Varsity Blues (1999)
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Wikidata Q549889, film, IMDb tt0139699, TMDB 14709: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only film by that title.
What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.
The Rewatchables' awards
Picked in other episodes
- Double feature (pick) for Friday Night Lights (2004): It is the obvious pick, but pairing the two gives the fun Texas high school football version and then the serious one. Bill Simmons · 1:42:36
- Double feature (pick) for Friday Night Lights (2004): She lands on the same pairing, the two films being relatively contemporary and showing both sides of Texas football. Mallory Rubin · 1:42:38
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.
Friday Night Lights (2004 film): 1 line the host's read ×1
-
lineage (lineage):
Friday Night Lights (2004 film) ⇒ Varsity Blues (the host's read).
Varsity Blues ripped off the Boobie Miles injury beat with its Lance Harbor injury, and the TV show flipped it with Jason Street.
“I love varsity blues we've done on the rewatchables, but they rip it off with the Lance Harbor injury.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:35:23 · Mallory Rubin (0.50 sure it was them)
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
Friday Night Lights (2004 film): 3 lines lineage ×2 programming ×1
-
programming (programming):
Friday Night Lights (2004 film) → Varsity Blues.
Best double feature: the serious Texas version after the super fun one.
“We get the super fun Texas version, then we get like the serious version.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 1:42:43 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
Miracle: 1 line theme ×1
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theme (speech trope):
Miracle → Varsity Blues.
Varsity Blues halftime speech is a good bad one.
“like Vanderbeek at halftime of the last varsity booze game is great.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 1:09:11 · Bill Simmons (0.55 sure it was them)
Where it came up
- compared in The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin, first at 0:09:40, 9 times
- compared in The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan, first at 0:22:39, 3 times
What was said about it, by kind
lineage (2)
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lineage (lineage):
Friday Night Lights (2004 film) → Varsity Blues.
Both took viewers into the Texas football world; Friday Night Lights nailed it and the TV series went further.
“Then this movie nailed it?”
The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:10:01 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them) -
lineage (lineage):
Varsity Blues → Friday Night Lights (2004 film).
Varsity Blues ripped off the Boobie Miles injury beat with its Lance Harbor injury, and the TV show flipped it with Jason Street.
“I love varsity blues we've done on the rewatchables, but they rip it off with the Lance Harbor injury.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:35:23 · Mallory Rubin (0.50 sure it was them)
programming (1)
-
programming (programming):
Friday Night Lights (2004 film) → Varsity Blues.
Best double feature: the serious Texas version after the super fun one.
“We get the super fun Texas version, then we get like the serious version.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 1:42:43 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
theme (1)
-
theme (speech trope):
Miracle → Varsity Blues.
Varsity Blues halftime speech is a good bad one.
“like Vanderbeek at halftime of the last varsity booze game is great.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Miracle’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 1:09:11 · Bill Simmons (0.55 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.
- No one.