Men in Black (1997)
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Wikidata Q51416, film, IMDb tt0119654, TMDB 607: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by episode credits Linda Fiorentino as actor (‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey); 4 more episodes agree.
What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.
Who talked about it
Blank Check — Patreon
- Unattributed: 2 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
2001: A Space Odyssey: 1 line theme ×1
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theme (joke comparison):
Men in Black → 2001: A Space Odyssey.
The film's ending aliens are compared to the cigarette-smoking aliens of Men in Black.
“it's the cigarette smoking aliens from Men in Black, who are like, we created everything.”
Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 2:05:19 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
Iron Man 2: 1 line contrast ×1
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contrast (contrast):
Iron Man 2 → Men in Black.
Setting the climax at a World's Fair site worked in Men in Black because it was thematic with the flying saucers; here it is arbitrary and the drones are generic.
“A movie already did this and got away with it too. The film called Men in Black.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 1:37:01 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
Where it came up
- passing in Blank Check with Griffin & David · Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri, first at 2:54:30, 1 time
- passing in Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard, first at 0:35:28, 2 times
- passing in Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Lost World: Jurassic Park, first at 1:34:50, 3 times
- passing in The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey, first at 1:10:46, 2 times
- passing in Blank Check — Patreon · Full Metal Jacket with Jon Gabrus (Ad-Free), first at 1:23:59, 2 times
- passing in Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free), first at 2:05:19, 1 time
- compared in Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2, first at 1:37:04, 2 times
What was said about it, by kind
contrast (1)
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contrast (contrast):
Iron Man 2 → Men in Black.
Setting the climax at a World's Fair site worked in Men in Black because it was thematic with the flying saucers; here it is arbitrary and the drones are generic.
“A movie already did this and got away with it too. The film called Men in Black.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 1:37:01 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
theme (1)
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theme (joke comparison):
Men in Black → 2001: A Space Odyssey.
The film's ending aliens are compared to the cigarette-smoking aliens of Men in Black.
“it's the cigarette smoking aliens from Men in Black, who are like, we created everything.”
Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 2:05:19 · 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.
- Linda Fiorentino: actor (The Rewatchables, ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey)
- Vincent D'Onofrio: role named (Edgar) (Blank Check — Patreon, Full Metal Jacket with Jon Gabrus (Ad-Free))
- Barry Sonnenfeld: director (Blank Check with Griffin & David, The Lost World: Jurassic Park)