What the corpus says about Iron Man 3 (2013)

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What was said about it (26)

  1. [Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The Winter Soldier · 0:14:14 · unknown (0.35)] Captain America: The Winter Soldier ↔ Iron Man 3 · programming · Marvel gives each film a different genre; Winter Soldier is the political thriller, Iron Man 3 the noir/buddy film. · "Right. So this is when they're like, Iron Man 3 is sort of like a noir and like a buddy film, Dark World is like high fantasy."
  2. [Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 0:16:00 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man 3 ↔ The Avengers · programming · Phase 2 begins here and Avengers' victory lap gave Feige room to let each film feel individual. · "They're on such a victory lap that it feels like this is the one little chunk of time where Kevin Feige lets go a little bit."
  3. [Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 2:21:21 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man 3 ↔ Pain & Gain · programming · Pain & Gain opened the same spring with a big second-week drop; The Rock's performance is called the smartest use of him. · "Smartest anyone has ever used him."
  4. [Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 2:23:04 · unknown (0.30)] 42 ↔ Iron Man 3 · programming · 42 and a run of April 2013 releases are compared in the Box Office Mojo segment. · "That we waited this long for a Jackie Robinson movie and that Brian Helgeland ended up making it such a disappointment."
  5. [Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 2:24:42 · unknown (0.30)] Oblivion ↔ Iron Man 3 · programming · Oblivion released the same spring (Cruise sci-fi) and made 70% worldwide. · "Oblivion, a Joseph Konsinski film."
  6. [Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 0:13:27 · unknown (0.30)] Thor: Ragnarok ↔ Iron Man 3 · lineage · Ragnarok relates to The Dark World as Iron Man 3 relates to Iron Man, a hard tonal reset on the prior entry. · "Ragnarok is very much the Iron Man 3 to this movie's Iron Man."
  7. [Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 0:15:43 · unknown (0.30)] The Avengers ⇒ Iron Man 3 (the host's read) · lineage · Iron Man 3 works as a quasi-sequel to The Avengers because it deals with Tony's trauma of the portal and aliens. · "Except it's it is a sort of quasi sequel to the Avengers in that it's dealing with the fact that he got sucked into a portal into space for a 2nd there."
  8. [Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 0:18:57 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man ⇒ Iron Man 3 (the host's read) · lineage · The Iron Man trilogy is closed into a circle by the flashback to the party and Becca Hall and Pierce. · "as individualistic as this movie is, it actually like... It's bringing the 1st 2 complete."
  9. [Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 1:43:33 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man 3 ↔ Lethal Weapon · lineage · The shot of Stark and Rhodey peeking over a girder with guns has a Lethal Weapon vibe. · "lethal weapon vibe, that shot of the 2 of them like peeking over a girder with like guns in their hands being..."
  10. [Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 1:50:21 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man 3 ↔ Air Force One · lineage · The mid-air Air Force One rescue gets the praise Air Force One itself earns for tension and offices. · "Air Force One action is always good."
  11. [Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 2:17:32 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man 3 ↔ The Nice Guys · lineage · The jazzy 70s-cop-show end credits are described as Black's future movie vibe. · "His future movie sort of vibe."
  12. [Blank Check — Patreon · The Incredible Hulk · 1:20:47 · Griffin or David (0.30)] Iron Man 2 ⇒ Iron Man 3 (the host's read) · lineage · Iron Man 2's failure forced something new, giving Shane Black room to make a better third film. · "But also, that is why the 3rd one is good because the 2nd one was such a mistake that they were like, we don't know."
  13. [Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 0:18:19 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man 3 ↔ Vanilla Sky · theme · The Elvis idea behind Vanilla Sky, lonely in a room where everyone knows who you are, is the Tony Stark thing Iron Man 3 digs into. · "There's the Elvis quote that Cameron Crowe loves, which he said he based Vanilla Sky around, which is the feeling of being lonely in a room where everyone knows who you are."
  14. [Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 0:22:24 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man 3 ↔ Due Date · theme · Both films interrogate Downey's star persona: we love him being an ass; here are the people he wronged. · "This movie is interested in Robert Tank Jr.'s star persona and how weird it is."
  15. [Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 1:06:17 · unknown (0.30)] Fu Manchu (character) ⇒ Iron Man 3 (the host's read) · theme · The Mandarin is a Fu Manchu stereotype that Marvel could not play straight, so Kingsley's false-flag twist threads the needle. · "Because the Mandarin is Fu Manchu."
  16. [Blank Check — Patreon · The Avengers · 2:07:49 · David Sims (0.50)] The Avengers ⇒ Iron Man 3 (the host's read) · theme · Stark's arc across three Iron Man films peaks in Iron Man 3, and Avengers lays the track for its PTSD. · "Iron Man 3 is all him being unable to cope with the psychological like trauma of this."
  17. [Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 0:18:36 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man ↔ Iron Man 3 · theme · Pepper is the secret of why the first film works and of why Iron Man 3 works. · "Iron Man works best as a character through Pepper."
  18. [Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 1:25:03 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man ⇒ Iron Man 3 (the host's read) · theme · Iron Man 3 later parodies the Osama-type Mandarin expectation that Iron Man originally planned (Ten Rings leader, no magic). · "And then Iron Man 3 wisely parodies that expectation."
  19. [Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 1:33:38 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man ↔ Iron Man 3 · theme · Each sequel repeats the Tony-alone-in-the-basement-with-robots plot; Iron Man 3 does it better. · "Tony Stark is very weird. He mostly sits in his basement building robots."
  20. [Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War · 2:36:48 · Griffin Newman (0.45)] Avengers: Infinity War ↔ Iron Man 3 · craft · Iron Man 3 completes Tony's arc, so Spider-Man can be his second arc. · "Iron Man 3 completes the Tony Arc"
  21. [Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 0:43:50 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man 3 ↔ Hiroshima · craft · The shadows of the dead on the wall after the blast recall Hiroshima. · "like people's dead people's shadows are cast on the wall, like in Hiroshima."
  22. [Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 1:44:33 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man 3 ↔ The Iron Giant · craft · The suit's body parts bursting free are likened to The Iron Giant. · "With the rest of the suit wants to get out, Iron Giant style."
  23. [Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 1:51:49 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man 3 ↔ live-action Human Torch (film unnamed) · craft · The Extremis heat effect beats any live-action Human Torch; the Human Torch is a black bodysuit lit on fire. · "I always felt like this effect in this looks better than any of the live action human torches."
  24. [Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 2:18:18 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man 3 ↔ Mission: Impossible – Fallout · craft · Speaker's anecdote of staying for the curtain call credits applies to Iron Man 3 end credits. · "we can't leave before they give Tom his curtain call."
  25. [Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 2:19:33 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man 3 ↔ Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 2 · craft · They wish the end credits recognized the whole cast like Breaking Dawn Part 2 and Kill Bill 2 do. · "Do you know how many times I've watched the closing credits of Twilight Breaking Dawn part two, like 50?"
  26. [Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 0:34:27 · David Sims (0.40)] Thor: The Dark World ↔ Iron Man 3 · contrast · Each Phase 2 film has its own look: this one is serious, Iron Man 3 resembles a 90s action film, Winter Soldier approximates a Sydney Pollack movie, Guardians is candy colored. · "Iron Man 3 looks like a 90s like action film."

Films put beside it more than once (5)

  1. [pairs] Iron Man 3 ↔ The Avengers · said 5 times in 3 episodes
  2. [pairs] Iron Man 3 ↔ Iron Man 2 · said 4 times in 3 episodes
  3. [pairs] Iron Man 3 ↔ Iron Man · said 4 times in 2 episodes
  4. [pairs] Iron Man 3 ↔ Captain America: The Winter Soldier · said 2 times in 1 episode
  5. [pairs] Iron Man 3 ↔ Thor: The Dark World · said 2 times in 1 episode

Fun items about it (6)

  1. [Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 0:18:03 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man 3 · fun · See the opening scene: Eiffel 65 'Blue' plays over the 1999 party; the song is called a perfect anthem for Tony Stark. · "Now, listen, this song is about the movie."
  2. [Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 0:23:39 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man 3 · fun · Black's Christmas habit: he sets films at Christmas because it is the loneliest time of year. · "Shane Black movies are always set at Christmas."
  3. [Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 0:29:34 · Griffin Newman (0.50)] Iron Man 3 · fun · See the panic-attack scene on the sidewalk outside the party: the host calls it when he knows the movie is a masterpiece. · "Like, this is when I go, oh, fuck, this movie is a masterpiece."
  4. [Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 0:30:52 · Griffin Newman (0.50)] Iron Man 3 · fun · Host recorded a podcast mid-dissociative episode; he links it to Tony puppeteering the suit. · "And then I once recorded a podcast when I was in that state."
  5. [Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 1:00:10 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man 3 · fun · See Tony in the garage talking to the dead suit on a ratty couch and the boy Harley. · "Puts the suit on a ratty old couch."
  6. [Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 1:32:22 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man 3 · fun · The hosts' ranking: the movie that loses people at the Mandarin reveal gets a five out of five star dismissal. · "If the movie loses you here, go take a walk around the block."

One hop out: what recommends the films most often joined to it (20)

  1. [The Big Picture · The Past, Present, and Future of Superhero Movies | The Big Picture · 0:13:42 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] The Avengers ↔ Thor · programming · Thor was treated as a loss leader, a stepping stone to the Avengers. · "Thor was treated as a loss leader, essentially."
  2. [Blank Check — Patreon · The Incredible Hulk · 0:23:12 · Griffin or David (0.35)] Iron Man ↔ The Incredible Hulk · programming · Both Iron Man's post-credits Fury scene and Tony's Hulk cameo got audiences cheering, building the idea of a shared universe. · "I was so invested in the idea, which seems hilarious now of a cinematic universe."
  3. [Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The Winter Soldier · 1:16:27 · unknown (0.45)] Captain America: The Winter Soldier ↔ Iron Man 2 · programming · Gary Shandling's Hydra senator is an odd pull-back to Iron Man 2 for a franchise otherwise ignoring that film. · "when they're like trying to ignore as much of Iron Man 2 as possible"
  4. [Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The Winter Soldier · 0:14:14 · unknown (0.35)] Captain America: The Winter Soldier ↔ Thor: The Dark World · programming · Dark World is the high-fantasy entry in the same one-genre-per-film scheme. · "Dark World is like high fantasy."
  5. [Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 1:00:57 · unknown (0.30)] Benicio del Toro ↔ Thor: The Dark World · programming · Del Toro's Collector first appears in the Dark World post-credits and has been used little since. · "How much is he in dark world?"
  6. [Blank Check — Patreon · The Avengers · 1:29:09 · Griffin Newman (0.40)] The Avengers ↔ Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. · programming · Coulson was brought back for the TV show but kept out of the movies, signaling the TV show is only loosely connected. · "you can be in the TV show, like, because we need, you know, a star for the show"
  7. [Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 1:18:06 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man ↔ Iron Man 2 · programming · Griffin has a point about Paltrow in Iron Man 2 and promises a separate Iron Man 2 commentary. · "We're going to do an Iron Man 2 commentary so we can talk about the movie I want to talk about there."
  8. [Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 0:12:08 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man 2 ↔ The Avengers · programming · Feige pushed more cinematic-universe setup after the first film, but held most back; the Fury scene and shield joke are the result. · "Let's build shield outlets, like give them, you know, a little more of what they want."
  9. [Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The Winter Soldier · 0:16:47 · unknown (0.40)] Captain America: The Winter Soldier ↔ Marvel Cinematic Universe · programming · Fury is in charge of SHIELD only in this film and Avengers; afterward mostly cameos. · "So this is only the only other movie where Fury is like in charge of S.E.L.D. and kind of just like in the movie."
  10. [Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The Winter Soldier · 0:14:14 · unknown (0.35)] Captain America: The Winter Soldier ↔ Thor: The Dark World · programming · Dark World is the high-fantasy entry in the same one-genre-per-film scheme. · "Dark World is like high fantasy."
  11. [Blank Check — Patreon · The Avengers · 1:29:32 · David Sims (0.40)] Captain Marvel ↔ The Avengers · programming · Captain Marvel is a 1990s prequel in which Fury still has both eyes, bringing back Coulson/Fury; they predict nineties-reference gags. · "So in that one, Nick Fury has 2 eyes."
  12. [Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 1:48:57 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man ↔ Thor · programming · The hosts preview the next trio: Thor, Captain America, Avengers; one hates Thor. · "So what our next three is going to be Thor, Captain America, Avengers."
  13. [Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 2:07:38 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man 2 ↔ Thor · programming · Its post-credit scene is called the weakest, existing only to announce Thor's film, much like the Captain Marvel tag after Infinity War. · "Because essentially it's just like Thor, Thor, will be the star of a new movie."
  14. [Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The Winter Soldier · 1:16:27 · unknown (0.45)] Captain America: The Winter Soldier ↔ Iron Man 2 · programming · Gary Shandling's Hydra senator is an odd pull-back to Iron Man 2 for a franchise otherwise ignoring that film. · "when they're like trying to ignore as much of Iron Man 2 as possible"
  15. [Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 0:50:31 · Griffin Newman (0.40)] The Nutcracker and the Four Realms ↔ Thor: The Dark World · programming · Joking that a 'four realms' film from the director of Captain America should have had nine realms. · "He won't settle for four."
  16. [Blank Check — Patreon · The Avengers · 1:34:57 · David Sims (0.40)] The Avengers ⇒ Guardians of the Galaxy (the host's read) · programming · Thanos' Chitauri subcontracting sets up the cosmic films; Guardians is next on their Marvel list. · "We're gonna we're gonna cover Peter movie soon."
  17. [Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 2:01:42 · unknown (Griffin) (0.50)] Iron Man ↔ Captain Marvel · programming · Mentions Captain Marvel's upcoming 90s setting and Kamala Khan idolizing her as a possible future movie. · "And then like models herself after Captain Marvel."
  18. [Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 1:18:06 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man ↔ Iron Man 2 · programming · Griffin has a point about Paltrow in Iron Man 2 and promises a separate Iron Man 2 commentary. · "We're going to do an Iron Man 2 commentary so we can talk about the movie I want to talk about there."
  19. [Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The Winter Soldier · 1:34:33 · unknown (0.40)] Captain America: The Winter Soldier ↔ Agents of S.H.I.L.E.L.D. · programming · The TV show had to stall its whole first season because the film's Hydra reveal could not be tipped. · "Of course, the 1st season of SHIELD began in 2013 and had to essentially stall for almost its entire 1st season because they knew that this was coming, but they couldn't tip it."
  20. [Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 1:59:51 · David Sims (0.30)] Thor: The Dark World ↔ Guardians of the Galaxy · programming · The Collector mid-credits scene already shows the Guardians' comic space weirdness; the speaker thinks James Gunn directed it. · "I think gun directed this. It's 100% difficult."

Who said it, by their latest sketch (2)

  1. [speaker] Griffin Newman · latest sketch, Blank Check · The Last Temptation of Christ · Calls Last Temptation his college-era favorite Scorsese; loves Scorsese's smaller 80s and the film's closing transcendence and Gabriel score. Cannot stand fundamentalist outrage at it. A sucker for casting trivia and Tom Cruise-silliness. · stances: Hot take: Last Temptation structurally mirrors New York, New York as a better version; Outrage over the film is stupid; it is respectful to Jesus; Scorsese's smaller 80s work beats his later baroque phases
  2. [speaker] David Sims · latest sketch, Blank Check · The Last Temptation of Christ · Prepares history: novel, casting, budgets, box office. Reveres the film and thinks it reads as a normal ground-level story. A sucker for Hollywood deal backstory and box office game. · stances: Praises Keitel and Dafoe casting; Respects Scorsese's persistence and Corman discipline; The film is now well regarded though not 'canonical Marty'

The shows' running bits (1)

  1. [bits] The Big Picture: Drafts (Hosts and guests draft films in rounds; every pick is a recommendation with an argument); Hall of Fame (A star's or director's best, ranked and argued); Countdowns (Ranked lists, top five or top ten)

The whole prompt

As the model gets it, from app/Ai/Prompts/CorpusAsk.md 
You are a clerk at Video Culture, a video store. A customer just finished Iron Man 3 (2013) and wants to know what to watch next.

Below is what people who love movies said on three podcasts (Blank Check, The Rewatchables, The Big Picture) about Iron Man 3 (2013) and the films around it, one line each. Every line starts with where it came from, in brackets: [show · episode · time · speaker (how sure we are it was them)]. A [pairs] line says how often two films were put side by side. A [speaker] line says what that person likes. A [bits] line lists a show's running bits: a format, not an opinion.

[Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The Winter Soldier · 0:14:14 · unknown (0.35)] Captain America: The Winter Soldier ↔ Iron Man 3 · programming · Marvel gives each film a different genre; Winter Soldier is the political thriller, Iron Man 3 the noir/buddy film. · "Right. So this is when they're like, Iron Man 3 is sort of like a noir and like a buddy film, Dark World is like high fantasy."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 0:16:00 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man 3 ↔ The Avengers · programming · Phase 2 begins here and Avengers' victory lap gave Feige room to let each film feel individual. · "They're on such a victory lap that it feels like this is the one little chunk of time where Kevin Feige lets go a little bit."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 2:21:21 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man 3 ↔ Pain & Gain · programming · Pain & Gain opened the same spring with a big second-week drop; The Rock's performance is called the smartest use of him. · "Smartest anyone has ever used him."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 2:23:04 · unknown (0.30)] 42 ↔ Iron Man 3 · programming · 42 and a run of April 2013 releases are compared in the Box Office Mojo segment. · "That we waited this long for a Jackie Robinson movie and that Brian Helgeland ended up making it such a disappointment."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 2:24:42 · unknown (0.30)] Oblivion ↔ Iron Man 3 · programming · Oblivion released the same spring (Cruise sci-fi) and made 70% worldwide. · "Oblivion, a Joseph Konsinski film."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 0:13:27 · unknown (0.30)] Thor: Ragnarok ↔ Iron Man 3 · lineage · Ragnarok relates to The Dark World as Iron Man 3 relates to Iron Man, a hard tonal reset on the prior entry. · "Ragnarok is very much the Iron Man 3 to this movie's Iron Man."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 0:15:43 · unknown (0.30)] The Avengers ⇒ Iron Man 3 (the host's read) · lineage · Iron Man 3 works as a quasi-sequel to The Avengers because it deals with Tony's trauma of the portal and aliens. · "Except it's it is a sort of quasi sequel to the Avengers in that it's dealing with the fact that he got sucked into a portal into space for a 2nd there."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 0:18:57 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man ⇒ Iron Man 3 (the host's read) · lineage · The Iron Man trilogy is closed into a circle by the flashback to the party and Becca Hall and Pierce. · "as individualistic as this movie is, it actually like... It's bringing the 1st 2 complete."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 1:43:33 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man 3 ↔ Lethal Weapon · lineage · The shot of Stark and Rhodey peeking over a girder with guns has a Lethal Weapon vibe. · "lethal weapon vibe, that shot of the 2 of them like peeking over a girder with like guns in their hands being..."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 1:50:21 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man 3 ↔ Air Force One · lineage · The mid-air Air Force One rescue gets the praise Air Force One itself earns for tension and offices. · "Air Force One action is always good."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 2:17:32 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man 3 ↔ The Nice Guys · lineage · The jazzy 70s-cop-show end credits are described as Black's future movie vibe. · "His future movie sort of vibe."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Incredible Hulk · 1:20:47 · Griffin or David (0.30)] Iron Man 2 ⇒ Iron Man 3 (the host's read) · lineage · Iron Man 2's failure forced something new, giving Shane Black room to make a better third film. · "But also, that is why the 3rd one is good because the 2nd one was such a mistake that they were like, we don't know."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 0:18:19 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man 3 ↔ Vanilla Sky · theme · The Elvis idea behind Vanilla Sky, lonely in a room where everyone knows who you are, is the Tony Stark thing Iron Man 3 digs into. · "There's the Elvis quote that Cameron Crowe loves, which he said he based Vanilla Sky around, which is the feeling of being lonely in a room where everyone knows who you are."