Bill Paxton

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q110374: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by Wikidata joins them to Twister, which 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion credits them on.

Counted as actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: The Terminator (1984); Weird Science (1985); Aliens (1986); Near Dark (1987); One False Move (1992); Trespass (1992); Tombstone (1993); True Lies (1994); Apollo 13 (1995); Twister (1996); Titanic (1997); Haywire (2011); Edge of Tomorrow (2014); Million Dollar Arm (2014); Nightcrawler (2014); Training Day (TV series) (2017); Twisters (2024); Big Love; Big Love (TV series).

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, 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.

Mad Max 2 (1981): 2 lines

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Weird Science (1985), which they acted in: Mad Max 2 ⇒ Weird Science (the host's read). The climactic biker-gang sequence is an homage to The Road Warrior with the same actor and makeup.
    “it's pulled right from this movie that had just come out, same actor, same makeup, same everything, they're like doing an homage to it”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 1:08:03 · Bill Simmons (0.55 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft) · through Weird Science (1985), which they acted in: Mad Max 2 ⇒ Weird Science (the host's read). The Road Warrior homage is a nine-minute sequence, about 10% of the movie.
    “It comprises 10% of the whole movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 1:08:58 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

The Godfather (1972): 2 lines

  1. craft (craft) · through Tombstone (1993), which they acted in: The Godfather ⇒ Tombstone (the maker said so: Russell, in his True West magazine interview). Russell's intended tone was a Western Godfather; Jarre's version was more elegant.
    “Well, Russell says it, it was basically the godfather of Westerns.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:10:03 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft) · through Tombstone (1993), which they acted in: The Godfather ⇒ Tombstone (the host's read). The Oriental faro takeover shows the Godfather-like business side Russell wanted.
    “You could see the godfather thing that Russell's talking about when he moves into Tombstone and immediately takes over the Faro game at the Oriental.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:33:55 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Al Feldstein: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Weird Science (1985), which they acted in: Al Feldstein ⇒ Weird Science (the host's read). The movie is based on a 1951 pre-Code comic by Al Feldstein.
    “this was based on the 1951 pre-comics code comic made of the future by Al Feldstein.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 0:30:25 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)

Alien (1979): 1 line

  1. lineage (sequel / genre shift) · through Aliens (1986), which they acted in: Alien ⇒ Aliens (the host's read). Cameron's sequel to Ridley Scott's film shifted the genre, which raised expectations for any follow-up.
    “some other fucking guy is coming in and making a sequel to Ridley Scott's movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien³ with Matt Singer (Ad-Free) · 0:50:21 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

Bill Paxton: 1 line, within their own work

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Twisters (2024), which they acted in: Bill Paxton ⇒ Twisters (the host's read). Powell calls Twisters a seminal movie of his Texas upbringing and honors Paxton from the original.
    “Bill Paxton was such a, you know, he's a Texas film hall of fame guy”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:09:36 · Glen Powell (0.90 sure it was them)

Groundhog Day (1993): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Edge of Tomorrow (2014), which they acted in: Groundhog Day ⇒ Edge of Tomorrow (the host's read). The pitch is Groundhog Day as sci-fi action, and it keeps the loop while adding war stakes.
    “Doug Lyman is doing like an sci-fi action movie groundhog day with Tom Cruise”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Edge of Tomorrow · 0:11:26 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Industrial Light & Magic: 1 line

  1. industry (industry) · through Twister (1996), which they acted in: Industrial Light & Magic ⇒ Twister (the host's read). The movie was built out of an ILM proof-of-concept clip of a pickup truck driving toward a tornado.
    “It was a proof of concept clip from Industrial Light Magic”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:11:39 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Jaws (1975): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Twister (1996), which they acted in: Jaws ⇒ Twister (the host's read). Jonas is the Jaws-mayor archetype, a money-motivated antagonist that became a stock character in every movie.
    “The mayor in Jaws is the character that kind of pushes against our lead person.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:54:51 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

John Ford: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Tombstone (1993), which they acted in: John Ford ⇒ Tombstone (the host's read). Contrast: Ford Westerns vs gnarly, vulgar Tombstone.
    “bridge from John Ford Westerns to Deadwood”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:34:31 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)

Jurassic Park (1993): 1 line

  1. industry (industry) · through Twister (1996), which they acted in: Jurassic Park ⇒ Twister (the host's read). Marketing a disaster around unknown leads follows Jurassic Park, where Sam Neill and Laura Dern were known but not famous.
    “coming off of Jurassic Park where it was like Sam Neil and Laura Dern were like well-known, but not famous.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:53:21 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

Speed (1994): 1 line

  1. industry (industry) · through Twister (1996), which they acted in: Speed ⇒ Twister (the host's read). Hollywood shifted after Speed; Twister marketed Paxton and others as future stars.
    “The one that changed it was speed.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:54:13 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

Superbad (2007): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Weird Science (1985), which they acted in: Superbad ⇒ Weird Science (the host's read). Weird Science may be the biggest influence on Superbad.
    “Like, I feel like, I don't know which was the biggest influence on Superbad.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 0:07:45 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

The Breakfast Club (1985): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Weird Science (1985), which they acted in: The Breakfast Club ⇒ Weird Science (the host's read). Gary's girlfriend in Canada is a gag taken from Breakfast Club.
    “Like, that's the thing directly from Breakfast Club.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 0:17:25 · Kyle Brandt (0.55 sure it was them)

Three Amigos (1986): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Tombstone (1993), which they acted in: Three Amigos ⇒ Tombstone (the host's read). The wedding-execution opening resembles the Three Amigos setup.
    “this movie's after the 3 amigos, right?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:28:23 · Chris Ryan (0.30 sure it was them)

Twister (1996): 1 line, within their own work

  1. industry (industry) · through Titanic (1997), which they acted in: Twister ⇒ Titanic (the host's read). Twister started a playbook of putting not-yet-A-list leads in a spectacle, which Titanic and later Star Wars followed.
    “It became a playbook for it.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:54:01 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

Avatar (2009): 3 lines

  1. craft (craft) · through Aliens (1986), which they acted in: Aliens ⇒ Avatar (the host's read). Making Aliens (a voiceless monster) is what let Cameron individualize the humans there and flip that in Avatar.
    “I wonder if he hadn't made aliens if he could have arrived at that.”
    The Big Picture · The Great ‘Avatar’ Debate with Blank Check’s Griffin Newman and David Sims · 1:04:08 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. career (career) · through Titanic (1997), which they acted in: Titanic ⇒ Avatar (the host's read). Avatar could only be made because Titanic gave Cameron the clout.
    “I'd never have gotten to make it if he hadn't made Titanic.”
    The Big Picture · The Great ‘Avatar’ Debate with Blank Check’s Griffin Newman and David Sims · 1:09:04 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. verdict (verdict) · through Titanic (1997), which they acted in: Titanic ⇒ Avatar (the host's read). Titanic made Cameron so successful that Hollywood let him do anything.
    “needed to have this extraordinary amount of success over these decades to conceive an execute of something so crazy as Avatar.”
    The Big Picture · The Great ‘Avatar’ Debate with Blank Check’s Griffin Newman and David Sims · 1:45:16 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Alien 3 (1992): 2 lines

  1. lineage (sequel) · through Aliens (1986), which they acted in: Aliens ⇒ Alien 3 (the host's read). Alien 3 opens by wiping out the status quo that ended Aliens.
    “Seconds of this movie, it literally just burns the status quo established at the end of the last one.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien 3 · 0:21:41 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (sequel) · through Aliens (1986), which they acted in: Aliens ⇒ Alien 3 (the host's read). Alien 3 follows Aliens; watched back to back, Aliens ends on a new family that Alien 3 then kills.
    “you watch aliens and that has this ending of, you know, this new family that has been created.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien³ with Matt Singer (Ad-Free) · 0:30:17 · Matt Singer (0.40 sure it was them)

Alien: Covenant (2017): 2 lines

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Aliens (1986), which they acted in: Aliens ⇒ Alien: Covenant (the host's read). The shoulder-mounted GoPro cameras are carried over from the Marines in Aliens.
    “which the Marines all have in aliens”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Covenant · 0:40:52 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage) · through Aliens (1986), which they acted in: Aliens ⇒ Alien: Covenant (the host's read). The loader and airlock set piece homages the power loader fight in Aliens.
    “But something about this feels closer to the power loader fight.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Covenant · 1:55:53 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Captain America: The First Avenger (2011): 1 line

  1. craft (craft) · through Aliens (1986), which they acted in: Aliens ⇒ Captain America: The First Avenger (the host's read). The frozen-find cold open structurally echoes the discovery sequence that opens Aliens.
    “this is also actually very similar to is the opening of aliens.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The First Avenger · 0:10:43 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Deadwood (2004): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Tombstone (1993), which they acted in: Tombstone ⇒ Deadwood (the host's read). Tombstone as the bridge from John Ford Westerns to Deadwood.
    “I tend to think of this movie as the bridge from John Ford Westerns to Deadwood”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:34:31 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)

Killers of the Flower Moon (2023): 1 line

  1. lineage (callback) · through Titanic (1997), which they acted in: Titanic ⇒ Killers of the Flower Moon (the host's read). The car make-out scene is a funny Titanic callback.
    “I thought there was a really funny callback to Titanic when they're making out in the car.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 0:35:48 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)

Leonardo DiCaprio: 1 line

  1. theme (rejects persona) · through Titanic (1997), which they acted in: Titanic ⇒ Leonardo DiCaprio (the host's read). His broken, dim characters read as a rejection of Jack in Titanic and the matinee-idol image.
    “maybe all of this is a one long rejection of Jack from Titanic”
    The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 0:27:38 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003): 1 line

  1. unmapped (shared-technology) · through Titanic (1997), which they acted in: Titanic ⇒ Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (the host's read). The film exists because James Cameron's Mexican Titanic tank, with a gimbal, was still usable for the ship set.
    “James Cameron had done the legwork to build out the system to be able to basically shoot this on a gimbal in a tank of a proper set.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World with John Hodgman · 1:30:47 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

Neill Blomkamp's unmade Aliens sequel: 1 line

  1. lineage (unmade sequel) · through Aliens (1986), which they acted in: Aliens ⇒ Neill Blomkamp's unmade Aliens sequel (the host's read). Blomkamp's unmade film would have followed Aliens directly.
    “an alien sequel that was a direct aliens sequel and ignoring everything that came after it”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien 3 · 0:32:21 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)

Oingo Boingo: 1 line

  1. craft (craft) · through Weird Science (1985), which they acted in: Weird Science ⇒ Oingo Boingo (the host's read). The speaker imagines the title song was written after the band was told the plot and shown the film, Frankenstein vibe included.
    “I'm making this movie. It's about these 15 year old kids that create basically like the perfect woman and she comes out of the computer and has sex with them.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 1:13:46 · Bill Simmons (0.55 sure it was them)

Superbad (2007): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Weird Science (1985), which they acted in: Weird Science ⇒ Superbad (the host's read). Weird Science's ending was 'completely ripped off by super bad'.
    “Uh, really satisfying ending, then just completely ripped off by super bad.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 0:42:03 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

The Killer (2023): 1 line

  1. people (casting origin) · through Haywire (2011), which they acted in: Haywire ⇒ The Killer (the maker said so: the Q and A at the screening). Fincher cited Haywire, with Prometheus, as the Fassbender movies that made him cast him.
    “He said it was Prometheus and Haywire, which makes sense.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Killer with Marie Bardi (Ad-Free) · 1:17:06 · David Sims (0.55 sure it was them)

Titanic (1997): 1 line, within their own work

  1. industry (industry) · through Twister (1996), which they acted in: Twister ⇒ Titanic (the host's read). Twister started a playbook of putting not-yet-A-list leads in a spectacle, which Titanic and later Star Wars followed.
    “It became a playbook for it.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:54:01 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

Top Gun: Maverick (2022): 1 line

  1. career (career) · through Edge of Tomorrow (2014), which they acted in: Edge of Tomorrow ⇒ Top Gun: Maverick (the host's read). Edge cracked a new era of Cruise; Ethan Hunt and Maverick run on what he learned here.
    “That Maverick is really running on a lot of this.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Edge of Tomorrow · 0:03:24 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Twisters (2024): 1 line, within their own work

  1. lineage (lineage) · them, directly: Bill Paxton ⇒ Twisters (the host's read). Powell calls Twisters a seminal movie of his Texas upbringing and honors Paxton from the original.
    “Bill Paxton was such a, you know, he's a Texas film hall of fame guy”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:09:36 · Glen Powell (0.90 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (32) everyone in acting

Other (1) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (12)

  1. career (career): Bill Paxton → Aliens. Paxton is funny even in serious movies like Aliens (game over, man).
    “And then even in serious movies like aliens, when he's just like, you know, game over, man”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 1:22:05 · Bill Simmons (0.45 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Bill Paxton → Weird Science. Bill first knew Paxton as Chet in Weird Science, then he became a classic.
    “I knew Bill Paxton initially is Chet and weird science.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:13:27 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): Bill Paxton → Trespass. Trespass, with Ice-T and Ice Cube, is cited as a high-concept treasure-hunt movie that feels important and is probably on Tubi.
    “kind of a high concept movie for the era.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:14:03 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. career (career): Bill Paxton → True Lies. In the 90s Paxton had important non-lead roles in True Lies, Tombstone and Apollo 13 before finally leading Twister.
    “And then Twister, he finally gets the lead.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:15:22 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  5. career (career): Bill Paxton → Titanic. Paxton's run of key supporting roles culminates with the Twister lead and then Titanic.
    “And then that all culminates in Titanic.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:15:29 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  6. career (career): Bill Paxton → Sam Neill. Like Sam Neill, Paxton did not become a star because the audience remembers the spectacle (storms, dinosaurs), not the lead.
    “So the star of this movie is are the tornadoes.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:17:04 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  7. career (career): Bill Paxton → Kevin Bacon. Paxton belongs to the Kevin Bacon, Bill Pullman, Kiefer Sutherland tier; the third guy in the cocktail with Tom Hanks in Apollo 13.
    “Apollo 13 tanks.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:21:03 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  8. career (career): Bill Paxton → Aliens. Paxton and Biehn were supposed to be the stars of Aliens in any other world.
    “Paxton and Bean are supposed to, like, in any other world, be the stars of aliens”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:53:10 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  9. career (career): Bill Paxton → Training Day (TV series). Paxton went from Edge to the CBS Training Day series, which he died during.
    “He goes from this to the, um, uh, training day TV show and then he dies.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Edge of Tomorrow · 1:14:53 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  10. career (career): Bill Paxton → Nightcrawler. Paxton is in Nightcrawler and is really good in it.
    “Really good in that.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Edge of Tomorrow · 1:16:15 · Griffin Newman (0.30 sure it was them)
  11. career (career): Bill Paxton → Big Love (TV series). Big Love was his apex moment on a prestige show, with Emmy nominations.
    “he finally got his sort of apex moment on his prestige show.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Edge of Tomorrow · 1:16:48 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  12. career (career): Bill Paxton → Million Dollar Arm. Paxton ruled the box office one last time in Million Dollar Arm.
    “Bill Paxton.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Edge of Tomorrow · 1:45:02 · Ben Hosley (0.40 sure it was them)

lineage (1)

  1. lineage (lineage): Twisters → Bill Paxton. Powell calls Twisters a seminal movie of his Texas upbringing and honors Paxton from the original.
    “Bill Paxton was such a, you know, he's a Texas film hall of fame guy”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 0:09:36 · Glen Powell (0.90 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (falling out): John Hughes → Bill Paxton. Paxton turned down the garage attendant role as too small and was never offered work by Hughes again.
    “he offered him the role of the garage attendant, Ferris, and Paxton turned it down.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:00:37 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  1. theme (theme): Bill Paxton → Tom Cruise. Paxton, who worked every position in the Corman system, shares Cruise's 'isn't this great, we're making movies' reputation.
    “he had the Tom Cruise thing of like, isn't this great?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Edge of Tomorrow · 1:17:27 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

what-if (4)

  1. what-if (what-if): Bill Paxton → George Clooney. Chris argues Paxton could have led Out of Sight instead of Clooney; Van counters that Paxton lacks the movie-star magnetism for the trunk scene with J.Lo.
    “I think he could have been the lead guy and out of sight instead of Clooney and out of sight.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:19:37 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. what-if (what-if): Bill Paxton → Brian Cranston. Paxton is the type who needs a late-career role made for him, like a bad guy on Ozark.
    “He's also the kind of guy to me that catches a role that's made for him late in his career.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:21:10 · Van Lathan (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. what-if (what-if): Bill Paxton → Tom Hanks. Hanks read for Bill, passed, and suggested Paxton; Hanks even had wardrobe ready, so Paxton got the role via a big star.
    “Tom Hanks read for the part of Bill.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:16:53 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  4. what-if (what-if): Bill Paxton → Aliens. A proposed category: actors reprising a different character from their own filmography; Paxton just doing Hudson from Aliens and screaming Cows.
    “Bill Paxton from Aliens?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:40:53 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Bill Paxton: Chet is in only three scenes, takes an hour off, and yet is the best Weird Science.
    “but I think the best weird science is when he's on screen.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 0:42:18 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Bill Paxton: Paxton showed up in the party scene in sunglasses and a trench coat just to be around the set; cast calls him the nicest person.
    “Apparently he dresses up in his sunglasses in a trench coat, trench coat, and he's in the party scene.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 1:21:36 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Bill Paxton: Storm chasers in the spotter network spelled out his initials when he died in 2017 to honor him.
    “they spelt out his initials when he passed away in 2017 to honor him.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:58:39 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. fun, about Bill Paxton: Paxton's monologue is an 'all the mustard' performance; on first watch it seems too much, but on repeat it becomes an anchor because of its fixed rhythms.
    “it's an all the mustard performance”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Edge of Tomorrow · 0:01:07 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  5. fun, about Bill Paxton: Science Hill, Kentucky, where Paxton says he's from: nobody knows why it's called that, and Wikipedia cites Edge of Tomorrow.
    “It does cite Edge of Tomorrow though.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Edge of Tomorrow · 0:01:58 · Ben Hosley (0.40 sure it was them)