richard Lawson); 2 more episodes agree.
What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.
In the store as #684, Unbreakable (2000).
Who talked about it
Blank Check with Griffin & David
- Unattributed: 3 lines, the speaker unknown or under 0.5 sure.
Came from
What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.
No line says it drew on another film or person.
Led to
What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.
No line says another film or person drew on it.
Connected to
Fearless: 2 lines theme ×1 contrast ×1
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theme (premise):
Fearless → Unbreakable.
Both are about a man recovering from an accident that left him untouched; Bruce Willis would have fit, but was not ready.
“sort of a similar idea of a guy who's kind of like, fucking nothing happened to me, like, and who is recovering from an accident.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fearless with Timothy Simons · 0:50:16 · Tim Simons (0.45 sure it was them)
Lady in the Water: 1 line theme ×1
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theme (backstory echo):
Lady in the Water → Unbreakable.
Cleveland Heep's murdered family backstory is likened to the crime in Unbreakable.
“much like the crime and unbreakable.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Lady in the Water with Richard Lawson · 1:15:15 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
Where it came up
- compared in Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fearless with Timothy Simons, first at 0:50:13, 2 times
- passing in Blank Check with Griffin & David · Ricki and the Flash with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber, first at 0:35:42, 1 time
- compared in Blank Check with Griffin & David · Lady in the Water with Richard Lawson, first at 1:15:15, 1 time
- passing in The Big Picture · 1. ‘Bring It On’ and ‘Donnie Darko’ | Mission Accomplished, first at 0:16:11, 1 time
- anecdote in Blank Check — Patreon · Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free), first at 1:58:20, 3 times
What was said about it, by kind
contrast (1)
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contrast (contrast):
Fearless → Unbreakable.
Fearless is not Unbreakable because its protagonist is not literally invulnerable; the world helps him survive.
“But you're like, it's not unbreakable where it's like he genuinely cannot be hard.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fearless with Timothy Simons · 1:51:54 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
theme (2)
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theme (premise):
Fearless → Unbreakable.
Both are about a man recovering from an accident that left him untouched; Bruce Willis would have fit, but was not ready.
“sort of a similar idea of a guy who's kind of like, fucking nothing happened to me, like, and who is recovering from an accident.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fearless with Timothy Simons · 0:50:16 · Tim Simons (0.45 sure it was them) -
theme (backstory echo):
Lady in the Water → Unbreakable.
Cleveland Heep's murdered family backstory is likened to the crime in Unbreakable.
“much like the crime and unbreakable.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Lady in the Water with Richard Lawson · 1:15:15 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
Fun items about it
None.
Who the speakers said made it
As said on the shows, not checked against the real credits.
- Bruce Willis: actor (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Fearless with Timothy Simons)
- M. Night Shyamalan: director (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Lady in the Water with Richard Lawson)