What the corpus says about Captain Marvel (2019)

The 60 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 (26)

[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 · 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 · 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."
[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."
[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"
[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 · ‘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."
[The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:43:32 · Sean Fennessey (0.80)] Guardians of the Galaxy ⇒ Captain Marvel (the host's read) · lineage · As a prequel, Captain Marvel brings back Guardians characters Ronan (Lee Pace) and Korath (Djimon Hounsou). · "this is, of course, a prequel, so their characters appear in this film again."
[The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:14:28 · Sean Fennessey (0.75)] Captain Marvel ↔ Captain America: The First Avenger · theme · Captain America's plucky do-gooder works because Chris Evans gets to be a good guy; Captain Marvel's girl-power messaging feels falsely applied by comparison. · "when the movie is Captain America the 1st Avenger, and Steve Rogers is this plucky, patriotic do-gooder, we are like, huh, what a good guy."
[The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:17:07 · Sean Fennessey (0.80)] Captain Marvel ↔ Wonder Woman · theme · Wonder Woman, like Superman, is a god and needs less emotional complexity; Carol Danvers is a real person who is blank for most of the film. · "Wonder Woman, likes Superman, is a god. And the levels of emotional complexity that we expect from a god are lesser than a real person."
[The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:25:32 · Sean Fennessey (0.75)] Captain Marvel ↔ Mid90s · theme · Mid90s was made by a successful actor and longtime aspiring director rendering memories of the 90s. · "They're made by 2 very successful actors, but also 2 longtime aspiring directors."
[The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:25:50 · Sean Fennessey (0.75)] Captain Marvel ↔ Lady Bird · theme · Lady Bird and Mid90s were personal reminiscences of the 90s; Captain Marvel is the Happy Meal version. · "it's funny to see, you know, the McDonald's Happy Meal version of those movies in a lot of ways."
[The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:27:52 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50)] Captain Marvel ↔ Roma · theme · Recreating childhood wholesale is hard, which is why Roma was such a great movie. · "That's why Roma was such a great movie."
[The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:03:13 · Sean Fennessey (0.80)] Wonder Woman ↔ Captain Marvel · craft · Wonder Woman did its origin story in the first 30 minutes and moved on; Captain Marvel spends the whole film on it. · "What Wonder Woman did was gave us the best version of its origin story in the 1st 30 minutes, and then we were kind of done with that."
[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."
[The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:14:16 · Sean Fennessey (0.60)] Captain Marvel ↔ Guardians of the Galaxy · craft · Everything in the film except Brie Larson's polished lead is silly fun closer to Guardians. · "kind of silly fun, kind of closer to Guardians for lack of a better term."
[The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:34:38 · Sean Fennessey (0.75)] Captain Marvel ↔ X-Men · craft · Expository Marvel dialogue needs a stentorian Shakespearean actor like Patrick Stewart or Ian McKellen, which Larson is not. · "there's a reason that the X-Men movies cast people like Patrick Stewart and Ian McCellen"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 1:46:06 · unknown (0.30)] Guardians of the Galaxy ⇒ Captain Marvel (the host's read) · craft · The Flarkin cat in Captain Marvel is a version of the Drax metaphor joke, but this film's joke lands better thanks to the cut to his face. · "And you know, you know, the cat in Captain Marvel is like a version of this joke."
[The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:01:18 · Amanda Dobbins (0.80)] Captain Marvel ↔ Wonder Woman · contrast · Amanda's instant reaction is that Captain Marvel falls short of Wonder Woman, a high bar. · "my immediate reaction was this is not Wonder Woman."
[The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:13:23 · Amanda Dobbins (0.65)] Captain Marvel ↔ Ant-Man · contrast · Each Marvel movie gets its own genre: Captain America is WWII, Ant-Man is slacker comedy, Captain Marvel is 90s sci-fi. · "And then, what Ant-Man is like the modern day slacker dude?"
[The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:28:33 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Captain Marvel ↔ Captain America: Civil War · contrast · Sean feels closer to Captain Marvel's attempt at a real person than to Civil War, a pop confection. · "I'm actually much closer to this movie in a lot of ways than I am to a movie like Captain America Civil War."
[The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:49:46 · Amanda Dobbins (0.60)] Captain Marvel ↔ Superman · contrast · Captain Marvel is so powerful that Amanda wants her Kryptonite, like Superman. · "I'm sure she have her version of Kryptonite or whatever?"
[The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:52:54 · Sean Fennessey (0.75)] Captain Marvel ↔ Avengers: Infinity War · industry · Opening-weekend benchmarks: Infinity War opened at $257 million; under $150 million is called a disappointment for Captain Marvel. · "Avengers Infinity War, naturally, that one's $257000000 opening weekend."
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:26:44 · unknown (0.35)] Roma ↔ Captain Marvel · what-if · Predicts the Academy will honor Netflix and superhero films later, and for lesser movies. · "So best picture for Captain Marvel 3 and best picture for Roma 5."
[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."
[The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:19:03 · Sean Fennessey (0.60)] Captain Marvel ↔ Salt-N-Pepa · craft · The soundtrack's music cues are called very surface, such as a guard listening to 'What a Man'; the speaker likes the songs themselves. · "all of the music cues are very surface. A security guard can be seen listening to what a man."

