The Social Network (2010)

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The Rewatchables' awards

From 'The Social Network' With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan (2018-05-24):

Most rewatchable scene

  1. pick Eduardo finding out he got screwed (the Facebook office confrontation), which Bill settles on after deferring to the group
    “All right, I'll defer to the group and do Eduardo finding out he got screwed.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:30:51
  2. runner-up The opening breakup scene between Mark and Erica
    “I think the answer is the 1st scene personally.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:28:45
  3. floated The Winklevoss rowing / Henley Royal Regatta sequence
    “I think the crew scene is incredible.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:23:56
  4. floated The first Justin Timberlake and Dakota Johnson scene where Sean Parker introduces himself as the Napster founder
    “So the 3rd one I have is the 1st Justin Timberlake Dakota Johnson scene, which is taking out a new knife.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:24:52
  5. floated The Larry Summers scene
    “Um, I actually am a huge fan of the Larry Summer scene.”
    unknown · 0:27:53
  6. floated Cutting between the final club party and Mark creating Facebook
    “I think the my candidate would probably be the cutting between the final club party mixed with him essentially creating Facebook too”
    unknown · 0:27:53
  7. floated Eduardo coming into the room and drawing the algorithm on the window
    “I love when Eduardo comes into the room and starts drawing the algorithm on the window.”
    unknown · 0:28:33

What's aged the best · The parts of the movie that have held up or gotten better.

  1. pick All four rewatchable-scene contenders plus the opening scene into the credits and Mark walking through fake Harvard
    “I would throw in all 4 of the things we just mentioned into this, as well as, um, the opening scene into the credits.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:32:08
  2. pick The deposition scenes: He has no idea why they work so well.
    “The deposition scenes work way better than they should.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:33:07
  3. pick The Armie Hammer CGI as the Winklevoss twins
    “This was really the most successful CGI to date, I feel like.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:34:07
  4. pick The Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross score: Speaker not certain; the music is praised by all three.
    “I think we throw the word iconic around too much. This is by far.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:35:06
  5. winner The Winklevoss twins effects: Most movies' effects age badly, but here the seamlessness is crucial and still holds almost ten years on.
    “I'm gonna go Winkle Voss's just because ordinarily what we would say is what a great movie, but with the special effects of age so poorly.”
    Chris Ryan · 0:38:40
  6. nominee Peter Thiel as Peter Thiel: His write-in: how much to trust Thiel as an investor, which has proved prescient for Silicon Valley.
    “How much we should have been trusting the Peter Teal character in the movie in the 1st place when he comes on as an investor?”
    Sean Fennessey · 0:39:20

What's aged the worst · The parts of the movie that look worst now.

  1. winner Eisenberg's Zuckerberg impression: Now that we have seen the real Zuck in public, the portrayal looks off; another host defends it as a performance of the private killer.
    “Eisenberg, Zuckerberg impersonation, impressions slash character, now that we have this whole kind of thing with Zuck, we've seen him in all these situations and he's so fucking weird and alien-like and awkward.”
    unknown · 0:40:28
  2. nominee The Zuck message board / Facemash site
    “Zuck ranking girls with a hotter net type app in 2003.”
    unknown · 0:41:43
  3. nominee Eduardo's girlfriend setting his hotel bed on fire: Seen as fictional and not serving the story.
    “Eduardo's girlfriend setting his hotel bed on fire, still haven't totally gotten explanation.”
    unknown · 0:41:59
  4. nominee Executive producer Kevin Spacey
    “Executive producer Kevin Spacey.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:43:09
  5. winner The Christy character and the Christy release: He also says the Spacey credit goes into a category by itself.
    “I think the, I think the Christie character and the Christie release...”
    Chris Ryan · 0:43:14

Casting What Ifs · Who else was nearly cast.

  1. pick Shia LaBeouf as Mark Zuckerberg: He turned it down; the hosts agree Eisenberg is an A plus and LaBeouf would have been too manic or fired.
    “Shy LeBeuff, turn down the world of Zuck?”
    Bill Simmons · 0:43:33
  2. pick Jonathan Groff as Sean Parker: Almost got the Parker role; Fincher later used him in Mindhunter.
    “The other one is, um, Jonathan Graff almost got the Sean Parker role.”
    unknown · 0:44:27
  3. pick Aziz Ansari as Divya Narendra's role (Maxwell): Added later, he tried out and apparently bombed.
    “Aziz Zansari tried out for that Maxwell.”
    unknown · 0:59:32

Dion Waiters Award · The biggest heat check: a small part that makes an outsized impact.

  1. winner Rooney Mara as Erica Albright: Bill agrees: a few minutes of screen time, maybe the line of the movie, and it launched her career.
    “It's got to be Rooney.”
    Chris Ryan · 0:46:40
  2. winner Rooney Mara as Erica Albright
    “I vote with Chris, Rooney Mayor.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:47:11
  3. nominee Armie Hammer as the Winklevoss twins
    “I think it's, I think it's Army.”
    unknown · 0:46:48
  4. nominee Justin Timberlake as Sean Parker: Part of Bill's list of nominees with Mera, Hammer, Dakota Johnson and Brenda Song.
    “Nominees Jessa Timberlake, Rooney Mera, Army Hammer, Dakota Johnson, and Eduardo's girlfriend, played by Brenda Song.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:46:21

Apex Mountain · Whether this movie was the peak of someone's career.

  1. winner Jesse Eisenberg: Chris agrees; hard to imagine a more impactful role.
    “That is my vote.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:49:54
  2. winner David Fincher: Bill says yes, a peak of his powers; Sean says Zodiac is the masterpiece, and others say he may still have an apex ahead.
    “I think this was his apex for this reason.”
    Bill Simmons · 0:50:46
  3. nominee Aaron Sorkin: Says no: The West Wing is his apex, and A Few Good Men is a more entertaining script.
    “Sorkin, I'm going to say no unless you guys disagree.”
    Chris Ryan · 0:52:58
  4. nominee Andrew Garfield: Most interesting Garfield role, but they doubt he has had his apex yet.
    “This is by far the most interesting Andrew Garfield role.”
    unknown · 0:53:47
  5. nominee Justin Timberlake: Argued to be 2006-07, the album and the Lonely Island sketches, not this movie.
    “JT's Apex was when that album came out, like, 06”
    unknown · 0:54:39
  6. nominee Mark Zuckerberg: Probably 2015, not this movie's moment.
    “I think 15 was probably his apex.”
    unknown · 0:55:42
  7. nominee Armie Hammer: No: Call Me by Your Name is his apex.
    “No, I think call me by your name is Army's Apex.”
    Chris Ryan · 0:55:58

Picking Nits · Nitpicks of a movie they love.

  1. pick The movie's invented wound: Mark starting Facebook because of a girl: Matters because the movie is now treated as a record of Facebook.
    “But they're trying to, this movie is trying to say that there was like a native wound, that there was something wrong with this guy because of a relationship and that caused all of this.”
    unknown · 0:57:37
  2. pick Harvard shown as too white and too much like prep school
    “Harvard is way wider and way less foreign than it is in real life in this movie.”
    unknown · 0:58:28
  3. pick Eduardo and Divya cast with part-white actors
    “You've got Eduardo Saverin is a Brazilian guy played by an Englishman.”
    unknown · 0:59:12
  4. pick Harvard is not as fun as the movie makes it look
    “Harvard is not as fun as it seemed like it was in this movie.”
    unknown · 0:59:49

Best Quote · The best line of the movie.

  1. pick Dating you is like dating a Stairmaster / the 6'5", 220 line: Part of Bill's list of lines.
    “Dating you is like dating a stairmaster.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:01:59
  2. pick Eduardo's "I'm coming back for everything" speech
    “because you better lawyer up, asshole, because I'm coming back not for 30%.”
    unknown · 1:02:21
  3. pick Sean Parker's Napster monologue
    “Napster wasn't a failure.”
    unknown · 1:02:43
  4. winner "If you were the inventors of Facebook, you would have invented Facebook.": Bill says he is down with it.
    “I think if you were the founder of Facebook, you would have found it Facebook.”
    Chris Ryan · 1:03:32

Unanswered Questions · The open questions the movie leaves.

  1. pick Did Zuck actually steal the Harvard Connection idea?: Bill says no; others say it does not matter because he won.
    “Did Zuck actually steal the Harvard connection?”
    Bill Simmons · 1:03:44
  2. pick Was the movie too harsh on Zuck?: Hosts agree it should have been harder, not on him as a human being but on what he was doing.
    “Was this movie too harsh about Zuck?”
    Bill Simmons · 1:04:20

Best movie of the decade · Whether The Social Network is the best movie of the 2010s.

  1. nominee Get Out: After Bill reads a list of rejected nominees, Get Out is the first real contender.
    “Here's the 1st real genuine contender.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:05:29
  2. nominee The Social Network: The two finalists: Get Out or The Social Network.
    “We feel like it's basically get out or social network right now.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:08:09
  3. nominee Gravity: A different case: not very rewatchable but the first watch was incredible.
    “And that's gravity.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:09:56

Mark Ruffalo Overacting Award · The most over-the-top performance in the movie.

  1. winner Justin Timberlake as Sean Parker: Says he overacts the whole movie, though he is likable and Bill never believes he is Parker. Another host argues it fits the real Parker's slickness.
    “I think Timberlake wins this.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:06:37
  2. nominee Andrew Garfield as Eduardo Saverin
    “I think Garfield?”
    unknown · 1:06:20

Who Won the Movie · Who is most responsible for the movie being great.

  1. winner Aaron Sorkin: The hero of the movie is the dialogue, which also structures the film.
    “I think it has to be Sorkin.”
    Chris Ryan · 1:12:06
  2. winner Aaron Sorkin: The editing, score and script all sync, but it does not work without the script.
    “So, I'm going Sorkin.”
    Sean Fennessey · 1:13:10
  3. winner Aaron Sorkin: Shouts out Eisenberg too.
    “I also go Sorkin, but I don't want to sleep on how good Jesse Eisenberg was in the movie.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:13:13
  4. nominee David Fincher: Part of the candidate list: Fincher, Sorkin, Eisenberg, Garfield, Timberlake.
    “Fincher.”
    Bill Simmons · 1:08:22

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Came from

What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Mark Zuckerberg: 2 lines the maker said so ×1 the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (verbatim source): Mark Zuckerberg ⇒ The Social Network (the maker said so). Sorkin says a larger share of the movie than people expect is lifted directly from depositions and emails; the speaker reports he has pointed this out.
    “But that's always a big thing he's pointed out is like a larger percentage of the movie that people, than people would expect is me just using direct transcripts verbatim.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:27:56 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

Kevin Spacey: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. unmapped (brought Fincher on): Kevin Spacey ⇒ The Social Network (the host's read). The hosts say Spacey optioned the book and got Fincher on board.
    “And was the one who got Fincher on board.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:06:00 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice: 2 lines the maker said so ×1 the host's read ×1

  1. theme (character template): The Social Network ⇒ Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (the maker said so). Snyder's reported reasoning: the modern-day Lex Luthor would be Mark Zuckerberg.
    “yeah, the modern day Lex Luthor would be Mark Zuckerberg.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:44:07 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Friends with Benefits: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. people (casting led to): The Social Network ⇒ Friends with Benefits (the host's read). Pascal watched The Social Network early and committed to more Timberlake pictures.
    “It's like Pascal watches this movie early and it's like, you know what? 'm wrong. Justin Timberlake, we're all in.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:58:52 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

In Time: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. people (casting led to): The Social Network ⇒ In Time (the host's read). Pascal watched The Social Network early and committed to more Timberlake pictures.
    “It's like Pascal watches this movie early and it's like, you know what? 'm wrong. Justin Timberlake, we're all in.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:58:52 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

Steve Jobs: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): The Social Network ⇒ Steve Jobs (the host's read). Steve Jobs is called a worthy sequel to The Social Network on big tech and innovation.
    “I think this is in many ways a worthy sequel to the social network”
    The Big Picture · Aaron Sorkin Top 5s and ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ · 0:56:04 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)

The Big Short: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (ripped off): The Social Network ⇒ The Big Short (the host's read). David says The Big Short is the most obvious movie ripping off The Social Network, and that people do not make the connection enough.
    “I think the big short, which is not a movie I love, is the most obvious movie that's ripping off the social network, even though people maybe don't make that connection enough.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:11:44 · David Sims (0.60 sure it was them)

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. people (casting led to): The Social Network ⇒ The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (the host's read). Pascal saw the dailies from The Social Network and picked Rooney Mara for Lisbeth Salander.
    “Pascal basically sees the dailies from this movie and is like, Rooney Morris, Elizabeth Salander.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:59:02 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

Connected to

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: 4 lines unmapped ×2 people ×2

  1. people (casting led to): The Social Network → The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Pascal saw the dailies from The Social Network and picked Rooney Mara for Lisbeth Salander.
    “Pascal basically sees the dailies from this movie and is like, Rooney Morris, Elizabeth Salander.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:59:02 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

Zodiac: 4 lines unmapped ×2 contrast ×1 verdict ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): The Social Network → Zodiac. Social Network was one host's top Fincher film; the Fincher podcast chose Zodiac as the purest Fincher.
    “Zodiac is like the Fincheryist.”
    The Big Picture · Aaron Sorkin Top 5s and ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ · 1:13:11 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)

Mank: 3 lines people ×2 unmapped ×1

  1. people (same director / awards cautionary): Mank → The Social Network. Fincher's perverse films are hits but the Academy snubs them, as when The Social Network lost to The King's Speech.
    “notably the social network, being defeated by the king speech, which is a result that should be should die in a fire.”
    The Big Picture · Emergency Mailbag: The Oscars Are Streaming and Hollywood Is Fighting Over Trolls | The Big Picture · 0:57:34 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)

The King's Speech: 3 lines industry ×2 verdict ×1

  1. verdict (verdict): The Social Network → The King's Speech. The Academy was wrong: The Social Network should have beaten The King's Speech.
    “obviously, should have been social network over King speech.”
    The Big Picture · Thirteen Awards Movies to Watch Out for, Oscar Do-Overs, and More From the Mailbag · 0:40:53 · Amanda Dobbins (0.70 sure it was them)

Aaron Sorkin: 2 lines craft ×1 verdict ×1

  1. craft (craft): Aaron Sorkin → The Social Network. Since the West Wing he mostly adapts real events like Moneyball, Social Network and Steve Jobs.
    “Almost everything that he's done is based on real events.”
    The Big Picture · Aaron Sorkin Top 5s and ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ · 0:25:39 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice: 2 lines people ×1 theme ×1

  1. theme (character template): The Social Network → Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Snyder's reported reasoning: the modern-day Lex Luthor would be Mark Zuckerberg.
    “yeah, the modern day Lex Luthor would be Mark Zuckerberg.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:44:07 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

David Fincher: 2 lines unmapped ×1 craft ×1

  1. unmapped (semiotic control): The Social Network → David Fincher. A half-second poster in a party montage shows Fincher fusses over every detail, so every sign is assumed meaningful.
    “in the social network, there's like that half 2nd shot during one of the party montages. There's a poster on the wall that's like boobs versus brains”
    The Big Picture · ‘The Killer’ Is Cold-Blooded Genius. And Something More · 1:10:50 · Adam Nayman (0.85 sure it was them)

Jeff Cronenweth: 2 lines people ×1 unmapped ×1

  1. people (shared cinematographer): Jeff Cronenweth → The Social Network. Fincher fired the Swedish DP and brought in Cronenweth, his Social Network collaborator.
    “brought in Jeff Cronin with his social network collaborator.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with Fran Hoepfner (Ad-Free) · 1:10:44 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Mark Zuckerberg: 2 lines lineage ×2

  1. lineage (verbatim source): Mark Zuckerberg → The Social Network. Sorkin says a larger share of the movie than people expect is lifted directly from depositions and emails; the speaker reports he has pointed this out.
    “But that's always a big thing he's pointed out is like a larger percentage of the movie that people, than people would expect is me just using direct transcripts verbatim.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:27:56 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

Steve Jobs: 2 lines lineage ×1 people ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): The Social Network → Steve Jobs. Steve Jobs is called a worthy sequel to The Social Network on big tech and innovation.
    “I think this is in many ways a worthy sequel to the social network”
    The Big Picture · Aaron Sorkin Top 5s and ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ · 0:56:04 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)

The Accidental Billionaires (Ben Mezrich book): 2 lines lineage ×2

  1. lineage (loose adaptation): The Accidental Billionaires (Ben Mezrich book) → The Social Network. The film is technically an adapted screenplay but the speakers say Sorkin was working from the same research and the book proposal, not using the book as a template.
    “But it's basically like this movie is using the same research that the book has called rather than Aaron Sorkin reading this book and using it as a template if that makes sense.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:15:37 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: 2 lines unmapped ×1 contrast ×1

  1. unmapped (trailer reception): The Social Network → The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Both teasers played with a tone so different that the audience went silent.
    “2 great fucking teasers that have such a different tone than everything else that was playing that the audience just went pin drop silent.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Curious Case of Benjamin Button with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:18:21 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

21: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (tonal contrast): The Social Network → 21. The Social Network is set against 21, a fun story about rebels, in tone.
    “in opposition to something like 21 where it's like a fun story about a fucking a bunch of rebels.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 1:08:05 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Black Hat: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (thematic): Black Hat → The Social Network. Black Hat is read as Michael Mann realizing the cops-and-criminals tough guys no longer rule once everything is on a computer, a thread the speakers tie to Facebook.
    “Black Hat, I think, is a movie about Michael Mann realizing that the guys he spent his entire career writing about cops and criminals.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 1:16:35 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

