What the corpus says about The Batman (2022)

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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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."
[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."
[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."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 0:14:37 · Griffin Newman (0.40)] The Batman ↔ Monty Python · lineage · The opening dedication to fun lovers and the apology for overlooked lovers is compared to Monty Python. · "That's like Monty Python."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 0:15:22 · David Sims (0.40)] The Batman ↔ The Lego Batman Movie · lineage · Lego Batman keeps the humor alive as the exception to the trend toward seriousness. · "And Lego pops up, again, for Lego."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 0:18:49 · David Sims (0.50)] The Batman ⇒ The Dark Knight Rises (the host's read) · lineage · The ocean bomb-disposal sequence is thought to be directly referenced in the final act of Dark Knight Rises. · "this sequence, a lot of people think, is directly referenced by the final act of Dark Knight Rises."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 0:29:45 · Griffin Newman (0.40)] The Batman ↔ The Simpsons · lineage · Joke density, word jokes and visual jokes read as proto-Simpsons. · "it feels very Simpsons."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 0:30:16 · David Sims (0.40)] The Batman ↔ Mad magazine · lineage · The film's comedy is Mad magazine style: cram in as many jokes as possible. · "it's this sort of mad magazine comedy where it's like fit in as many jokes as you can."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 0:43:06 · David Sims (0.40)] The Long Halloween (comic) ⇒ The Batman (the host's read) · lineage · Every adaptation pulls from The Long Halloween but has not used Calendar Man. · "Everyone has pulled from the long Halloween, but not used calendar man."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 1:14:38 · David Sims (0.50)] The Batman ⇒ The Dark Knight Rises (the host's read) · lineage · The giant bomb, the film's most iconic image, is what Dark Knight Rises lifts. · "This is the thing that Dark Knight Rises kind of lifts."
[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."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Se7en · 1:30:17 · unknown (0.30)] The Batman ↔ Seven · theme · The Riddler is a bad serial killer next to John Doe; Batman a worse detective than Mills and Somerset. · "the Riddler is a bad serial killer in the Batman."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 0:42:12 · David Sims (0.45)] The Batman ⇒ Batman Returns (the host's read) · theme · Villains scheming together in Batman Returns and Schumacher films echoes the 1966 team-up, but those feel forced. · "The team up does always feel a little forced"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 0:54:17 · David Sims (0.45)] Frasier (butler episode) ↔ The Batman · theme · A Frasier episode with Victor Garber as a butler is recommended as the same butler-fantasy. · "there's one episode of Frasier."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 1:56:45 · Griffin Newman (0.40)] The Batman ↔ Rocky and Bullwinkle (Fearless Leader) · theme · The UN delegates scene includes a Soviet delegate with a Nazi vibe like Rocky and Bullwinkle's Fearless Leader. · "Fearless leader from Rocky and Bullenkle."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:39:17 · David Sims (0.50)] The Batman ↔ The Lego Batman Movie · craft · Pattinson's eye treatment is the smartest live-action answer to the expressive-mask problem the Lego movie solves. · "No, the thing they do with Patinson is probably the smartest."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 1:16:02 · David Sims (0.40)] The Batman ↔ Airplane! / Naked Gun (Zucker Brothers) · craft · A brass band as the obstruction in the bomb sequence is the same shorthand humor Naked Gun uses. · "Obviously, naked gun always does that, right?"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 1:25:31 · Griffin Newman (0.40)] The Batman ↔ The Batman · craft · The Burton Batmobile was a childhood toy; the 1966 car looks coolest but also most like a car. · "I certainly had the Burton Batmobile as a toy, and I played with it all the time"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 1:25:47 · Griffin Newman (0.40)] The Batman ↔ The Batman · craft · Reeves pulled the Batmobile back toward being a car, like the 1966 one. · "I like that Reed's turned it back into being a little more of a car again."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 1:45:42 · David Sims (0.40)] The Batman ↔ The Truman Show · craft · The submerged water-tank photography against a painted backdrop looks like The Truman Show. · "I was about to reference the Truman show."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:51:05 · Griffin Newman (0.60)] The Lego Batman Movie ↔ The Batman · contrast · Studios worry how to do a serious Robin; this film makes Robin the lighter contrast point instead. · "I think Matt Reeves and Nolan, all these people freak out about like, how do you do the serious version of Robin?"

Films put beside it more than once (6)

[pairs] The Batman ↔ The Lego Batman Movie · said 4 times in 2 episodes
[pairs] The Batman ↔ The Dark Knight Rises · said 2 times in 1 episode
[pairs] The Batman ↔ Seven · said 2 times in 1 episode
[pairs] The Batman ↔ Batman Forever · said 2 times in 1 episode
[pairs] The Batman ↔ Batman: Mask of the Phantasm · said 2 times in 1 episode
[pairs] The Batman ↔ Batman (franchise) · said 2 times in 1 episode

Fun items about it (6)

[The Big Picture · The 2022 Movie Draft · 0:45:47 · Chris Ryan (0.80)] The Batman · fun · Chris picks it because his favorite meme of the century is Paul Dano losing his mind behind the Arkham cell; Dano as the Riddler is a gift. · "one of my favorite memes of the century."
[The Big Picture · The Past, Present, and Future of Superhero Movies | The Big Picture · 0:38:21 · Jason Concepcion (0.40)] Batman · fun · Each Batman movie should be a different director and genre set by the villain: Killer Croc horror, Joker noir. · "Killer Croc is a horror movie."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 0:11:54 · David Sims (0.45)] Batman (1966) · fun · Semple wrote the screenplay in a week and they shot it in a month. · "simple writes the screenplay in a week."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 0:14:32 · Griffin Newman (0.35)] Batman (1966) · fun · The opening dedication sends up lovers of the ridiculous and apologizes to any sizable group of lovers it overlooked. · "We've overlooked any sizable groups of lovers, we apologize."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 0:21:52 · David Sims (0.45)] Batman (1966) · fun · Rubber shark visibly leaking water, then Batman reaches for shark repellent bat spray. · "Water leaking out of the shark, the rubber shark, you can see."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 0:54:59 · David Sims (0.40)] Batman (1966) · fun · Alfred drives the Batmobile in a harlequin mask so nobody connects it to Bruce Wayne's butler. · "A little harlequin mask."

One hop out: what recommends the films most often joined to it (16)

[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) · 1:04:50 · Griffin Newman (0.45)] Batman (franchise) ↔ The Dark Knight Rises · programming · All the post-West movies are on a race to self-serious credibility. · "It's been this race to self-serious credibility."
[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."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ · 0:17:05 · Bill Simmons (0.70)] Seven ↔ The Shawshank Redemption · programming · Both are movies you get sucked into on cable by the last 40 minutes. · "The same thing with Shawshank."
[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."
[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 Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ · 0:04:37 · Bill Simmons (0.60)] Seven ↔ Heat · lineage · Grouped with Usual Suspects, Heat and Casino as the four defining 1995 movies, three of which were shut out at the Oscars. · "Our usual suspects, which we recently did, Heat Casino in seven."
[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."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ · 0:14:30 · Sean Fennessey (0.85)] Alfred Hitchcock ⇒ Seven (the host's read) · lineage · Se7en is a Hitchcock movie in its pulling-your-chain structure of mystery, reveal and anxiety, and Hitchcock is Fincher's biggest influence. · "I think as much as this seems like a modern movie, it's also just completely a Hitchcock movie in so many ways."
[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."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ · 0:15:19 · Chris Ryan (0.55)] Seven ⇒ True Detective (the host's read) · lineage · Se7en's influence shows in True Detective from the title sequence to the characters, though True Detective's first season flinches at the dark ending. · "you can see the influence of of 7 on things like True Detective from the title sequence to the characters."
[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."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ · 0:15:42 · Chris Ryan (0.50)] William Friedkin ⇒ Seven (the maker said so) · lineage · Fincher drew from Friedkin and wanted it to feel like an episode of Cops. · "he's drawn from like Friedkin, but he's also, he's, he's referenced like how he wanted it to feel like an episode of cops."
[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?"
[The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ · 0:29:28 · Sean Fennessey (0.55)] Seven ↔ Lethal Weapon · lineage · Mills plays the reckless young cop with Mel Gibson in Lethal Weapon energy. · "he's playing that like Mel Gibson and lethal weapon energy"
[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."

Who said it, by their latest sketch (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'
[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] Chris Ryan · latest sketch, The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ · A franchise and genre scholar who likes Jason, the early sequels, and Manhattan; attention to trivia, tropes and critic reception. Treats slashers as a canon with tiers. · stances: Parts 1, 2, 4 and Manhattan are the good ones; The series finds its legs at 4
[speaker] Jason Concepcion · latest sketch, The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · Loves a musical, Donnie Yen action, and the 1998 Mulan with its Eddie Murphy humor. Finds the remake kind of boring and wants a grounded, historical version. Sucker for political and economic framing of film controversy. · stances: The remake is fine in a vacuum, a disappointment as a Mulan; Wants a more historical, less magical take; Sees the Mulan controversy as a symptom of the West-China economic experiment; Missing music means missing storytelling

The shows' running bits (2)

[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] 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 The Batman (2022) 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 The Batman (2022) 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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."
[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."
[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."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 0:14:37 · Griffin Newman (0.40)] The Batman ↔ Monty Python · lineage · The opening dedication to fun lovers and the apology for overlooked lovers is compared to Monty Python. · "That's like Monty Python."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 0:15:22 · David Sims (0.40)] The Batman ↔ The Lego Batman Movie · lineage · Lego Batman keeps the humor alive as the exception to the trend toward seriousness. · "And Lego pops up, again, for Lego."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 0:18:49 · David Sims (0.50)] The Batman ⇒ The Dark Knight Rises (the host's read) · lineage · The ocean bomb-disposal sequence is thought to be directly referenced in the final act of Dark Knight Rises. · "this sequence, a lot of people think, is directly referenced by the final act of Dark Knight Rises."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 0:29:45 · Griffin Newman (0.40)] The Batman ↔ The Simpsons · lineage · Joke density, word jokes and visual jokes read as proto-Simpsons. · "it feels very Simpsons."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 0:30:16 · David Sims (0.40)] The Batman ↔ Mad magazine · lineage · The film's comedy is Mad magazine style: cram in as many jokes as possible. · "it's this sort of mad magazine comedy where it's like fit in as many jokes as you can."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 0:43:06 · David Sims (0.40)] The Long Halloween (comic) ⇒ The Batman (the host's read) · lineage · Every adaptation pulls from The Long Halloween but has not used Calendar Man. · "Everyone has pulled from the long Halloween, but not used calendar man."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 1:14:38 · David Sims (0.50)] The Batman ⇒ The Dark Knight Rises (the host's read) · lineage · The giant bomb, the film's most iconic image, is what Dark Knight Rises lifts. · "This is the thing that Dark Knight Rises kind of lifts."
[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."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Se7en · 1:30:17 · unknown (0.30)] The Batman ↔ Seven · theme · The Riddler is a bad serial killer next to John Doe; Batman a worse detective than Mills and Somerset. · "the Riddler is a bad serial killer in the Batman."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 0:42:12 · David Sims (0.45)] The Batman ⇒ Batman Returns (the host's read) · theme · Villains scheming together in Batman Returns and Schumacher films echoes the 1966 team-up, but those feel forced. · "The team up does always feel a little forced"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 0:54:17 · David Sims (0.45)] Frasier (butler episode) ↔ The Batman · theme · A Frasier episode with Victor Garber as a butler is recommended as the same butler-fantasy. · "there's one episode of Frasier."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 1:56:45 · Griffin Newman (0.40)] The Batman ↔ Rocky and Bullwinkle (Fearless Leader) · theme · The UN delegates scene includes a Soviet delegate with a Nazi vibe like Rocky and Bullwinkle's Fearless Leader. · "Fearless leader from Rocky and Bullenkle."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:39:17 · David Sims (0.50)] The Batman ↔ The Lego Batman Movie · craft · Pattinson's eye treatment is the smartest live-action answer to the expressive-mask problem the Lego movie solves. · "No, the thing they do with Patinson is probably the smartest."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 1:16:02 · David Sims (0.40)] The Batman ↔ Airplane! / Naked Gun (Zucker Brothers) · craft · A brass band as the obstruction in the bomb sequence is the same shorthand humor Naked Gun uses. · "Obviously, naked gun always does that, right?"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 1:25:31 · Griffin Newman (0.40)] The Batman ↔ The Batman · craft · The Burton Batmobile was a childhood toy; the 1966 car looks coolest but also most like a car. · "I certainly had the Burton Batmobile as a toy, and I played with it all the time"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 1:25:47 · Griffin Newman (0.40)] The Batman ↔ The Batman · craft · Reeves pulled the Batmobile back toward being a car, like the 1966 one. · "I like that Reed's turned it back into being a little more of a car again."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 1:45:42 · David Sims (0.40)] The Batman ↔ The Truman Show · craft · The submerged water-tank photography against a painted backdrop looks like The Truman Show. · "I was about to reference the Truman show."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:51:05 · Griffin Newman (0.60)] The Lego Batman Movie ↔ The Batman · contrast · Studios worry how to do a serious Robin; this film makes Robin the lighter contrast point instead. · "I think Matt Reeves and Nolan, all these people freak out about like, how do you do the serious version of Robin?"
[pairs] The Batman ↔ The Lego Batman Movie · said 4 times in 2 episodes
[pairs] The Batman ↔ The Dark Knight Rises · said 2 times in 1 episode
[pairs] The Batman ↔ Seven · said 2 times in 1 episode
[pairs] The Batman ↔ Batman Forever · said 2 times in 1 episode
