Arnold Schwarzenegger

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q2685: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: The Terminator (1984); Commando (1985); Raw Deal (1986); Predator (1987); Total Recall (1990); Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991); Last Action Hero (1993); Eraser (1996); Jingle All the Way (1996); Batman & Robin (1997); Aftermath; Conan (Schwarzenegger); End of Days; Kindergarten Cop; Red Sonja; Terminator: Dark Fate; Twins.

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.

No line says they, or a film of theirs, drew on anything.

Drawn on by

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

Prey (2022): 2 lines

  1. programming (programming) · through Predator (1987), which they acted in: Predator ⇒ Prey (the host's read). She is watching Predator as homework before the prequel Prey.
    “I'm doing my homework before watching Prey, the predator prequel”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Paths of Glory with Sarah Marshall (Ad-Free) · 1:16:31 · Sarah Marshall (0.90 sure it was them)
  2. industry (franchise) · through Predator (1987), which they acted in: Predator ⇒ Prey (the host's read). Prey is chronologically a prequel but accepted as part of the franchise.
    “Prey is chronologically a prequel.”
    The Big Picture · The 2022 Movie Draft · 1:13:38 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Black Adam (2022): 1 line

  1. lineage (ripoff) · through Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), which they acted in: Terminator 2: Judgment Day ⇒ Black Adam (the host's read). The Black Adam kid is called a straight John Connor ripoff, down to the skateboard and the catchphrase coaching.
    “It is a straight up John Connor ripoff.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Doctor Sleep · 1:18:46 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Shazam! (2019): 1 line

  1. craft (craft) · through Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), which they acted in: Terminator 2: Judgment Day ⇒ Shazam! (the host's read). Fennessey asks whether an effects shot echoes the T-1000 reassembling in Terminator 2; Sandberg agrees he references other films.
    “this is basically that shot in Terminator 2, when the T 1000 gets, you know, comes back together and rises up”
    The Big Picture · 'Shazam!’ and the Future of the DCEU With David F. Sandberg | Interview · 0:26:01 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)

Taken (2008): 1 line

  1. theme (genre revival) · through Commando (1985), which they acted in: 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)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (21) everyone in acting

Other (3) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (3)

  1. career (career move): Arnold Schwarzenegger → Eraser. Schwarzenegger left the Apes project to make Eraser.
    “I mean, this is a true monkey. Schwarzenegger goes to make Eraser.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Planet of the Apes with Matt Singer · 0:49:54 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): James Cameron → Arnold Schwarzenegger. Cameron iconographed Arnold, among other leading players he elevated.
    “this is the man who portrayed Ripley and the Terminator and who increasingly iconographed Arnold Schwarzenegger.”
    The Big Picture · The Great ‘Avatar’ Debate with Blank Check’s Griffin Newman and David Sims · 0:12:33 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): Last Action Hero → Arnold Schwarzenegger. Last Action Hero is the favorite McTiernan film of one host, a parody where Schwarzenegger riffs on himself.
    “riffing on themselves, basically”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The 13th Warrior with David Lowery (Ad-Free) · 1:39:06 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (contrast): Eddie Murphy → Arnold Schwarzenegger. Eddie is not like Schwarzenegger or the other 80s action guys.
    “it's not like Schwarzenegger.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ With Bill Simmons, Wesley Morris, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:08:01 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  1. theme (star comparison): Dwayne Johnson → Arnold Schwarzenegger. Schwarzenegger gives himself over to directors, the Rock does not.
    “It's a big difference between the rock and Schwarzenegger.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Planet of the Apes with Matt Singer · 1:43:30 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (double standard): Do the Right Thing → Arnold Schwarzenegger. Spike points out nobody feared audiences leaving Schwarzenegger films to kill people.
    “I don't remember people saying people were going to come out of theaters killing people after they watched an Arnold Schwarzenegger film.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Do The Right Thing’ With Sean Fennessey and Wesley Morris · 1:09:16 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

  1. verdict (verdict): Last Action Hero → Arnold Schwarzenegger. Sean wants to rescue Last Action Hero as a clever, misunderstood movie.
    “Last Action Hero, the Schwarzenegger movie, which I always thought was like a really clever movie”
    The Big Picture · 300th Episode Ask-Us-Anything Mailbag Spectacular · 1:08:11 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

  1. what-if (what-if): Arnold Schwarzenegger → Species. Schwarzenegger was briefly interested, but the budget could not afford him; the panel imagines him as Press Lennox or the empath.
    “Arnold Schwarzenegger was briefly interested in the script, but the budget wouldn't allow him.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Species’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:08:53 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

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