What the corpus says about The Lego Batman Movie (2017)

The 59 lines php artisan corpus:ask hands a model, in the order it gets them, and nothing else. The model writes a clerk's answer from these and only these.

What was said about it (26)

  1. [Blank Check — Patreon · 2022 MARCH MADNESS UPDATE 2 PRESENTED BY THE CHIP REPORT · 0:47:01 · unknown (0.30)] Batman Forever ↔ The Lego Batman Movie · programming · The Patreon order runs Batman Forever, Batman & Robin, then BvS Ultimate Edition, Lego Batman, The Batman. · "It's Batman forever. Batman and Robin, the Lego Batman movie."
  2. [Blank Check — Patreon · 2022 MARCH MADNESS UPDATE 2 PRESENTED BY THE CHIP REPORT · 0:47:09 · unknown (0.30)] Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (Ultimate Edition) ↔ The Lego Batman Movie · programming · They will do the Ultimate Edition of BvS before Lego Batman. · "I think we're doing the ultimate edition."
  3. [Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:03:41 · David Sims (0.50)] The Lego Movie ⇒ The Lego Batman Movie (the host's read) · lineage · The Lego Movie is where the earnest-Batman bit started, and the hosts doubted it could sustain a whole movie. · "It's the thing that the Lego movie lashes onto, but you felt unsustainable for a whole movie."
  4. [Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:12:49 · Griffin Newman (0.60)] Batman (1966 Adam West film) ⇒ The Lego Batman Movie (the host's read) · lineage · The Joker's all-villains-together plan is the Adam West movie's plan. · "it's essentially like the, the, uh, Adam West Batman movie plan, where it's like, I know to finally defeat Batman, call in everybody."
  5. [Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:15:06 · Griffin Newman (0.60)] The Dark Knight ⇒ The Lego Batman Movie (the host's read) · lineage · The Joker's need for Batman to see him as an enemy is read against the post-Dark Knight Joker. · "It's this thing of like, right, especially post Dark Knight, right?"
  6. [Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:25:43 · David Sims (0.40)] Superman (Christopher Reeve films) ⇒ The Lego Batman Movie (the host's read) · lineage · The Phantom Zone comes from the Christopher Reeve Superman movies, though it is in the comics too. · "Just from the Chris Reeves Superman movies."
  7. [Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:44:07 · Griffin Newman (0.60)] Batman (1966 Adam West film) ⇒ The Lego Batman Movie (the host's read) · lineage · Robin's costume transition and the Kick Butler nameplate are Adam West-style text and costume jokes. · "It's essentially like a doing the Adam West transition."
  8. [Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 1:31:45 · Griffin Newman (0.40)] Doctor Who ⇒ The Lego Batman Movie (the host's read) · lineage · A Dalek is an iron-lung garbage can with a plunger arm, and the Lego film's villains riff on such designs. · "But his main villainous called the Dalek, and it's like this sort of like big garbage."
  9. [Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 0:15:22 · David Sims (0.40)] The Batman ↔ The Lego Batman Movie · lineage · Lego Batman keeps the humor alive as the exception to the trend toward seriousness. · "And Lego pops up, again, for Lego."
  10. [Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:40:08 · Griffin Newman (0.70)] Batman (Burton/Keaton films) ⇒ The Lego Batman Movie (the host's read) · theme · The film shares the Burton/Keaton take that Batman is fully broken and has not processed his parents' deaths. · "this movie sort of has the Burton Keaton take of like, he's fully broken by this fucking thing."
  11. [Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:58:26 · Griffin Newman (0.50)] The Lego Batman Movie ↔ Jaws · theme · The Phantom Zone fills with franchise monsters, including the Jaws shark and the Jurassic Park T-Rex. · "The shark from Jaws, the T-Rex from Jurassic Park."
  12. [Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 1:26:28 · David Sims (0.50)] The Lego Batman Movie ↔ Batman Begins · theme · The pit-and-rope lesson in Batman Begins is the one other time Batman learns anything about himself. · "Then it begins does."
  13. [Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 1:33:26 · Griffin Newman (0.60)] Jerry Maguire ⇒ The Lego Batman Movie (the host's read) · theme · Batman's arc ends with him giving the Joker the Jerry Maguire speech, completing the film's running Jerry Maguire joke. · "just like it's so good full circle to fucking have him realize I have to give Joker the Jerry Maguire speech."
  14. [Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:05:29 · Griffin Newman (0.80)] The Lego Batman Movie ↔ Team America: World Police · craft · Like Team America, it aims a straight-faced pastiche of live-action blockbuster aesthetics at a toy world. · "I think this movie has the Team America thing going for it"
  15. [Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:11:32 · Griffin Newman (0.70)] The Lego Batman Movie ↔ The Lego Movie · craft · Warner wanted redesigned Lego figures; Lord and Miller insisted on honoring the real pieces' movement limits. · "we want to actually limit them to the way the characters could move."
  16. [Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:39:17 · David Sims (0.50)] The Batman ↔ The Lego Batman Movie · craft · Pattinson's eye treatment is the smartest live-action answer to the expressive-mask problem the Lego movie solves. · "No, the thing they do with Patinson is probably the smartest."
  17. [Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:49:34 · Griffin Newman (0.70)] Galaxy Quest ⇒ The Lego Batman Movie (the host's read) · craft · The Phantom Zone security system gets the Galaxy Quest joke: who would ever build this? · "It's like the Galaxy Quest joke of like, why would this ever be your security system?"
  18. [Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:52:26 · Griffin Newman (0.70)] Hanna-Barbera cartoons and Mike Judge ⇒ The Lego Batman Movie (the host's read) · craft · Repeating slightly varied copies of a drawing makes still characters vibrate, and the Lego films use the same trick on flames and clouds. · "if you want to have a character standing still, essentially trace the same drawing 3 times on 3 different pieces of paper."
  19. [Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 1:19:14 · David Sims (0.50)] The Lego Batman Movie ↔ Birds of Prey · craft · The Joker's funhouse set, color palette, bright lights and self-aware humor recall Birds of Prey. · "I even think, like, the color palette and the use of, like, bright lights and shit."
  20. [Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 1:24:06 · David Sims (0.50)] The Lego Batman Movie ↔ Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers · craft · Chip 'n Dale shares this film's self-aware tone and willingness to plant small character jokes anywhere. · "there's the potential for something funny to happen at any moment if you just think about it."
  21. [Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:47:32 · Griffin Newman (0.50)] The Lego Batman Movie ↔ Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice · contrast · Seeing Batman and Superman together here does not provoke the same cynicism as it did in Batman v Superman. · "I don't give a shit, like, about in the same way I did in Batman V Superman."
  22. [Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:51:05 · Griffin Newman (0.60)] The Lego Batman Movie ↔ The Batman · contrast · Studios worry how to do a serious Robin; this film makes Robin the lighter contrast point instead. · "I think Matt Reeves and Nolan, all these people freak out about like, how do you do the serious version of Robin?"
  23. [Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:14:27 · Griffin Newman (0.60)] The Lego Batman Movie ↔ Robot Chicken (series) · career · Director Chris McKay's Robot Chicken background shows in the sketch-like premise, which then gets taken seriously. · "this is like a funny robot chicken sketch."
  24. [Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:46:06 · Griffin Newman (0.60)] The Lego Batman Movie ↔ The Lego Movie · people · Liam Neeson gives one of the all-time great Lego performances in the first movie as Good Cop/Bad Cop. · "Liam Neeson, one of the gives one of the all-time great Lego performances."
  25. [Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:00:55 · David Sims (0.70)] The Lego Batman Movie ↔ Batman Returns · verdict · David's two favorite live-action Batman films are Returns and Begins; Griffin calls Lego Batman the best Batman movie period. · "Which have always been my 2 favorite live action Batman movies."
  26. [Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 1:38:30 · Griffin Newman (0.60)] The Lego Batman Movie ↔ The Lego Movie · verdict · The first Lego movie remains the pinnacle for Griffin, a brilliant, clever movie. · "Lego movie is still the pinnacle for me, though."

Films put beside it more than once (4)

  1. [pairs] The Lego Batman Movie ↔ The Batman · said 4 times in 2 episodes
  2. [pairs] The Lego Batman Movie ↔ The Lego Movie · said 4 times in 1 episode
  3. [pairs] The Lego Batman Movie ↔ Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope · said 2 times in 1 episode
  4. [pairs] The Lego Batman Movie ↔ Batman (1966 Adam West film) · said 2 times in 1 episode

Fun items about it (6)

  1. [Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:01:16 · Griffin Newman (0.80)] The Lego Batman Movie · fun · Griffin's thesis: the best narrative ever built around Batman, with the most complete understanding of him as a character. · "I think this is the best narrative that has ever been constructed around Batman"
  2. [Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:07:04 · Griffin Newman (0.70)] The Lego Batman Movie · fun · The villains list: Conan O'Brien as the Riddler, Mantzoukas as Scarecrow, Garfunkel and Oats as Poison Ivy and Clayface, Doug Benson as Bane. · "Conan O'Brien plays the Riddler."
  3. [Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:09:53 · Griffin Newman (0.60)] The Lego Batman Movie · fun · The whole movie takes place on a table, and the kid's threat is pulling two pushed-together tables apart. · "So this is setting up the, like, without cutting out the real world from the 1st movie."
  4. [Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:10:18 · Griffin Newman (0.50)] The Lego Batman Movie · fun · Mariah Carey is the mayor for no stated reason. · "Mariah Carey, inexplicably the mayor."
  5. [Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:19:12 · Griffin Newman (0.50)] The Lego Batman Movie · fun · Watch the scene where Batman microwaves lobster Thermidor, types 20 minutes, and corrects himself; the hosts also like the lighting of the microwave. · "And then he types 20 and then he goes, not 20 minutes stupid."
  6. [Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:19:41 · Griffin Newman (0.70)] The Lego Batman Movie · fun · Lego film rule: animators scanned in every real Lego piece and had to build everything so it could physically exist. · "So they essentially like scanned in every Lego block shape or piece type that exists."

One hop out: what recommends the films most often joined to it (19)

  1. [Blank Check — Patreon · Marvel Nerdfest · 0:12:13 · Griffin Newman (0.50)] The Batman ↔ The Flash · programming · The Batman is not in the same world as the other Batmen; DC is carving out separate zones. · "Matt Reeves comes in and is just like, I don't really want this Batman to be in the same world as the other Batman."
  2. [The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later · 0:17:53 · Sean Fennessey (0.85)] Scott Pilgrim vs. the World ⇒ The Lego Movie (the host's read) · lineage · Same claim: the Lego movie's self-aware tone follows Scott Pilgrim. · "Deadpool, for example, can't happen or like the Lego movie can't happen or into the Spider-Verse."
  3. [Blank Check · Dune · 0:22:17 · John Hodgman (0.85)] Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ Dune (the host's read) · programming · Dune was positioned and released as the studio's answer to Star Wars, the next big space epic. · "Uh, this movie is released with the energy of, here you go, here's the new Star Wars."
  4. [Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:38:41 · Griffin Newman (0.50)] Batman Returns ↔ Batman (Burton/Keaton films) · craft · The Burton films solved the mask problem by putting eye makeup on Batman and acknowledging it. · "the patents in Batman is the 1st one to acknowledge that he is painting his eyes black."
  5. [Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 0:15:13 · David Sims (0.50)] The Batman ↔ Batman: Mask of the Phantasm · programming · The humor peaks with the first film and declines across the series; Phantasm and Lego Batman are partial exceptions. · "humor peaks with the 1st one, just decline, basically."
  6. [Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 1:07:43 · unknown (0.30)] Chris Pratt ↔ The Lego Movie · craft · Pratt's key is being a little boy in a hunk's body, which is what works in The Lego Movie and Guardians. · "The key to Pratt is that he's like a little boy."
  7. [The Big Picture · The Great ‘Avatar’ Debate · 1:26:04 · unknown (0.40)] Avatar: The Way of Water ↔ Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope · programming · After the Fox acquisition it felt like Disney would alternate Star Wars and Avatar releases. · "oh, they'll alternate every other year between a Star Wars movie and an Avatar movie."
  8. [Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 1:03:19 · David Sims (0.45)] Batman (franchise) ↔ The Batman · programming · Reeves' film was well reviewed enough that DC may do more of it, the hosts hoping for fun elsewhere. · "I think we're now in Reevesville."
  9. [Blank Check · Raiders of the Lost Ark · 0:12:58 · Brian Michael Bendis (0.90)] Raiders of the Lost Ark ↔ Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope · lineage · Bendis says his childhood pop culture was Lucas and Spielberg magic tricks, not Marvel. · "At this stage that wasn't Marvel was Lucas and Spielberg."
  10. [Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 2:03:25 · Griffin Newman (0.40)] The Batman ↔ The Sound of Music · programming · A UK sing-along Sound of Music (Prince Charles Theater) turned into a Rocky Horror-style costume event. · "It became this rocky horror adjacent thing"
  11. [Blank Check · Dune · 0:22:22 · John Hodgman (0.70)] Dune ⇒ Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (the host's read) · lineage · The Dune book's messaging is credited as one of the things that inspired Star Wars. · "And not only that, the messaging of this is one of the things that inspired Star Wars."
  12. [Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 2:11:56 · David Sims (0.45)] Batman: Mask of the Phantasm ↔ The Batman · programming · The 'Not All Batman' series continues with Mask of the Phantasm in 20 days. · "Tune in for Batman Maska Phantasm for the thrilling conclusion"
  13. [The Big Picture · The Top 10 Fantasy Films, The Toy Movie Hall of Fame, and ‘Masters of the Universe,’ · 0:23:25 · Griffin Newman (0.50)] Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ Masters of the Universe (the host's read) · lineage · He-Man (and the 80s toy boom) was a response to every company having passed on Star Wars merchandising. · "so much of He-Man and the 80s for toys is a response to every major company passing on Star Wars that Star Wars is the whiff that no one can live down."
  14. [The Big Picture · The 2022 Movie Draft · 0:49:34 · unknown (0.40)] Gilda ↔ The Batman · lineage · A speaker says watching Gilda will help understand the next Batman, with Scarlett Johansson rumored as Gilda Dent. · "And then you'll be able to understand the Batman too."
  15. [The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 0:24:06 · Chris Ryan (0.50)] Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (the host's read) · lineage · The Force Awakens maps almost exactly onto A New Hope. · "Force Awakens, which will maybe come up later on this podcast is in almost every respect."
  16. [Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 0:08:26 · Griffin Newman (0.45)] The Batman ⇒ Batman Forever / Batman & Robin (the host's read) · lineage · Griffin says Schumacher's Batman films are directly shaped by the Adam West show's pairing and cliffhanger style. · "Joel Schumacher is very influenced by the Adam West show."
  17. [The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 1:24:09 · Mallory Rubin (0.50)] Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (the host's read) · lineage · It ports over Death Star, Tatooine and R2-D2 as Starkiller Base, Jakku and BB-8. · "in place of the Death Star, you have star killer base."
  18. [Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 0:11:37 · David Sims (0.50)] Batman (1943 serial) ⇒ The Batman (the host's read) · lineage · A New York screening of the 1943 Lewis Wilson serial caused bat fever and led Fox to greenlight the movie. · "someone screened that in New York City and it was such a phenomenon."
  19. [The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:46:32 · Mallory Rubin (0.85)] Seven Samurai ⇒ Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (the host's read) · lineage · Mallory notes Lucas drew on Joseph Campbell, Seven Samurai, and Hidden Fortress, and the cycle of influence is now returning in Mulan. · "Obviously, Joseph Campbell, as mentioned a moment ago. 7 Samurai, Hidden Fortress."

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 (2)

  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)
  2. [bits] Blank Check: The box office game (Guessing the film's opening weekend and what it was up against); The sung theme ("Blank Check with Griffin and David", sung; the transcriber garbles it)

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 The Lego Batman Movie (2017) 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 The Lego Batman Movie (2017) 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 · 2022 MARCH MADNESS UPDATE 2 PRESENTED BY THE CHIP REPORT · 0:47:01 · unknown (0.30)] Batman Forever ↔ The Lego Batman Movie · programming · The Patreon order runs Batman Forever, Batman & Robin, then BvS Ultimate Edition, Lego Batman, The Batman. · "It's Batman forever. Batman and Robin, the Lego Batman movie."
[Blank Check — Patreon · 2022 MARCH MADNESS UPDATE 2 PRESENTED BY THE CHIP REPORT · 0:47:09 · unknown (0.30)] Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (Ultimate Edition) ↔ The Lego Batman Movie · programming · They will do the Ultimate Edition of BvS before Lego Batman. · "I think we're doing the ultimate edition."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:03:41 · David Sims (0.50)] The Lego Movie ⇒ The Lego Batman Movie (the host's read) · lineage · The Lego Movie is where the earnest-Batman bit started, and the hosts doubted it could sustain a whole movie. · "It's the thing that the Lego movie lashes onto, but you felt unsustainable for a whole movie."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:12:49 · Griffin Newman (0.60)] Batman (1966 Adam West film) ⇒ The Lego Batman Movie (the host's read) · lineage · The Joker's all-villains-together plan is the Adam West movie's plan. · "it's essentially like the, the, uh, Adam West Batman movie plan, where it's like, I know to finally defeat Batman, call in everybody."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:15:06 · Griffin Newman (0.60)] The Dark Knight ⇒ The Lego Batman Movie (the host's read) · lineage · The Joker's need for Batman to see him as an enemy is read against the post-Dark Knight Joker. · "It's this thing of like, right, especially post Dark Knight, right?"
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:25:43 · David Sims (0.40)] Superman (Christopher Reeve films) ⇒ The Lego Batman Movie (the host's read) · lineage · The Phantom Zone comes from the Christopher Reeve Superman movies, though it is in the comics too. · "Just from the Chris Reeves Superman movies."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:44:07 · Griffin Newman (0.60)] Batman (1966 Adam West film) ⇒ The Lego Batman Movie (the host's read) · lineage · Robin's costume transition and the Kick Butler nameplate are Adam West-style text and costume jokes. · "It's essentially like a doing the Adam West transition."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 1:31:45 · Griffin Newman (0.40)] Doctor Who ⇒ The Lego Batman Movie (the host's read) · lineage · A Dalek is an iron-lung garbage can with a plunger arm, and the Lego film's villains riff on such designs. · "But his main villainous called the Dalek, and it's like this sort of like big garbage."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 0:15:22 · David Sims (0.40)] The Batman ↔ The Lego Batman Movie · lineage · Lego Batman keeps the humor alive as the exception to the trend toward seriousness. · "And Lego pops up, again, for Lego."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:40:08 · Griffin Newman (0.70)] Batman (Burton/Keaton films) ⇒ The Lego Batman Movie (the host's read) · theme · The film shares the Burton/Keaton take that Batman is fully broken and has not processed his parents' deaths. · "this movie sort of has the Burton Keaton take of like, he's fully broken by this fucking thing."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:58:26 · Griffin Newman (0.50)] The Lego Batman Movie ↔ Jaws · theme · The Phantom Zone fills with franchise monsters, including the Jaws shark and the Jurassic Park T-Rex. · "The shark from Jaws, the T-Rex from Jurassic Park."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 1:26:28 · David Sims (0.50)] The Lego Batman Movie ↔ Batman Begins · theme · The pit-and-rope lesson in Batman Begins is the one other time Batman learns anything about himself. · "Then it begins does."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 1:33:26 · Griffin Newman (0.60)] Jerry Maguire ⇒ The Lego Batman Movie (the host's read) · theme · Batman's arc ends with him giving the Joker the Jerry Maguire speech, completing the film's running Jerry Maguire joke. · "just like it's so good full circle to fucking have him realize I have to give Joker the Jerry Maguire speech."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:05:29 · Griffin Newman (0.80)] The Lego Batman Movie ↔ Team America: World Police · craft · Like Team America, it aims a straight-faced pastiche of live-action blockbuster aesthetics at a toy world. · "I think this movie has the Team America thing going for it"
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:11:32 · Griffin Newman (0.70)] The Lego Batman Movie ↔ The Lego Movie · craft · Warner wanted redesigned Lego figures; Lord and Miller insisted on honoring the real pieces' movement limits. · "we want to actually limit them to the way the characters could move."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:39:17 · David Sims (0.50)] The Batman ↔ The Lego Batman Movie · craft · Pattinson's eye treatment is the smartest live-action answer to the expressive-mask problem the Lego movie solves. · "No, the thing they do with Patinson is probably the smartest."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:49:34 · Griffin Newman (0.70)] Galaxy Quest ⇒ The Lego Batman Movie (the host's read) · craft · The Phantom Zone security system gets the Galaxy Quest joke: who would ever build this? · "It's like the Galaxy Quest joke of like, why would this ever be your security system?"
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:52:26 · Griffin Newman (0.70)] Hanna-Barbera cartoons and Mike Judge ⇒ The Lego Batman Movie (the host's read) · craft · Repeating slightly varied copies of a drawing makes still characters vibrate, and the Lego films use the same trick on flames and clouds. · "if you want to have a character standing still, essentially trace the same drawing 3 times on 3 different pieces of paper."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 1:19:14 · David Sims (0.50)] The Lego Batman Movie ↔ Birds of Prey · craft · The Joker's funhouse set, color palette, bright lights and self-aware humor recall Birds of Prey. · "I even think, like, the color palette and the use of, like, bright lights and shit."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 1:24:06 · David Sims (0.50)] The Lego Batman Movie ↔ Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers · craft · Chip 'n Dale shares this film's self-aware tone and willingness to plant small character jokes anywhere. · "there's the potential for something funny to happen at any moment if you just think about it."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:47:32 · Griffin Newman (0.50)] The Lego Batman Movie ↔ Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice · contrast · Seeing Batman and Superman together here does not provoke the same cynicism as it did in Batman v Superman. · "I don't give a shit, like, about in the same way I did in Batman V Superman."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:51:05 · Griffin Newman (0.60)] The Lego Batman Movie ↔ The Batman · contrast · Studios worry how to do a serious Robin; this film makes Robin the lighter contrast point instead. · "I think Matt Reeves and Nolan, all these people freak out about like, how do you do the serious version of Robin?"
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:14:27 · Griffin Newman (0.60)] The Lego Batman Movie ↔ Robot Chicken (series) · career · Director Chris McKay's Robot Chicken background shows in the sketch-like premise, which then gets taken seriously. · "this is like a funny robot chicken sketch."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:46:06 · Griffin Newman (0.60)] The Lego Batman Movie ↔ The Lego Movie · people · Liam Neeson gives one of the all-time great Lego performances in the first movie as Good Cop/Bad Cop. · "Liam Neeson, one of the gives one of the all-time great Lego performances."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:00:55 · David Sims (0.70)] The Lego Batman Movie ↔ Batman Returns · verdict · David's two favorite live-action Batman films are Returns and Begins; Griffin calls Lego Batman the best Batman movie period. · "Which have always been my 2 favorite live action Batman movies."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 1:38:30 · Griffin Newman (0.60)] The Lego Batman Movie ↔ The Lego Movie · verdict · The first Lego movie remains the pinnacle for Griffin, a brilliant, clever movie. · "Lego movie is still the pinnacle for me, though."
[pairs] The Lego Batman Movie ↔ The Batman · said 4 times in 2 episodes
[pairs] The Lego Batman Movie ↔ The Lego Movie · said 4 times in 1 episode
[pairs] The Lego Batman Movie ↔ Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope · said 2 times in 1 episode
[pairs] The Lego Batman Movie ↔ Batman (1966 Adam West film) · said 2 times in 1 episode
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:01:16 · Griffin Newman (0.80)] The Lego Batman Movie · fun · Griffin's thesis: the best narrative ever built around Batman, with the most complete understanding of him as a character. · "I think this is the best narrative that has ever been constructed around Batman"
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:07:04 · Griffin Newman (0.70)] The Lego Batman Movie · fun · The villains list: Conan O'Brien as the Riddler, Mantzoukas as Scarecrow, Garfunkel and Oats as Poison Ivy and Clayface, Doug Benson as Bane. · "Conan O'Brien plays the Riddler."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:09:53 · Griffin Newman (0.60)] The Lego Batman Movie · fun · The whole movie takes place on a table, and the kid's threat is pulling two pushed-together tables apart. · "So this is setting up the, like, without cutting out the real world from the 1st movie."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:10:18 · Griffin Newman (0.50)] The Lego Batman Movie · fun · Mariah Carey is the mayor for no stated reason. · "Mariah Carey, inexplicably the mayor."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:19:12 · Griffin Newman (0.50)] The Lego Batman Movie · fun · Watch the scene where Batman microwaves lobster Thermidor, types 20 minutes, and corrects himself; the hosts also like the lighting of the microwave. · "And then he types 20 and then he goes, not 20 minutes stupid."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:19:41 · Griffin Newman (0.70)] The Lego Batman Movie · fun · Lego film rule: animators scanned in every real Lego piece and had to build everything so it could physically exist. · "So they essentially like scanned in every Lego block shape or piece type that exists."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Marvel Nerdfest · 0:12:13 · Griffin Newman (0.50)] The Batman ↔ The Flash · programming · The Batman is not in the same world as the other Batmen; DC is carving out separate zones. · "Matt Reeves comes in and is just like, I don't really want this Batman to be in the same world as the other Batman."
[The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later · 0:17:53 · Sean Fennessey (0.85)] Scott Pilgrim vs. the World ⇒ The Lego Movie (the host's read) · lineage · Same claim: the Lego movie's self-aware tone follows Scott Pilgrim. · "Deadpool, for example, can't happen or like the Lego movie can't happen or into the Spider-Verse."
[Blank Check · Dune · 0:22:17 · John Hodgman (0.85)] Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ Dune (the host's read) · programming · Dune was positioned and released as the studio's answer to Star Wars, the next big space epic. · "Uh, this movie is released with the energy of, here you go, here's the new Star Wars."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:38:41 · Griffin Newman (0.50)] Batman Returns ↔ Batman (Burton/Keaton films) · craft · The Burton films solved the mask problem by putting eye makeup on Batman and acknowledging it. · "the patents in Batman is the 1st one to acknowledge that he is painting his eyes black."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 0:15:13 · David Sims (0.50)] The Batman ↔ Batman: Mask of the Phantasm · programming · The humor peaks with the first film and declines across the series; Phantasm and Lego Batman are partial exceptions. · "humor peaks with the 1st one, just decline, basically."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 1:07:43 · unknown (0.30)] Chris Pratt ↔ The Lego Movie · craft · Pratt's key is being a little boy in a hunk's body, which is what works in The Lego Movie and Guardians. · "The key to Pratt is that he's like a little boy."
[The Big Picture · The Great ‘Avatar’ Debate · 1:26:04 · unknown (0.40)] Avatar: The Way of Water ↔ Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope · programming · After the Fox acquisition it felt like Disney would alternate Star Wars and Avatar releases. · "oh, they'll alternate every other year between a Star Wars movie and an Avatar movie."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 1:03:19 · David Sims (0.45)] Batman (franchise) ↔ The Batman · programming · Reeves' film was well reviewed enough that DC may do more of it, the hosts hoping for fun elsewhere. · "I think we're now in Reevesville."
[Blank Check · Raiders of the Lost Ark · 0:12:58 · Brian Michael Bendis (0.90)] Raiders of the Lost Ark ↔ Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope · lineage · Bendis says his childhood pop culture was Lucas and Spielberg magic tricks, not Marvel. · "At this stage that wasn't Marvel was Lucas and Spielberg."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 2:03:25 · Griffin Newman (0.40)] The Batman ↔ The Sound of Music · programming · A UK sing-along Sound of Music (Prince Charles Theater) turned into a Rocky Horror-style costume event. · "It became this rocky horror adjacent thing"
[Blank Check · Dune · 0:22:22 · John Hodgman (0.70)] Dune ⇒ Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (the host's read) · lineage · The Dune book's messaging is credited as one of the things that inspired Star Wars. · "And not only that, the messaging of this is one of the things that inspired Star Wars."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 2:11:56 · David Sims (0.45)] Batman: Mask of the Phantasm ↔ The Batman · programming · The 'Not All Batman' series continues with Mask of the Phantasm in 20 days. · "Tune in for Batman Maska Phantasm for the thrilling conclusion"
[The Big Picture · The Top 10 Fantasy Films, The Toy Movie Hall of Fame, and ‘Masters of the Universe,’ · 0:23:25 · Griffin Newman (0.50)] Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ Masters of the Universe (the host's read) · lineage · He-Man (and the 80s toy boom) was a response to every company having passed on Star Wars merchandising. · "so much of He-Man and the 80s for toys is a response to every major company passing on Star Wars that Star Wars is the whiff that no one can live down."
[The Big Picture · The 2022 Movie Draft · 0:49:34 · unknown (0.40)] Gilda ↔ The Batman · lineage · A speaker says watching Gilda will help understand the next Batman, with Scarlett Johansson rumored as Gilda Dent. · "And then you'll be able to understand the Batman too."
[The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 0:24:06 · Chris Ryan (0.50)] Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (the host's read) · lineage · The Force Awakens maps almost exactly onto A New Hope. · "Force Awakens, which will maybe come up later on this podcast is in almost every respect."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 0:08:26 · Griffin Newman (0.45)] The Batman ⇒ Batman Forever / Batman & Robin (the host's read) · lineage · Griffin says Schumacher's Batman films are directly shaped by the Adam West show's pairing and cliffhanger style. · "Joel Schumacher is very influenced by the Adam West show."
[The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 1:24:09 · Mallory Rubin (0.50)] Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (the host's read) · lineage · It ports over Death Star, Tatooine and R2-D2 as Starkiller Base, Jakku and BB-8. · "in place of the Death Star, you have star killer base."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 0:11:37 · David Sims (0.50)] Batman (1943 serial) ⇒ The Batman (the host's read) · lineage · A New York screening of the 1943 Lewis Wilson serial caused bat fever and led Fox to greenlight the movie. · "someone screened that in New York City and it was such a phenomenon."
[The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:46:32 · Mallory Rubin (0.85)] Seven Samurai ⇒ Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (the host's read) · lineage · Mallory notes Lucas drew on Joseph Campbell, Seven Samurai, and Hidden Fortress, and the cycle of influence is now returning in Mulan. · "Obviously, Joseph Campbell, as mentioned a moment ago. 7 Samurai, Hidden Fortress."
[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)
[bits] Blank Check: The box office game (Guessing the film's opening weekend and what it was up against); The sung theme ("Blank Check with Griffin and David", sung; the transcriber garbles it)

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