WarGames (1983)
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Wikidata Q504697, film, IMDb tt0086567, TMDB 860: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only film by that title; 2 more episodes agree.
What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.
Who talked about it
Blank Check with Griffin & David
- Unattributed: 1 line, the speaker unknown or under 0.5 sure.
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.
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
John Badham: 1 line unmapped ×1
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unmapped (left Starman for):
John Badham → WarGames.
Badham was first attached to Starman, left after E.T., and made WarGames instead.
“and he does war games instead.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 0:26:06 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
Weird Science: 1 line lineage ×1
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lineage (lineage):
Weird Science → WarGames.
Both movies are about teenage computer hackers, and both end up with a nuclear missile; Weird Science's kids are more premeditated.
“I think they're a little bit more premeditated than in war games, but they, ironically, they both end up with a nuclear missile.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 0:11:14 · Kyle Brandt (0.60 sure it was them)
Where it came up
- passing in Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich, first at 0:26:06, 1 time
- compared in The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt, first at 0:10:48, 3 times
- passing in The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan, first at 0:08:40, 2 times
- passing in The Big Picture · 5. ‘No Country for Old Men’ and ‘W.’ | Mission Accomplished, first at 0:16:39, 1 time
- passing in Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi, first at 2:12:32, 1 time
What was said about it, by kind
lineage (1)
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lineage (lineage):
Weird Science → WarGames.
Both movies are about teenage computer hackers, and both end up with a nuclear missile; Weird Science's kids are more premeditated.
“I think they're a little bit more premeditated than in war games, but they, ironically, they both end up with a nuclear missile.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 0:11:14 · Kyle Brandt (0.60 sure it was them)
unmapped (1)
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unmapped (left Starman for):
John Badham → WarGames.
Badham was first attached to Starman, left after E.T., and made WarGames instead.
“and he does war games instead.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 0:26:06 · David Sims (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.
- Barry Corbin: actor (The Big Picture, 5. ‘No Country for Old Men’ and ‘W.’ | Mission Accomplished)
- Matthew Broderick: actor (The Rewatchables, ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan)
- Matthew Broderick: actor (The Rewatchables, ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt)
- John Badham: director (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Starman with Katey Rich)
- John Badham: director (Blank Check — Patreon, Return of the Jedi)