What the corpus says about Planet of the Apes (2001)

What was said about it (26)

1. [Blank Check · Planet of the Apes · 1:29:37 · unknown (0.40)] Suicide Squad ↔ Planet of the Apes · lineage · Studios sometimes force sequels no one asked for; Apes was a rare time they didn't. · "Again, it's like, you got out of suicide squad alive."
2. [Blank Check — Patreon · The Incredible Hulk · 0:39:14 · Griffin or David (0.30)] Planet of the Apes ⇒ Planet of the Apes (the host's read) · lineage · Burton's ending tries to outdo the Statue of Liberty reveal of the original. · "Because they're trying to outdo the reveal of like the Statue of Liberty at the end."
3. [Blank Check · Planet of the Apes · 0:02:31 · unknown (0.50)] Planet of the Apes ↔ Beetlejuice · theme · The ape dinner-party scene is the one moment that feels like Burton, like Beetlejuice with apes. · "the scene with all the apes sitting around the dinner table, which is like the Beetlejuice scene with apes."
4. [Blank Check · Planet of the Apes · 1:11:47 · unknown (0.40)] Planet of the Apes ↔ Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom · theme · The apes' chanting of a word makes one speaker think of Temple of Doom. · "Um, I can't not think of Temple of Doom every time they say it in this movie."
5. [Blank Check · Planet of the Apes · 1:18:41 · Griffin Newman (0.40)] Planet of the Apes ↔ Planet of the Apes · theme · Alex Ross Perry texted that the original book ends in a way very similar to the 2001 film. · "the original book ends in a way that's very similar to this."
6. [Blank Check — Patreon · The Incredible Hulk · 0:39:03 · Griffin or David (0.30)] Planet of the Apes ↔ Interstellar · craft · Burton's ending is so confusing that the DVD shipped with a timeline insert, likened to Interstellar-style time-travel explanation. · "It's like a weird, like, interstellar where they're like, so if the black hole is here, and this is that, it involves like weird time travel butterfly affection."
7. [Blank Check · Planet of the Apes · 0:08:01 · Matt Singer (0.40)] Planet of the Apes ↔ Planet of the Apes · contrast · The 2001 makeup is expressive and distinct per actor, where the original franchise used one application piece, effectively a painted mask. · "Those movies, there's literally like one application piece and it doesn't have a lot of range or flexibility."
8. [Blank Check · Planet of the Apes · 0:53:06 · unknown (0.40)] Planet of the Apes ⇒ Planet of the Apes (the host's read) · contrast · The remake opens on a loud, leafy backlot set while the original opens in an empty desert with no apes for a long stretch. · "They totally invert the original movie where the original movie starts in the middle of nowhere."
9. [Blank Check · Planet of the Apes · 1:49:05 · Matt Singer (0.40)] Planet of the Apes ↔ Aquaman · contrast · Apes had Reebok, geocaching and no food tie-ins, unlike today's Denny's or IHOP deals. · "They had Reebok ads."
10. [Blank Check — Patreon · 2022 MARCH MADNESS UPDATE 2 PRESENTED BY THE CHIP REPORT · 0:38:59 · unknown (0.30)] The Spy Who Loved Me ↔ Planet of the Apes · contrast · Bond gadgets, like the submarine car, are the pitch for Bond against the Apes. · "He's a famous underwater car in the spy who loved me."
11. [Blank Check · Planet of the Apes · 1:27:57 · unknown (0.40)] Rise of the Planet of the Apes ↔ Planet of the Apes · verdict · A decade later Fox rebooted with a nobody director and it got great reviews, unlike Burton's. · "They picked a nobody director for it."
12. [Blank Check — Patreon · 2022 MARCH MADNESS UPDATE 2 PRESENTED BY THE CHIP REPORT · 0:37:35 · unknown (0.30)] Planet of the Apes ↔ The Wizard of Oz · verdict · Apes are dominant against Oz: strong and many, while Oz is just a guy behind a curtain. · "Oz is just a guy behind a curtain."
13. [Blank Check · Planet of the Apes · 0:11:34 · unknown (0.40)] Planet of the Apes ↔ The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring · industry · Fellowship won Best Makeup over Apes, with a joke about Gimli. · "Fucking Gimli. over Planet of the Apes."
14. [Blank Check · Planet of the Apes · 0:11:38 · unknown (0.40)] Planet of the Apes ↔ Moulin Rouge! · industry · Apes was not nominated for makeup while Moulin Rouge, In the Bedroom and A Beautiful Mind were. · "Now, another nominee was Moulin Rouge, which has incredible makeup and hair."
15. [Blank Check · Planet of the Apes · 0:12:20 · unknown (0.40)] Planet of the Apes ↔ A Beautiful Mind · industry · A Beautiful Mind's old-age makeup was nominated over Apes and looks like a wax statue. · "Yeah, nominating that for best makeup over this movie is... I feel like when people cite bad old age makeup, that's the example of like, you don't want to do..."
16. [Blank Check · Planet of the Apes · 0:48:06 · unknown (0.35)] Planet of the Apes ↔ Ed · industry · A Fox executive pitched apes playing baseball, which led someone to joke that this is how we got Ed. · "we wound up with Ed."
17. [Blank Check · Planet of the Apes · 1:12:43 · unknown (0.45)] Dogville shorts (1930s-40s live-action dog shorts) ⇒ Planet of the Apes (the host's read) · industry · Fox just wanted apes doing human things, like the old Dogville shorts with dogs at restaurant tables. · "And it feels like Fox just wanted to make that."
18. [Blank Check · Planet of the Apes · 0:13:20 · unknown (0.50)] Planet of the Apes ↔ The Last Airbender · viewing experience · The last time a movie felt this soulless and hard to stay awake through on the show was The Last Airbender. · "the last time I remember feeling this way watching a movie forward, this podcast was Last Airbender."
19. [Blank Check · Planet of the Apes · 0:17:07 · Griffin Newman (0.90)] Planet of the Apes ↔ Toy Story 2 · expectations · Griffin was as excited for Apes as for Toy Story 2, which exceeded his expectations while Apes crushed them. · "And the only other movie I was ever this excited for was Toy Story 2, which became my favorite movie of all time."
20. [Blank Check · Planet of the Apes · 0:31:38 · unknown (0.40)] Planet of the Apes ↔ Godzilla · hype letdown · Both were hyped blockbusters whose letdown taught a young fan that advertising lied; Godzilla at least is structured like a movie. · "This is one of those movies where it's like, this is the beginning of studio filmmaking at this level lacking basic story competency."
21. [Blank Check · Planet of the Apes · 1:06:27 · unknown (0.40)] Planet of the Apes ↔ Big Trouble in Little China · useless hero · Hard to find a hero as ineffective as Wahlberg here, outside Big Trouble in Little China where that is the joke. · "I was trying to think of, find another, like, hero in an action movie who, that's not, like, Big Trouble, Little China, where that's part of the joke."
22. [Blank Check · Planet of the Apes · 1:09:16 · unknown (0.40)] Planet of the Apes ↔ Braveheart · battle stops · Pericles' arrival halts the climactic battle like a Braveheart scene. · "It's like a brave heart, full on battle scene, and it all just instantly stops."
23. [Blank Check · Planet of the Apes · 1:22:22 · unknown (0.40)] Planet of the Apes ↔ Back to the Future Part II · time-travel logic · The ending's unexplained time loop is like stopping Back to the Future II at evil 1985 with no explanation. · "it is sort of evocative of like the part of Back to the Future too, where he shows up in evil 1985."
24. [Blank Check · Planet of the Apes · 1:24:42 · unknown (0.40)] Planet of the Apes ⇒ Bear City (SNL digital short) (the host's read) · parody · An SNL short riffs on Apes with bears who just wear human clothes and mimic humans, like the apes keeping the Lincoln Memorial. · "they were riff on Plan of the Apes, where the bears got smart and they decided to kill all the humans."
25. [Blank Check · Planet of the Apes · 1:46:56 · unknown (0.35)] Jungle Cruise ↔ Planet of the Apes · possible disappointment · Jungle Cruise could be the Planet of the Apes of African Queen-style movies, an action movie version of a classic. · "But it's going to be like the planet of the apes of this kind of movie because it's going to be all, it's not going to be the African."
26. [Blank Check · Planet of the Apes · 1:51:44 · unknown (0.50)] Danny Elfman ↔ Planet of the Apes · craft · Elfman's opening theme is exciting but the rest of the score is boring. · "The Elfman score."

Films put beside it more than once (1)

1. [pairs] Planet of the Apes ↔ Planet of the Apes · said 2 times in 2 episodes

Fun items about it (6)

1. [Blank Check · Planet of the Apes · 0:07:34 · unknown (0.50)] Planet of the Apes (2001) · fun · Rick Baker's makeup is the one great thing in the movie, but it was not even nominated for the Oscar; the nominees included A Beautiful Mind and In the Bedroom. · "The makeup in this is incredible."
2. [Blank Check · Planet of the Apes · 0:18:29 · Griffin Newman (0.90)] Planet of the Apes (2001) · fun · Apes action figures: Griffin owned all of them except Estella Warren; Pericles reportedly had one. · "I literally think I had every action figure other than a Stella Warren."
3. [Blank Check · Planet of the Apes · 0:28:36 · unknown (0.50)] Planet of the Apes (2001) · fun · Marketing: giant New York billboards of apes wearing Reeboks and a geocaching scavenger hunt with a $100 GPS device. · "giant New York City billboards that were the apes wearing Reeboks."
4. [Blank Check · Planet of the Apes · 0:49:13 · unknown (0.40)] Planet of the Apes (2001) · fun · Fox had been trying to make an Apes movie for ten years: Schwarzenegger, Stone, Cameron, Ridley Scott, Jackson; executives kept asking for apes doing ballet or hosting talk shows. · "What if the ape hosted a talk show?"
5. [Blank Check · Planet of the Apes · 0:55:57 · unknown (0.40)] Planet of the Apes (2001) · fun · Rick Baker played the hookah ape. · "There's Rick Baker plays that hookah ape."
6. [Blank Check · Planet of the Apes · 0:57:29 · unknown (0.50)] Planet of the Apes (2001) · fun · Wirework: characters get a glancing blow and fly 40 feet; Roth mounts a horse the same jump every time. · "like people like glance giving someone a glancing blow and they fly 40 feet into the air."

One hop out: what recommends the films most often joined to it (5)

1. [Blank Check · Planet of the Apes · 0:54:11 · unknown (0.40)] Planet of the Apes ↔ Robinson Crusoe · theme · The 1968 film's first act is a castaway survival movie before apes appear. · "like Robinson Caruso on Mars, like Survivor movie until the apes come in."
2. [Blank Check · Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World · 1:19:01 · unknown (0.40)] Paul Bettany ↔ A Beautiful Mind · programming · Bettany and Crowe were already paired in A Beautiful Mind; Weir was initially resistant to casting Bettany because the combo might be too obvious. · "Where is initially resistant to betany because of the beautiful mind thing?"
3. [The Big Picture · 'Shazam!’ and the Future of the DCEU · 0:06:56 · Miles Surrey (0.85)] Aquaman ↔ Aquaman 2 and The Trench spinoff (planned) · programming · Miles says Aquaman mostly planted seeds for a sequel and a Trench spinoff. · "Aquaman, you know, was only really playing the seeds for Aquaman 2"
4. [Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Covenant · 1:09:38 · unknown (0.40)] Back to the Future Part II ⇒ Alien: Covenant (the host's read) · craft · The double-Fassbender effect is an old trick established by Zemeckis in Back to the Future II. · "once again, shit established by Zameckis and back to the future too."
5. [Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:38:17 · Griffin Newman (0.60)] Deadpool ↔ Aquaman · craft · Only Deadpool and Aquaman have successfully done an animated, expressive mask in live action. · "I feel like Deadpool and Aquaman are the only 2 that have really done this successfully, but the animated mask."

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] Matt Singer · latest sketch, Blank Check — Patreon · Alien³ · Author of Opposable Thumbs, a book about Siskel and Ebert; has seen both cuts of Alien 3 and owns the Quadrilogy box set. Loves Siskel and Ebert as a gateway to movies; likes the show more than the movies as a kid. Attribution is inferred. · stances: He watched both cuts of Alien 3 for the episode; Praises the Siskel and Ebert show as a form of film discussion

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

You are a clerk at Video Culture, a video store. A customer just finished Planet of the Apes (2001) 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 Planet of the Apes (2001) 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 · Planet of the Apes · 1:29:37 · unknown (0.40)] Suicide Squad ↔ Planet of the Apes · lineage · Studios sometimes force sequels no one asked for; Apes was a rare time they didn't. · "Again, it's like, you got out of suicide squad alive."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Incredible Hulk · 0:39:14 · Griffin or David (0.30)] Planet of the Apes ⇒ Planet of the Apes (the host's read) · lineage · Burton's ending tries to outdo the Statue of Liberty reveal of the original. · "Because they're trying to outdo the reveal of like the Statue of Liberty at the end."
[Blank Check · Planet of the Apes · 0:02:31 · unknown (0.50)] Planet of the Apes ↔ Beetlejuice · theme · The ape dinner-party scene is the one moment that feels like Burton, like Beetlejuice with apes. · "the scene with all the apes sitting around the dinner table, which is like the Beetlejuice scene with apes."
[Blank Check · Planet of the Apes · 1:11:47 · unknown (0.40)] Planet of the Apes ↔ Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom · theme · The apes' chanting of a word makes one speaker think of Temple of Doom. · "Um, I can't not think of Temple of Doom every time they say it in this movie."
[Blank Check · Planet of the Apes · 1:18:41 · Griffin Newman (0.40)] Planet of the Apes ↔ Planet of the Apes · theme · Alex Ross Perry texted that the original book ends in a way very similar to the 2001 film. · "the original book ends in a way that's very similar to this."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Incredible Hulk · 0:39:03 · Griffin or David (0.30)] Planet of the Apes ↔ Interstellar · craft · Burton's ending is so confusing that the DVD shipped with a timeline insert, likened to Interstellar-style time-travel explanation. · "It's like a weird, like, interstellar where they're like, so if the black hole is here, and this is that, it involves like weird time travel butterfly affection."
[Blank Check · Planet of the Apes · 0:08:01 · Matt Singer (0.40)] Planet of the Apes ↔ Planet of the Apes · contrast · The 2001 makeup is expressive and distinct per actor, where the original franchise used one application piece, effectively a painted mask. · "Those movies, there's literally like one application piece and it doesn't have a lot of range or flexibility."
[Blank Check · Planet of the Apes · 0:53:06 · unknown (0.40)] Planet of the Apes ⇒ Planet of the Apes (the host's read) · contrast · The remake opens on a loud, leafy backlot set while the original opens in an empty desert with no apes for a long stretch. · "They totally invert the original movie where the original movie starts in the middle of nowhere."
[Blank Check · Planet of the Apes · 1:49:05 · Matt Singer (0.40)] Planet of the Apes ↔ Aquaman · contrast · Apes had Reebok, geocaching and no food tie-ins, unlike today's Denny's or IHOP deals. · "They had Reebok ads."
[Blank Check — Patreon · 2022 MARCH MADNESS UPDATE 2 PRESENTED BY THE CHIP REPORT · 0:38:59 · unknown (0.30)] The Spy Who Loved Me ↔ Planet of the Apes · contrast · Bond gadgets, like the submarine car, are the pitch for Bond against the Apes. · "He's a famous underwater car in the spy who loved me."
[Blank Check · Planet of the Apes · 1:27:57 · unknown (0.40)] Rise of the Planet of the Apes ↔ Planet of the Apes · verdict · A decade later Fox rebooted with a nobody director and it got great reviews, unlike Burton's. · "They picked a nobody director for it."
[Blank Check — Patreon · 2022 MARCH MADNESS UPDATE 2 PRESENTED BY THE CHIP REPORT · 0:37:35 · unknown (0.30)] Planet of the Apes ↔ The Wizard of Oz · verdict · Apes are dominant against Oz: strong and many, while Oz is just a guy behind a curtain. · "Oz is just a guy behind a curtain."
[Blank Check · Planet of the Apes · 0:11:34 · unknown (0.40)] Planet of the Apes ↔ The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring · industry · Fellowship won Best Makeup over Apes, with a joke about Gimli. · "Fucking Gimli. over Planet of the Apes."
[Blank Check · Planet of the Apes · 0:11:38 · unknown (0.40)] Planet of the Apes ↔ Moulin Rouge! · industry · Apes was not nominated for makeup while Moulin Rouge, In the Bedroom and A Beautiful Mind were. · "Now, another nominee was Moulin Rouge, which has incredible makeup and hair."
[Blank Check · Planet of the Apes · 0:12:20 · unknown (0.40)] Planet of the Apes ↔ A Beautiful Mind · industry · A Beautiful Mind's old-age makeup was nominated over Apes and looks like a wax statue. · "Yeah, nominating that for best makeup over this movie is... I feel like when people cite bad old age makeup, that's the example of like, you don't want to do..."
[Blank Check · Planet of the Apes · 0:48:06 · unknown (0.35)] Planet of the Apes ↔ Ed · industry · A Fox executive pitched apes playing baseball, which led someone to joke that this is how we got Ed. · "we wound up with Ed."
[Blank Check · Planet of the Apes · 1:12:43 · unknown (0.45)] Dogville shorts (1930s-40s live-action dog shorts) ⇒ Planet of the Apes (the host's read) · industry · Fox just wanted apes doing human things, like the old Dogville shorts with dogs at restaurant tables. · "And it feels like Fox just wanted to make that."
[Blank Check · Planet of the Apes · 0:13:20 · unknown (0.50)] Planet of the Apes ↔ The Last Airbender · viewing experience · The last time a movie felt this soulless and hard to stay awake through on the show was The Last Airbender. · "the last time I remember feeling this way watching a movie forward, this podcast was Last Airbender."
[Blank Check · Planet of the Apes · 0:17:07 · Griffin Newman (0.90)] Planet of the Apes ↔ Toy Story 2 · expectations · Griffin was as excited for Apes as for Toy Story 2, which exceeded his expectations while Apes crushed them. · "And the only other movie I was ever this excited for was Toy Story 2, which became my favorite movie of all time."
[Blank Check · Planet of the Apes · 0:31:38 · unknown (0.40)] Planet of the Apes ↔ Godzilla · hype letdown · Both were hyped blockbusters whose letdown taught a young fan that advertising lied; Godzilla at least is structured like a movie. · "This is one of those movies where it's like, this is the beginning of studio filmmaking at this level lacking basic story competency."
[Blank Check · Planet of the Apes · 1:06:27 · unknown (0.40)] Planet of the Apes ↔ Big Trouble in Little China · useless hero · Hard to find a hero as ineffective as Wahlberg here, outside Big Trouble in Little China where that is the joke. · "I was trying to think of, find another, like, hero in an action movie who, that's not, like, Big Trouble, Little China, where that's part of the joke."
[Blank Check · Planet of the Apes · 1:09:16 · unknown (0.40)] Planet of the Apes ↔ Braveheart · battle stops · Pericles' arrival halts the climactic battle like a Braveheart scene. · "It's like a brave heart, full on battle scene, and it all just instantly stops."
[Blank Check · Planet of the Apes · 1:22:22 · unknown (0.40)] Planet of the Apes ↔ Back to the Future Part II · time-travel logic · The ending's unexplained time loop is like stopping Back to the Future II at evil 1985 with no explanation. · "it is sort of evocative of like the part of Back to the Future too, where he shows up in evil 1985."
[Blank Check · Planet of the Apes · 1:24:42 · unknown (0.40)] Planet of the Apes ⇒ Bear City (SNL digital short) (the host's read) · parody · An SNL short riffs on Apes with bears who just wear human clothes and mimic humans, like the apes keeping the Lincoln Memorial. · "they were riff on Plan of the Apes, where the bears got smart and they decided to kill all the humans."
[Blank Check · Planet of the Apes · 1:46:56 · unknown (0.35)] Jungle Cruise ↔ Planet of the Apes · possible disappointment · Jungle Cruise could be the Planet of the Apes of African Queen-style movies, an action movie version of a classic. · "But it's going to be like the planet of the apes of this kind of movie because it's going to be all, it's not going to be the African."
[Blank Check · Planet of the Apes · 1:51:44 · unknown (0.50)] Danny Elfman ↔ Planet of the Apes · craft · Elfman's opening theme is exciting but the rest of the score is boring. · "The Elfman score."
[pairs] Planet of the Apes ↔ Planet of the Apes · said 2 times in 2 episodes
[Blank Check · Planet of the Apes · 0:07:34 · unknown (0.50)] Planet of the Apes (2001) · fun · Rick Baker's makeup is the one great thing in the movie, but it was not even nominated for the Oscar; the nominees included A Beautiful Mind and In the Bedroom. · "The makeup in this is incredible."
[Blank Check · Planet of the Apes · 0:18:29 · Griffin Newman (0.90)] Planet of the Apes (2001) · fun · Apes action figures: Griffin owned all of them except Estella Warren; Pericles reportedly had one. · "I literally think I had every action figure other than a Stella Warren."
[Blank Check · Planet of the Apes · 0:28:36 · unknown (0.50)] Planet of the Apes (2001) · fun · Marketing: giant New York billboards of apes wearing Reeboks and a geocaching scavenger hunt with a $100 GPS device. · "giant New York City billboards that were the apes wearing Reeboks."
[Blank Check · Planet of the Apes · 0:49:13 · unknown (0.40)] Planet of the Apes (2001) · fun · Fox had been trying to make an Apes movie for ten years: Schwarzenegger, Stone, Cameron, Ridley Scott, Jackson; executives kept asking for apes doing ballet or hosting talk shows. · "What if the ape hosted a talk show?"
[Blank Check · Planet of the Apes · 0:55:57 · unknown (0.40)] Planet of the Apes (2001) · fun · Rick Baker played the hookah ape. · "There's Rick Baker plays that hookah ape."
[Blank Check · Planet of the Apes · 0:57:29 · unknown (0.50)] Planet of the Apes (2001) · fun · Wirework: characters get a glancing blow and fly 40 feet; Roth mounts a horse the same jump every time. · "like people like glance giving someone a glancing blow and they fly 40 feet into the air."
[Blank Check · Planet of the Apes · 0:54:11 · unknown (0.40)] Planet of the Apes ↔ Robinson Crusoe · theme · The 1968 film's first act is a castaway survival movie before apes appear. · "like Robinson Caruso on Mars, like Survivor movie until the apes come in."
[Blank Check · Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World · 1:19:01 · unknown (0.40)] Paul Bettany ↔ A Beautiful Mind · programming · Bettany and Crowe were already paired in A Beautiful Mind; Weir was initially resistant to casting Bettany because the combo might be too obvious. · "Where is initially resistant to betany because of the beautiful mind thing?"
[The Big Picture · 'Shazam!’ and the Future of the DCEU · 0:06:56 · Miles Surrey (0.85)] Aquaman ↔ Aquaman 2 and The Trench spinoff (planned) · programming · Miles says Aquaman mostly planted seeds for a sequel and a Trench spinoff. · "Aquaman, you know, was only really playing the seeds for Aquaman 2"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Covenant · 1:09:38 · unknown (0.40)] Back to the Future Part II ⇒ Alien: Covenant (the host's read) · craft · The double-Fassbender effect is an old trick established by Zemeckis in Back to the Future II. · "once again, shit established by Zameckis and back to the future too."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:38:17 · Griffin Newman (0.60)] Deadpool ↔ Aquaman · craft · Only Deadpool and Aquaman have successfully done an animated, expressive mask in live action. · "I feel like Deadpool and Aquaman are the only 2 that have really done this successfully, but the animated mask."
[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] Matt Singer · latest sketch, Blank Check — Patreon · Alien³ · Author of Opposable Thumbs, a book about Siskel and Ebert; has seen both cuts of Alien 3 and owns the Quadrilogy box set. Loves Siskel and Ebert as a gateway to movies; likes the show more than the movies as a kid. Attribution is inferred. · stances: He watched both cuts of Alien 3 for the episode; Praises the Siskel and Ebert show as a form of film discussion
[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)

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 Planet of the Apes (2001); name it the way the line names it. Don't recommend Planet of the Apes (2001) 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.