Guy Pearce

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q223745: 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: Memento (2000); Animal Kingdom (2010); Prometheus (2012); Iron Man 3 (2013); Genius (2016); Alien: Covenant (2017); Bloodshot (2020); L.A. Confidential (named only as the speaker's best actor pick).

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.

Aliens (1986): 2 lines

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Alien: Covenant (2017), 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 Alien: Covenant (2017), 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)

Iron Man (2008): 2 lines

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Iron Man 3 (2013), which they acted in: Iron Man ⇒ Iron Man 3 (the host's read). The Iron Man trilogy is closed into a circle by the flashback to the party and Becca Hall and Pierce.
    “as individualistic as this movie is, it actually like... It's bringing the 1st 2 complete.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 0:18:57 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. theme (theme) · through Iron Man 3 (2013), which they acted in: Iron Man ⇒ Iron Man 3 (the host's read). Iron Man 3 later parodies the Osama-type Mandarin expectation that Iron Man originally planned (Ten Rings leader, no magic).
    “And then Iron Man 3 wisely parodies that expectation.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 1:25:03 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

The Avengers (2012): 2 lines

  1. theme (theme) · through Iron Man 3 (2013), which they acted in: The Avengers ⇒ Iron Man 3 (the host's read). Stark's arc across three Iron Man films peaks in Iron Man 3, and Avengers lays the track for its PTSD.
    “Iron Man 3 is all him being unable to cope with the psychological like trauma of this.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Avengers · 2:07:49 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage) · through Iron Man 3 (2013), which they acted in: The Avengers ⇒ Iron Man 3 (the host's read). Iron Man 3 works as a quasi-sequel to The Avengers because it deals with Tony's trauma of the portal and aliens.
    “Except it's it is a sort of quasi sequel to the Avengers in that it's dealing with the fact that he got sucked into a portal into space for a 2nd there.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 0:15:43 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Back to the Future Part II (1989): 1 line

  1. craft (craft) · through Alien: Covenant (2017), which they acted in: Back to the Future Part II ⇒ Alien: Covenant (the host's read). The double-Fassbender effect is an old trick established by Zemeckis in Back to the Future II.
    “once again, shit established by Zameckis and back to the future too.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Covenant · 1:09:38 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Fu Manchu (character): 1 line

  1. theme (theme) · through Iron Man 3 (2013), which they acted in: Fu Manchu (character) ⇒ Iron Man 3 (the host's read). The Mandarin is a Fu Manchu stereotype that Marvel could not play straight, so Kingsley's false-flag twist threads the needle.
    “Because the Mandarin is Fu Manchu.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 1:06:17 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Iron Man 2 (2010): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Iron Man 3 (2013), which they acted in: Iron Man 2 ⇒ Iron Man 3 (the host's read). Iron Man 2's failure forced something new, giving Shane Black room to make a better third film.
    “But also, that is why the 3rd one is good because the 2nd one was such a mistake that they were like, we don't know.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Incredible Hulk · 1:20:47 · Griffin or David (0.30 sure it was them)

Prometheus (2012): 1 line, within their own work

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Alien: Covenant (2017), which they acted in: Prometheus ⇒ Alien: Covenant (the host's read). Covenant is half the Prometheus sequel Scott wanted and half a concession to a more normal Alien movie.
    “this is half, like Ridley Scott doing the Prometheus sequel he wanted to do and half”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Covenant · 0:06:57 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

The Martian (2015): 1 line

  1. industry (industry) · through Alien: Covenant (2017), which they acted in: The Martian ⇒ Alien: Covenant (the host's read). The Martian's success gave Scott leverage to make an odder Alien film.
    “I forgot that the previous film to this is the Martian”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Covenant · 1:19:20 · unknown (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.

Alien: Covenant (2017): 1 line, within their own work

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Prometheus (2012), which they acted in: Prometheus ⇒ Alien: Covenant (the host's read). Covenant is half the Prometheus sequel Scott wanted and half a concession to a more normal Alien movie.
    “this is half, like Ridley Scott doing the Prometheus sequel he wanted to do and half”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Covenant · 0:06:57 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

The Killer (2023): 1 line

  1. people (casting origin) · through Prometheus (2012), which they acted in: Prometheus ⇒ The Killer (the maker said so: the Q and A at the screening). Fincher said at the Q&A that seeing Prometheus made him note Fassbender as a good sociopath for later.
    “I go to see Prometheus and I go, hmm, sociopath.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Killer with Marie Bardi (Ad-Free) · 0:31:01 · David Sims (0.55 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (9) everyone in acting

What was said about them, by kind

career (2)

  1. career (career): Guy Pearce → Memento. Memento is named Pearce's best performance.
    “I mean, Pierce's best performance is Memento, which is sort of like a dream performance for any actor.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 0:34:02 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Guy Pearce → Animal Kingdom. Pearce was off the grid then came back via Animal Kingdom and this film.
    “Animal Kingdom.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 0:34:17 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (people): Guy Pearce → Prometheus. Pearce returns for the cold open without the heavy makeup he wore in Prometheus; Scott repays the favor.
    “nice of uh, really Scott to repay the favor”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Covenant · 0:07:58 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

  1. what-if (what-if): Guy Pearce → Christopher Nolan. Odd that Nolan never put Pearce in a Batman film despite rumors (Scarecrow etc.).
    “still kind of crazy that Nolan never found a place for him in the Batman.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 0:33:50 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

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