Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)
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Wikidata Q1243009, film, IMDb tt0082418, TMDB 9725: 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
- Hottest take (pick) for Friday the 13th (1980): Calls the leap from the first film to the second the greatest sequel improvement ever. unknown · 1:16:05
Who talked about it
The Rewatchables
- Unattributed: 6 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.
Friday the 13th: 1 line the host's read ×1
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lineage (lineage):
Friday the 13th ⇒ Friday the 13th Part 2 (the host's read).
Part 2 essentially redoes the first film with a better bad guy and a little more money.
“I think the 2nd one almost stands in as like, let's redo the 1st one, but make the bad guy even better.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:03:47 · unknown (0.40 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 the 13th: 3 lines lineage ×1 programming ×1 verdict ×1
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lineage (lineage):
Friday the 13th → Friday the 13th Part 2.
Part 2 essentially redoes the first film with a better bad guy and a little more money.
“I think the 2nd one almost stands in as like, let's redo the 1st one, but make the bad guy even better.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:03:47 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
Aliens: 1 line contrast ×1
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contrast (contrast):
Friday the 13th Part 2 → Aliens.
Part 2 is argued to improve more on its original than Aliens, Godfather 2, or Empire.
“Hmm. Friday 2 is like leaps and bounds.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:16:22 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
The Godfather Part II: 1 line contrast ×1
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contrast (contrast):
Friday the 13th Part 2 → The Godfather Part II.
Great sequels usually had great source material; Part 2 had much less to build on.
“Because most movies that we talk about as being phenomenal sequels, they have so much phenomenal source material.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:16:58 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre: 1 line verdict ×1
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verdict (underrated final girl):
Friday the 13th Part 2 → The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
Bill nominates the Friday the 13th Part 2 girl as most underrated final girl, alongside Sally.
“I would say the girl on Friday the 13th part, too.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 1:14:36 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
Where it came up
- compared in The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan, first at 0:19:21, 5 times
- passing in The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan, first at 1:14:36, 2 times
What was said about it, by kind
contrast (2)
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contrast (contrast):
Friday the 13th Part 2 → Aliens.
Part 2 is argued to improve more on its original than Aliens, Godfather 2, or Empire.
“Hmm. Friday 2 is like leaps and bounds.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:16:22 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them) -
contrast (contrast):
Friday the 13th Part 2 → The Godfather Part II.
Great sequels usually had great source material; Part 2 had much less to build on.
“Because most movies that we talk about as being phenomenal sequels, they have so much phenomenal source material.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:16:58 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
lineage (1)
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lineage (lineage):
Friday the 13th → Friday the 13th Part 2.
Part 2 essentially redoes the first film with a better bad guy and a little more money.
“I think the 2nd one almost stands in as like, let's redo the 1st one, but make the bad guy even better.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:03:47 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
programming (1)
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programming (programming):
Friday the 13th → Friday the 13th Part 2.
Parts 2 and 3 open with the final minutes of the previous film to deliver an early kill.
“the sequels, especially 2 and 3, open with the last 10 minutes of the previous movie to get a killing.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:36:05 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
verdict (2)
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verdict (verdict):
Friday the 13th → Friday the 13th Part 2.
The leap from the first Friday to Part 2 is called the best sequel improvement ever, even above Aliens and Godfather 2.
“The leap from Friday one to Friday 2 makes Friday 2 the greatest sequel of all time.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:16:05 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them) -
verdict (underrated final girl):
Friday the 13th Part 2 → The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
Bill nominates the Friday the 13th Part 2 girl as most underrated final girl, alongside Sally.
“I would say the girl on Friday the 13th part, too.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 1:14:36 · Chris Ryan (0.40 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.
- Steve Miner: director (The Rewatchables, ‘Friday the 13th’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan)