Luc Besson

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q484779: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as writer, the making department they hold the most credits in. The films the hosts said they wrote, which the two lists below run through too: Taken (2008). Count them as studio (1 film) 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 wrote: 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 wrote: 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 wrote: 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 wrote: 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

Writing (1) everyone in writing

Studio (1) everyone in studio

What was said about them, by kind

craft (1)

  1. craft (craft): Louis Leterrier → Luc Besson. The action style is the Europa Corp habit of lots of coverage and fast cutting, which kills tension in the 'hiding the Hulk' sequence.
    “This is the, like, the shitty, like, not Luca Pisson himself, but the Europa Corp thing of just, like, get a lot of coverage and cut fast.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Incredible Hulk · 0:28:54 · Griffin or David (0.30 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (writer blamed): Luc Besson → Taken. U2 as the band that two teenagers would lie for is blamed on the writers, Besson and someone else, who had no feel for kids.
    “It was written by Luke Bassan and somebody else, who clearly didn't have a feel for what little kids like.”
    The Rewatchables · 'Taken' With Bill Simmons and Shea Serrano · 0:37:57 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

None.