The Bad News Bears (1976)
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Who talked about it
The Rewatchables
- Bill Simmons: 2 lines in ‘The Natural’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin
- Unattributed: 1 line, 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
Bad News Bears (remake): 1 line industry ×1
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industry (industry):
The Bad News Bears → Bad News Bears (remake).
The 70s original was politically incorrect like the era; the remake had to be made politically correct, which defeated the purpose.
“When they rebate it, it was a disaster because they had to make a political correct version of it”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Natural’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:25:31 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
Friday Night Lights (2004 film): 1 line lineage ×1
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lineage (lineage):
Friday Night Lights (2004 film) → The Bad News Bears.
Bad News Bears and Rocky, the same year, were the first time good guys did not win.
“Bad news bears and Rockies, same year.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:19:17 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
Rocky: 1 line contrast ×1
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contrast (contrast):
Rocky → The Bad News Bears.
Rocky and Bad News Bears were the two movies that year that flipped the sports-movie expectation of winning.
“Those were the 2 movies that year that flipped.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:27:42 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
Where it came up
- compared in The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan, first at 0:27:38, 1 time
- compared in The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin, first at 0:19:17, 1 time
- passing in The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris, first at 1:05:50, 1 time
- passing in The Rewatchables · ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan, first at 0:46:04, 1 time
- compared in The Rewatchables · ‘The Natural’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin, first at 0:25:21, 2 times
What was said about it, by kind
contrast (1)
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contrast (contrast):
Rocky → The Bad News Bears.
Rocky and Bad News Bears were the two movies that year that flipped the sports-movie expectation of winning.
“Those were the 2 movies that year that flipped.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:27:42 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
industry (1)
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industry (industry):
The Bad News Bears → Bad News Bears (remake).
The 70s original was politically incorrect like the era; the remake had to be made politically correct, which defeated the purpose.
“When they rebate it, it was a disaster because they had to make a political correct version of it”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Natural’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:25:31 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
lineage (1)
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lineage (lineage):
Friday Night Lights (2004 film) → The Bad News Bears.
Bad News Bears and Rocky, the same year, were the first time good guys did not win.
“Bad news bears and Rockies, same year.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 0:19:17 · Bill Simmons (0.60 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.
- Lane Smith: actor (The Rewatchables, ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris)
- Michael Ritchie: director (The Rewatchables, ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan)