Pixels (2015)

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Wikidata Q17182905, film, IMDb tt2120120, TMDB 257344: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by episode credits Adam Sandler as actor (Ricki and the Flash with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber).

What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.

Who talked about it

Blank Check with Griffin & David

Blank Check — Patreon

Came from

What the speakers say it 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.

Futurama: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (ripped off): Futurama ⇒ Pixels (the host's read). The premise of Pixels is said to be ripped off from a Futurama episode.
    “It is very much ripped off from Futurama.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Ricki and the Flash with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber · 1:49:15 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Ghostbusters: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. unmapped (tonal model): Ghostbusters ⇒ Pixels (the host's read). Pixels is called a Ghostbusters knockoff, with Adam Sandler trying to do Ghostbusters with Chris Columbus.
    “Hixels is Ghostbusters.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Ricki and the Flash with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber · 1:48:24 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Pixels (short film): 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Pixels (short film) ⇒ Pixels (the host's read). The speaker says the feature grew from a viral short that was a visual effects show reel made by an aspiring VFX artist, who was paid millions in a studio bidding war but had no stake in the movie.
    “I believe the person was like an aspiring visual effects artist and he made it”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Ricki and the Flash with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber · 1:49:29 · Bobby Finger or Lindsey Weber (0.30 sure it was them)

Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

No line says another film or person drew on it.

Connected to

Futurama: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (ripped off): Pixels → Futurama. The premise of Pixels is said to be ripped off from a Futurama episode.
    “It is very much ripped off from Futurama.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Ricki and the Flash with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber · 1:49:15 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Galaxy Quest: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (premise inversion): Pixels → Galaxy Quest. Pixels is a reverse Galaxy Quest where aliens attack with our own media.
    “It's like a reverse galaxy quest where the evil aliens are like, we're going to attack you with your media.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Ricki and the Flash with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber · 1:48:38 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Ghostbusters: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (tonal model): Pixels → Ghostbusters. Pixels is called a Ghostbusters knockoff, with Adam Sandler trying to do Ghostbusters with Chris Columbus.
    “Hixels is Ghostbusters.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Ricki and the Flash with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber · 1:48:24 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Pixels (short film): 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Pixels → Pixels (short film). The speaker says the feature grew from a viral short that was a visual effects show reel made by an aspiring VFX artist, who was paid millions in a studio bidding war but had no stake in the movie.
    “I believe the person was like an aspiring visual effects artist and he made it”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Ricki and the Flash with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber · 1:49:29 · Bobby Finger or Lindsey Weber (0.30 sure it was them)

Ricki and the Flash: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (joke equivalence): Pixels → Ricki and the Flash. A joke that Pixels was Adam Sandler coming back to a recovering suicidal daughter, i.e. Ricki.
    “Became Adam Sandler coming back to a suicidal daughter's like recovery period.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Ricki and the Flash with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber · 1:49:54 · Griffin Newman (0.35 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (premise inversion): Pixels → Galaxy Quest. Pixels is a reverse Galaxy Quest where aliens attack with our own media.
    “It's like a reverse galaxy quest where the evil aliens are like, we're going to attack you with your media.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Ricki and the Flash with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber · 1:48:38 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

lineage (2)

  1. lineage (ripped off): Pixels → Futurama. The premise of Pixels is said to be ripped off from a Futurama episode.
    “It is very much ripped off from Futurama.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Ricki and the Flash with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber · 1:49:15 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage): Pixels → Pixels (short film). The speaker says the feature grew from a viral short that was a visual effects show reel made by an aspiring VFX artist, who was paid millions in a studio bidding war but had no stake in the movie.
    “I believe the person was like an aspiring visual effects artist and he made it”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Ricki and the Flash with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber · 1:49:29 · Bobby Finger or Lindsey Weber (0.30 sure it was them)

unmapped (2)

  1. unmapped (tonal model): Pixels → Ghostbusters. Pixels is called a Ghostbusters knockoff, with Adam Sandler trying to do Ghostbusters with Chris Columbus.
    “Hixels is Ghostbusters.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Ricki and the Flash with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber · 1:48:24 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (joke equivalence): Pixels → Ricki and the Flash. A joke that Pixels was Adam Sandler coming back to a recovering suicidal daughter, i.e. Ricki.
    “Became Adam Sandler coming back to a suicidal daughter's like recovery period.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Ricki and the Flash with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber · 1:49:54 · Griffin Newman (0.35 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

  1. fun, about Pixels: Pixels began as a viral visual-effects short whose maker got paid millions and had no stake in the film; it became Adam Sandler doing Ghostbusters and was the last wide Happy Madison release.
    “And then there was this massive studio bidding war.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Ricki and the Flash with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber · 1:49:36 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Pixels: The film opens with Kevin James sweating at a podium, which felt relatable a month into the Trump administration.
    “it was like a month into the Trump administration and we were like, this feels this feels very relatable for some reason.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Blue Steel with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:59:46 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Who the speakers said made it

As said on the shows, not checked against the real credits.