U2

Made films the shows talk about.

Counted as other. The films the hosts said they were tied to, which the two lists below run through too: Taken (2008). Count them as composer (2 films) instead.

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.

Commando (1985): 1 line

  1. theme (genre revival) · through Taken (2008), which they were tied to as band Kim and Amanda follow: 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)

Drawn on by

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

John Wick (2014): 1 line

  1. lineage (genre descendant) · through Taken (2008), which they were tied to as band Kim and Amanda follow: Taken ⇒ John Wick (the host's read). John Wick may belong to the subgenre Taken started, though Wick is a more elaborate 5 o'clocker.
    “Probably even John Wick, maybe.”
    The Rewatchables · 'Taken' With Bill Simmons and Shea Serrano · 0:07:45 · Shea Serrano (0.60 sure it was them)

Kidnap (2016): 1 line

  1. lineage (genre descendant) · through Taken (2008), which they were tied to as band Kim and Amanda follow: Taken ⇒ Kidnap (the host's read). Kidnap is another of the movies stemming from Taken.
    “Kidnap is another one of the stemmed off of taken movies, so it's funny that you mentioned it.”
    The Rewatchables · 'Taken' With Bill Simmons and Shea Serrano · 0:18:47 · Shea Serrano (0.60 sure it was them)

The Equalizer (2014): 1 line

  1. lineage (genre descendant) · through Taken (2008), which they were tied to as band Kim and Amanda follow: Taken ⇒ The Equalizer (the host's read). Taken's box office started a subgenre of an older star beating up younger bad guys, and The Equalizer is the first example.
    “There's a whole subgenre of movies after taking exploded at the box office where everybody's like, oh, shoot, we just have to get an old person and let them fight young people”
    The Rewatchables · 'Taken' With Bill Simmons and Shea Serrano · 0:07:29 · Shea Serrano (0.60 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Music (2) everyone in music

Other (1) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

craft (1)

  1. craft (music): Fearless → U2. Using U2's Where the Streets Have No Name in an unhinged crash context opened up the band for the speaker.
    “using U2 in an unhinged context, it really like opened that band up in that that music for me in a new way.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fearless with Timothy Simons · 2:34:42 · Tim Simons (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

None.