Lethal Weapon (1987)

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Wikidata Q462447, film, IMDb tt0093409, TMDB 941: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by episode credits Mel Gibson as actor (‘Se7en’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan); 3 more episodes agree.

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Blank Check — Patreon

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Led to

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Connected to

Seven: 2 lines lineage ×1 unmapped ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Seven → Lethal Weapon. Mills plays the reckless young cop with Mel Gibson in Lethal Weapon energy.
    “he's playing that like Mel Gibson and lethal weapon energy”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:29:28 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)

Beverly Hills Cop II: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (sequel adds cast): Beverly Hills Cop II → Lethal Weapon. By the mid-90s sequels learned to add stars (Pesci in Lethal Weapon, Jackson in Die Hard 3); Cop sequels just ran it back.
    “You have to have Joe Pesci join Lethal Weapon, and you have to try to bring in Chris Rock. You get Sam Jackson in Die Hard 3.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop II’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 1:03:31 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

Iron Man 3: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Iron Man 3 → Lethal Weapon. The shot of Stark and Rhodey peeking over a girder with guns has a Lethal Weapon vibe.
    “lethal weapon vibe, that shot of the 2 of them like peeking over a girder with like guns in their hands being...”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 1:43:33 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Shane Black: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): Shane Black → Lethal Weapon. Black wrote Lethal Weapon, and the movie's last act turns Rhodey and Stark into a Lethal Weapon-style buddy cop pair.
    “You get this last this last act where suddenly like roadie and Stark become like a buddy cop team.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 1:43:23 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

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craft (1)

  1. craft (craft): Shane Black → Lethal Weapon. Black wrote Lethal Weapon, and the movie's last act turns Rhodey and Stark into a Lethal Weapon-style buddy cop pair.
    “You get this last this last act where suddenly like roadie and Stark become like a buddy cop team.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 1:43:23 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

lineage (2)

  1. lineage (lineage): Seven → Lethal Weapon. Mills plays the reckless young cop with Mel Gibson in Lethal Weapon energy.
    “he's playing that like Mel Gibson and lethal weapon energy”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:29:28 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage): Iron Man 3 → Lethal Weapon. The shot of Stark and Rhodey peeking over a girder with guns has a Lethal Weapon vibe.
    “lethal weapon vibe, that shot of the 2 of them like peeking over a girder with like guns in their hands being...”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 1:43:33 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (sequel adds cast): Beverly Hills Cop II → Lethal Weapon. By the mid-90s sequels learned to add stars (Pesci in Lethal Weapon, Jackson in Die Hard 3); Cop sequels just ran it back.
    “You have to have Joe Pesci join Lethal Weapon, and you have to try to bring in Chris Rock. You get Sam Jackson in Die Hard 3.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop II’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 1:03:31 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (buddy-cop worry): Seven → Lethal Weapon. Studio saw an older Black detective and a young white one and worried it would read as Lethal Weapon.
    “this people are just going to think it's lethal weapon”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Se7en with Mike Mitchell & Nick Wiger (Ad-Free) · 0:49:32 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

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