Films put beside it more than once (6)

[pairs] Captain Marvel ↔ Guardians of the Galaxy · said 4 times in 2 episodes
[pairs] Captain Marvel ↔ Wonder Woman · said 3 times in 1 episode
[pairs] Captain Marvel ↔ Roma · said 2 times in 2 episodes
[pairs] Captain Marvel ↔ The Avengers · said 2 times in 2 episodes
[pairs] Captain Marvel ↔ Avengers: Infinity War · said 2 times in 1 episode
[pairs] Captain Marvel ↔ Captain America: The First Avenger · said 2 times in 1 episode

Fun items about it (6)

[The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:13:53 · Amanda Dobbins (0.60)] Captain Marvel · fun · Brie Larson's wavy hair is so perfect Amanda guesses it took three hours and was set piece by piece. · "guys, those took 3 hours."
[The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:19:11 · Sean Fennessey (0.75)] Captain Marvel · fun · The 90s signaling: a never-worn Guns N' Roses T-shirt, and Carol stealing a Nine Inch Nails shirt off a mannequin as a metaphor for the film. · "steals a 9 inch nails t-shirt and a leather jacket off of a mannequin outside of a boutique."
[The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:20:01 · Sean Fennessey (0.65)] Captain Marvel · fun · The big fight scene is set to No Doubt's Just a Girl while she punches Jude Law, which Sean finds cute and clever but ham-handed. · "certainly the chorus of that song makes it fit when she's punching Jude Law on the face repeatedly."
[The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:20:28 · Sean Fennessey (0.60)] Captain Marvel · fun · The film's 90s is the BuzzFeed list version, a pile of references like the Blockbuster and grunge. · "this is the BuzzFeed article version of the BuzzFeed list version of the 90s."
[The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:30:31 · Amanda Dobbins (0.70)] Captain Marvel · fun · Amanda's favorite 90s relic is Des'ree's You Gotta Be, which plays when Carol visits Maria at the airplane. · "I really, at one point, Desiree is playing."
[The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:31:08 · Sean Fennessey (0.75)] Captain Marvel · fun · Closing credits song is Hole's Celebrity Skin, and Courtney Love controls the Nirvana estate, which Sean calls synergy. · "one of the controllers of the Nirvana estate is Courtney Love."

One hop out: what recommends the films most often joined to it (18)

[The Big Picture · The Past, Present, and Future of Superhero Movies | The Big Picture · 0:17:03 · Jason Concepcion (0.40)] Guardians of the Galaxy ⇒ Ant-Man (the host's read) · programming · After Guardians' success with unknown characters, Ant-Man was an easy next gamble. · "you do Ant-Man after that because you're just like, yeah, let's do Ant-Man."
[The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 1:02:48 · Sean Fennessey (0.75)] Wonder Woman ↔ Kingdom Come · lineage · Sean points to Alex Ross's 90s comic Kingdom Come, where an elderly Wonder Woman and Batman had a thing. · "you got the sense that Wonder Woman and Batman had a thing, but they no longer got along anymore."
[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 — Patreon · Captain America: The First Avenger · 2:08:02 · unknown (0.40)] Captain America: The First Avenger ↔ Transformers: Dark of the Moon · programming · Cap was released July 22 instead of July 4th because Transformers 3 owned that date and nobody would go near it. · "The July 4th movie was Transformers 3."
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:23:11 · unknown (0.40)] Roma ↔ Black Panther · theme · Two Black Panther craft wins early made the night feel like one Hollywood, with Roma and Netflix bursting both. · "I was like, okay, the 2 Hollywoods, that's definitely the theme, but in the middle kind of bursting the two, is is Roma and Netflix"
[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 · The Past, Present, and Future of Superhero Movies | The Big Picture · 0:24:27 · Jason Concepcion (0.40)] Wonder Woman ↔ Batman Begins · lineage · Wonder Woman is the first DC movie since the Nolan films that understands what it is. · "Wonder Woman is the 1st movie that they've made."
[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."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The First Avenger · 2:08:10 · David Sims (0.45)] Captain America: The First Avenger ↔ Thor · programming · Cap opened to about 65 million like Thor, finished near 176 worldwide domestic and around 370 vs Thor's 450. · "Cap opens pretty much exactly the same as Thor, 65."
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:53:03 · Sean Fennessey (0.40)] Alfonso Cuaron ↔ Roma · craft · The cinematography Oscar went to Roma and to Cuarón, who shot his own film. · "This, of course, went to Roma, Alfonso Coron."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 2:13:19 · unknown (0.30)] Guardians of the Galaxy ↔ Howard the Duck · programming · The credits tag with Howard the Duck leads to talk about the comic being better than the Lucas film and Kevin Smith's animated show. · "Not the George Lucas film."
[The Big Picture · 'Shazam!’ and the Future of the DCEU · 0:06:26 · Sean Fennessey (0.60)] Shazam! ↔ Wonder Woman · theme · Both films, in Miles's view, start clever and then end in a punching match with a monster or villain. · "That was also one of my struggles, honestly, with Wonder Woman"
[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?"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The First Avenger · 2:09:10 · unknown (0.40)] Captain America: The First Avenger ↔ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 · programming · In the 2011 box-office ranking Cap is number one and Deathly Hallows Part 2 is number two. · "Oh, oh, it's Deathly Hollis part two."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 1:59:51 · David Sims (0.30)] Thor: The Dark World ↔ Guardians of the Galaxy · programming · The Collector mid-credits scene already shows the Guardians' comic space weirdness; the speaker thinks James Gunn directed it. · "I think gun directed this. It's 100% difficult."
[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"
[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."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The First Avenger · 0:13:53 · Griffin Newman (0.45)] Captain America: The First Avenger ↔ The Rocketeer · lineage · Johnston was hired on the strength of The Rocketeer, which shares the period, beautiful-period-vibe sensibility. · "Joe Johnson's the guy who directed the Rockets here."

Who said it, by their latest sketch (3)

[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
[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'

The shows' running bits (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

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 Captain Marvel (2019) 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 Captain Marvel (2019) 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 · 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 · 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 · 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."
[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."
[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"
[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 · ‘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."
[The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:43:32 · Sean Fennessey (0.80)] Guardians of the Galaxy ⇒ Captain Marvel (the host's read) · lineage · As a prequel, Captain Marvel brings back Guardians characters Ronan (Lee Pace) and Korath (Djimon Hounsou). · "this is, of course, a prequel, so their characters appear in this film again."
[The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:14:28 · Sean Fennessey (0.75)] Captain Marvel ↔ Captain America: The First Avenger · theme · Captain America's plucky do-gooder works because Chris Evans gets to be a good guy; Captain Marvel's girl-power messaging feels falsely applied by comparison. · "when the movie is Captain America the 1st Avenger, and Steve Rogers is this plucky, patriotic do-gooder, we are like, huh, what a good guy."
[The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:17:07 · Sean Fennessey (0.80)] Captain Marvel ↔ Wonder Woman · theme · Wonder Woman, like Superman, is a god and needs less emotional complexity; Carol Danvers is a real person who is blank for most of the film. · "Wonder Woman, likes Superman, is a god. And the levels of emotional complexity that we expect from a god are lesser than a real person."
[The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:25:32 · Sean Fennessey (0.75)] Captain Marvel ↔ Mid90s · theme · Mid90s was made by a successful actor and longtime aspiring director rendering memories of the 90s. · "They're made by 2 very successful actors, but also 2 longtime aspiring directors."
[The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:25:50 · Sean Fennessey (0.75)] Captain Marvel ↔ Lady Bird · theme · Lady Bird and Mid90s were personal reminiscences of the 90s; Captain Marvel is the Happy Meal version. · "it's funny to see, you know, the McDonald's Happy Meal version of those movies in a lot of ways."
[The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:27:52 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50)] Captain Marvel ↔ Roma · theme · Recreating childhood wholesale is hard, which is why Roma was such a great movie. · "That's why Roma was such a great movie."
[The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:03:13 · Sean Fennessey (0.80)] Wonder Woman ↔ Captain Marvel · craft · Wonder Woman did its origin story in the first 30 minutes and moved on; Captain Marvel spends the whole film on it. · "What Wonder Woman did was gave us the best version of its origin story in the 1st 30 minutes, and then we were kind of done with that."
[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."
[The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:14:16 · Sean Fennessey (0.60)] Captain Marvel ↔ Guardians of the Galaxy · craft · Everything in the film except Brie Larson's polished lead is silly fun closer to Guardians. · "kind of silly fun, kind of closer to Guardians for lack of a better term."
[The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:34:38 · Sean Fennessey (0.75)] Captain Marvel ↔ X-Men · craft · Expository Marvel dialogue needs a stentorian Shakespearean actor like Patrick Stewart or Ian McKellen, which Larson is not. · "there's a reason that the X-Men movies cast people like Patrick Stewart and Ian McCellen"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 1:46:06 · unknown (0.30)] Guardians of the Galaxy ⇒ Captain Marvel (the host's read) · craft · The Flarkin cat in Captain Marvel is a version of the Drax metaphor joke, but this film's joke lands better thanks to the cut to his face. · "And you know, you know, the cat in Captain Marvel is like a version of this joke."
[The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:01:18 · Amanda Dobbins (0.80)] Captain Marvel ↔ Wonder Woman · contrast · Amanda's instant reaction is that Captain Marvel falls short of Wonder Woman, a high bar. · "my immediate reaction was this is not Wonder Woman."
[The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:13:23 · Amanda Dobbins (0.65)] Captain Marvel ↔ Ant-Man · contrast · Each Marvel movie gets its own genre: Captain America is WWII, Ant-Man is slacker comedy, Captain Marvel is 90s sci-fi. · "And then, what Ant-Man is like the modern day slacker dude?"
[The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:28:33 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Captain Marvel ↔ Captain America: Civil War · contrast · Sean feels closer to Captain Marvel's attempt at a real person than to Civil War, a pop confection. · "I'm actually much closer to this movie in a lot of ways than I am to a movie like Captain America Civil War."
[The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:49:46 · Amanda Dobbins (0.60)] Captain Marvel ↔ Superman · contrast · Captain Marvel is so powerful that Amanda wants her Kryptonite, like Superman. · "I'm sure she have her version of Kryptonite or whatever?"
[The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:52:54 · Sean Fennessey (0.75)] Captain Marvel ↔ Avengers: Infinity War · industry · Opening-weekend benchmarks: Infinity War opened at $257 million; under $150 million is called a disappointment for Captain Marvel. · "Avengers Infinity War, naturally, that one's $257000000 opening weekend."
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:26:44 · unknown (0.35)] Roma ↔ Captain Marvel · what-if · Predicts the Academy will honor Netflix and superhero films later, and for lesser movies. · "So best picture for Captain Marvel 3 and best picture for Roma 5."
[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."
[The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:19:03 · Sean Fennessey (0.60)] Captain Marvel ↔ Salt-N-Pepa · craft · The soundtrack's music cues are called very surface, such as a guard listening to 'What a Man'; the speaker likes the songs themselves. · "all of the music cues are very surface. A security guard can be seen listening to what a man."
[pairs] Captain Marvel ↔ Guardians of the Galaxy · said 4 times in 2 episodes
[pairs] Captain Marvel ↔ Wonder Woman · said 3 times in 1 episode
[pairs] Captain Marvel ↔ Roma · said 2 times in 2 episodes
[pairs] Captain Marvel ↔ The Avengers · said 2 times in 2 episodes
[pairs] Captain Marvel ↔ Avengers: Infinity War · said 2 times in 1 episode
[pairs] Captain Marvel ↔ Captain America: The First Avenger · said 2 times in 1 episode
[The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:13:53 · Amanda Dobbins (0.60)] Captain Marvel · fun · Brie Larson's wavy hair is so perfect Amanda guesses it took three hours and was set piece by piece. · "guys, those took 3 hours."
[The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:19:11 · Sean Fennessey (0.75)] Captain Marvel · fun · The 90s signaling: a never-worn Guns N' Roses T-shirt, and Carol stealing a Nine Inch Nails shirt off a mannequin as a metaphor for the film. · "steals a 9 inch nails t-shirt and a leather jacket off of a mannequin outside of a boutique."
[The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:20:01 · Sean Fennessey (0.65)] Captain Marvel · fun · The big fight scene is set to No Doubt's Just a Girl while she punches Jude Law, which Sean finds cute and clever but ham-handed. · "certainly the chorus of that song makes it fit when she's punching Jude Law on the face repeatedly."
[The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:20:28 · Sean Fennessey (0.60)] Captain Marvel · fun · The film's 90s is the BuzzFeed list version, a pile of references like the Blockbuster and grunge. · "this is the BuzzFeed article version of the BuzzFeed list version of the 90s."
[The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:30:31 · Amanda Dobbins (0.70)] Captain Marvel · fun · Amanda's favorite 90s relic is Des'ree's You Gotta Be, which plays when Carol visits Maria at the airplane. · "I really, at one point, Desiree is playing."
[The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:31:08 · Sean Fennessey (0.75)] Captain Marvel · fun · Closing credits song is Hole's Celebrity Skin, and Courtney Love controls the Nirvana estate, which Sean calls synergy. · "one of the controllers of the Nirvana estate is Courtney Love."
[The Big Picture · The Past, Present, and Future of Superhero Movies | The Big Picture · 0:17:03 · Jason Concepcion (0.40)] Guardians of the Galaxy ⇒ Ant-Man (the host's read) · programming · After Guardians' success with unknown characters, Ant-Man was an easy next gamble. · "you do Ant-Man after that because you're just like, yeah, let's do Ant-Man."
[The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 1:02:48 · Sean Fennessey (0.75)] Wonder Woman ↔ Kingdom Come · lineage · Sean points to Alex Ross's 90s comic Kingdom Come, where an elderly Wonder Woman and Batman had a thing. · "you got the sense that Wonder Woman and Batman had a thing, but they no longer got along anymore."
[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 — Patreon · Captain America: The First Avenger · 2:08:02 · unknown (0.40)] Captain America: The First Avenger ↔ Transformers: Dark of the Moon · programming · Cap was released July 22 instead of July 4th because Transformers 3 owned that date and nobody would go near it. · "The July 4th movie was Transformers 3."
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:23:11 · unknown (0.40)] Roma ↔ Black Panther · theme · Two Black Panther craft wins early made the night feel like one Hollywood, with Roma and Netflix bursting both. · "I was like, okay, the 2 Hollywoods, that's definitely the theme, but in the middle kind of bursting the two, is is Roma and Netflix"
[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 · The Past, Present, and Future of Superhero Movies | The Big Picture · 0:24:27 · Jason Concepcion (0.40)] Wonder Woman ↔ Batman Begins · lineage · Wonder Woman is the first DC movie since the Nolan films that understands what it is. · "Wonder Woman is the 1st movie that they've made."
[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."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The First Avenger · 2:08:10 · David Sims (0.45)] Captain America: The First Avenger ↔ Thor · programming · Cap opened to about 65 million like Thor, finished near 176 worldwide domestic and around 370 vs Thor's 450. · "Cap opens pretty much exactly the same as Thor, 65."
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:53:03 · Sean Fennessey (0.40)] Alfonso Cuaron ↔ Roma · craft · The cinematography Oscar went to Roma and to Cuarón, who shot his own film. · "This, of course, went to Roma, Alfonso Coron."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 2:13:19 · unknown (0.30)] Guardians of the Galaxy ↔ Howard the Duck · programming · The credits tag with Howard the Duck leads to talk about the comic being better than the Lucas film and Kevin Smith's animated show. · "Not the George Lucas film."
[The Big Picture · 'Shazam!’ and the Future of the DCEU · 0:06:26 · Sean Fennessey (0.60)] Shazam! ↔ Wonder Woman · theme · Both films, in Miles's view, start clever and then end in a punching match with a monster or villain. · "That was also one of my struggles, honestly, with Wonder Woman"
[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?"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The First Avenger · 2:09:10 · unknown (0.40)] Captain America: The First Avenger ↔ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 · programming · In the 2011 box-office ranking Cap is number one and Deathly Hallows Part 2 is number two. · "Oh, oh, it's Deathly Hollis part two."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 1:59:51 · David Sims (0.30)] Thor: The Dark World ↔ Guardians of the Galaxy · programming · The Collector mid-credits scene already shows the Guardians' comic space weirdness; the speaker thinks James Gunn directed it. · "I think gun directed this. It's 100% difficult."
[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"
[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."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The First Avenger · 0:13:53 · Griffin Newman (0.45)] Captain America: The First Avenger ↔ The Rocketeer · lineage · Johnston was hired on the strength of The Rocketeer, which shares the period, beautiful-period-vibe sensibility. · "Joe Johnson's the guy who directed the Rockets here."
[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
[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'
[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 Captain Marvel (2019); name it the way the line names it. Don't recommend Captain Marvel (2019) 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.