What the corpus says about Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens

The 42 lines php artisan corpus:ask hands a model, in the order it gets them, and nothing else. The model writes a clerk's answer from these and only these.

What was said about it (8)

  1. [Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 2:22:02 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens · programming · The next Patreon commentary is Force Awakens, ten days later. · "The next commentary episode is the Force Awakens."
  2. [The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 0:24:06 · Chris Ryan (0.50)] Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (the host's read) · lineage · The Force Awakens maps almost exactly onto A New Hope. · "Force Awakens, which will maybe come up later on this podcast is in almost every respect."
  3. [The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 1:24:09 · Mallory Rubin (0.50)] Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (the host's read) · lineage · It ports over Death Star, Tatooine and R2-D2 as Starkiller Base, Jakku and BB-8. · "in place of the Death Star, you have star killer base."
  4. [Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:29:00 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens · lineage · Luke's lost lightsaber (his father's) turns up again in The Force Awakens. · "Which then reappears, of course, in The Force Awakens."
  5. [Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 1:23:31 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens · lineage · Han being over it and drifting back to old ways is what Force Awakens later does. · "Well, that's kind of what Force Awakens does"
  6. [The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 1:23:36 · Sean Fennessey (0.40)] Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi ↔ Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens · contrast · The Last Jedi upends expectations where The Force Awakens repeats the structure. · "Because last Jedi is kind of like upending a lot of our expectations of Star Wars movies"
  7. [The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 1:23:55 · Mallory Rubin (0.50)] Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens ↔ Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace · contrast · As the start of a new trilogy, The Force Awakens is far more successful than The Phantom Menace. · "It is infinitely more successful than Phantom Menace was."
  8. [The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 1:22:32 · Mallory Rubin (0.40)] Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker ↔ Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens · verdict · The Rise of Skywalker is a blight on cinema history. · "Rise of Skywalker is uh, a blight on the history of cinema"

Films put beside it more than once (2)

  1. [pairs] Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens ↔ Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi · said 3 times in 1 episode
  2. [pairs] Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens ↔ Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope · said 2 times in 1 episode

Fun items about it (1)

  1. [Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:29:03 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens · fun · The first shot was planned as the lightsaber with Luke's hand floating in space, replaced by the Maz Kanata reveal. · "Originally the 1st shot of the movie was going to be the lightsaber with Luke's hand on it, floating in space."

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

  1. [Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:29:55 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ The Mandalorian · programming · After The Mandalorian the speaker wants new characters, not known ones, as a model for future Star Wars. · "after Mandalorian, I'm like, don't give me characters we already know."
  2. [Blank Check · Dune · 0:22:17 · John Hodgman (0.85)] Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ Dune (the host's read) · programming · Dune was positioned and released as the studio's answer to Star Wars, the next big space epic. · "Uh, this movie is released with the energy of, here you go, here's the new Star Wars."
  3. [Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:20:11 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace · lineage · Lucas's goofy special-edition additions anticipate the broad humor of the prequels, such as Jar Jar. · "It's weird how many of the Lucas alterations are like really goofy broad humor."
  4. [Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:40:49 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker · lineage · Opening on the Emperor is an idea Rise of Skywalker did. · "But it's always one of these things you're like, guess what movie open with that?"
  5. [Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:53:05 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi · lineage · Admiral Ackbar dies in The Last Jedi, which angered fans. · "No, Akbar dies in the last Jedi, which people were very angry about."
  6. [Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:04:31 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ The Hangover Part II · lineage · Death Star 2 is framed as a sequel that repeats the first one, like a Hangover sequel. · "It's like hangover two."
  7. [The Big Picture · The Great ‘Avatar’ Debate · 1:26:04 · unknown (0.40)] Avatar: The Way of Water ↔ Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope · programming · After the Fox acquisition it felt like Disney would alternate Star Wars and Avatar releases. · "oh, they'll alternate every other year between a Star Wars movie and an Avatar movie."
  8. [Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 2:08:30 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace · lineage · The special edition's final celebration montage adds Naboo and the Gungans. · "you get to see some Gungans."
  9. [Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:47:32 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker · lineage · Yoda and Obi-Wan dumping plot revelations at the last minute resembles Rise of Skywalker's information dump. · "It does kind of have that feeling of the rise of Skywalker there, just suddenly like yelling a bunch of information at you."
  10. [Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 1:43:23 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi · lineage · Bombers rarely show bombings in the saga; Last Jedi finally has a bombing scene (Paige Tico). · "Of course, in last Jedi."
  11. [Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:04:32 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (the host's read) · lineage · A second, bigger Death Star is called a lateral remake of the first. · "We're kind of, it's like a lateral remake."
  12. [Blank Check · Raiders of the Lost Ark · 0:12:58 · Brian Michael Bendis (0.90)] Raiders of the Lost Ark ↔ Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope · lineage · Bendis says his childhood pop culture was Lucas and Spielberg magic tricks, not Marvel. · "At this stage that wasn't Marvel was Lucas and Spielberg."
  13. [Blank Check · Judging The Judge · 1:09:46 · David Sims (0.50)] The Judge ↔ Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace · theme · The Judge's characters announce their motivations in dialogue, which David says is worse than the Phantom Menace. · "I just want to say this movie is a lot worse than Star Wars episode one of the Phantom Menace."
  14. [Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 1:33:44 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker · lineage · Rise of Skywalker has a great scene in the Emperor's throne room on the Death Star: the Sith Wayfinder and the Kylo/Rey fight. · "Of course, Rise of Skywalker has a great scene in this room."
  15. [Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:57:08 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi ↔ Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi · theme · Complaints about Snoke being unexplained are answered by pointing to the Emperor: a creepy old withered guy is compelling enough. · "It's a compelling idea to have some creepy old withered old guy."
  16. [Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:12:57 · unknown (0.30)] Sydney Greenstreet ⇒ Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (the host's read) · lineage · Jabba is said to be visually based on Sydney Greenstreet. · "He's based on Sydney Green Street, right?"
  17. [Blank Check · Dune · 0:22:22 · John Hodgman (0.70)] Dune ⇒ Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (the host's read) · lineage · The Dune book's messaging is credited as one of the things that inspired Star Wars. · "And not only that, the messaging of this is one of the things that inspired Star Wars."
  18. [Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:41:43 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker ↔ The Irishman · craft · Rise of Skywalker had to de-age Ian McDiarmid the way The Irishman did. · "For Rise of Skywalker, they had to de-age him Irishman style."
  19. [Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:13:00 · unknown (0.30)] Casablanca ⇒ Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (the host's read) · lineage · Jabba's court is conceived as Sydney Greenstreet crossed with Casablanca. · "The concept is he's sort of like Sidney Green Street and then Casablanca, yeah."
  20. [The Big Picture · The Top 10 Fantasy Films, The Toy Movie Hall of Fame, and ‘Masters of the Universe,’ · 0:23:25 · Griffin Newman (0.50)] Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ Masters of the Universe (the host's read) · lineage · He-Man (and the 80s toy boom) was a response to every company having passed on Star Wars merchandising. · "so much of He-Man and the 80s for toys is a response to every major company passing on Star Wars that Star Wars is the whiff that no one can live down."
  21. [Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:20:11 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace · lineage · Lucas's goofy special-edition additions anticipate the broad humor of the prequels, such as Jar Jar. · "It's weird how many of the Lucas alterations are like really goofy broad humor."
  22. [The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:46:32 · Mallory Rubin (0.85)] Seven Samurai ⇒ Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (the host's read) · lineage · Mallory notes Lucas drew on Joseph Campbell, Seven Samurai, and Hidden Fortress, and the cycle of influence is now returning in Mulan. · "Obviously, Joseph Campbell, as mentioned a moment ago. 7 Samurai, Hidden Fortress."
  23. [Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:40:49 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker · lineage · Opening on the Emperor is an idea Rise of Skywalker did. · "But it's always one of these things you're like, guess what movie open with that?"
  24. [The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:46:32 · Mallory Rubin (0.85)] The Hidden Fortress ⇒ Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (the host's read) · lineage · Mallory lists Hidden Fortress among Lucas's influences. · "7 Samurai, Hidden Fortress."
  25. [Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:47:32 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker · lineage · Yoda and Obi-Wan dumping plot revelations at the last minute resembles Rise of Skywalker's information dump. · "It does kind of have that feeling of the rise of Skywalker there, just suddenly like yelling a bunch of information at you."
  26. [Blank Check — Patreon · 2010: The Year We Make Contact · 0:22:43 · unknown (0.40)] Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ Arthur C. Clarke (the host's read) · lineage · The speaker thinks the post-Star Wars sci-fi rush is what kickstarted Clarke finally writing the follow-up. · "I mean, I'm realizing the other thing that probably kickstarted Arthur C. Clark finally writing the follow-up novel is the mad post-Star Wars sci-fi brush of like, oh, now Star Trek, the motion picture is getting made."

Who said it, by their latest sketch (3)

  1. [speaker] Mallory Rubin · latest sketch, The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ · Devoted to the Friday Night Lights show and cares most about its marriage, character work and Texas setting. Loves a high school football film, small-town Texas and Billy Bob; a sucker for Kyle Chandler, Tammy and Eric. Can't stand the film leaving Sharon unused. · stances: The TV show can't be matched, but that does not slight the film; Coach Taylor's speeches beat Coach Gaines's; The film needed a Gaines marriage sex scene; The reboot must stay in Texas; Cruise would make a deranged, mesmerizing Gaines
  2. [speaker] 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
  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

The shows' running bits (2)

  1. [bits] The Big Picture: Drafts (Hosts and guests draft films in rounds; every pick is a recommendation with an argument); Hall of Fame (A star's or director's best, ranked and argued); Countdowns (Ranked lists, top five or top ten)
  2. [bits] Blank Check: The box office game (Guessing the film's opening weekend and what it was up against); The sung theme ("Blank Check with Griffin and David", sung; the transcriber garbles it)

The whole prompt

As the model gets it, from app/Ai/Prompts/CorpusAsk.md 
You are a clerk at Video Culture, a video store. A customer just finished Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens and wants to know what to watch next.

Below is what people who love movies said on three podcasts (Blank Check, The Rewatchables, The Big Picture) about Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens 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 · Return of the Jedi · 2:22:02 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens · programming · The next Patreon commentary is Force Awakens, ten days later. · "The next commentary episode is the Force Awakens."
[The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 0:24:06 · Chris Ryan (0.50)] Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (the host's read) · lineage · The Force Awakens maps almost exactly onto A New Hope. · "Force Awakens, which will maybe come up later on this podcast is in almost every respect."
[The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 1:24:09 · Mallory Rubin (0.50)] Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (the host's read) · lineage · It ports over Death Star, Tatooine and R2-D2 as Starkiller Base, Jakku and BB-8. · "in place of the Death Star, you have star killer base."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:29:00 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens · lineage · Luke's lost lightsaber (his father's) turns up again in The Force Awakens. · "Which then reappears, of course, in The Force Awakens."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 1:23:31 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens · lineage · Han being over it and drifting back to old ways is what Force Awakens later does. · "Well, that's kind of what Force Awakens does"
[The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 1:23:36 · Sean Fennessey (0.40)] Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi ↔ Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens · contrast · The Last Jedi upends expectations where The Force Awakens repeats the structure. · "Because last Jedi is kind of like upending a lot of our expectations of Star Wars movies"
[The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 1:23:55 · Mallory Rubin (0.50)] Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens ↔ Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace · contrast · As the start of a new trilogy, The Force Awakens is far more successful than The Phantom Menace. · "It is infinitely more successful than Phantom Menace was."
[The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 1:22:32 · Mallory Rubin (0.40)] Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker ↔ Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens · verdict · The Rise of Skywalker is a blight on cinema history. · "Rise of Skywalker is uh, a blight on the history of cinema"
[pairs] Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens ↔ Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi · said 3 times in 1 episode
[pairs] Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens ↔ Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope · said 2 times in 1 episode
[Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:29:03 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens · fun · The first shot was planned as the lightsaber with Luke's hand floating in space, replaced by the Maz Kanata reveal. · "Originally the 1st shot of the movie was going to be the lightsaber with Luke's hand on it, floating in space."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:29:55 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ The Mandalorian · programming · After The Mandalorian the speaker wants new characters, not known ones, as a model for future Star Wars. · "after Mandalorian, I'm like, don't give me characters we already know."
[Blank Check · Dune · 0:22:17 · John Hodgman (0.85)] Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ Dune (the host's read) · programming · Dune was positioned and released as the studio's answer to Star Wars, the next big space epic. · "Uh, this movie is released with the energy of, here you go, here's the new Star Wars."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:20:11 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace · lineage · Lucas's goofy special-edition additions anticipate the broad humor of the prequels, such as Jar Jar. · "It's weird how many of the Lucas alterations are like really goofy broad humor."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:40:49 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker · lineage · Opening on the Emperor is an idea Rise of Skywalker did. · "But it's always one of these things you're like, guess what movie open with that?"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:53:05 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi · lineage · Admiral Ackbar dies in The Last Jedi, which angered fans. · "No, Akbar dies in the last Jedi, which people were very angry about."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:04:31 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ The Hangover Part II · lineage · Death Star 2 is framed as a sequel that repeats the first one, like a Hangover sequel. · "It's like hangover two."
[The Big Picture · The Great ‘Avatar’ Debate · 1:26:04 · unknown (0.40)] Avatar: The Way of Water ↔ Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope · programming · After the Fox acquisition it felt like Disney would alternate Star Wars and Avatar releases. · "oh, they'll alternate every other year between a Star Wars movie and an Avatar movie."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 2:08:30 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace · lineage · The special edition's final celebration montage adds Naboo and the Gungans. · "you get to see some Gungans."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:47:32 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker · lineage · Yoda and Obi-Wan dumping plot revelations at the last minute resembles Rise of Skywalker's information dump. · "It does kind of have that feeling of the rise of Skywalker there, just suddenly like yelling a bunch of information at you."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 1:43:23 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi · lineage · Bombers rarely show bombings in the saga; Last Jedi finally has a bombing scene (Paige Tico). · "Of course, in last Jedi."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:04:32 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (the host's read) · lineage · A second, bigger Death Star is called a lateral remake of the first. · "We're kind of, it's like a lateral remake."
[Blank Check · Raiders of the Lost Ark · 0:12:58 · Brian Michael Bendis (0.90)] Raiders of the Lost Ark ↔ Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope · lineage · Bendis says his childhood pop culture was Lucas and Spielberg magic tricks, not Marvel. · "At this stage that wasn't Marvel was Lucas and Spielberg."
[Blank Check · Judging The Judge · 1:09:46 · David Sims (0.50)] The Judge ↔ Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace · theme · The Judge's characters announce their motivations in dialogue, which David says is worse than the Phantom Menace. · "I just want to say this movie is a lot worse than Star Wars episode one of the Phantom Menace."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 1:33:44 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker · lineage · Rise of Skywalker has a great scene in the Emperor's throne room on the Death Star: the Sith Wayfinder and the Kylo/Rey fight. · "Of course, Rise of Skywalker has a great scene in this room."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:57:08 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi ↔ Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi · theme · Complaints about Snoke being unexplained are answered by pointing to the Emperor: a creepy old withered guy is compelling enough. · "It's a compelling idea to have some creepy old withered old guy."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:12:57 · unknown (0.30)] Sydney Greenstreet ⇒ Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (the host's read) · lineage · Jabba is said to be visually based on Sydney Greenstreet. · "He's based on Sydney Green Street, right?"
[Blank Check · Dune · 0:22:22 · John Hodgman (0.70)] Dune ⇒ Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (the host's read) · lineage · The Dune book's messaging is credited as one of the things that inspired Star Wars. · "And not only that, the messaging of this is one of the things that inspired Star Wars."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:41:43 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker ↔ The Irishman · craft · Rise of Skywalker had to de-age Ian McDiarmid the way The Irishman did. · "For Rise of Skywalker, they had to de-age him Irishman style."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:13:00 · unknown (0.30)] Casablanca ⇒ Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (the host's read) · lineage · Jabba's court is conceived as Sydney Greenstreet crossed with Casablanca. · "The concept is he's sort of like Sidney Green Street and then Casablanca, yeah."
[The Big Picture · The Top 10 Fantasy Films, The Toy Movie Hall of Fame, and ‘Masters of the Universe,’ · 0:23:25 · Griffin Newman (0.50)] Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ Masters of the Universe (the host's read) · lineage · He-Man (and the 80s toy boom) was a response to every company having passed on Star Wars merchandising. · "so much of He-Man and the 80s for toys is a response to every major company passing on Star Wars that Star Wars is the whiff that no one can live down."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:20:11 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace · lineage · Lucas's goofy special-edition additions anticipate the broad humor of the prequels, such as Jar Jar. · "It's weird how many of the Lucas alterations are like really goofy broad humor."
[The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:46:32 · Mallory Rubin (0.85)] Seven Samurai ⇒ Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (the host's read) · lineage · Mallory notes Lucas drew on Joseph Campbell, Seven Samurai, and Hidden Fortress, and the cycle of influence is now returning in Mulan. · "Obviously, Joseph Campbell, as mentioned a moment ago. 7 Samurai, Hidden Fortress."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:40:49 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker · lineage · Opening on the Emperor is an idea Rise of Skywalker did. · "But it's always one of these things you're like, guess what movie open with that?"
[The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:46:32 · Mallory Rubin (0.85)] The Hidden Fortress ⇒ Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (the host's read) · lineage · Mallory lists Hidden Fortress among Lucas's influences. · "7 Samurai, Hidden Fortress."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:47:32 · unknown (0.30)] Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ↔ Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker · lineage · Yoda and Obi-Wan dumping plot revelations at the last minute resembles Rise of Skywalker's information dump. · "It does kind of have that feeling of the rise of Skywalker there, just suddenly like yelling a bunch of information at you."
[Blank Check — Patreon · 2010: The Year We Make Contact · 0:22:43 · unknown (0.40)] Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ Arthur C. Clarke (the host's read) · lineage · The speaker thinks the post-Star Wars sci-fi rush is what kickstarted Clarke finally writing the follow-up. · "I mean, I'm realizing the other thing that probably kickstarted Arthur C. Clark finally writing the follow-up novel is the mad post-Star Wars sci-fi brush of like, oh, now Star Trek, the motion picture is getting made."
[speaker] Mallory Rubin · latest sketch, The Rewatchables · ‘Friday Night Lights’ · Devoted to the Friday Night Lights show and cares most about its marriage, character work and Texas setting. Loves a high school football film, small-town Texas and Billy Bob; a sucker for Kyle Chandler, Tammy and Eric. Can't stand the film leaving Sharon unused. · stances: The TV show can't be matched, but that does not slight the film; Coach Taylor's speeches beat Coach Gaines's; The film needed a Gaines marriage sex scene; The reboot must stay in Texas; Cruise would make a deranged, mesmerizing Gaines
[speaker] 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] Sean Fennessey · latest sketch, The Big Picture · ‘Resident Evil’ Absolutely Rips! · Loves gory, funny, fast genre movies with craft and confidence, especially 87-minute films that never overstay. Can't stand ponderous elevated horror that fills out its runtime with introspection and sad family history. A sucker for the Carpenter-era lineage, Die Hard homages, and directors who break studio dogma. · stances: Resident Evil is one of the best films of the year; Horror movies have become a drag; fun genre experiences are needed; Short running times are a virtue; Video-game films work best when great filmmakers get creative license
[bits] The Big Picture: Drafts (Hosts and guests draft films in rounds; every pick is a recommendation with an argument); Hall of Fame (A star's or director's best, ranked and argued); Countdowns (Ranked lists, top five or top ten)
[bits] Blank Check: The box office game (Guessing the film's opening weekend and what it was up against); The sung theme ("Blank Check with Griffin and David", sung; the transcriber garbles it)

Recommend three to six films, and only films that appear in these lines. A series, a TV film, or a franchise counts too when a line recommends it or pairs it with Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens; name it the way the line names it. Don't recommend Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens 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.