What the corpus says about Iron Man 2 (2010)

The 60 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 · 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"
  2. [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."
  3. [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."
  4. [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."
  5. [Blank Check — Patreon · Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation · 1:01:43 · unknown (0.30)] Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation ↔ Iron Man 2 · lineage · The thigh-grab move is traced back to Iron Man 2 by one speaker. · "I mean, I always think of Iron Man 2."
  6. [Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 0:21:49 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man 2 ↔ Robocop 2 · lineage · Iron Man 2 forces Tony to be a wreck again for no earned reason, which they liken to Robocop 2 resetting its hero. · "doing the Robocop 2 thing."
  7. [Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The First Avenger · 0:19:47 · David Sims (0.40)] Iron Man 2 ⇒ Captain America: The First Avenger (the host's read) · lineage · The Stark Expo of the 1940s is the origin of the Expo seen in Iron Man 2, now as the full World's Fair version. · "Like what we see in Iron Man 2, but now it's like the full like 40s World Fair version."
  8. [Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 1:09:32 · Griffin Newman (0.35)] Iron Man 2 ↔ Robocop 2 · lineage · Both feature an opening gag of malfunctioning machines, and a plot about the military trying to make another one. · "this is very similar to Robocob 2 where they're like, the plot is kind of just like, how do we make another one of these?"
  9. [Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 1:18:24 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man 2 ↔ Portal 2 · lineage · A Slattery-as-Walt-Disney-style sponsor figure is likened to J.K. Simmons's voice character in Portal 2. · "J.K. Simmons voice is a character who is also kind of like this in Portal 2,"
  10. [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."
  11. [The Big Picture · ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Is Here! · 0:37:22 · Van Lathan (0.80)] Iron Man 2 ⇒ Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (the host's read) · theme · Van says the MCU has introduced characters inside other movies before, like Black Widow in Iron Man 2. · "Black Widow makes her a parent, her 1st appearance."
  12. [Blank Check — Patreon · The Avengers · 0:27:40 · unknown (0.40)] Iron Man ↔ Iron Man 2 · theme · Stark arc: Iron Man 1 changing worldview, Iron Man 2 hubristic, Avengers trying not to care. · "Then Iron Man 2 is just like, he doesn't give a fuck anymore."
  13. [Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 0:50:50 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man 2 ↔ Captain America: Civil War · theme · Both films go back to Tony's parents and father issues. · "The movie goes back to that well."
  14. [Blank Check — Patreon · Thor · 0:48:53 · David Sims (0.45)] Thor ↔ Iron Man 2 · craft · Both force S.H.I.E.L.D. world-building into the plot; Iron Man 2 does it worse, and Captain America saves it for the end. · "Iron Man 2 has it worse than this, but this and Iron Man 2 have that right where they're sort of like, PS, like, Hawkeye's coming."
  15. [Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 1:25:25 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man 2 ↔ Captain America: The First Avenger · craft · The shield-on-the-desk and Thor hammer tags are called ham-fisted universe building. · "I just feel very ham fisted."
  16. [Blank Check — Patreon · The Incredible Hulk · 1:20:22 · Griffin or David (0.30)] Iron Man 2 ↔ Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy · craft · Iron Man 2 feels like the improvised second movie cut from Anchorman's leftover footage, but with a new story. · "That's what Iron Man 2 feels like, except it's a new story."
  17. [Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The Winter Soldier · 0:15:36 · unknown (0.40)] Captain America: The Winter Soldier ↔ Iron Man 2 · contrast · Black Widow's hair is her worst here, though Iron Man 2 hair is worse; her performance is more alive here. · "Iron Man 2 hair is bottom of the barrel."
  18. [Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 0:09:34 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man 3 ↔ Iron Man 2 · contrast · Black got the job because people hated Iron Man 2, so the studio needed a shakeup. · "Because people hated Iron Man 2."
  19. [Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 0:58:09 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man 2 ↔ Iron Man · contrast · The first film is Tony alone in the lab being weird; this one has a drunken party and fight, the opposite of what people liked. · "The 1st one is him alone in the lab being weird. and they get to that eventually in this movie, like eventually."
  20. [Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 1:01:16 · Griffin Newman (0.40)] Iron Man 2 ↔ Beverly Hills Cop II · contrast · Iron Man 1 was a straight movie subverted from within by a loose lead, like Beverly Hills Cop; the sequel was written as comedy from the start, like Beverly Hills Cop II, so nothing is subversive. · "The problem with this movie is they tried to write it from as a comedy from the get go."
  21. [Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 1:11:05 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man 2 ↔ Isle of Dogs · contrast · A tangent on the Isle of Dogs art book: great design, poor script, and the humans should have spoken in barks. · "Stand by my take, which is that all the humans should speak in barks."
  22. [Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 1:13:25 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man 2 ↔ The Avengers · contrast · Whedon asked to go back to the circular arc reactor rather than the triangle set up in Iron Man 2. · "Number one, we're going back to the circle."
  23. [Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 1:22:40 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man 2 ↔ Miami Vice · contrast · Unlike Miami Vice, which reeked of a miserable shoot, Iron Man 2 was probably fun to make. · "it's not some movie where, like, Miami Vice, where it reeks of like, oh, everyone was having a miserable time."
  24. [Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 1:37:01 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man 2 ↔ Men in Black · contrast · Setting the climax at a World's Fair site worked in Men in Black because it was thematic with the flying saucers; here it is arbitrary and the drones are generic. · "A movie already did this and got away with it too. The film called Men in Black."
  25. [Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 1:37:27 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man 2 ↔ Iron Man 3 · contrast · Iron Man 3's robot suits and extremis stuff are more varied than Iron Man 2's copy-paste drones. · "Iron Man 3 does this too, but at least an Iron Man 3. They're a little different looking, and also the extremist stuff is its own thing."
  26. [Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 0:33:54 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man 2 ↔ Cowboys & Aliens · career · Leslie Bibb joined Favreau's next film because she wanted to keep working with him; the lead of Cowboys & Aliens was first meant for Downey and Downey backed out. · "Cowboys and Aliens was supposed to be Downey Jr."

Films put beside it more than once (6)

  1. [pairs] Iron Man 2 ↔ Iron Man 3 · said 4 times in 3 episodes
  2. [pairs] Iron Man 2 ↔ Iron Man · said 3 times in 3 episodes
  3. [pairs] Iron Man 2 ↔ Thor · said 3 times in 2 episodes
  4. [pairs] Iron Man 2 ↔ The Avengers · said 3 times in 1 episode
  5. [pairs] Iron Man 2 ↔ Captain America: The First Avenger · said 2 times in 2 episodes
  6. [pairs] Iron Man 2 ↔ Robocop 2 · said 2 times in 2 episodes

Fun items about it (6)

  1. [Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 0:10:19 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man 2 · fun · Opening press conference, around 0:08 to 0:10: Tony jumps from a cargo plane and the film calls its own shot; the hosts call it too into itself. · "Yeah, I mean, like, this movie seems like a little too into itself."
  2. [Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 0:20:06 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man 2 · fun · See the Gary Shandling Senate hearing scene around 0:14: Tony blows kisses and sunglasses at the Senate, and the hosts find the bravado too much. · "I can't quite parse the subtlety of this scene where he's putting on sunglasses blowing kisses to the Senate and being like, kiss my ass."
  3. [Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 0:36:45 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man 2 · fun · See the Monte Carlo track: Whiplash's coveralls burn away to leave him in what looks like genie pants. · "It flames off of his body, and now it looks like he's wearing genie pants."
  4. [Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 0:39:12 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man 2 · fun · The suitcase armor around 0:38 was the trailer's money shot, then Whiplash immediately beats the suit with whips. · "And then the suitcase is immediately followed by whiplash, a man with no shirt immediately beating the stupid suit by using his whips."
  5. [Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 1:00:03 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man 2 · fun · Drunk party fight in the Tony suit around 0:58: the hosts say nobody wants to see drunk friends fight. · "I don't want to see drunken friends punch each other."
  6. [Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 1:20:15 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man 2 · fun · The tentative best joke: the perpetual motion machine on Pepper's desk, which she won't let him move, at about 1:20. · "This is actually the best joke in the movie."

One hop out: what recommends the films most often joined to it (18)

  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 · 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. [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."
  4. [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."
  5. [Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The First Avenger · 2:08:02 · unknown (0.40)] Captain America: The First Avenger ↔ Transformers: Dark of the Moon · programming · Cap was released July 22 instead of July 4th because Transformers 3 owned that date and nobody would go near it. · "The July 4th movie was Transformers 3."
  6. [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."
  7. [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."
  8. [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."
  9. [The Big Picture · The Past, Present, and Future of Superhero Movies | The Big Picture · 0:33:16 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Justice League ↔ Thor · programming · Justice League must make Cyborg, Aquaman, and the Flash into linchpins the way Thor and Captain America are. · "They have to be the Thor, they have to be the Captain America."
  10. [Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The First Avenger · 2:08:10 · David Sims (0.45)] Captain America: The First Avenger ↔ Thor · programming · Cap opened to about 65 million like Thor, finished near 176 worldwide domestic and around 370 vs Thor's 450. · "Cap opens pretty much exactly the same as Thor, 65."
  11. [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."
  12. [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."
  13. [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"
  14. [Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The First Avenger · 2:08:10 · David Sims (0.45)] Captain America: The First Avenger ↔ Thor · programming · Cap opened to about 65 million like Thor, finished near 176 worldwide domestic and around 370 vs Thor's 450. · "Cap opens pretty much exactly the same as Thor, 65."
  15. [Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The First Avenger · 2:09:10 · unknown (0.40)] Captain America: The First Avenger ↔ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 · programming · In the 2011 box-office ranking Cap is number one and Deathly Hallows Part 2 is number two. · "Oh, oh, it's Deathly Hollis part two."
  16. [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."
  17. [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."
  18. [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."

Who said it, by their latest sketch (3)

  1. [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'
  2. [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
  3. [speaker] Van Lathan · latest sketch, The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ · Enjoys the series for its sleaze, hang value and cheesy lines. Roots for Black-cast-free sendups and loves a flex category. Gravitates to Freddy and likes Kevin Bacon. · stances: Friday the 13th is a movie that did not need Black people; Rewards bad-hang awards and flex lists

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 2 (2010) 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 2 (2010) 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation · 1:01:43 · unknown (0.30)] Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation ↔ Iron Man 2 · lineage · The thigh-grab move is traced back to Iron Man 2 by one speaker. · "I mean, I always think of Iron Man 2."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 0:21:49 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man 2 ↔ Robocop 2 · lineage · Iron Man 2 forces Tony to be a wreck again for no earned reason, which they liken to Robocop 2 resetting its hero. · "doing the Robocop 2 thing."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The First Avenger · 0:19:47 · David Sims (0.40)] Iron Man 2 ⇒ Captain America: The First Avenger (the host's read) · lineage · The Stark Expo of the 1940s is the origin of the Expo seen in Iron Man 2, now as the full World's Fair version. · "Like what we see in Iron Man 2, but now it's like the full like 40s World Fair version."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 1:09:32 · Griffin Newman (0.35)] Iron Man 2 ↔ Robocop 2 · lineage · Both feature an opening gag of malfunctioning machines, and a plot about the military trying to make another one. · "this is very similar to Robocob 2 where they're like, the plot is kind of just like, how do we make another one of these?"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 1:18:24 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man 2 ↔ Portal 2 · lineage · A Slattery-as-Walt-Disney-style sponsor figure is likened to J.K. Simmons's voice character in Portal 2. · "J.K. Simmons voice is a character who is also kind of like this in Portal 2,"
[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."
[The Big Picture · ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Is Here! · 0:37:22 · Van Lathan (0.80)] Iron Man 2 ⇒ Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (the host's read) · theme · Van says the MCU has introduced characters inside other movies before, like Black Widow in Iron Man 2. · "Black Widow makes her a parent, her 1st appearance."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Avengers · 0:27:40 · unknown (0.40)] Iron Man ↔ Iron Man 2 · theme · Stark arc: Iron Man 1 changing worldview, Iron Man 2 hubristic, Avengers trying not to care. · "Then Iron Man 2 is just like, he doesn't give a fuck anymore."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 0:50:50 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man 2 ↔ Captain America: Civil War · theme · Both films go back to Tony's parents and father issues. · "The movie goes back to that well."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Thor · 0:48:53 · David Sims (0.45)] Thor ↔ Iron Man 2 · craft · Both force S.H.I.E.L.D. world-building into the plot; Iron Man 2 does it worse, and Captain America saves it for the end. · "Iron Man 2 has it worse than this, but this and Iron Man 2 have that right where they're sort of like, PS, like, Hawkeye's coming."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 1:25:25 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man 2 ↔ Captain America: The First Avenger · craft · The shield-on-the-desk and Thor hammer tags are called ham-fisted universe building. · "I just feel very ham fisted."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Incredible Hulk · 1:20:22 · Griffin or David (0.30)] Iron Man 2 ↔ Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy · craft · Iron Man 2 feels like the improvised second movie cut from Anchorman's leftover footage, but with a new story. · "That's what Iron Man 2 feels like, except it's a new story."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The Winter Soldier · 0:15:36 · unknown (0.40)] Captain America: The Winter Soldier ↔ Iron Man 2 · contrast · Black Widow's hair is her worst here, though Iron Man 2 hair is worse; her performance is more alive here. · "Iron Man 2 hair is bottom of the barrel."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 0:09:34 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man 3 ↔ Iron Man 2 · contrast · Black got the job because people hated Iron Man 2, so the studio needed a shakeup. · "Because people hated Iron Man 2."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 0:58:09 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man 2 ↔ Iron Man · contrast · The first film is Tony alone in the lab being weird; this one has a drunken party and fight, the opposite of what people liked. · "The 1st one is him alone in the lab being weird. and they get to that eventually in this movie, like eventually."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 1:01:16 · Griffin Newman (0.40)] Iron Man 2 ↔ Beverly Hills Cop II · contrast · Iron Man 1 was a straight movie subverted from within by a loose lead, like Beverly Hills Cop; the sequel was written as comedy from the start, like Beverly Hills Cop II, so nothing is subversive. · "The problem with this movie is they tried to write it from as a comedy from the get go."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 1:11:05 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man 2 ↔ Isle of Dogs · contrast · A tangent on the Isle of Dogs art book: great design, poor script, and the humans should have spoken in barks. · "Stand by my take, which is that all the humans should speak in barks."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 1:13:25 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man 2 ↔ The Avengers · contrast · Whedon asked to go back to the circular arc reactor rather than the triangle set up in Iron Man 2. · "Number one, we're going back to the circle."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 1:22:40 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man 2 ↔ Miami Vice · contrast · Unlike Miami Vice, which reeked of a miserable shoot, Iron Man 2 was probably fun to make. · "it's not some movie where, like, Miami Vice, where it reeks of like, oh, everyone was having a miserable time."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 1:37:01 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man 2 ↔ Men in Black · contrast · Setting the climax at a World's Fair site worked in Men in Black because it was thematic with the flying saucers; here it is arbitrary and the drones are generic. · "A movie already did this and got away with it too. The film called Men in Black."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 1:37:27 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man 2 ↔ Iron Man 3 · contrast · Iron Man 3's robot suits and extremis stuff are more varied than Iron Man 2's copy-paste drones. · "Iron Man 3 does this too, but at least an Iron Man 3. They're a little different looking, and also the extremist stuff is its own thing."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 0:33:54 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man 2 ↔ Cowboys & Aliens · career · Leslie Bibb joined Favreau's next film because she wanted to keep working with him; the lead of Cowboys & Aliens was first meant for Downey and Downey backed out. · "Cowboys and Aliens was supposed to be Downey Jr."
[pairs] Iron Man 2 ↔ Iron Man 3 · said 4 times in 3 episodes
[pairs] Iron Man 2 ↔ Iron Man · said 3 times in 3 episodes
[pairs] Iron Man 2 ↔ Thor · said 3 times in 2 episodes
[pairs] Iron Man 2 ↔ The Avengers · said 3 times in 1 episode
[pairs] Iron Man 2 ↔ Captain America: The First Avenger · said 2 times in 2 episodes
[pairs] Iron Man 2 ↔ Robocop 2 · said 2 times in 2 episodes
[Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 0:10:19 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man 2 · fun · Opening press conference, around 0:08 to 0:10: Tony jumps from a cargo plane and the film calls its own shot; the hosts call it too into itself. · "Yeah, I mean, like, this movie seems like a little too into itself."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 0:20:06 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man 2 · fun · See the Gary Shandling Senate hearing scene around 0:14: Tony blows kisses and sunglasses at the Senate, and the hosts find the bravado too much. · "I can't quite parse the subtlety of this scene where he's putting on sunglasses blowing kisses to the Senate and being like, kiss my ass."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 0:36:45 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man 2 · fun · See the Monte Carlo track: Whiplash's coveralls burn away to leave him in what looks like genie pants. · "It flames off of his body, and now it looks like he's wearing genie pants."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 0:39:12 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man 2 · fun · The suitcase armor around 0:38 was the trailer's money shot, then Whiplash immediately beats the suit with whips. · "And then the suitcase is immediately followed by whiplash, a man with no shirt immediately beating the stupid suit by using his whips."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 1:00:03 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man 2 · fun · Drunk party fight in the Tony suit around 0:58: the hosts say nobody wants to see drunk friends fight. · "I don't want to see drunken friends punch each other."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 1:20:15 · unknown (0.30)] Iron Man 2 · fun · The tentative best joke: the perpetual motion machine on Pepper's desk, which she won't let him move, at about 1:20. · "This is actually the best joke in the movie."
[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 · 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."
[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."
[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 · Captain America: The First Avenger · 2:08:02 · unknown (0.40)] Captain America: The First Avenger ↔ Transformers: Dark of the Moon · programming · Cap was released July 22 instead of July 4th because Transformers 3 owned that date and nobody would go near it. · "The July 4th movie was Transformers 3."
[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 · 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 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."
[The Big Picture · The Past, Present, and Future of Superhero Movies | The Big Picture · 0:33:16 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Justice League ↔ Thor · programming · Justice League must make Cyborg, Aquaman, and the Flash into linchpins the way Thor and Captain America are. · "They have to be the Thor, they have to be the Captain America."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The First Avenger · 2:08:10 · David Sims (0.45)] Captain America: The First Avenger ↔ Thor · programming · Cap opened to about 65 million like Thor, finished near 176 worldwide domestic and around 370 vs Thor's 450. · "Cap opens pretty much exactly the same as Thor, 65."
[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 · 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 · 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 · Captain America: The First Avenger · 2:08:10 · David Sims (0.45)] Captain America: The First Avenger ↔ Thor · programming · Cap opened to about 65 million like Thor, finished near 176 worldwide domestic and around 370 vs Thor's 450. · "Cap opens pretty much exactly the same as Thor, 65."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The First Avenger · 2:09:10 · unknown (0.40)] Captain America: The First Avenger ↔ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 · programming · In the 2011 box-office ranking Cap is number one and Deathly Hallows Part 2 is number two. · "Oh, oh, it's Deathly Hollis part two."
[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 · 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 · 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."
[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'
[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] Van Lathan · latest sketch, The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ · Enjoys the series for its sleaze, hang value and cheesy lines. Roots for Black-cast-free sendups and loves a flex category. Gravitates to Freddy and likes Kevin Bacon. · stances: Friday the 13th is a movie that did not need Black people; Rewards bad-hang awards and flex lists
[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 2 (2010); name it the way the line names it. Don't recommend Iron Man 2 (2010) 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.