For influences, they studied scores of popular action and disaster films, such as Alien, Top Gun, and S.W.A.T. The duo watched Pearl Harbor to get the nuances of the puppets just right when they were staring at each other, and also used Ben Affleck as a model. To help shape the film's archetypal heroes (from the true believer to the reluctant hero to the guy who sells out his friends for greater glory), they read the books of Joseph Campbell.
For influences, they studied scores of popular action and disaster films, such as Alien, Top Gun, and S.W.A.T.
case
for
For
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Plur
influence
influences
NOUN
NNS
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
nsubj
Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs
they
they
PRON
PRP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
study
studied
VERB
VBD
obj
Number=Plur
score
scores
NOUN
NNS
case
of
of
ADP
IN
amod
Degree=Pos
popular
popular
ADJ
JJ
compound
Number=Sing
action
action
NOUN
NN
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
Number=Sing
disaster
disaster
NOUN
NN
nmod
Number=Plur
film
films
NOUN
NNS
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
case
Degree=Pos
such
such
ADJ
JJ
fixed
as
as
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
Alien
Alien
PROPN
NNP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
amod
Degree=Pos
top
Top
ADJ
NNP
conj
Number=Sing
Gun
Gun
PROPN
NNP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
Number=Sing
S.W.A.T
S.W.A.T
PROPN
NNP
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
The duo watched Pearl Harbor to get the nuances of the puppets just right when they were staring at each other, and also used Ben Affleck as a model.
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
The
DET
DT
nsubj
Number=Sing
duo
duo
NOUN
NN
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
watch
watched
VERB
VBD
compound
Number=Sing
Pearl
Pearl
PROPN
NNP
obj
Number=Sing
Harbor
Harbor
PROPN
NNP
mark
to
to
PART
TO
advcl
VerbForm=Inf
get
get
VERB
VB
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
obj
Number=Plur
nuance
nuances
NOUN
NNS
case
of
of
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
nmod
Number=Plur
puppet
puppets
NOUN
NNS
advmod
just
just
ADV
RB
advmod
right
right
ADV
RB
advmod
PronType=Int
when
when
ADV
WRB
nsubj
Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs
they
they
PRON
PRP
aux
Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
be
were
AUX
VBD
advcl
Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part
stare
staring
VERB
VBG
case
at
at
ADP
IN
obl
ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp
each
each
DET
DT
fixed
Degree=Pos
other
other
ADJ
JJ
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
advmod
also
also
ADV
RB
conj
Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
use
used
VERB
VBD
obj
Number=Sing
Ben
Ben
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Affleck
Affleck
PROPN
NNP
case
as
as
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
obl
Number=Sing
model
model
NOUN
NN
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
To help shape the film's archetypal heroes (from the true believer to the reluctant hero to the guy who sells out his friends for greater glory), they read the books of Joseph Campbell.
mark
to
To
PART
TO
advcl
VerbForm=Inf
help
help
VERB
VB
xcomp
VerbForm=Inf
shape
shape
VERB
VB
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
nmod:poss
Number=Sing
film
film
NOUN
NN
case
's
's
PART
POS
amod
Degree=Pos
archetypal
archetypal
ADJ
JJ
obj
Number=Plur
hero
heroes
NOUN
NNS
punct
(
(
PUNCT
-LRB-
case
from
from
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
true
true
ADJ
JJ
nmod
Number=Sing
believer
believer
NOUN
NN
case
to
to
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
reluctant
reluctant
ADJ
JJ
nmod
Number=Sing
hero
hero
NOUN
NN
case
to
to
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
nmod
Number=Sing
guy
guy
NOUN
NN
nsubj
PronType=Rel
who
who
PRON
WP
acl:relcl
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
sell
sells
VERB
VBZ
compound:prt
out
out
ADP
RP
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
his
his
PRON
PRP$
obj
Number=Plur
friend
friends
NOUN
NNS
case
for
for
ADP
IN
amod
Degree=Cmp
great
greater
ADJ
JJR
obl
Number=Sing
glory
glory
NOUN
NN
punct
)
)
PUNCT
-RRB-
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
nsubj
Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs
they
they
PRON
PRP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
read
read
VERB
VBP
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
obj
Number=Plur
book
books
NOUN
NNS
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
Joseph
Joseph
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Campbell
Campbell
PROPN
NNP
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.