Bryan Singer

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q220751: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by Wikidata joins them to Bohemian Rhapsody, which Thor: The Dark World credits them on.

Counted as director, the making department they hold the most credits in. The films the hosts said they directed, which the two lists below run through too: The Usual Suspects (1995); X-Men (2000); X2: X-Men United (2003); Valkyrie (2008); X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014); Bohemian Rhapsody (2018).

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.

Blade (1998): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through X-Men (2000), which they directed: Blade ⇒ X-Men (the host's read). Blade is credited as the film that set the tone for the modern superhero era, with X-Men following two years later.
    “the 1st superhero movie that really set the tone for what we consider the modern era of superhero films is Blade, 1998”
    The Big Picture · The Past, Present, and Future of Superhero Movies | The Big Picture (Ep. 35) · 0:01:16 · Jason Concepcion (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.

Christopher McQuarrie: 1 line

  1. career (career step) · through Valkyrie (2008), which they directed: Valkyrie ⇒ Christopher McQuarrie (the host's read). Valkyrie set up Tom Cruise's redemption by teaming him with McQuarrie.
    “Weirdly, the movie that then, like, sets up Tom Cruise's Redemption Arc by finally teaming him up with Macquarie”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Curious Case of Benjamin Button with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 2:15:13 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Directing (12) everyone in directing

Other (1) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (2)

  1. career (career): Christopher McQuarrie → Bryan Singer. McQuarrie is credited with much of what people liked about Singer's films.
    “Macquarie was responsible uh, for a lot of things that people liked about Brian Singer movies”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation · 0:06:57 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Bryan Singer → Tom Cruise. Singer brought McQuarrie on for Valkyrie, where Cruise took to him.
    “singer brings him on for Valkyrie and uh, Cruz takes to him and he becomes Cruz's right hand man”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation · 0:07:43 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

craft (1)

  1. craft (craft): Bryan Singer → X-Men: Days of Future Past. Singer's Quicksilver is called the most successful screen speedster because of smart slow motion.
    “I still think the most successful is the, unfortunately, the Brian Singer Quicksilver.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Eclipse · 0:33:08 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

industry (1)

  1. industry (industry): Bohemian Rhapsody → Bryan Singer. The speakers say Bohemian Rhapsody's critics are partly about its director, and joke about Singer becoming president.
    “maybe because it was directed by a rapist?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 1:20:28 · David Sims (0.35 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (people): Bohemian Rhapsody → Bryan Singer. The film's winner status ignores that Singer, now a pariah, shot about 60% of it.
    “There's no mention of Brian Singer, during this telecast, he filmed approximately 60% of this film.”
    The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115) · 0:13:48 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

  1. what-if (what-if): Bryan Singer → Alien Resurrection. Brian Singer, director of The Usual Suspects, turned the job down, so Jeunet was not the top choice.
    “So then they approach Brian Singer, director of the usual suspects.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Resurrection · 0:10:46 · David Sims (0.60 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

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