Blank Check — Patreon: The Social Network (Ad-Free)

Published 2023-10-29; 3:04:08 by the feed.

As extracted (engineer-sonnet-2026-10-13)

The extraction calls the show “Blank Check with Griffin & David (Patreon)” and the episode “The Social Network (Ad-Free)”.

Hosts: Griffin Newman, David Sims, Ben Hosley. Guests: none.

Subject films: The Social Network.

On the transcript: No speaker labels, frequent crosstalk and run-on numbers; many proper names are garbled and the cold open and outro are a scripted deposition bit. A dossier is read aloud so a speaker is often unattributable; attributions are low confidence.

Added from the extractor's memory, not said

Angus Wall is named from memory: the transcript says only 'Angus' and 'Angus Baxter' beside Kirk Baxter.
Jeff Cronenweth is named from memory for the transcript's 'Jordan Kronowith / Cronin, the DP'.
Corrected spellings (Mezrich, Saverin, Urbanski, Reznor etc.) are mangled-name fixes, not new facts.
Deadpool's film title is taken from 'the Deadpool movie' said at 0:20:19; Wall Street (original) is inferred from 'Wall Street 2' and 'Oscar winning 80s drama'.

Films that came up

Claims (45)

unmapped (Fincher's peak run): Zodiac → Gone Girl. The speaker calls Fincher's run from Zodiac to Gone Girl the peak of his career.
“Yeah, I guess his run from zodiac to gone girl. I do think is the peak of his career.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:06:46 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
unmapped (consecutive run): The Social Network → The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. The Social Network, Dragon Tattoo, and Gone Girl are named as a consecutive run.
“social network, gone girl, uh, uh, social network, dragon tattoo, gone girl, right?”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:07:38 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
industry (Oscar rival): The Social Network → The King's Speech. The Social Network should have won Best Picture but The King's Speech took it.
“You know, this film probably should have won best picture, but a certain king had to speak.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:08:17 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
theme (attitude / genre): The Social Network → Dumb Money. Dumb Money has no pretension of being the next Social Network but its attitude is that of the earlier film; the speakers say the film became a genre.
“there's nothing about that movie's attitude that's like, this is the next social network, but the attitude of that movie is like social network.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:11:03 · David Sims (0.60 sure it was them)
lineage (closest descendant): The Social Network → Blackberry. Blackberry is named as the only movie to come close to The Social Network in the 13 years since.
“I think Blackberry is the only thing that has come close and then now 13 years since this movie came out.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:11:24 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
people (shared writer): The Social Network → Moneyball. Moneyball is set aside as a Sorkin script written after The Social Network, so it does not count as a successor.
“Don't count those, right? Because those are Sorkin scripts.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:11:39 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
people (shared writer): The Social Network → Steve Jobs. Steve Jobs is set aside as a Sorkin script written after The Social Network, so it does not count as a successor.
“Don't count those, right? Because those are Sorkin scripts.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:11:39 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
lineage (ripped off): The Social Network → The Big Short. David says The Big Short is the most obvious movie ripping off The Social Network, and that people do not make the connection enough.
“I think the big short, which is not a movie I love, is the most obvious movie that's ripping off the social network, even though people maybe don't make that connection enough.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:11:44 · David Sims (0.60 sure it was them)
unmapped (adapted from): The Antisocial Network (Ben Mezrich book) → Dumb Money. Dumb Money is based on a Ben Mezrich book.
“He wrote he wrote the book that this book movie is based on.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:13:47 · Ben Hosley (0.50 sure it was them)
unmapped (adapted from): 21 (Ben Mezrich book) → 21. Kevin Spacey bought the rights to Mezrich's book, which became the movie 21.
“Kevin Spacey bought the rights to Ben Mazrich's book that became the movie 21, which he costarred and produced.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:14:53 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
lineage (loose adaptation): The Accidental Billionaires (Ben Mezrich book) → The Social Network. The film is technically an adapted screenplay but the speakers say Sorkin was working from the same research and the book proposal, not using the book as a template.
“But it's basically like this movie is using the same research that the book has called rather than Aaron Sorkin reading this book and using it as a template if that makes sense.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:15:37 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
unmapped (adapted from): The Killer (graphic novel) → The Killer. Paramount acquired the graphic novel in 2007; the film is Fincher's latest.
“In 2007, Paramount acquires the rights to some little graphic novel called The Killer.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:18:42 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
unmapped (title sequences): Tim Miller → David Fincher. Miller worked with Fincher a lot and did many of his title sequences.
“Tim Miller, who eventually makes the Deadpool movie, but worked with Fincher a lot and did a lot of his title sequences and such.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:20:19 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
unmapped (protege): David Fincher → Tim Miller. Fincher kept generating projects to boost Tim Miller from animatics and titles to filmmaker.
“it felt like he kept on trying to generate projects for Tim Miller, and Heavy Metal was one of those to sort of boost Tim Miller”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:20:49 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
unmapped (became): Seared (unmade) → Kitchen Confidential (series). Fincher's Seared later became the TV show Kitchen Confidential, based on Anthony Bourdain's writing.
“One point Fincher was attached to a movie called Seared, which later becomes a television show called Kitchen Confidential, because it is based on Anthony Bourdain's writing.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:21:05 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
unmapped (became): Chef (Fincher/Keanu Reeves version, unmade) → Burnt. Fincher's unmade Chef project eventually becomes Burnt.
“Uh, that transmutes and takes form and eventually becomes burnt.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:21:31 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
lineage (loose adaptation): The Accidental Billionaires (Ben Mezrich book) → The Social Network. Sorkin had no finished book and worked from notes and a general structure, with little to do with the book that exists.
“but he doesn't really have much to do with the actual book that exists.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:26:04 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
lineage (verbatim source): Mark Zuckerberg → The Social Network. Sorkin says a larger share of the movie than people expect is lifted directly from depositions and emails; the speaker reports he has pointed this out.
“But that's always a big thing he's pointed out is like a larger percentage of the movie that people, than people would expect is me just using direct transcripts verbatim.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:27:56 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
unmapped (making-of documentary): David Prior → The Social Network. David Prior directed the feature-length documentary about the making of The Social Network on the DVD.
“David Pryor, the wonderful David Pryor directed feature-length documentary about the making of this movie that's on the DVD.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:38:54 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
people (performance comparison): Jesse Eisenberg → Pacino and De Niro. Eisenberg's Zuckerberg is compared to the seismic shift of Pacino and De Niro's anti-heroes in the early 70s.
“a performance that kind of feels like for the 2010s on, like, the seismic shift of, like, fucking Pacino and De Niro landing with their anti-heroes in the early 70s.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:41:12 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
people (casting led to): The Social Network → Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Snyder offered Eisenberg Jimmy Olsen in BvS in the wake of The Social Network.
“Zack Snyder offers, uh, Jimmy Olsen. to Jesse Eisenberg in the wake of this movie, for BVS.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:43:43 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
theme (character template): The Social Network → Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Snyder's reported reasoning: the modern-day Lex Luthor would be Mark Zuckerberg.
“yeah, the modern day Lex Luthor would be Mark Zuckerberg.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:44:07 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
people (performance model): Max Landis → Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. David's pet theory is that Eisenberg chose to play Max Landis as Lex Luthor.
“It also feels like he chose to play Max Landis more than he chose to play.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:44:48 · David Sims (0.45 sure it was them)
contrast (contrast): David Fincher → Aaron Sorkin. Fincher's technical precision is set against Sorkin's play-it-fast-and-loose habits.
“Fincher's technical precision, very difficult, uh, very different from Sorkin's hole, play fast and loose.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:46:37 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
lineage (verbatim source): Mark Zuckerberg → The Social Network. The Facebook-creation blog post is almost entirely verbatim in the movie.
“It's almost entirely verbatim in the movie.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:48:25 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
unmapped (obsessive detail): The Social Network → Zodiac. Fincher's Bex for the beer in The Social Network is linked to his stickler's hunt for the pen Graysmith would have used in Zodiac.
“I remember reading some piece about zodiac when it came out and they talked about him being a stickler about like, what is the actual pen that Robert Graysmith would have used at his desk.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:49:46 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
people (actor crossover): Never Let Me Go → The Social Network. Never Let Me Go, directed by Mark Romanek, had worked with Garfield and put him in front of Fincher.
“Um, but Mark Romantic had already worked with him for Never Let Me Go, which comes out the same year, puts him in front of Fincher, Fincher, is into it.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:55:26 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
industry (studio history): Zombieland → The Social Network. Sony had already done Zombieland with Eisenberg, which made him a safe name for them.
“Sony had already done zombie land”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:55:37 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
people (casting led to): The Social Network → Friends with Benefits. Pascal watched The Social Network early and committed to more Timberlake pictures.
“It's like Pascal watches this movie early and it's like, you know what? 'm wrong. Justin Timberlake, we're all in.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:58:52 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
people (casting led to): The Social Network → In Time. Pascal watched The Social Network early and committed to more Timberlake pictures.
“It's like Pascal watches this movie early and it's like, you know what? 'm wrong. Justin Timberlake, we're all in.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:58:52 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
people (casting led to): The Social Network → The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Pascal saw the dailies from The Social Network and picked Rooney Mara for Lisbeth Salander.
“Pascal basically sees the dailies from this movie and is like, Rooney Morris, Elizabeth Salander.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:59:02 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
unmapped (trailer vibe): The Social Network → Zodiac. A friend heard the trailer and the speaker said it looked like Breakfast Club meets Zodiac, which was Fincher's fingerprint.
“and saying like, it looks like Breakfast Club meets Zodiac.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 1:06:23 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
unmapped (trailer vibe): The Social Network → The Breakfast Club. The speaker pitched The Social Network to a friend as Breakfast Club meets Zodiac.
“and saying like, it looks like Breakfast Club meets Zodiac.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 1:06:23 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
contrast (tonal contrast): The Social Network → 21. The Social Network is set against 21, a fun story about rebels, in tone.
“in opposition to something like 21 where it's like a fun story about a fucking a bunch of rebels.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 1:08:05 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
theme (thematic): Black Hat → The Social Network. Black Hat is read as Michael Mann realizing the cops-and-criminals tough guys no longer rule once everything is on a computer, a thread the speakers tie to Facebook.
“Black Hat, I think, is a movie about Michael Mann realizing that the guys he spent his entire career writing about cops and criminals.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 1:16:35 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
unmapped (business partner): Douglas Urbanski → Gary Oldman. Urbanski, the Larry Summers actor, is Gary Oldman's producing partner and not an actor.
“Okay. Who is Gary Oldman's producing partner and not an actor?”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 1:48:30 · Griffin Newman (0.35 sure it was them)
people (later collaboration): David Fincher → Gary Oldman. Fincher eventually worked with Oldman and admires him.
“I mean, obviously, Fincher eventually worked with Oldman and really admires Oldman.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 1:49:29 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
unmapped (many takes): David Fincher → Stanley Kubrick. Fincher's 100 takes are compared to Kubrick as a search for something that surprises the director, not a fixed target.
“It's sort of, much like we talked about, Kubrick, where it's like, he's not doing 100 takes looking for them to achieve a thing he's waiting for.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 2:35:26 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
unmapped (photography): Jeff Cronenweth → The Social Network. Cronenweth (transcribed Kronowith) is the DP quoted on the mime and the guerrilla lighting cart.
“But Cronin, the DP was basically saying like, it's great that on like a $40000000 studio movie.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 2:43:44 · Griffin Newman (0.35 sure it was them)
people (collaborator): David Fincher → Trent Reznor. The speaker traces Reznor's place in Fincher's work back through a Nine Inch Nails video and Seven, and calls bringing him on board hugely influential.
“Trent Rezner. through doing a night jail. Music video, obviously. with him on seven. Bringing him on board is maybe the most influential thing in the movie business that he did.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 2:45:16 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
lineage (sequel): Wall Street → Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps is a long-awaited legacy sequel to an Oscar-winning 80s drama.
“a much minded sequel, long-awaited, a legacy sequel of sorts, to a Oscar winning 80s drama.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 2:46:56 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
lineage (remake): Let Me In (original film, unnamed) → Let Me In. Let Me In is called one of the better American remakes of a perfect movie that never needed remaking.
“Obviously not as good as the original, but one of the better American remakes of a perfect movie that never needed to be remake.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 2:50:13 · David Sims (0.45 sure it was them)
unmapped (cheap knockoff joke): Alpha and Omega → Balto. Alpha and Omega is joked to be Balto runoff.
“It's sort of Balto runoff?”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 2:50:47 · David Sims (0.30 sure it was them)
unmapped (cheap knockoff joke): Alpha and Omega → The Land Before Time. Alpha and Omega is joked to be the new Land Before Time.
“Alpha Omega is the new land before time.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 2:50:51 · David Sims (0.35 sure it was them)
unmapped (story credit): M. Night Shyamalan → Devil. Shyamalan produced Devil and it was based on his story.
“Uh, I will, of course, he produced it. It was based on his story.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 2:51:06 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

Fun items (24)

fun, about John Getz: The cold open riffs on John Getz, the Blood Simple lead, spending decades in movies looking exasperated at a Zuckerberg who is not there.
“For 20, 30 years, he was in movies looking at Mark Zuckerberg exasperated and people said, John, this doesn't read.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:03:34 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
fun, about Torso (unmade): Fincher wanted Torso in black and white and the project fell apart.
“Fincher wanted to shoot it in black and white. Project falls apart because of that.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:18:21 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
fun, about Kitchen Confidential (series): Bradley Cooper played Anthony Bourdain on a short-lived Fox sitcom, a decade before he got to make Burnt.
“Bradley Cooper was on a fox sitcom in which he played Anthony Bourdain.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:21:54 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
fun, about Jesse Eisenberg: Snyder offered Eisenberg Jimmy Olsen (to be shot in the head) in BvS; Eisenberg asked to play Lex Luthor instead.
“Zack Snyder offers, uh, Jimmy Olsen. to Jesse Eisenberg in the wake of this movie, for BVS.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:43:43 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
fun, about Jesse Eisenberg: Eisenberg's comeback to a kid who calls him Napoleon Dynamite.
“I say, please, Abraham, I'm not that man.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:46:01 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
fun, about The Social Network: Sorkin wanted Mark drinking a screwdriver in the Facemash scene; Fincher kept it a Bex because the blog says Bex. A microcosm of the two men.
“But Sorkin's thing was like, he should be drinking a screwdriver and Fincher was like, he says he's drinking a bex in the blog.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:48:47 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
fun, about The Social Network: The 166-page script was too long for Sony; Fincher and Sorkin read it aloud against a stopwatch and it came out at two hours.
“And Fincher was like, you and me are going to sit down and read the script.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:50:41 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
fun, about The Social Network: Auditions were other Sorkin scenes, because Fincher needed to see if people could do the pace; Eisenberg's self-tape was the first time he said under two hours.
“I pointedly remember that the they sent the script out, but for the auditions, it was just other Sorkin scenes.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:52:46 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
fun, about The Social Network: The first line of dialogue lands the second the studio logo starts.
“that the dialogue on this movie basically starts the 2nd the studio logo start.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:53:57 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
fun, about David Fincher: Fincher resented being told whom to cast, and nearly cast someone else out of spite until he watched Eisenberg's tape.
“Fincher said interviews like, I hate when people tell me who to cast, especially the public.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:54:46 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
fun, about The Social Network: Sony pushed Jonah Hill for Sean Parker; Fincher wanted Timberlake.
“Sony wanted Jonah Hill to play Sean Parker.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:55:48 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
fun, about Armie Hammer: The twin effect (Hammer plus Josh Pence's body) is called one of Fincher's most impressive technical feats, though the 4K shows a little deep-fake tracking on big moves.
“honestly, maybe one of the most impressive things Fincher has ever done technically.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 1:01:18 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
fun, about Max Minghella: Max Minghella's pratfall is a favorite moment.
“And also, of course, we have to shut out Max Bengella, my favorite Max Bengella moment, by far.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 1:04:12 · Griffin Newman (0.30 sure it was them)
fun, about Kiefer Sutherland: Kiefer Sutherland was still sore years later about not being cast as Zuckerberg.
“was still angry about the fact that he had not gotten cast as Mark Zuckerberg in this film.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 1:14:32 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
fun, about Jesse Eisenberg: Fincher gave Eisenberg a list of things Mark is terrified of in a scene: proximity, eye contact, direct confrontation.
“I want to remind you the 4 things you're terrified by in this scene.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 1:25:30 · David Sims (0.35 sure it was them)
fun, about Douglas Urbanski: Urbanski, the non-actor who plays Larry Summers, says in an interview he did not study Summers at all.
“He says, I didn't study Larry Summers for the role because I quote, I couldn't be less interested in Larry Summers.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 1:50:33 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
fun, about David Fincher: Why a hundred takes: Fincher says the surprising little things only come out after the lines are routine; the Erica line appeared in a single take.
“And Fincher's like, that's like the kind of fucking moment I'm looking for, which he only does on one take.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 2:35:47 · Griffin Newman (0.35 sure it was them)
fun, about David Fincher: On the last shooting day Fincher handed Sorkin the third insert shot to direct.
“I'm going to do the 1st two. I'm going to get in the car, you direct the 3rd one.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 2:36:23 · Griffin Newman (0.30 sure it was them)
fun, about The Social Network: Harvard did not want them filming and they shot mostly elsewhere.
“Harvard didn't want them to. So they mostly use John Hopkins, Johns Hopkins, but of course, the shot through Cambridge”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 2:41:57 · David Sims (0.35 sure it was them)
fun, about The Social Network: The title card shot over Boston is about fifteen separate shots tiled together, each lit individually, because Harvard would not cooperate.
“But like that shot's basically constructed of like 15 shots that they visually all tiled together and had to be lit individually, not by the cart.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 2:42:50 · Griffin Newman (0.35 sure it was them)
fun, about The Social Network: A mime carrying the lights kept cops busy: they will stop a crew guy at once but not a mime.
“If it's a truck, if it's a crew guy, they'll stop without like any hesitation. If it's a mine, they're going to be so confused about what's going on.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 2:43:20 · Griffin Newman (0.35 sure it was them)
fun, about David Fincher: Studio asked for 200 grand and Fincher said he needed 40 million; he argues he never rents gear he will not use.
“I know also when he signed on to do this movie, I think Pascal was like, we have this budget for $200000 and Fincher was like, I need 40.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 2:43:59 · David Sims (0.35 sure it was them)
fun, about David Fincher: Fincher on his style for this film.
“Fincher said, my style in this was trying to have no style.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 2:44:34 · Griffin Newman (0.35 sure it was them)
fun, about Trent Reznor: Interviewing the Mank crew, Reznor was soft-spoken and tough to draw out, while Atticus Ross was the opposite.
“And Attics Ross is the most lovely, garrulous British guy ever.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 2:45:53 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

Who's talking

Griffin Newman (host): Loves Sorkin's dialogue and Fincher's rigor, and is the host with an actor's view of auditions and sets. Dismissive of Facebook as an experience now. A sucker for behind-the-scenes lore and the Blu-ray extras.
David Sims (host): A critic who ranks The Social Network number one of 2010 and calls it one of the most rewatchable films of modern history. Likes tight genre craft and thinks the movie became a genre. Cool on The Big Short and the lesser Facebook-adjacent films.
Ben Hosley (host): Producer in the room; keeps the room honest on facts and gets pulled into jokes. Dislikes Facebook and keeps only a dummy account to sync a mobile game.

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Names the transcriber got wrong

Eduardo Severin / Savern / Savrin → Eduardo Saverin
Ben Mesrich / Mazrich / Mesric → Ben Mezrich
Douglas Urbansky / Rubansky / Rvansky / Orbansky → Douglas Urbanski
Jordan Kronowith / Cronin → Jeff Cronenweth (the DP)
Trent Rezner → Trent Reznor; Attics Ross -> Atticus Ross
Angus Baxter → Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall (editors)
Max Bengella → Max Minghella
Joe Mozello → Joe Mazzello
Rasheeda Jones → Rashida Jones
Elizabeth Salander → Lisbeth Salander
Mark Romantic → Mark Romanek
Divia Naverendra → Divya Narendra
Winkle Vi / Winkleboss → Winklevoss
Ken Watson → Ken Watanabe
Matt Damon Truger → True Grit
Francis McDormand → Frances McDormand
MM at Walsh → M. Emmet Walsh
Hankazaria → Hank Azaria
Fire Festival → Fyre Festival
Menk → Mank
Michael Sarah → Michael Cera
Scott Roonan / Ruden → Scott Rudin
Burnetti → Dana Brunetti
Dog gets / John Gets → John Getz
Peter Teal → Peter Thiel
Sean Fanning → Shawn Fanning
Sutland Tale → Southland Tales
Jeffrey Rush → Geoffrey Rush
EZA → Easy A
Mr. Gene → Mr. G
Alex Tras Perry → Alex Ross Perry
David Pryor → David Prior
Verbinsky → Verbinski

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