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 0:22:24 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man 3 ↔ Due Date · theme · Both films interrogate Downey's star persona: we love him being an ass; here are the people he wronged. · "This movie is interested in Robert Tank Jr.'s star persona and how weird it is."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 1:06:17 · unknown (0.30)] Fu Manchu (character) ⇒ Iron Man 3 (the host's read) · theme · The Mandarin is a Fu Manchu stereotype that Marvel could not play straight, so Kingsley's false-flag twist threads the needle. · "Because the Mandarin is Fu Manchu."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Avengers · 2:07:49 · David Sims (0.50)] The Avengers ⇒ Iron Man 3 (the host's read) · theme · Stark's arc across three Iron Man films peaks in Iron Man 3, and Avengers lays the track for its PTSD. · "Iron Man 3 is all him being unable to cope with the psychological like trauma of this."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 0:18:36 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man ↔ Iron Man 3 · theme · Pepper is the secret of why the first film works and of why Iron Man 3 works. · "Iron Man works best as a character through Pepper."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 1:25:03 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man ⇒ Iron Man 3 (the host's read) · theme · Iron Man 3 later parodies the Osama-type Mandarin expectation that Iron Man originally planned (Ten Rings leader, no magic). · "And then Iron Man 3 wisely parodies that expectation."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 1:33:38 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man ↔ Iron Man 3 · theme · Each sequel repeats the Tony-alone-in-the-basement-with-robots plot; Iron Man 3 does it better. · "Tony Stark is very weird. He mostly sits in his basement building robots."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War · 2:36:48 · Griffin Newman (0.45)] Avengers: Infinity War ↔ Iron Man 3 · craft · Iron Man 3 completes Tony's arc, so Spider-Man can be his second arc. · "Iron Man 3 completes the Tony Arc"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 0:43:50 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man 3 ↔ Hiroshima · craft · The shadows of the dead on the wall after the blast recall Hiroshima. · "like people's dead people's shadows are cast on the wall, like in Hiroshima."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 1:44:33 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man 3 ↔ The Iron Giant · craft · The suit's body parts bursting free are likened to The Iron Giant. · "With the rest of the suit wants to get out, Iron Giant style."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 1:51:49 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man 3 ↔ live-action Human Torch (film unnamed) · craft · The Extremis heat effect beats any live-action Human Torch; the Human Torch is a black bodysuit lit on fire. · "I always felt like this effect in this looks better than any of the live action human torches."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 2:18:18 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man 3 ↔ Mission: Impossible – Fallout · craft · Speaker's anecdote of staying for the curtain call credits applies to Iron Man 3 end credits. · "we can't leave before they give Tom his curtain call."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 2:19:33 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man 3 ↔ Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 2 · craft · They wish the end credits recognized the whole cast like Breaking Dawn Part 2 and Kill Bill 2 do. · "Do you know how many times I've watched the closing credits of Twilight Breaking Dawn part two, like 50?"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 0:34:27 · David Sims (0.40)] Thor: The Dark World ↔ Iron Man 3 · contrast · Each Phase 2 film has its own look: this one is serious, Iron Man 3 resembles a 90s action film, Winter Soldier approximates a Sydney Pollack movie, Guardians is candy colored. · "Iron Man 3 looks like a 90s like action film."
[pairs] Iron Man 3 ↔ The Avengers · said 5 times in 3 episodes
[pairs] Iron Man 3 ↔ Iron Man 2 · said 4 times in 3 episodes
[pairs] Iron Man 3 ↔ Iron Man · said 4 times in 2 episodes
[pairs] Iron Man 3 ↔ Captain America: The Winter Soldier · said 2 times in 1 episode
[pairs] Iron Man 3 ↔ Thor: The Dark World · said 2 times in 1 episode
[Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 0:18:03 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man 3 · fun · See the opening scene: Eiffel 65 'Blue' plays over the 1999 party; the song is called a perfect anthem for Tony Stark. · "Now, listen, this song is about the movie."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 0:23:39 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man 3 · fun · Black's Christmas habit: he sets films at Christmas because it is the loneliest time of year. · "Shane Black movies are always set at Christmas."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 0:29:34 · Griffin Newman (0.50)] Iron Man 3 · fun · See the panic-attack scene on the sidewalk outside the party: the host calls it when he knows the movie is a masterpiece. · "Like, this is when I go, oh, fuck, this movie is a masterpiece."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 0:30:52 · Griffin Newman (0.50)] Iron Man 3 · fun · Host recorded a podcast mid-dissociative episode; he links it to Tony puppeteering the suit. · "And then I once recorded a podcast when I was in that state."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 1:00:10 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man 3 · fun · See Tony in the garage talking to the dead suit on a ratty couch and the boy Harley. · "Puts the suit on a ratty old couch."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 1:32:22 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man 3 · fun · The hosts' ranking: the movie that loses people at the Mandarin reveal gets a five out of five star dismissal. · "If the movie loses you here, go take a walk around the block."
[The Big Picture · The Past, Present, and Future of Superhero Movies | The Big Picture · 0:13:42 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] The Avengers ↔ Thor · programming · Thor was treated as a loss leader, a stepping stone to the Avengers. · "Thor was treated as a loss leader, essentially."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Incredible Hulk · 0:23:12 · Griffin or David (0.35)] Iron Man ↔ The Incredible Hulk · programming · Both Iron Man's post-credits Fury scene and Tony's Hulk cameo got audiences cheering, building the idea of a shared universe. · "I was so invested in the idea, which seems hilarious now of a cinematic universe."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The Winter Soldier · 1:16:27 · unknown (0.45)] Captain America: The Winter Soldier ↔ Iron Man 2 · programming · Gary Shandling's Hydra senator is an odd pull-back to Iron Man 2 for a franchise otherwise ignoring that film. · "when they're like trying to ignore as much of Iron Man 2 as possible"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The Winter Soldier · 0:14:14 · unknown (0.35)] Captain America: The Winter Soldier ↔ Thor: The Dark World · programming · Dark World is the high-fantasy entry in the same one-genre-per-film scheme. · "Dark World is like high fantasy."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 1:00:57 · unknown (0.30)] Benicio del Toro ↔ Thor: The Dark World · programming · Del Toro's Collector first appears in the Dark World post-credits and has been used little since. · "How much is he in dark world?"
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Avengers · 1:29:09 · Griffin Newman (0.40)] The Avengers ↔ Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. · programming · Coulson was brought back for the TV show but kept out of the movies, signaling the TV show is only loosely connected. · "you can be in the TV show, like, because we need, you know, a star for the show"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 1:18:06 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man ↔ Iron Man 2 · programming · Griffin has a point about Paltrow in Iron Man 2 and promises a separate Iron Man 2 commentary. · "We're going to do an Iron Man 2 commentary so we can talk about the movie I want to talk about there."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 0:12:08 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man 2 ↔ The Avengers · programming · Feige pushed more cinematic-universe setup after the first film, but held most back; the Fury scene and shield joke are the result. · "Let's build shield outlets, like give them, you know, a little more of what they want."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The Winter Soldier · 0:16:47 · unknown (0.40)] Captain America: The Winter Soldier ↔ Marvel Cinematic Universe · programming · Fury is in charge of SHIELD only in this film and Avengers; afterward mostly cameos. · "So this is only the only other movie where Fury is like in charge of S.E.L.D. and kind of just like in the movie."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The Winter Soldier · 0:14:14 · unknown (0.35)] Captain America: The Winter Soldier ↔ Thor: The Dark World · programming · Dark World is the high-fantasy entry in the same one-genre-per-film scheme. · "Dark World is like high fantasy."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Avengers · 1:29:32 · David Sims (0.40)] Captain Marvel ↔ The Avengers · programming · Captain Marvel is a 1990s prequel in which Fury still has both eyes, bringing back Coulson/Fury; they predict nineties-reference gags. · "So in that one, Nick Fury has 2 eyes."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 1:48:57 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man ↔ Thor · programming · The hosts preview the next trio: Thor, Captain America, Avengers; one hates Thor. · "So what our next three is going to be Thor, Captain America, Avengers."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 2:07:38 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man 2 ↔ Thor · programming · Its post-credit scene is called the weakest, existing only to announce Thor's film, much like the Captain Marvel tag after Infinity War. · "Because essentially it's just like Thor, Thor, will be the star of a new movie."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The Winter Soldier · 1:16:27 · unknown (0.45)] Captain America: The Winter Soldier ↔ Iron Man 2 · programming · Gary Shandling's Hydra senator is an odd pull-back to Iron Man 2 for a franchise otherwise ignoring that film. · "when they're like trying to ignore as much of Iron Man 2 as possible"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 0:50:31 · Griffin Newman (0.40)] The Nutcracker and the Four Realms ↔ Thor: The Dark World · programming · Joking that a 'four realms' film from the director of Captain America should have had nine realms. · "He won't settle for four."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Avengers · 1:34:57 · David Sims (0.40)] The Avengers ⇒ Guardians of the Galaxy (the host's read) · programming · Thanos' Chitauri subcontracting sets up the cosmic films; Guardians is next on their Marvel list. · "We're gonna we're gonna cover Peter movie soon."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 2:01:42 · unknown (Griffin) (0.50)] Iron Man ↔ Captain Marvel · programming · Mentions Captain Marvel's upcoming 90s setting and Kamala Khan idolizing her as a possible future movie. · "And then like models herself after Captain Marvel."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 1:18:06 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man ↔ Iron Man 2 · programming · Griffin has a point about Paltrow in Iron Man 2 and promises a separate Iron Man 2 commentary. · "We're going to do an Iron Man 2 commentary so we can talk about the movie I want to talk about there."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The Winter Soldier · 1:34:33 · unknown (0.40)] Captain America: The Winter Soldier ↔ Agents of S.H.I.L.E.L.D. · programming · The TV show had to stall its whole first season because the film's Hydra reveal could not be tipped. · "Of course, the 1st season of SHIELD began in 2013 and had to essentially stall for almost its entire 1st season because they knew that this was coming, but they couldn't tip it."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 1:59:51 · David Sims (0.30)] Thor: The Dark World ↔ Guardians of the Galaxy · programming · The Collector mid-credits scene already shows the Guardians' comic space weirdness; the speaker thinks James Gunn directed it. · "I think gun directed this. It's 100% difficult."
[speaker] Griffin Newman · latest sketch, Blank Check · The Last Temptation of Christ · Calls Last Temptation his college-era favorite Scorsese; loves Scorsese's smaller 80s and the film's closing transcendence and Gabriel score. Cannot stand fundamentalist outrage at it. A sucker for casting trivia and Tom Cruise-silliness. · stances: Hot take: Last Temptation structurally mirrors New York, New York as a better version; Outrage over the film is stupid; it is respectful to Jesus; Scorsese's smaller 80s work beats his later baroque phases
[speaker] David Sims · latest sketch, Blank Check · The Last Temptation of Christ · Prepares history: novel, casting, budgets, box office. Reveres the film and thinks it reads as a normal ground-level story. A sucker for Hollywood deal backstory and box office game. · stances: Praises Keitel and Dafoe casting; Respects Scorsese's persistence and Corman discipline; The film is now well regarded though not 'canonical Marty'
[bits] The Big Picture: Drafts (Hosts and guests draft films in rounds; every pick is a recommendation with an argument); Hall of Fame (A star's or director's best, ranked and argued); Countdowns (Ranked lists, top five or top ten)

Recommend three to six films, and only films that appear in these lines. A series, a TV film, or a franchise counts too when a line recommends it or pairs it with Iron Man 3 (2013); name it the way the line names it. Don't recommend Iron Man 3 (2013) itself. For each one, give one short reason in your own words and say whose reason it is: the show, named exactly as the brackets name it, and the speaker when the line names one (an "unknown" speaker is just the show). If the lines are thin, say so plainly rather than stretching them.

Keep a contrast a contrast. When a line sets two films apart, the reason is how they differ; never turn it into a way they're alike. A line with ⇒ puts the source first and what drew on it second, and one marked "the maker said so" is still the host reporting it: say who said it, and never state an influence as fact.

You know only what's on these lines. Add no fact they don't state: not who directed a film, not what kind of film it is, not when it came out, unless a line says so. Say nothing about the store or how anything rents here.

Talk the way a clerk talks to a customer at the counter: plain text, titles written plainly with no asterisks or other markup, no headings, no lists of more than six, no JSON.