Ready to Rumble
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Who talked about it
The Big Picture
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
Fighting with My Family: 2 lines industry ×1 contrast ×1
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industry (industry):
Fighting with My Family → Ready to Rumble.
Fennessey frames Fighting with My Family as the first stroke of a more refined version of the movie-wrestling crossover that Ready to Rumble attempted.
“fighting with my family feels like the 1st stroke of maybe a slightly more refined vision of how movies and the pro wrestling world intersect.”
The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting With My Family’ | Interview (Ep. 130) · 0:13:06 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)
David Arquette: 1 line career ×1
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career (career):
Ready to Rumble → David Arquette.
Shoemaker calls the movie terrible and Arquette's WCW title reign forgettable, contrasting it with Arquette's later redemption as a real indie wrestler.
“Ready to Rumble was a terrible movie and him being WCW champion is just a laughable at best forgettable moment of pro wrestling history”
The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting With My Family’ | Interview (Ep. 130) · 0:14:02 · David Shoemaker (0.85 sure it was them)
Where it came up
- dismissed in The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting With My Family’ | Interview (Ep. 130), first at 0:07:29, 4 times
What was said about it, by kind
career (1)
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career (career):
Ready to Rumble → David Arquette.
Shoemaker calls the movie terrible and Arquette's WCW title reign forgettable, contrasting it with Arquette's later redemption as a real indie wrestler.
“Ready to Rumble was a terrible movie and him being WCW champion is just a laughable at best forgettable moment of pro wrestling history”
The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting With My Family’ | Interview (Ep. 130) · 0:14:02 · David Shoemaker (0.85 sure it was them)
contrast (1)
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contrast (contrast):
Ready to Rumble → Fighting with My Family.
Shoemaker says the Ready to Rumble/Arquette attempt failed because a wrestling movie must strike exactly the right tone, the test Fighting with My Family now faces.
“there's a reason why they're ready to rumble David Arquette thing was a failure, because you have to, you have to strike the exact right tone.”
The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting With My Family’ | Interview (Ep. 130) · 0:13:24 · David Shoemaker (0.85 sure it was them)
industry (1)
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industry (industry):
Fighting with My Family → Ready to Rumble.
Fennessey frames Fighting with My Family as the first stroke of a more refined version of the movie-wrestling crossover that Ready to Rumble attempted.
“fighting with my family feels like the 1st stroke of maybe a slightly more refined vision of how movies and the pro wrestling world intersect.”
The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting With My Family’ | Interview (Ep. 130) · 0:13:06 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 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.