What the corpus says about Batman Forever (1995)

The 47 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 (7)

  1. [Blank Check — Patreon · 2022 MARCH MADNESS UPDATE 2 PRESENTED BY THE CHIP REPORT · 0:47:01 · unknown (0.30)] Batman Forever ↔ The Lego Batman Movie · programming · The Patreon order runs Batman Forever, Batman & Robin, then BvS Ultimate Edition, Lego Batman, The Batman. · "It's Batman forever. Batman and Robin, the Lego Batman movie."
  2. [Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 1:27:30 · Griffin Newman (0.40)] The Batman ⇒ Batman Forever (the host's read) · lineage · Burton had a plane and a boat which Schumacher updated in Batman Forever; Batman & Robin gave Robin a motorcycle. · "Burton has a plane and a boat."
  3. [The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:12:25 · Amanda Dobbins (0.70)] Batman Forever ⇒ Captain Marvel (the host's read) · craft · The prosthetic-ears-and-face-paint alien look recalls the trashy 1990s comic book movies, specifically Batman Forever. · "It felt a little bit like Batman forever at times where I was like, that guy is definitely just wearing face paint."
  4. [Blank Check — Patreon · The Nightmare Before Christmas · 2:07:50 · Griffin Newman (0.40)] The Nightmare Before Christmas ↔ Batman Forever · contrast · Oogie Boogie's dice rules echo Two-Face in Batman Forever. · "He does a classic, uh, two-faced Batman forever thing"
  5. [Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 0:26:36 · David Sims (0.40)] The Batman ↔ Batman Forever · contrast · Schumacher made Robin a grown man and the dynamic got more homoerotic; the 1966 Robin is a child. · "In the Schumacher movies, they make him more grown up and it becomes more homeerotic."
  6. [The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ · 0:11:31 · Bill Simmons (0.50)] Val Kilmer ↔ Batman Forever · career · Kilmer's Batman is called the worst Batman but he was a huge star. · "the worst Batman, but still Heat 95."
  7. [The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:02:46 · unknown (0.35)] Batman Forever ↔ Nicole Kidman · verdict · Important to her visibility as a star, but no performance anyone cares about: red. · "Batman Forever, I think important to her visibility as an as a movie star, but I don't think it's a really a performance anyone cares about, right?"

Films put beside it more than once (1)

  1. [pairs] Batman Forever ↔ The Batman · said 2 times in 1 episode

One hop out: what recommends the films most often joined to it (32)

  1. [Blank Check — Patreon · Marvel Nerdfest · 0:12:13 · Griffin Newman (0.50)] The Batman ↔ The Flash · programming · The Batman is not in the same world as the other Batmen; DC is carving out separate zones. · "Matt Reeves comes in and is just like, I don't really want this Batman to be in the same world as the other Batman."
  2. [Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 0:59:57 · unknown (0.30)] Guardians of the Galaxy ↔ Captain Marvel · programming · Captain Marvel provides context for the Nova Corps Cree and a not-yet-crazy Ronan, and Jude Law's Yon-Rogg. · "But the idea in Captain Marvel is he's not crazy yet."
  3. [Blank Check — Patreon · 2022 MARCH MADNESS UPDATE 2 PRESENTED BY THE CHIP REPORT · 0:47:09 · unknown (0.30)] Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (Ultimate Edition) ↔ The Lego Batman Movie · programming · They will do the Ultimate Edition of BvS before Lego Batman. · "I think we're doing the ultimate edition."
  4. [Blank Check — Patreon · The Nightmare Before Christmas · 1:45:36 · Michael Rianda (0.60)] The Nightmare Before Christmas ↔ The Haunted Mansion (Disney ride) · programming · The film's iconography now powers a seasonal Haunted Mansion overlay. · "the haunted mansion ride is like so amazing."
  5. [Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 0:15:13 · David Sims (0.50)] The Batman ↔ Batman: Mask of the Phantasm · programming · The humor peaks with the first film and declines across the series; Phantasm and Lego Batman are partial exceptions. · "humor peaks with the 1st one, just decline, basically."
  6. [Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The Winter Soldier · 0:34:42 · unknown (0.40)] Samuel L. Jackson ↔ Captain Marvel · programming · Hosts are excited to see Jackson as a younger Nick Fury again. · "Can't wait for him to do stuff again in like Captain Marvel and shit."
  7. [Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:01:43 · Griffin Newman (0.70)] Grant Morrison ⇒ The Lego Batman Movie (the host's read) · lineage · The film's premise is Morrison's idea that every Batman era is canon, so the goofy and the grim must coexist. · "which is he did his run where he was like, every single thing that Batman's ever done is canon."
  8. [Blank Check · Wendell & Wild · 1:32:50 · David Sims (0.50)] Wendell and Wild ↔ The Nightmare Before Christmas · theme · Nightmare has one major objective everyone is on; Wendell & Wild is just so much plot. · "Night before Christmas has like one major objective that everyone's right on."
  9. [Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 1:03:19 · David Sims (0.45)] Batman (franchise) ↔ The Batman · programming · Reeves' film was well reviewed enough that DC may do more of it, the hosts hoping for fun elsewhere. · "I think we're now in Reevesville."
  10. [Blank Check — Patreon · The Avengers · 1:29:32 · David Sims (0.40)] Captain Marvel ↔ The Avengers · programming · Captain Marvel is a 1990s prequel in which Fury still has both eyes, bringing back Coulson/Fury; they predict nineties-reference gags. · "So in that one, Nick Fury has 2 eyes."
  11. [Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:03:41 · David Sims (0.50)] The Lego Movie ⇒ The Lego Batman Movie (the host's read) · lineage · The Lego Movie is where the earnest-Batman bit started, and the hosts doubted it could sustain a whole movie. · "It's the thing that the Lego movie lashes onto, but you felt unsustainable for a whole movie."
  12. [Blank Check — Patreon · The Nightmare Before Christmas · 0:03:55 · Griffin Newman (0.55)] The Nightmare Before Christmas ↔ The Wizard of Oz · theme · The film's cult growth into mainstream pop culture is compared to Oz. · "in that sort of Wizard of Oz conversation of like movies that came out, did okay at the time and are now just like so deeply woven into the tapestry of pop culture"
  13. [Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 2:03:25 · Griffin Newman (0.40)] The Batman ↔ The Sound of Music · programming · A UK sing-along Sound of Music (Prince Charles Theater) turned into a Rocky Horror-style costume event. · "It became this rocky horror adjacent thing"
  14. [Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 2:01:42 · unknown (Griffin) (0.50)] Iron Man ↔ Captain Marvel · programming · Mentions Captain Marvel's upcoming 90s setting and Kamala Khan idolizing her as a possible future movie. · "And then like models herself after Captain Marvel."
  15. [Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:12:49 · Griffin Newman (0.60)] Batman (1966 Adam West film) ⇒ The Lego Batman Movie (the host's read) · lineage · The Joker's all-villains-together plan is the Adam West movie's plan. · "it's essentially like the, the, uh, Adam West Batman movie plan, where it's like, I know to finally defeat Batman, call in everybody."
  16. [Blank Check — Patreon · The Nightmare Before Christmas · 0:52:14 · Griffin Newman (0.50)] The Nightmare Before Christmas ↔ Henry Selick · theme · Jack's arc is read as the animators themselves trying to make commercial art. · "how much Jack is an analog for these guys trying to figure out how to make commercial art"
  17. [Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 2:11:56 · David Sims (0.45)] Batman: Mask of the Phantasm ↔ The Batman · programming · The 'Not All Batman' series continues with Mask of the Phantasm in 20 days. · "Tune in for Batman Maska Phantasm for the thrilling conclusion"
  18. [The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:03:27 · Sean Fennessey (0.80)] Captain America: The First Avenger ⇒ Captain Marvel (the host's read) · lineage · The film goes back to the Steve Rogers style of origin story. · "here's how Steve Rogers became a super soldier style of storytelling."
  19. [Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:15:06 · Griffin Newman (0.60)] The Dark Knight ⇒ The Lego Batman Movie (the host's read) · lineage · The Joker's need for Batman to see him as an enemy is read against the post-Dark Knight Joker. · "It's this thing of like, right, especially post Dark Knight, right?"
  20. [Blank Check — Patreon · The Nightmare Before Christmas · 1:41:48 · Griffin Newman (0.50)] The Nightmare Before Christmas ↔ Toy Story · theme · The first breakthrough film in each form of animation becomes the template: CGI follows Toy Story, stop motion stays creepy. · "And then the CGI becomes so defined by Toy Story."
  21. [The Big Picture · The 2022 Movie Draft · 0:49:34 · unknown (0.40)] Gilda ↔ The Batman · lineage · A speaker says watching Gilda will help understand the next Batman, with Scarlett Johansson rumored as Gilda Dent. · "And then you'll be able to understand the Batman too."
  22. [The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:09:03 · Sean Fennessey (0.85)] The Avengers ⇒ Captain Marvel (the host's read) · lineage · The Tesseract, the glowing box, was a MacGuffin in the first Avengers and in Infinity War. · "you may remember the Tesseract from the 1st Avengers film, and then, of course, the most recent Avengers film, Avengers Infinity War"
  23. [Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:25:43 · David Sims (0.40)] Superman (Christopher Reeve films) ⇒ The Lego Batman Movie (the host's read) · lineage · The Phantom Zone comes from the Christopher Reeve Superman movies, though it is in the comics too. · "Just from the Chris Reeves Superman movies."
  24. [Blank Check — Patreon · The Nightmare Before Christmas · 1:57:52 · Griffin Newman (0.50)] The Nightmare Before Christmas ↔ The King of Comedy · theme · Jack and Santa Claus are read as Rupert Pupkin and Jerry Langford (transcribed Pumpkin/Lanford). · "the relationship between Jack and Santa Claus, excuse me, is just Rupert Pumpkin and Jerry Lanford."
  25. [Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 0:08:26 · Griffin Newman (0.45)] The Batman ⇒ Batman Forever / Batman & Robin (the host's read) · lineage · Griffin says Schumacher's Batman films are directly shaped by the Adam West show's pairing and cliffhanger style. · "Joel Schumacher is very influenced by the Adam West show."
  26. [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."
  27. [Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:44:07 · Griffin Newman (0.60)] Batman (1966 Adam West film) ⇒ The Lego Batman Movie (the host's read) · lineage · Robin's costume transition and the Kick Butler nameplate are Adam West-style text and costume jokes. · "It's essentially like a doing the Adam West transition."
  28. [Blank Check — Patreon · The Nightmare Before Christmas · 0:31:42 · David Sims (0.40)] Danny Elfman ↔ The Nightmare Before Christmas · craft · Elfman wrote songs off Burton's story beats with no script, and the script came after. · "Burton is basically describing the story beats, and Elfman is writing songs off of the story beats"
  29. [Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 0:11:37 · David Sims (0.50)] Batman (1943 serial) ⇒ The Batman (the host's read) · lineage · A New York screening of the 1943 Lewis Wilson serial caused bat fever and led Fox to greenlight the movie. · "someone screened that in New York City and it was such a phenomenon."
  30. [The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:18:39 · Sean Fennessey (0.70)] Pulp Fiction ⇒ Captain Marvel (the host's read) · lineage · Samuel L. Jackson driving around mid-90s Los Angeles evokes Jules Winfield, a clever but surface 90s nod. · "a Samuel L. Jackson character in the mid 90s driving around in a car in Los Angeles, a la Jules Winfield in Pulp Fiction."
  31. [Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 1:31:45 · Griffin Newman (0.40)] Doctor Who ⇒ The Lego Batman Movie (the host's read) · lineage · A Dalek is an iron-lung garbage can with a plunger arm, and the Lego film's villains riff on such designs. · "But his main villainous called the Dalek, and it's like this sort of like big garbage."
  32. [Blank Check — Patreon · The Nightmare Before Christmas · 0:49:28 · Griffin Newman (0.40)] Joe Ranft ↔ The Nightmare Before Christmas · craft · Ranft is counted among the five people credited with shaping the film's story. · "Thompson, Joe Ramped, Elfman, Selleck, Burton, all can be given a fair amount of credit for the shaping of this film."

Who said it, by their latest sketch (4)

  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] 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] Bill Simmons · latest sketch, The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ · Loves the Friday series as a communal, rental-era memory and tells childhood stories about the ads and theaters. Likes casting what-ifs and sports analogies for everything. Skeptical of horror at Christmas and of anything that wastes the premise. · stances: Friday the 13th is not the best entry but the origin story had to be told; Friday 2 is a leap over the original
  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'

The shows' running bits (3)

  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)
  3. [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)

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 Batman Forever (1995) 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 Batman Forever (1995) and the films around it, one line each. Every line starts with where it came from, in brackets: [show · episode · time · speaker (how sure we are it was them)]. A [pairs] line says how often two films were put side by side. A [speaker] line says what that person likes. A [bits] line lists a show's running bits: a format, not an opinion.

[Blank Check — Patreon · 2022 MARCH MADNESS UPDATE 2 PRESENTED BY THE CHIP REPORT · 0:47:01 · unknown (0.30)] Batman Forever ↔ The Lego Batman Movie · programming · The Patreon order runs Batman Forever, Batman & Robin, then BvS Ultimate Edition, Lego Batman, The Batman. · "It's Batman forever. Batman and Robin, the Lego Batman movie."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 1:27:30 · Griffin Newman (0.40)] The Batman ⇒ Batman Forever (the host's read) · lineage · Burton had a plane and a boat which Schumacher updated in Batman Forever; Batman & Robin gave Robin a motorcycle. · "Burton has a plane and a boat."
[The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:12:25 · Amanda Dobbins (0.70)] Batman Forever ⇒ Captain Marvel (the host's read) · craft · The prosthetic-ears-and-face-paint alien look recalls the trashy 1990s comic book movies, specifically Batman Forever. · "It felt a little bit like Batman forever at times where I was like, that guy is definitely just wearing face paint."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Nightmare Before Christmas · 2:07:50 · Griffin Newman (0.40)] The Nightmare Before Christmas ↔ Batman Forever · contrast · Oogie Boogie's dice rules echo Two-Face in Batman Forever. · "He does a classic, uh, two-faced Batman forever thing"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 0:26:36 · David Sims (0.40)] The Batman ↔ Batman Forever · contrast · Schumacher made Robin a grown man and the dynamic got more homoerotic; the 1966 Robin is a child. · "In the Schumacher movies, they make him more grown up and it becomes more homeerotic."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ · 0:11:31 · Bill Simmons (0.50)] Val Kilmer ↔ Batman Forever · career · Kilmer's Batman is called the worst Batman but he was a huge star. · "the worst Batman, but still Heat 95."
[The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:02:46 · unknown (0.35)] Batman Forever ↔ Nicole Kidman · verdict · Important to her visibility as a star, but no performance anyone cares about: red. · "Batman Forever, I think important to her visibility as an as a movie star, but I don't think it's a really a performance anyone cares about, right?"
[pairs] Batman Forever ↔ The Batman · said 2 times in 1 episode
[Blank Check — Patreon · Marvel Nerdfest · 0:12:13 · Griffin Newman (0.50)] The Batman ↔ The Flash · programming · The Batman is not in the same world as the other Batmen; DC is carving out separate zones. · "Matt Reeves comes in and is just like, I don't really want this Batman to be in the same world as the other Batman."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 0:59:57 · unknown (0.30)] Guardians of the Galaxy ↔ Captain Marvel · programming · Captain Marvel provides context for the Nova Corps Cree and a not-yet-crazy Ronan, and Jude Law's Yon-Rogg. · "But the idea in Captain Marvel is he's not crazy yet."
[Blank Check — Patreon · 2022 MARCH MADNESS UPDATE 2 PRESENTED BY THE CHIP REPORT · 0:47:09 · unknown (0.30)] Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (Ultimate Edition) ↔ The Lego Batman Movie · programming · They will do the Ultimate Edition of BvS before Lego Batman. · "I think we're doing the ultimate edition."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Nightmare Before Christmas · 1:45:36 · Michael Rianda (0.60)] The Nightmare Before Christmas ↔ The Haunted Mansion (Disney ride) · programming · The film's iconography now powers a seasonal Haunted Mansion overlay. · "the haunted mansion ride is like so amazing."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 0:15:13 · David Sims (0.50)] The Batman ↔ Batman: Mask of the Phantasm · programming · The humor peaks with the first film and declines across the series; Phantasm and Lego Batman are partial exceptions. · "humor peaks with the 1st one, just decline, basically."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The Winter Soldier · 0:34:42 · unknown (0.40)] Samuel L. Jackson ↔ Captain Marvel · programming · Hosts are excited to see Jackson as a younger Nick Fury again. · "Can't wait for him to do stuff again in like Captain Marvel and shit."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:01:43 · Griffin Newman (0.70)] Grant Morrison ⇒ The Lego Batman Movie (the host's read) · lineage · The film's premise is Morrison's idea that every Batman era is canon, so the goofy and the grim must coexist. · "which is he did his run where he was like, every single thing that Batman's ever done is canon."
[Blank Check · Wendell & Wild · 1:32:50 · David Sims (0.50)] Wendell and Wild ↔ The Nightmare Before Christmas · theme · Nightmare has one major objective everyone is on; Wendell & Wild is just so much plot. · "Night before Christmas has like one major objective that everyone's right on."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 1:03:19 · David Sims (0.45)] Batman (franchise) ↔ The Batman · programming · Reeves' film was well reviewed enough that DC may do more of it, the hosts hoping for fun elsewhere. · "I think we're now in Reevesville."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Avengers · 1:29:32 · David Sims (0.40)] Captain Marvel ↔ The Avengers · programming · Captain Marvel is a 1990s prequel in which Fury still has both eyes, bringing back Coulson/Fury; they predict nineties-reference gags. · "So in that one, Nick Fury has 2 eyes."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:03:41 · David Sims (0.50)] The Lego Movie ⇒ The Lego Batman Movie (the host's read) · lineage · The Lego Movie is where the earnest-Batman bit started, and the hosts doubted it could sustain a whole movie. · "It's the thing that the Lego movie lashes onto, but you felt unsustainable for a whole movie."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Nightmare Before Christmas · 0:03:55 · Griffin Newman (0.55)] The Nightmare Before Christmas ↔ The Wizard of Oz · theme · The film's cult growth into mainstream pop culture is compared to Oz. · "in that sort of Wizard of Oz conversation of like movies that came out, did okay at the time and are now just like so deeply woven into the tapestry of pop culture"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 2:03:25 · Griffin Newman (0.40)] The Batman ↔ The Sound of Music · programming · A UK sing-along Sound of Music (Prince Charles Theater) turned into a Rocky Horror-style costume event. · "It became this rocky horror adjacent thing"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 2:01:42 · unknown (Griffin) (0.50)] Iron Man ↔ Captain Marvel · programming · Mentions Captain Marvel's upcoming 90s setting and Kamala Khan idolizing her as a possible future movie. · "And then like models herself after Captain Marvel."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:12:49 · Griffin Newman (0.60)] Batman (1966 Adam West film) ⇒ The Lego Batman Movie (the host's read) · lineage · The Joker's all-villains-together plan is the Adam West movie's plan. · "it's essentially like the, the, uh, Adam West Batman movie plan, where it's like, I know to finally defeat Batman, call in everybody."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Nightmare Before Christmas · 0:52:14 · Griffin Newman (0.50)] The Nightmare Before Christmas ↔ Henry Selick · theme · Jack's arc is read as the animators themselves trying to make commercial art. · "how much Jack is an analog for these guys trying to figure out how to make commercial art"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 2:11:56 · David Sims (0.45)] Batman: Mask of the Phantasm ↔ The Batman · programming · The 'Not All Batman' series continues with Mask of the Phantasm in 20 days. · "Tune in for Batman Maska Phantasm for the thrilling conclusion"
[The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:03:27 · Sean Fennessey (0.80)] Captain America: The First Avenger ⇒ Captain Marvel (the host's read) · lineage · The film goes back to the Steve Rogers style of origin story. · "here's how Steve Rogers became a super soldier style of storytelling."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:15:06 · Griffin Newman (0.60)] The Dark Knight ⇒ The Lego Batman Movie (the host's read) · lineage · The Joker's need for Batman to see him as an enemy is read against the post-Dark Knight Joker. · "It's this thing of like, right, especially post Dark Knight, right?"
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Nightmare Before Christmas · 1:41:48 · Griffin Newman (0.50)] The Nightmare Before Christmas ↔ Toy Story · theme · The first breakthrough film in each form of animation becomes the template: CGI follows Toy Story, stop motion stays creepy. · "And then the CGI becomes so defined by Toy Story."
[The Big Picture · The 2022 Movie Draft · 0:49:34 · unknown (0.40)] Gilda ↔ The Batman · lineage · A speaker says watching Gilda will help understand the next Batman, with Scarlett Johansson rumored as Gilda Dent. · "And then you'll be able to understand the Batman too."
[The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:09:03 · Sean Fennessey (0.85)] The Avengers ⇒ Captain Marvel (the host's read) · lineage · The Tesseract, the glowing box, was a MacGuffin in the first Avengers and in Infinity War. · "you may remember the Tesseract from the 1st Avengers film, and then, of course, the most recent Avengers film, Avengers Infinity War"
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:25:43 · David Sims (0.40)] Superman (Christopher Reeve films) ⇒ The Lego Batman Movie (the host's read) · lineage · The Phantom Zone comes from the Christopher Reeve Superman movies, though it is in the comics too. · "Just from the Chris Reeves Superman movies."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Nightmare Before Christmas · 1:57:52 · Griffin Newman (0.50)] The Nightmare Before Christmas ↔ The King of Comedy · theme · Jack and Santa Claus are read as Rupert Pupkin and Jerry Langford (transcribed Pumpkin/Lanford). · "the relationship between Jack and Santa Claus, excuse me, is just Rupert Pumpkin and Jerry Lanford."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 0:08:26 · Griffin Newman (0.45)] The Batman ⇒ Batman Forever / Batman & Robin (the host's read) · lineage · Griffin says Schumacher's Batman films are directly shaped by the Adam West show's pairing and cliffhanger style. · "Joel Schumacher is very influenced by the Adam West show."
[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."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:44:07 · Griffin Newman (0.60)] Batman (1966 Adam West film) ⇒ The Lego Batman Movie (the host's read) · lineage · Robin's costume transition and the Kick Butler nameplate are Adam West-style text and costume jokes. · "It's essentially like a doing the Adam West transition."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Nightmare Before Christmas · 0:31:42 · David Sims (0.40)] Danny Elfman ↔ The Nightmare Before Christmas · craft · Elfman wrote songs off Burton's story beats with no script, and the script came after. · "Burton is basically describing the story beats, and Elfman is writing songs off of the story beats"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 0:11:37 · David Sims (0.50)] Batman (1943 serial) ⇒ The Batman (the host's read) · lineage · A New York screening of the 1943 Lewis Wilson serial caused bat fever and led Fox to greenlight the movie. · "someone screened that in New York City and it was such a phenomenon."
[The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:18:39 · Sean Fennessey (0.70)] Pulp Fiction ⇒ Captain Marvel (the host's read) · lineage · Samuel L. Jackson driving around mid-90s Los Angeles evokes Jules Winfield, a clever but surface 90s nod. · "a Samuel L. Jackson character in the mid 90s driving around in a car in Los Angeles, a la Jules Winfield in Pulp Fiction."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 1:31:45 · Griffin Newman (0.40)] Doctor Who ⇒ The Lego Batman Movie (the host's read) · lineage · A Dalek is an iron-lung garbage can with a plunger arm, and the Lego film's villains riff on such designs. · "But his main villainous called the Dalek, and it's like this sort of like big garbage."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Nightmare Before Christmas · 0:49:28 · Griffin Newman (0.40)] Joe Ranft ↔ The Nightmare Before Christmas · craft · Ranft is counted among the five people credited with shaping the film's story. · "Thompson, Joe Ramped, Elfman, Selleck, Burton, all can be given a fair amount of credit for the shaping of this film."
[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] 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] Bill Simmons · latest sketch, The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ · Loves the Friday series as a communal, rental-era memory and tells childhood stories about the ads and theaters. Likes casting what-ifs and sports analogies for everything. Skeptical of horror at Christmas and of anything that wastes the premise. · stances: Friday the 13th is not the best entry but the origin story had to be told; Friday 2 is a leap over the original
[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'
[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 Batman Forever (1995); name it the way the line names it. Don't recommend Batman Forever (1995) 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.