[pairs] The Batman ↔ Batman: Mask of the Phantasm · said 2 times in 1 episode
[pairs] The Batman ↔ Batman (franchise) · said 2 times in 1 episode
[The Big Picture · The 2022 Movie Draft · 0:45:47 · Chris Ryan (0.80)] The Batman · fun · Chris picks it because his favorite meme of the century is Paul Dano losing his mind behind the Arkham cell; Dano as the Riddler is a gift. · "one of my favorite memes of the century."
[The Big Picture · The Past, Present, and Future of Superhero Movies | The Big Picture · 0:38:21 · Jason Concepcion (0.40)] Batman · fun · Each Batman movie should be a different director and genre set by the villain: Killer Croc horror, Joker noir. · "Killer Croc is a horror movie."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 0:11:54 · David Sims (0.45)] Batman (1966) · fun · Semple wrote the screenplay in a week and they shot it in a month. · "simple writes the screenplay in a week."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 0:14:32 · Griffin Newman (0.35)] Batman (1966) · fun · The opening dedication sends up lovers of the ridiculous and apologizes to any sizable group of lovers it overlooked. · "We've overlooked any sizable groups of lovers, we apologize."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 0:21:52 · David Sims (0.45)] Batman (1966) · fun · Rubber shark visibly leaking water, then Batman reaches for shark repellent bat spray. · "Water leaking out of the shark, the rubber shark, you can see."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 0:54:59 · David Sims (0.40)] Batman (1966) · fun · Alfred drives the Batmobile in a harlequin mask so nobody connects it to Bruce Wayne's butler. · "A little harlequin mask."
[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) · 1:04:50 · Griffin Newman (0.45)] Batman (franchise) ↔ The Dark Knight Rises · programming · All the post-West movies are on a race to self-serious credibility. · "It's been this race to self-serious credibility."
[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."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ · 0:17:05 · Bill Simmons (0.70)] Seven ↔ The Shawshank Redemption · programming · Both are movies you get sucked into on cable by the last 40 minutes. · "The same thing with Shawshank."
[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."
[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 Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ · 0:04:37 · Bill Simmons (0.60)] Seven ↔ Heat · lineage · Grouped with Usual Suspects, Heat and Casino as the four defining 1995 movies, three of which were shut out at the Oscars. · "Our usual suspects, which we recently did, Heat Casino in seven."
[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."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ · 0:14:30 · Sean Fennessey (0.85)] Alfred Hitchcock ⇒ Seven (the host's read) · lineage · Se7en is a Hitchcock movie in its pulling-your-chain structure of mystery, reveal and anxiety, and Hitchcock is Fincher's biggest influence. · "I think as much as this seems like a modern movie, it's also just completely a Hitchcock movie in so many ways."
[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."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ · 0:15:19 · Chris Ryan (0.55)] Seven ⇒ True Detective (the host's read) · lineage · Se7en's influence shows in True Detective from the title sequence to the characters, though True Detective's first season flinches at the dark ending. · "you can see the influence of of 7 on things like True Detective from the title sequence to the characters."
[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."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ · 0:15:42 · Chris Ryan (0.50)] William Friedkin ⇒ Seven (the maker said so) · lineage · Fincher drew from Friedkin and wanted it to feel like an episode of Cops. · "he's drawn from like Friedkin, but he's also, he's, he's referenced like how he wanted it to feel like an episode of cops."
[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?"
[The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ · 0:29:28 · Sean Fennessey (0.55)] Seven ↔ Lethal Weapon · lineage · Mills plays the reckless young cop with Mel Gibson in Lethal Weapon energy. · "he's playing that like Mel Gibson and lethal weapon energy"
[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."
[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] 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] Chris Ryan · latest sketch, The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ · A franchise and genre scholar who likes Jason, the early sequels, and Manhattan; attention to trivia, tropes and critic reception. Treats slashers as a canon with tiers. · stances: Parts 1, 2, 4 and Manhattan are the good ones; The series finds its legs at 4
[speaker] Jason Concepcion · latest sketch, The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · Loves a musical, Donnie Yen action, and the 1998 Mulan with its Eddie Murphy humor. Finds the remake kind of boring and wants a grounded, historical version. Sucker for political and economic framing of film controversy. · stances: The remake is fine in a vacuum, a disappointment as a Mulan; Wants a more historical, less magical take; Sees the Mulan controversy as a symptom of the West-China economic experiment; Missing music means missing storytelling
[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] 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 The Batman (2022); name it the way the line names it. Don't recommend The Batman (2022) 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.