First Blood (1982)
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Wikidata Q244963, film, IMDb tt0083944, TMDB 1368: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by episode credits Richard Crenna as Trautman (‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey); 2 more episodes agree.
What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.
Who talked about it
The Rewatchables
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
Die Hard 2: 1 line theme ×1
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theme (hero-vs-protege trope):
Die Hard 2 → First Blood.
Franz's 'I taught him everything he knows' line is joked as Richard Crenna in First Blood.
“like Richard Crenna in 1st Blood.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:41:35 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
Taken: 1 line people ×1
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people (casting against type):
Taken → First Blood.
Both worked because the actor had not done this kind of role before, so it felt like a genuine surprise.
“I think with Liam Neeson, it's the same thing. Where it's just like, he's, this was a guy who was in like Woody Allen movies.”
The Rewatchables · 'Taken' With Bill Simmons and Shea Serrano · 0:11:43 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
Where it came up
- passing in The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey, first at 0:19:30, 1 time
- passing in The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan, first at 0:22:35, 2 times
- compared in The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey, first at 0:41:35, 1 time
- compared in The Rewatchables · 'Taken' With Bill Simmons and Shea Serrano, first at 0:10:50, 1 time
What was said about it, by kind
people (1)
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people (casting against type):
Taken → First Blood.
Both worked because the actor had not done this kind of role before, so it felt like a genuine surprise.
“I think with Liam Neeson, it's the same thing. Where it's just like, he's, this was a guy who was in like Woody Allen movies.”
The Rewatchables · 'Taken' With Bill Simmons and Shea Serrano · 0:11:43 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
theme (1)
-
theme (hero-vs-protege trope):
Die Hard 2 → First Blood.
Franz's 'I taught him everything he knows' line is joked as Richard Crenna in First Blood.
“like Richard Crenna in 1st Blood.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:41:35 · Bill Simmons (0.70 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.
- Sylvester Stallone: actor (The Rewatchables, 'Taken' With Bill Simmons and Shea Serrano)
- Sylvester Stallone: star (The Rewatchables, ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan)
- Richard Crenna: Trautman (The Rewatchables, ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey)