What the corpus says about Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens (2015)

The 40 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 (8)

  1. [Blank Check · As Good as It Gets · 0:14:49 · Chris Gethard (0.50)] Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens ↔ Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi · theme · Chris jokes both films are secretly about Nien Nunb. · "Force Awakens and Last Jedi have both secretly been about Nee and Nub."
  2. [The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:57:48 · Amanda Dobbins (0.80)] Wonder Woman ↔ Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens · theme · Both Wonder Woman's Amazons and Rey getting the lightsaber hit Amanda with a symbolic reaction, despite her not being a franchise person. · "I felt the same way when Ray gets the lightsaber in, in the Force Awakens"
  3. [The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 0:06:10 · Sean Fennessey (0.80)] Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens ⇒ Ghostbusters: Afterlife (the host's read) · craft · Afterlife does what Force Awakens did, saving the old franchise's greatest hits for the back half. · "It's basically trying to do the same thing that the Force Awakens did"
  4. [The Big Picture · The Great ‘Avatar’ Debate · 1:38:24 · unknown (0.40)] Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ↔ Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens · verdict · Star Wars sequels have never been nominated for Best Picture. · "The Star Wars sequel's never gotten nominated for best picture."
  5. [Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War · 2:54:29 · unknown (0.30)] Avengers: Infinity War ↔ Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens · industry · Infinity War finished just below The Force Awakens worldwide. · "Yes, and it barely, it almost beat Force Awakens worldwide."
  6. [Blank Check — Patreon · The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo · 2:38:36 · David Sims (0.40)] The Muppets ⇒ Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens (the host's read) · template · The Force Awakens uses the Muppets' fan-driven legacy reboot as its template. · "it feels like Force Awakens is using that as the template."
  7. [Blank Check · Raiders of the Lost Ark · 1:28:12 · unknown (0.40)] Harrison Ford ↔ Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens · career · Ford finally owned being an elder statesman with Force Awakens. · "not until force awakens where he kind of owns being elder statesman."
  8. [Blank Check · As Good as It Gets · 0:15:42 · Chris Gethard (0.50)] Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens ↔ Wedge Antilles · industry · The Max Fonsito character was meant to be Wedge, but the actor held out for a bigger part. · "The Max Fonsito character in Force Awakens was supposed to be Wedge as like a handshake."

One hop out: what recommends the films most often joined to it (26)

  1. [The Big Picture · The Past, Present, and Future of Superhero Movies | The Big Picture · 0:49:22 · David Shoemaker (0.40)] Black Panther ↔ Avengers: Infinity War · programming · Black Panther looks like the best bet to carry the MCU into the next phase after Infinity War. · "Black Panther certainly looks to be the best bet to carry the series into phase four"
  2. [Blank Check · Ricki and the Flash · 0:02:48 · David Sims (0.40)] Jason Reitman ↔ Ghostbusters: Afterlife · lineage · Sarcastically, Reitman gives Ghostbusters back to the fans with a sequel set apart from the 2016 film. · "And look at the larger political issue, which is that Jason Reitman has given Ghostbusters back to the fans."
  3. [Blank Check · Dune · 0:22:17 · John Hodgman (0.85)] Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ Dune (the host's read) · programming · Dune was positioned and released as the studio's answer to Star Wars, the next big space epic. · "Uh, this movie is released with the energy of, here you go, here's the new Star Wars."
  4. [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."
  5. [The Big Picture · The Past, Present, and Future of Superhero Movies | The Big Picture · 0:52:39 · David Shoemaker (0.40)] Guardians of the Galaxy ↔ Avengers: Infinity War · programming · Guardians 3 is certain and Star-Lord is now a primary MCU figure. · "Chris Pratt, obviously, there will be a Guardians 3."
  6. [The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 0:02:45 · Sean Fennessey (0.85)] Ghostbusters ⇒ Ghostbusters: Afterlife (the host's read) · lineage · Afterlife is a revival of the original series by Ivan Reitman's son, loaded with its mythology. · "This is Jason Reitman's revivification of his father, Ivan Reitman's famed film series."
  7. [The Big Picture · The Great ‘Avatar’ Debate · 1:26:04 · unknown (0.40)] Avatar: The Way of Water ↔ Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope · programming · After the Fox acquisition it felt like Disney would alternate Star Wars and Avatar releases. · "oh, they'll alternate every other year between a Star Wars movie and an Avatar movie."
  8. [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"
  9. [The Big Picture · The Past, Present, and Future of Superhero Movies | The Big Picture · 0:57:00 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Avengers: Infinity War ↔ Ant-Man and the Wasp · programming · Whether Ant-Man and the Wasp matters as much as Infinity War is a test of Marvel overexposure. · "At what point does Ant-man and the Wasp not matter as much as Infinity War?"
  10. [The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 0:02:52 · Sean Fennessey (0.85)] Ghostbusters: Afterlife ↔ Ghostbusters · lineage · The Feig reboot came five years earlier and became a lightning rod. · "This comes 5 years after Paul Figs, also revivification or attempted revivification of this franchise, with a largely female cast"
  11. [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."
  12. [Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War · 0:25:32 · Griffin Newman (0.70)] Black Panther ↔ Avengers: Infinity War · programming · Griffin loved Black Panther just before, then felt Infinity War was one Marvel movie too big. · "Having, you know, loved Black Panther, which came out right before this."
  13. [The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 0:04:24 · Sean Fennessey (0.60)] Amblin-era Spielberg films ⇒ Ghostbusters: Afterlife (the host's read) · lineage · The kids-and-mom coming-of-age setup reads as Amblin or Ron Howard, though speaker says that is too generous. · "a bit of an amblin, like Ron Howardy, early Spielberg kind of a movie."
  14. [Blank Check · Dune · 0:22:22 · John Hodgman (0.70)] Dune ⇒ Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (the host's read) · lineage · The Dune book's messaging is credited as one of the things that inspired Star Wars. · "And not only that, the messaging of this is one of the things that inspired Star Wars."
  15. [Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War · 2:55:04 · David Sims (0.40)] Ant-Man and the Wasp ↔ Avengers: Infinity War · programming · Ant-Man and the Wasp is the sorbet to watch after Infinity War. · "A nice little sorbet, though."
  16. [Blank Check — Patreon · Doctor Sleep · 1:07:27 · David Sims (0.40)] Ghostbusters: Afterlife ↔ Doctor Sleep · lineage · Afterlife is eager to relive the first movie for no reason; Doctor Sleep avoids the original for as long as it can, so its return is earned. · "Ghostbusters Afterlife is a perfect example of the movie is so eager to relive the 1st movie"
  17. [The Big Picture · The Top 10 Fantasy Films, The Toy Movie Hall of Fame, and ‘Masters of the Universe,’ · 0:23:25 · Griffin Newman (0.50)] Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ Masters of the Universe (the host's read) · lineage · He-Man (and the 80s toy boom) was a response to every company having passed on Star Wars merchandising. · "so much of He-Man and the 80s for toys is a response to every major company passing on Star Wars that Star Wars is the whiff that no one can live down."
  18. [The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:09:16 · Sean Fennessey (0.80)] Captain Marvel ↔ Avengers: Infinity War · lineage · The film is connective tissue, dragging continuity toward the next Avengers movie. · "this movie is basically a connective tissue movie."
  19. [The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 0:14:17 · Sean Fennessey (0.70)] Ghostbusters: Afterlife ↔ Godzilla vs. Kong · theme · Podcasters are becoming storytelling vectors, as in a character named Podcast. · "There is a character named podcast in a movie."
  20. [The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 0:24:06 · Chris Ryan (0.50)] Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (the host's read) · lineage · The Force Awakens maps almost exactly onto A New Hope. · "Force Awakens, which will maybe come up later on this podcast is in almost every respect."
  21. [Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War · 0:25:44 · unknown (0.30)] The Avengers ⇒ Avengers: Infinity War (the host's read) · lineage · The Hulk echoes Tony Stark's words from the first Avengers; the movie is full of callbacks. · "echoing Tony Stark's words from the Avengers 2012"
  22. [The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 0:33:19 · Sean Fennessey (0.60)] Come On, Come On ↔ Ghostbusters: Afterlife · theme · Come On, Come On depicts a non-traditional family, in contrast with the Reitman point. · "In a family that, to the Reitman point, is not a traditional family"
  23. [The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 1:24:09 · Mallory Rubin (0.50)] Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (the host's read) · lineage · It ports over Death Star, Tatooine and R2-D2 as Starkiller Base, Jakku and BB-8. · "in place of the Death Star, you have star killer base."
  24. [Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War · 0:44:01 · unknown (0.30)] The Avengers ↔ Avengers: Infinity War · lineage · In 2012 Banner could become the Hulk at will; now he cannot at all. · "where Bruce Banner could turn into the Hulk at Will, and now he can't turn into it at all"
  25. [The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 0:34:40 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Come On, Come On ↔ Ghostbusters: Afterlife · theme · Both put a podcast/radio figure on screen. · "which is, um, a podcast character of its own"
  26. [The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:46:32 · Mallory Rubin (0.85)] Seven Samurai ⇒ Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (the host's read) · lineage · Mallory notes Lucas drew on Joseph Campbell, Seven Samurai, and Hidden Fortress, and the cycle of influence is now returning in Mulan. · "Obviously, Joseph Campbell, as mentioned a moment ago. 7 Samurai, Hidden Fortress."

Who said it, by their latest sketch (4)

  1. [speaker] Chris Gethard · latest sketch, Blank Check · As Good as It Gets · Loves an unapologetic dickhead performance and Star Wars minutiae (memorized the encyclopedia in high school); a sucker for Helen Hunt and for underdog films like Breaking Away. Can't stand Poe Dameron's mutiny, bad-movie-in-theaters stories, or romances where a straight man and woman can't just respect each other. · stances: Kinnear's performance is the best in the film and may be his career peak; Poe Dameron is a war criminal; Wants straight male/female friendships that stay non-romantic; Nicholson in this film is top three for lovable dickheads
  2. [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
  3. [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'
  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 (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

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 Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens (2015) 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 Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens (2015) 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 · As Good as It Gets · 0:14:49 · Chris Gethard (0.50)] Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens ↔ Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi · theme · Chris jokes both films are secretly about Nien Nunb. · "Force Awakens and Last Jedi have both secretly been about Nee and Nub."
[The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:57:48 · Amanda Dobbins (0.80)] Wonder Woman ↔ Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens · theme · Both Wonder Woman's Amazons and Rey getting the lightsaber hit Amanda with a symbolic reaction, despite her not being a franchise person. · "I felt the same way when Ray gets the lightsaber in, in the Force Awakens"
[The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 0:06:10 · Sean Fennessey (0.80)] Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens ⇒ Ghostbusters: Afterlife (the host's read) · craft · Afterlife does what Force Awakens did, saving the old franchise's greatest hits for the back half. · "It's basically trying to do the same thing that the Force Awakens did"
[The Big Picture · The Great ‘Avatar’ Debate · 1:38:24 · unknown (0.40)] Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ↔ Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens · verdict · Star Wars sequels have never been nominated for Best Picture. · "The Star Wars sequel's never gotten nominated for best picture."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War · 2:54:29 · unknown (0.30)] Avengers: Infinity War ↔ Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens · industry · Infinity War finished just below The Force Awakens worldwide. · "Yes, and it barely, it almost beat Force Awakens worldwide."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo · 2:38:36 · David Sims (0.40)] The Muppets ⇒ Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens (the host's read) · template · The Force Awakens uses the Muppets' fan-driven legacy reboot as its template. · "it feels like Force Awakens is using that as the template."
[Blank Check · Raiders of the Lost Ark · 1:28:12 · unknown (0.40)] Harrison Ford ↔ Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens · career · Ford finally owned being an elder statesman with Force Awakens. · "not until force awakens where he kind of owns being elder statesman."
[Blank Check · As Good as It Gets · 0:15:42 · Chris Gethard (0.50)] Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens ↔ Wedge Antilles · industry · The Max Fonsito character was meant to be Wedge, but the actor held out for a bigger part. · "The Max Fonsito character in Force Awakens was supposed to be Wedge as like a handshake."
[The Big Picture · The Past, Present, and Future of Superhero Movies | The Big Picture · 0:49:22 · David Shoemaker (0.40)] Black Panther ↔ Avengers: Infinity War · programming · Black Panther looks like the best bet to carry the MCU into the next phase after Infinity War. · "Black Panther certainly looks to be the best bet to carry the series into phase four"
[Blank Check · Ricki and the Flash · 0:02:48 · David Sims (0.40)] Jason Reitman ↔ Ghostbusters: Afterlife · lineage · Sarcastically, Reitman gives Ghostbusters back to the fans with a sequel set apart from the 2016 film. · "And look at the larger political issue, which is that Jason Reitman has given Ghostbusters back to the fans."
[Blank Check · Dune · 0:22:17 · John Hodgman (0.85)] Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ Dune (the host's read) · programming · Dune was positioned and released as the studio's answer to Star Wars, the next big space epic. · "Uh, this movie is released with the energy of, here you go, here's the new Star Wars."
[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 · The Past, Present, and Future of Superhero Movies | The Big Picture · 0:52:39 · David Shoemaker (0.40)] Guardians of the Galaxy ↔ Avengers: Infinity War · programming · Guardians 3 is certain and Star-Lord is now a primary MCU figure. · "Chris Pratt, obviously, there will be a Guardians 3."
[The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 0:02:45 · Sean Fennessey (0.85)] Ghostbusters ⇒ Ghostbusters: Afterlife (the host's read) · lineage · Afterlife is a revival of the original series by Ivan Reitman's son, loaded with its mythology. · "This is Jason Reitman's revivification of his father, Ivan Reitman's famed film series."
[The Big Picture · The Great ‘Avatar’ Debate · 1:26:04 · unknown (0.40)] Avatar: The Way of Water ↔ Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope · programming · After the Fox acquisition it felt like Disney would alternate Star Wars and Avatar releases. · "oh, they'll alternate every other year between a Star Wars movie and an Avatar movie."
[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 · The Past, Present, and Future of Superhero Movies | The Big Picture · 0:57:00 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Avengers: Infinity War ↔ Ant-Man and the Wasp · programming · Whether Ant-Man and the Wasp matters as much as Infinity War is a test of Marvel overexposure. · "At what point does Ant-man and the Wasp not matter as much as Infinity War?"
[The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 0:02:52 · Sean Fennessey (0.85)] Ghostbusters: Afterlife ↔ Ghostbusters · lineage · The Feig reboot came five years earlier and became a lightning rod. · "This comes 5 years after Paul Figs, also revivification or attempted revivification of this franchise, with a largely female cast"
[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 — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War · 0:25:32 · Griffin Newman (0.70)] Black Panther ↔ Avengers: Infinity War · programming · Griffin loved Black Panther just before, then felt Infinity War was one Marvel movie too big. · "Having, you know, loved Black Panther, which came out right before this."
[The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 0:04:24 · Sean Fennessey (0.60)] Amblin-era Spielberg films ⇒ Ghostbusters: Afterlife (the host's read) · lineage · The kids-and-mom coming-of-age setup reads as Amblin or Ron Howard, though speaker says that is too generous. · "a bit of an amblin, like Ron Howardy, early Spielberg kind of a movie."
[Blank Check · Dune · 0:22:22 · John Hodgman (0.70)] Dune ⇒ Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (the host's read) · lineage · The Dune book's messaging is credited as one of the things that inspired Star Wars. · "And not only that, the messaging of this is one of the things that inspired Star Wars."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War · 2:55:04 · David Sims (0.40)] Ant-Man and the Wasp ↔ Avengers: Infinity War · programming · Ant-Man and the Wasp is the sorbet to watch after Infinity War. · "A nice little sorbet, though."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Doctor Sleep · 1:07:27 · David Sims (0.40)] Ghostbusters: Afterlife ↔ Doctor Sleep · lineage · Afterlife is eager to relive the first movie for no reason; Doctor Sleep avoids the original for as long as it can, so its return is earned. · "Ghostbusters Afterlife is a perfect example of the movie is so eager to relive the 1st movie"
[The Big Picture · The Top 10 Fantasy Films, The Toy Movie Hall of Fame, and ‘Masters of the Universe,’ · 0:23:25 · Griffin Newman (0.50)] Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ Masters of the Universe (the host's read) · lineage · He-Man (and the 80s toy boom) was a response to every company having passed on Star Wars merchandising. · "so much of He-Man and the 80s for toys is a response to every major company passing on Star Wars that Star Wars is the whiff that no one can live down."
[The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:09:16 · Sean Fennessey (0.80)] Captain Marvel ↔ Avengers: Infinity War · lineage · The film is connective tissue, dragging continuity toward the next Avengers movie. · "this movie is basically a connective tissue movie."
[The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 0:14:17 · Sean Fennessey (0.70)] Ghostbusters: Afterlife ↔ Godzilla vs. Kong · theme · Podcasters are becoming storytelling vectors, as in a character named Podcast. · "There is a character named podcast in a movie."
[The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 0:24:06 · Chris Ryan (0.50)] Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (the host's read) · lineage · The Force Awakens maps almost exactly onto A New Hope. · "Force Awakens, which will maybe come up later on this podcast is in almost every respect."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War · 0:25:44 · unknown (0.30)] The Avengers ⇒ Avengers: Infinity War (the host's read) · lineage · The Hulk echoes Tony Stark's words from the first Avengers; the movie is full of callbacks. · "echoing Tony Stark's words from the Avengers 2012"
[The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 0:33:19 · Sean Fennessey (0.60)] Come On, Come On ↔ Ghostbusters: Afterlife · theme · Come On, Come On depicts a non-traditional family, in contrast with the Reitman point. · "In a family that, to the Reitman point, is not a traditional family"
[The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 1:24:09 · Mallory Rubin (0.50)] Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (the host's read) · lineage · It ports over Death Star, Tatooine and R2-D2 as Starkiller Base, Jakku and BB-8. · "in place of the Death Star, you have star killer base."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War · 0:44:01 · unknown (0.30)] The Avengers ↔ Avengers: Infinity War · lineage · In 2012 Banner could become the Hulk at will; now he cannot at all. · "where Bruce Banner could turn into the Hulk at Will, and now he can't turn into it at all"
[The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 0:34:40 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Come On, Come On ↔ Ghostbusters: Afterlife · theme · Both put a podcast/radio figure on screen. · "which is, um, a podcast character of its own"
[The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:46:32 · Mallory Rubin (0.85)] Seven Samurai ⇒ Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (the host's read) · lineage · Mallory notes Lucas drew on Joseph Campbell, Seven Samurai, and Hidden Fortress, and the cycle of influence is now returning in Mulan. · "Obviously, Joseph Campbell, as mentioned a moment ago. 7 Samurai, Hidden Fortress."
[speaker] Chris Gethard · latest sketch, Blank Check · As Good as It Gets · Loves an unapologetic dickhead performance and Star Wars minutiae (memorized the encyclopedia in high school); a sucker for Helen Hunt and for underdog films like Breaking Away. Can't stand Poe Dameron's mutiny, bad-movie-in-theaters stories, or romances where a straight man and woman can't just respect each other. · stances: Kinnear's performance is the best in the film and may be his career peak; Poe Dameron is a war criminal; Wants straight male/female friendships that stay non-romantic; Nicholson in this film is top three for lovable dickheads
[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] 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)

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 Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens (2015); name it the way the line names it. Don't recommend Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens (2015) 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.