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  1. unmapped (plane crash): Fearless → Flight. Fearless is called the final boss of plane crash movies, ahead of Flight and Sully.
    “This is the final boss plane crash movie.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fearless with Timothy Simons · 1:36:04 · David Sims (0.55 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (plane crash): Cast Away → Flight. Each was hailed as the best filmed plane crash when it came out, Flight supposedly topping Cast Away.
    “And then when flight came out, they were like, Sameckis has topped himself.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fearless with Timothy Simons · 1:37:04 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  3. contrast (contrast): Fearless → Flight. Both are post-crash aftermath movies, but Fearless is in conversation with the intangible while Flight resolves into two pre-set systems (sobriety and faith).
    “Whereas I'm like, this movie is spiritual because it's in conversation with the intangible.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fearless with Timothy Simons · 1:51:11 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. career (career): James Badge Dale → Flight. Flight (six months earlier) and this film were great one-scene supporting turns that did not turn him into a star.
    “Because flight's a great one scene performance, and then he's in this, and it felt like, oh, he's given like a lot of color to these supporting roles.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 0:32:40 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)