Commando (1985)

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Wikidata Q744551, film, IMDb tt0088944, TMDB 10999: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by episode credits Arnold Schwarzenegger as actor ('Taken' With Bill Simmons and Shea Serrano); 1 more episode agrees.

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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.

Taken: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. theme (genre revival): Commando ⇒ Taken (the host's read). Taken returned to the basic Schwarzenegger/Stallone template, but with a real actor selling the lines.
    “We're still going to have him do all of the same stuff that a Schwarzenegger or Stallone would do in commando or cobra, but now we've got a guy who, when he says things into the camera, when he gives the phone speech, you feel it.”
    The Rewatchables · 'Taken' With Bill Simmons and Shea Serrano · 0:10:08 · Shea Serrano (0.70 sure it was them)

Connected to

A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): A Nightmare on Elm Street 2 → Commando. The same question of unintended queer subtext could be asked of Commando.
    “You say the same thing about commando, frankly?”
    The Big Picture · The Final Girl Film Canon and ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ With Gillian Anderson, Hannah Einbinder, and Jane Schoenbrun! · 0:31:50 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

Beverly Hills Cop: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): Beverly Hills Cop → Commando. The same mansion appears in this film and Commando a year later.
    “used in this movie and the commando a year later.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ With Bill Simmons, Wesley Morris, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:10:46 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Die Hard 2: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (shared fictional country): Die Hard 2 → Commando. Esperanza is a general of Val Verde, the fictional country from Commando; Commando is the true Val Verde Apex Mountain.
    “Esperanza is actually a general in the country of Valverde, which is the same country used the fictional South American country used in commando.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:58:58 · Bill Simmons (0.75 sure it was them)

Predator: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): Predator → Commando. Predator and Commando are combat movies not war movies, like the Top Gun films that abstract the war away.
    “Predator I think of is more of a combat movie than a war movie, you know, and like commando is the same”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Paths of Glory with Sarah Marshall (Ad-Free) · 1:18:09 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

Taken: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (genre revival): Taken → Commando. Taken returned to the basic Schwarzenegger/Stallone template, but with a real actor selling the lines.
    “We're still going to have him do all of the same stuff that a Schwarzenegger or Stallone would do in commando or cobra, but now we've got a guy who, when he says things into the camera, when he gives the phone speech, you feel it.”
    The Rewatchables · 'Taken' With Bill Simmons and Shea Serrano · 0:10:08 · Shea Serrano (0.70 sure it was them)

Vernon Wells: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Vernon Wells → Commando. The Weird Science biker leader is the Commando villain.
    “And it's our guy, Bernie Wells.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 1:09:06 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

Where it came up

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career (1)

  1. career (career): Vernon Wells → Commando. The Weird Science biker leader is the Commando villain.
    “And it's our guy, Bernie Wells.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 1:09:06 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

industry (1)

  1. industry (industry): Beverly Hills Cop → Commando. The same mansion appears in this film and Commando a year later.
    “used in this movie and the commando a year later.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ With Bill Simmons, Wesley Morris, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:10:46 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

theme (3)

  1. theme (genre revival): Taken → Commando. Taken returned to the basic Schwarzenegger/Stallone template, but with a real actor selling the lines.
    “We're still going to have him do all of the same stuff that a Schwarzenegger or Stallone would do in commando or cobra, but now we've got a guy who, when he says things into the camera, when he gives the phone speech, you feel it.”
    The Rewatchables · 'Taken' With Bill Simmons and Shea Serrano · 0:10:08 · Shea Serrano (0.70 sure it was them)
  2. theme (theme): A Nightmare on Elm Street 2 → Commando. The same question of unintended queer subtext could be asked of Commando.
    “You say the same thing about commando, frankly?”
    The Big Picture · The Final Girl Film Canon and ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ With Gillian Anderson, Hannah Einbinder, and Jane Schoenbrun! · 0:31:50 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. theme (theme): Predator → Commando. Predator and Commando are combat movies not war movies, like the Top Gun films that abstract the war away.
    “Predator I think of is more of a combat movie than a war movie, you know, and like commando is the same”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Paths of Glory with Sarah Marshall (Ad-Free) · 1:18:09 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (shared fictional country): Die Hard 2 → Commando. Esperanza is a general of Val Verde, the fictional country from Commando; Commando is the true Val Verde Apex Mountain.
    “Esperanza is actually a general in the country of Valverde, which is the same country used the fictional South American country used in commando.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:58:58 · Bill Simmons (0.75 sure it was them)

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