What the corpus says about Mulan (1998)

What was said about it (14)

1. [The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:54:33 · unknown (0.30)] Mulan ↔ Robin Hood · programming · A speaker (likely Sean or Amanda, unclear) says their favorite Disney songs are Roger Miller's from Robin Hood. · "my all of my favorite Disney songs are from Robin Hood. They're all written by Roger Miller."
2. [The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:17:16 · Sean Fennessey (0.90)] Mulan ↔ Beauty and the Beast · lineage · Sean places Mulan at the end of the 90s Disney peak run that included Beauty and the Beast, Little Mermaid, Aladdin, and The Lion King. · "it is really kind of at the end of the peak of that 90s Disney run with Beauty and the Beast and the Little Mermaid and Aladdin and the Lion King and Mulan."
3. [The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:26:03 · Sean Fennessey (0.85)] Mulan ⇒ Mulan (the host's read) · lineage · Sean says the remake is what happens when filmmakers do not know what is good about the original. · "I think Mulan is kind of what happens when you don't really know what's good about your movie."
4. [The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:21:31 · Mallory Rubin (0.90)] Mulan ↔ Mulan · theme · Mallory says making Mulan magical undercuts the story's point that her ordinary self is good enough. · "I was not a fan at all of turning Mulan into a, in essence, magical superhero"
5. [The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:17:36 · Sean Fennessey (0.90)] Mulan ↔ Aladdin · craft · Sean says Eddie Murphy's Mushu works for adults like Robin Williams's genie did. · "the same way that Robin Williams might have appealed to adults as the genie, you get, you get some Eddie Murphy in this movie."
6. [The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:20:32 · Mallory Rubin (0.90)] Mulan ↔ Mulan · craft · Mallory says losing the songs removes the efficient storytelling and character bonding the music provided. · "in the film, it is such an efficient way to move the story forward. It helps with the characters."
7. [The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:41:07 · Jason Concepcion (0.80)] Mulan ↔ Mulan · craft · Jason says the 2020 version replaces advising characters with ancestral words on the sword, so Mulan is guided by the past not a person. · "Mulan, in this tale, is guided by the past, is guided by the words of her family"
8. [The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:16:46 · Amanda Dobbins (0.90)] Mulan ↔ The Lion King · contrast · Amanda says Mulan did not stay with her like The Lion King, partly due to age and her Elton John fandom. · "it just didn't stay with me the way that, um, the Lion King did, but I think that's because of age and also because I'm like the world's number one Elton John fan."
9. [The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:51:17 · Amanda Dobbins (0.60)] Mulan ↔ Aladdin · contrast · Amanda argues 'A Whole New World' crushes the Mulan songs; Sean says Mulan's songs follow the same formulaic spot as Disney training-montage songs. · "a whole new world absolutely crushes."
10. [The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:24:20 · Jason Concepcion (0.85)] Mulan ↔ Mulan · verdict · Jason's verdict: in a vacuum the remake is a fine action movie but a disappointment as a follow-up to the original. · "In a vacuum, it's fine, I guess, you know, it's fine. It's a fine action movie."
11. [The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:31:28 · Mallory Rubin (0.85)] Mulan ↔ Mulan · verdict · Mallory says revealing her identity by choice is better than being found out in an injury tent, but the overall list of improvements is smaller than the list of misfires. · "That's, to me, vastly superior to being found out in an injury tent."
12. [The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:52:38 · Mallory Rubin (0.85)] Mulan ↔ The Lion King · verdict · Mallory ranks 'I'll Make a Man Out of You' first and Lion King's 'I Just Can't Wait to Be King' second in her Disney song top five. · "number one, I'll make a man out of you. Number two, I just can't wait to be king."
13. [The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:14:48 · Jason Concepcion (0.80)] Mulan ↔ Better Luck Tomorrow · industry · Jason groups the 1998 Mulan with the few films of the era with Asian casts. · "So it's like Mulan. Rumble in the Bronx and Better Luck tomorrow"
14. [The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:49:22 · Amanda Dobbins (0.75)] Mulan ↔ Elton John · contrast · Amanda says the Mulan song 'Reflection' is an average ballad that is not Elton John. · "this is just like an average ass ballad about finding yourself. Okay, whatever. It's not Elton John."

Films put beside it more than once (3)

1. [pairs] Mulan ↔ Mulan · said 6 times in 1 episode
2. [pairs] Mulan ↔ The Lion King · said 2 times in 1 episode
3. [pairs] Mulan ↔ Aladdin · said 2 times in 1 episode

Fun items about it (4)

1. [The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:13:17 · Mallory Rubin (0.90)] Mulan (1998 animated) · fun · Mallory saw it at age 11 in theaters with a friend and no parents, remembering Skittles and the euphoria of freedom, and says she has seen it around 25 times. · "I just remember so many Skittles and the euphoria of feeling that sense of freedom and empowerment."
2. [The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:14:25 · Jason Concepcion (0.85)] Mulan (1998 animated) · fun · Jason worked in a movie theater in 1997-98 and saw every release; he calls Mulan rare as an American production of an Asian story with a mostly Asian cast. · "It's not like you get a whole lot of opportunities to watch a, um, American production of an Asian story with a primarily Asian casket."
3. [The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:19:48 · Mallory Rubin (0.90)] Mulan (1998 animated) · fun · Mallory's favorite Disney song is 'I'll Make a Man Out of You', and she and Amanda have argued about it before on a Ringer video. · "you know, I'll make a man out of you as my favorite Disney song, period."
4. [The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:50:20 · Mallory Rubin (0.75)] Mulan (1998 animated) · fun · Mallory cites a lyric from 'I'll Make a Man Out of You' as speaking to Amanda's managerial style. · "Heed my every order and you might survive."

One hop out: what recommends the films most often joined to it (8)

1. [The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:28:58 · Jason Concepcion (0.80)] Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon ⇒ Mulan (the host's read) · lineage · The remake's wuxia/mystical style follows the wave of Chinese films that grew popular after Crouching Tiger and the Zhang Yimou films. · "they've gotten very big, kind of post, crouching tiger hidden dragon, and the Jang Yi-Mu films"
2. [The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 1:08:25 · Amanda Dobbins (0.80)] The Lion King ↔ Elton John · craft · Amanda says Elton John's career is the master class in turning sex into subtext. · "if there's anybody that knows how to put, uh, put, uh, turn sex into subtext, it's Elton John's entire career."
3. [The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:20:21 · Shea Serrano (0.80)] Better Luck Tomorrow ↔ F9 · lineage · Justin Lin folds his earlier film (via Han) into the Fast saga, like Jay-Z and Nas remaking a hot song. · "he's like, oh, the movie that I did before, Better Luck tomorrow."
4. [The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:29:22 · Jason Concepcion (0.80)] Hero ⇒ Mulan (the host's read) · lineage · The remake borrows wuxia conventions in an attempt to appeal to international audiences, reading as a try at remaking Hero or House of Flying Daggers. · "it really just feels like an attempt to remake hero or house of flying daggers, which obviously makes sense to Amanda's point about appealing to international audiences"
5. [The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:43:07 · Sean Fennessey (0.90)] Mulan ↔ Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi · lineage · Sean says the remake made him think most of The Last Jedi and the sequel trilogy, turning Mulan into a Rey type figure. · "The movie I thought of the most while watching this movie is the last Jedi."
6. [The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:43:44 · Sean Fennessey (0.80)] Mulan ↔ Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker · lineage · Sean says the Rise of Skywalker screwed up expectations and he wonders whether Mulan will become an influential text like it. · "kind of how the rise of Skywalker kind of screwed up all the expectations that we had."
7. [The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:47:15 · Mallory Rubin (0.85)] Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi ↔ Mulan · theme · Mallory loves The Last Jedi's idea of Rey as a nobody who does not need a magic name or lineage, while Mulan leans on lineage and family. · "The thing that appealed to me so much about it was the idea of Ray being no one coming from nowhere"
8. [The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 1:13:23 · Amanda Dobbins (0.90)] Mulan ↔ Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker · theme · Amanda says the love interest tacked on at the end of Mulan 1998 echoes Rise of Skywalker's putting girls back in the romantic box. · "This is also what made me mad in Rise of Skywalker."

Who said it, by their latest sketch (4)

1. [speaker] Mallory Rubin · latest sketch, The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ · Devoted to the Friday Night Lights show and cares most about its marriage, character work and Texas setting. Loves a high school football film, small-town Texas and Billy Bob; a sucker for Kyle Chandler, Tammy and Eric. Can't stand the film leaving Sharon unused. · stances: The TV show can't be matched, but that does not slight the film; Coach Taylor's speeches beat Coach Gaines's; The film needed a Gaines marriage sex scene; The reboot must stay in Texas; Cruise would make a deranged, mesmerizing Gaines
2. [speaker] Jason Concepcion · latest sketch, The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · Loves a musical, Donnie Yen action, and the 1998 Mulan with its Eddie Murphy humor. Finds the remake kind of boring and wants a grounded, historical version. Sucker for political and economic framing of film controversy. · stances: The remake is fine in a vacuum, a disappointment as a Mulan; Wants a more historical, less magical take; Sees the Mulan controversy as a symptom of the West-China economic experiment; Missing music means missing storytelling
3. [speaker] Amanda Dobbins · latest sketch, The Big Picture · ‘Mamma Mia!’ Meets ‘The Strangers'! It’s a Movie Swap! · Loves The Strangers' withholding craft and a good tense horror film without gore, but likes fun, communal movies like Mamma Mia. She dislikes supernatural or gory horror, which irritates her more than it scares her. She is a sucker for stars and for Googling a movie mid-recording. · stances: The Strangers is scary because of what it doesn't show or explain; Ending explanation weakens it; no answer would be better; Prefers 'withholding' filmmaking; Defends Mamma Mia as joyful and intentional
4. [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

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

You are a clerk at Video Culture, a video store. A customer just finished Mulan (1998) 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 Mulan (1998) 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.

[The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:54:33 · unknown (0.30)] Mulan ↔ Robin Hood · programming · A speaker (likely Sean or Amanda, unclear) says their favorite Disney songs are Roger Miller's from Robin Hood. · "my all of my favorite Disney songs are from Robin Hood. They're all written by Roger Miller."
[The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:17:16 · Sean Fennessey (0.90)] Mulan ↔ Beauty and the Beast · lineage · Sean places Mulan at the end of the 90s Disney peak run that included Beauty and the Beast, Little Mermaid, Aladdin, and The Lion King. · "it is really kind of at the end of the peak of that 90s Disney run with Beauty and the Beast and the Little Mermaid and Aladdin and the Lion King and Mulan."
[The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:26:03 · Sean Fennessey (0.85)] Mulan ⇒ Mulan (the host's read) · lineage · Sean says the remake is what happens when filmmakers do not know what is good about the original. · "I think Mulan is kind of what happens when you don't really know what's good about your movie."
[The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:21:31 · Mallory Rubin (0.90)] Mulan ↔ Mulan · theme · Mallory says making Mulan magical undercuts the story's point that her ordinary self is good enough. · "I was not a fan at all of turning Mulan into a, in essence, magical superhero"
[The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:17:36 · Sean Fennessey (0.90)] Mulan ↔ Aladdin · craft · Sean says Eddie Murphy's Mushu works for adults like Robin Williams's genie did. · "the same way that Robin Williams might have appealed to adults as the genie, you get, you get some Eddie Murphy in this movie."
[The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:20:32 · Mallory Rubin (0.90)] Mulan ↔ Mulan · craft · Mallory says losing the songs removes the efficient storytelling and character bonding the music provided. · "in the film, it is such an efficient way to move the story forward. It helps with the characters."
[The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:41:07 · Jason Concepcion (0.80)] Mulan ↔ Mulan · craft · Jason says the 2020 version replaces advising characters with ancestral words on the sword, so Mulan is guided by the past not a person. · "Mulan, in this tale, is guided by the past, is guided by the words of her family"
[The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:16:46 · Amanda Dobbins (0.90)] Mulan ↔ The Lion King · contrast · Amanda says Mulan did not stay with her like The Lion King, partly due to age and her Elton John fandom. · "it just didn't stay with me the way that, um, the Lion King did, but I think that's because of age and also because I'm like the world's number one Elton John fan."
[The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:51:17 · Amanda Dobbins (0.60)] Mulan ↔ Aladdin · contrast · Amanda argues 'A Whole New World' crushes the Mulan songs; Sean says Mulan's songs follow the same formulaic spot as Disney training-montage songs. · "a whole new world absolutely crushes."
[The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:24:20 · Jason Concepcion (0.85)] Mulan ↔ Mulan · verdict · Jason's verdict: in a vacuum the remake is a fine action movie but a disappointment as a follow-up to the original. · "In a vacuum, it's fine, I guess, you know, it's fine. It's a fine action movie."
[The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:31:28 · Mallory Rubin (0.85)] Mulan ↔ Mulan · verdict · Mallory says revealing her identity by choice is better than being found out in an injury tent, but the overall list of improvements is smaller than the list of misfires. · "That's, to me, vastly superior to being found out in an injury tent."
[The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:52:38 · Mallory Rubin (0.85)] Mulan ↔ The Lion King · verdict · Mallory ranks 'I'll Make a Man Out of You' first and Lion King's 'I Just Can't Wait to Be King' second in her Disney song top five. · "number one, I'll make a man out of you. Number two, I just can't wait to be king."
[The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:14:48 · Jason Concepcion (0.80)] Mulan ↔ Better Luck Tomorrow · industry · Jason groups the 1998 Mulan with the few films of the era with Asian casts. · "So it's like Mulan. Rumble in the Bronx and Better Luck tomorrow"
[The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:49:22 · Amanda Dobbins (0.75)] Mulan ↔ Elton John · contrast · Amanda says the Mulan song 'Reflection' is an average ballad that is not Elton John. · "this is just like an average ass ballad about finding yourself. Okay, whatever. It's not Elton John."
[pairs] Mulan ↔ Mulan · said 6 times in 1 episode
[pairs] Mulan ↔ The Lion King · said 2 times in 1 episode
[pairs] Mulan ↔ Aladdin · said 2 times in 1 episode
[The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:13:17 · Mallory Rubin (0.90)] Mulan (1998 animated) · fun · Mallory saw it at age 11 in theaters with a friend and no parents, remembering Skittles and the euphoria of freedom, and says she has seen it around 25 times. · "I just remember so many Skittles and the euphoria of feeling that sense of freedom and empowerment."
[The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:14:25 · Jason Concepcion (0.85)] Mulan (1998 animated) · fun · Jason worked in a movie theater in 1997-98 and saw every release; he calls Mulan rare as an American production of an Asian story with a mostly Asian cast. · "It's not like you get a whole lot of opportunities to watch a, um, American production of an Asian story with a primarily Asian casket."
