The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996)
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Wikidata Q1091580, film, IMDb tt0116654, TMDB 9306: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by episode credits Val Kilmer as actor (‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan); 2 more episodes agree.
What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.
Who talked about it
The Big Picture
- Sean Fennessey: 1 line in Best Picture Power Rankings and a ‘Poor Things’ Deep Dive. Plus: Julianne Moore and Todd Haynes!
The Rewatchables
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.
No line says it drew on another film or person.
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
Poor Things: 1 line theme ×1
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theme (character echo):
Poor Things → The Island of Dr. Moreau.
Godwin, fusing creatures on his island, is likened to a Dr. Moreau figure.
“he's kind of an, uh, an island of Dr. Moreau kind of figure”
The Big Picture · Best Picture Power Rankings and a ‘Poor Things’ Deep Dive. Plus: Julianne Moore and Todd Haynes! · 0:40:21 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)
Val Kilmer: 1 line verdict ×1
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verdict (verdict):
Val Kilmer → The Island of Dr. Moreau.
Defended or insisted-on bad Kilmer cinema.
“Dr. Moreau 96, which I stand by until his death.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:11:38 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
Where it came up
- passing in The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag!, first at 0:08:10, 1 time
- passing in The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan, first at 1:02:14, 1 time
- passing in The Rewatchables · ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan, first at 1:12:30, 1 time
- passing in The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan, first at 0:11:38, 2 times
- compared in The Big Picture · Best Picture Power Rankings and a ‘Poor Things’ Deep Dive. Plus: Julianne Moore and Todd Haynes!, first at 0:40:33, 1 time
- passing in Blank Check — Patreon · Alien 3, first at 0:25:52, 1 time
What was said about it, by kind
theme (1)
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theme (character echo):
Poor Things → The Island of Dr. Moreau.
Godwin, fusing creatures on his island, is likened to a Dr. Moreau figure.
“he's kind of an, uh, an island of Dr. Moreau kind of figure”
The Big Picture · Best Picture Power Rankings and a ‘Poor Things’ Deep Dive. Plus: Julianne Moore and Todd Haynes! · 0:40:21 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)
verdict (1)
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verdict (verdict):
Val Kilmer → The Island of Dr. Moreau.
Defended or insisted-on bad Kilmer cinema.
“Dr. Moreau 96, which I stand by until his death.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:11:38 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
Fun items about it
None.
Who the speakers said made it
As said on the shows, not checked against the real credits.
- Val Kilmer: actor (The Rewatchables, ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan)
- Val Kilmer: actor (The Rewatchables, ‘Se7en’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan)
- Val Kilmer: actor (The Rewatchables, ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan)