What the corpus says about Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)

You are a clerk at Video Culture, a video store. A customer just finished Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) 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 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) 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 · Raiders of the Lost Ark · 1:14:54 · unknown (0.40)] Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull ↔ Raiders of the Lost Ark · programming · They devoted a whole episode to Crystal Skull. · "We devoted whole episode to it."
[Blank Check · Raiders of the Lost Ark · 1:14:33 · David Sims (0.50)] Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull ↔ Raiders of the Lost Ark · contrast · Crystal Skull drops the mysticism and goes to 1950s sci-fi aliens. · "it's sort of annoying that Crystal Skull doesn't have any of that"
[Blank Check · Raiders of the Lost Ark · 2:58:54 · Brian Michael Bendis (0.60)] Schindler's List ⇒ Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (the maker said so: Spielberg's statement while making Crystal Skull) · career · After Schindler's List Spielberg refused to do cartoon Nazis in Crystal Skull. · "I'm not going back to doing cartoon Nazis post Schindler's list."
[The Big Picture · Steven Spielberg's Top 5 Movies · 0:32:44 · Chris Ryan (0.60)] Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ↔ Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull · verdict · Last Crusade was the right ending; another sequel after Crystal Skull is disappointing. · "Was there a better way to end one of the great franchises than Last Crusade?"
[Blank Check · Raiders of the Lost Ark · 2:04:27 · unknown (0.40)] Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull ↔ Karen Allen · verdict · Marion's return in Crystal Skull is the winning element; Allen is joyfully back. · "And a winning thing for Bristol Skull for me is when she comes back into it."
[pairs] Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull ↔ Raiders of the Lost Ark · said 2 times in 1 episode
[The Big Picture · Steven Spielberg's Top 5 Movies · 0:32:17 · Sean Fennessey (0.70)] Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull · fun · Sean jokes about caping for it as a longtime Shia fan. · "you want to cape for that as a longtime Shia fan?"
[Blank Check · Raiders of the Lost Ark · 2:32:51 · unknown (0.40)] Sorcerer ↔ Raiders of the Lost Ark · programming · They will do Sorcerer one day. · "Source will probably do one day."
[The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ · 0:47:07 · Bill Simmons (0.35)] This Is the End ↔ Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade · programming · Hitler-in-comedy debate: they just did Hitler in Last Crusade. · "We just did Hitler in Last Crusade."
[The Big Picture · Steven Spielberg's Top 5 Movies · 0:13:59 · Sean Fennessey (0.80)] Schindler's List ↔ Schindler's List · lineage · It set the standard for the prestige historical drama, so it can feel cliche now. · "set a kind of prestige, historical drama standard"
[Blank Check · Raiders of the Lost Ark · 2:34:57 · unknown (0.40)] Hook ↔ Raiders of the Lost Ark · programming · Hook is a movie they will cover and a defender will join that episode. · "We will have a defender on the episode."
[Blank Check · Raiders of the Lost Ark · 1:13:57 · unknown (0.40)] Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ↔ Buster Keaton · lineage · Last Crusade reads as a Buster Keaton movie. · "It's a very Griffey movie and I feel like is a very Buster Keatney movie in particular."
[Blank Check · Raiders of the Lost Ark · 3:01:39 · Brian Michael Bendis (0.90)] Raiders of the Lost Ark ↔ Jaws · programming · Bendis lives in Portland, where Raiders and Jaws play theaters every summer; his kids found both still work. · "I'm here in Portland where Raiders and Jaws plays on theaters, at least once a summer."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The First Avenger · 0:59:19 · unknown (0.35)] Captain America: The First Avenger ↔ Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade · lineage · The big musical number in an action movie feels like Last Crusade, then is corrected to Temple of Doom. · "It's part of this movie feeling very last crusade to me."
[Blank Check · Raiders of the Lost Ark · 3:27:19 · unknown (0.40)] E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial ↔ Raiders of the Lost Ark · programming · Next week's episode is E.T.; next the Patreon bonus covers Something Evil and Savage. · "I believe it's a movie called ET the Extra Terrestrial."
[The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ · 0:04:47 · Chris Ryan (0.30)] Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ↔ A Bronx Tale · theme · Last Crusade is offered as a father-son film among filmmakers who rarely make them. · "Well, I guess last Crusade's a Father-son movie."
[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 · Raiders of the Lost Ark · 1:14:01 · Griffin Newman (0.60)] Raiders of the Lost Ark ↔ Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade · craft · Last Crusade shows that silent comedy, especially Buster Keaton, is part of the DNA of these movies. · "that's the huge part of the DNA of these movies is silent comedy and not just the adventure serials."
[Blank Check · Raiders of the Lost Ark · 0:46:47 · unknown (0.40)] Flash Gordon (Republic serial) ⇒ Raiders of the Lost Ark (the host's read) · lineage · Lucas conceived Indiana Jones as a B-picture at A-picture scale, like the old Republic serials. · "let's make a sort of B picture at an A picture scale, right?"
[Blank Check · Raiders of the Lost Ark · 2:04:11 · unknown (0.40)] Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ↔ Raiders of the Lost Ark · craft · Last Crusade avoids a third love interest by giving Indy a sparring partner in his dad. · "Indiana Jones needs a sparring partner, they just make it his dad instead of a love interest"
[Blank Check · Raiders of the Lost Ark · 0:49:39 · unknown (0.40)] James Bond films (the franchise) ⇒ Raiders of the Lost Ark (the maker said so: Spielberg's account of the Hawaii conversation with Lucas) · lineage · Lucas pitched Raiders to Spielberg as a better, American take on the Bond idea Spielberg had been wanting to do. · "I have the I have the same basic idea, but better, and it's this Raiders of the Lost Ark idea."
[Blank Check · Raiders of the Lost Ark · 0:55:15 · unknown (0.40)] Nevada Smith ↔ Raiders of the Lost Ark · lineage · The hero was Indiana Smith until Nevada Smith made Spielberg object, so he became Indiana Jones. · "there's a Steve McQueen movie called Nevada Smith."
[speaker] Brian Michael Bendis · latest sketch, Blank Check · Raiders of the Lost Ark · Raised on Lucas and Spielberg and says the magic-trick-then-show-how-it-was-done openness of that era shaped his craft. Loves Raiders over Temple of Doom even though Temple of Doom met him at a pivotal age; adores Reds, Siskel and Ebert, John Williams, Karen Allen. Cannot stand writers telling the audience the theme outright and hates snakes. · stances: Raiders is the better film but Temple of Doom shaped him; Exposition must carry the character's own perspective; Lucas and Spielberg were the first open-source filmmakers; Spielberg is generous with credit and should be emulated; Marion Ravenwood is among cinema's great characters; Willie Scott is the anti-Marion mistake; The post-Fabelmans view reshapes Raiders
[speaker] Chris Ryan · latest sketch, The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ · A franchise and genre scholar who likes Jason, the early sequels, and Manhattan; attention to trivia, tropes and critic reception. Treats slashers as a canon with tiers. · stances: Parts 1, 2, 4 and Manhattan are the good ones; The series finds its legs at 4
[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] Sean Fennessey · latest sketch, The Big Picture · ‘Resident Evil’ Absolutely Rips! · Loves gory, funny, fast genre movies with craft and confidence, especially 87-minute films that never overstay. Can't stand ponderous elevated horror that fills out its runtime with introspection and sad family history. A sucker for the Carpenter-era lineage, Die Hard homages, and directors who break studio dogma. · stances: Resident Evil is one of the best films of the year; Horror movies have become a drag; fun genre experiences are needed; Short running times are a virtue; Video-game films work best when great filmmakers get creative license
[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)
[bits] The Rewatchables: Apex Mountain (The moment a star peaks; where on the mountain a performance sits); Who Won the Movie (The hosts name the person who came out of the film best off); The Ebert review (Roger Ebert's original review and star rating read aloud. Ebert is cited, never on the show); Casting what-ifs (Who was almost cast, or who should have been); Most rewatchable scene (The scene each host would stop on while flipping channels); Aged best / aged worst (What holds up and what does not); Picking Nits (The little things in a film the hosts love that they don't think totally work: the nits); Double feature (The film each host would pair it with; a programming pick)

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 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008); name it the way the line names it. Don't recommend Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) 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.

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