[The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:19:48 · Mallory Rubin (0.90)] Mulan (1998 animated) · fun · Mallory's favorite Disney song is 'I'll Make a Man Out of You', and she and Amanda have argued about it before on a Ringer video. · "you know, I'll make a man out of you as my favorite Disney song, period."
[The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:50:20 · Mallory Rubin (0.75)] Mulan (1998 animated) · fun · Mallory cites a lyric from 'I'll Make a Man Out of You' as speaking to Amanda's managerial style. · "Heed my every order and you might survive."
[The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:28:58 · Jason Concepcion (0.80)] Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon ⇒ Mulan (the host's read) · lineage · The remake's wuxia/mystical style follows the wave of Chinese films that grew popular after Crouching Tiger and the Zhang Yimou films. · "they've gotten very big, kind of post, crouching tiger hidden dragon, and the Jang Yi-Mu films"
[The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 1:08:25 · Amanda Dobbins (0.80)] The Lion King ↔ Elton John · craft · Amanda says Elton John's career is the master class in turning sex into subtext. · "if there's anybody that knows how to put, uh, put, uh, turn sex into subtext, it's Elton John's entire career."
[The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:20:21 · Shea Serrano (0.80)] Better Luck Tomorrow ↔ F9 · lineage · Justin Lin folds his earlier film (via Han) into the Fast saga, like Jay-Z and Nas remaking a hot song. · "he's like, oh, the movie that I did before, Better Luck tomorrow."
[The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:29:22 · Jason Concepcion (0.80)] Hero ⇒ Mulan (the host's read) · lineage · The remake borrows wuxia conventions in an attempt to appeal to international audiences, reading as a try at remaking Hero or House of Flying Daggers. · "it really just feels like an attempt to remake hero or house of flying daggers, which obviously makes sense to Amanda's point about appealing to international audiences"
[The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:43:07 · Sean Fennessey (0.90)] Mulan ↔ Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi · lineage · Sean says the remake made him think most of The Last Jedi and the sequel trilogy, turning Mulan into a Rey type figure. · "The movie I thought of the most while watching this movie is the last Jedi."
[The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:43:44 · Sean Fennessey (0.80)] Mulan ↔ Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker · lineage · Sean says the Rise of Skywalker screwed up expectations and he wonders whether Mulan will become an influential text like it. · "kind of how the rise of Skywalker kind of screwed up all the expectations that we had."
[The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:47:15 · Mallory Rubin (0.85)] Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi ↔ Mulan · theme · Mallory loves The Last Jedi's idea of Rey as a nobody who does not need a magic name or lineage, while Mulan leans on lineage and family. · "The thing that appealed to me so much about it was the idea of Ray being no one coming from nowhere"
[The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 1:13:23 · Amanda Dobbins (0.90)] Mulan ↔ Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker · theme · Amanda says the love interest tacked on at the end of Mulan 1998 echoes Rise of Skywalker's putting girls back in the romantic box. · "This is also what made me mad in Rise of Skywalker."
[speaker] Mallory Rubin · latest sketch, The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ · Devoted to the Friday Night Lights show and cares most about its marriage, character work and Texas setting. Loves a high school football film, small-town Texas and Billy Bob; a sucker for Kyle Chandler, Tammy and Eric. Can't stand the film leaving Sharon unused. · stances: The TV show can't be matched, but that does not slight the film; Coach Taylor's speeches beat Coach Gaines's; The film needed a Gaines marriage sex scene; The reboot must stay in Texas; Cruise would make a deranged, mesmerizing Gaines
[speaker] Jason Concepcion · latest sketch, The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · Loves a musical, Donnie Yen action, and the 1998 Mulan with its Eddie Murphy humor. Finds the remake kind of boring and wants a grounded, historical version. Sucker for political and economic framing of film controversy. · stances: The remake is fine in a vacuum, a disappointment as a Mulan; Wants a more historical, less magical take; Sees the Mulan controversy as a symptom of the West-China economic experiment; Missing music means missing storytelling
[speaker] Amanda Dobbins · latest sketch, The Big Picture · ‘Mamma Mia!’ Meets ‘The Strangers'! It’s a Movie Swap! · Loves The Strangers' withholding craft and a good tense horror film without gore, but likes fun, communal movies like Mamma Mia. She dislikes supernatural or gory horror, which irritates her more than it scares her. She is a sucker for stars and for Googling a movie mid-recording. · stances: The Strangers is scary because of what it doesn't show or explain; Ending explanation weakens it; no answer would be better; Prefers 'withholding' filmmaking; Defends Mamma Mia as joyful and intentional
[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)

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 Mulan (1998); name it the way the line names it. Don't recommend Mulan (1998) 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.