Blackberry: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (closest descendant): The Social Network → Blackberry. Blackberry is named as the only movie to come close to The Social Network in the 13 years since.
    “I think Blackberry is the only thing that has come close and then now 13 years since this movie came out.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:11:24 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

David Prior: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (making-of documentary): David Prior → The Social Network. David Prior directed the feature-length documentary about the making of The Social Network on the DVD.
    “David Pryor, the wonderful David Pryor directed feature-length documentary about the making of this movie that's on the DVD.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:38:54 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

Dumb Money: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (attitude / genre): The Social Network → Dumb Money. Dumb Money has no pretension of being the next Social Network but its attitude is that of the earlier film; the speakers say the film became a genre.
    “there's nothing about that movie's attitude that's like, this is the next social network, but the attitude of that movie is like social network.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:11:03 · David Sims (0.60 sure it was them)

Friends with Benefits: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (casting led to): The Social Network → Friends with Benefits. Pascal watched The Social Network early and committed to more Timberlake pictures.
    “It's like Pascal watches this movie early and it's like, you know what? 'm wrong. Justin Timberlake, we're all in.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:58:52 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

In Time: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (casting led to): The Social Network → In Time. Pascal watched The Social Network early and committed to more Timberlake pictures.
    “It's like Pascal watches this movie early and it's like, you know what? 'm wrong. Justin Timberlake, we're all in.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:58:52 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

Inglourious Basterds: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): The Social Network → Inglourious Basterds. The best line reading category: Eisenberg's 'That's good, you should be proud' alongside 'Everybody in the German army has heard of Hugo Stiglitz'.
    “It's an all-time line reading that could base smarminess, jealousy, and resentment without showing much emotion.”
    The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 1:16:29 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Javier Bardem: 1 line verdict ×1

  1. verdict (verdict): Javier Bardem → The Social Network. Not nominating Bardem is her number 2 Oscar outrage of the decade, behind The Social Network not winning.
    “That's my number 2 outrage of Oscar outrage of the decade behind social network, not winning.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Skyfall’ With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:07:35 · Amanda Dobbins (0.80 sure it was them)

Justin Timberlake: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (actor): Justin Timberlake → The Social Network. A host does not think Timberlake is good in The Social Network.
    “I don't even think he's good in the social network.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · David Fincher Music Videos · 2:16:56 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Kevin Spacey: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (brought Fincher on): Kevin Spacey → The Social Network. The hosts say Spacey optioned the book and got Fincher on board.
    “And was the one who got Fincher on board.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:06:00 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Moneyball: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (shared writer): The Social Network → Moneyball. Moneyball is set aside as a Sorkin script written after The Social Network, so it does not count as a successor.
    “Don't count those, right? Because those are Sorkin scripts.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:11:39 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Never Let Me Go: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (actor crossover): Never Let Me Go → The Social Network. Never Let Me Go, directed by Mark Romanek, had worked with Garfield and put him in front of Fincher.
    “Um, but Mark Romantic had already worked with him for Never Let Me Go, which comes out the same year, puts him in front of Fincher, Fincher, is into it.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:55:26 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Panic Room: 1 line programming ×1

  1. programming (programming): Panic Room → The Social Network. Fincher movies are rewatchable and date-movie friendly, with the exception of Se7en; Social Network is the perfect date movie.
    “Like social network, perfect date movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:40:17 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)

Rooney Mara: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career contrast): Rooney Mara → The Social Network. After Dragon Tattoo, Social Network feels like the anomaly in her career.
    “now I think social network feels like kind of the anomaly.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with Fran Hoepfner (Ad-Free) · 1:03:01 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

The Big Short: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (ripped off): The Social Network → The Big Short. David says The Big Short is the most obvious movie ripping off The Social Network, and that people do not make the connection enough.
    “I think the big short, which is not a movie I love, is the most obvious movie that's ripping off the social network, even though people maybe don't make that connection enough.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:11:44 · David Sims (0.60 sure it was them)

The Breakfast Club: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (trailer vibe): The Social Network → The Breakfast Club. The speaker pitched The Social Network to a friend as Breakfast Club meets Zodiac.
    “and saying like, it looks like Breakfast Club meets Zodiac.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 1:06:23 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (equity screwing): The Texas Chain Saw Massacre → The Social Network. The cast being diluted out of their cut is the worst version of the Social Network equity scene.
    “It was like the worst version of that social network scene”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 1:12:21 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

The Trial of the Chicago 7: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): The Trial of the Chicago 7 → The Social Network. Both use the intercut to dramatize testimony; Chicago 7's climactic speech is another intercut that does not land.
    “it is actually another intercut, Sean, as you mentioned”
    The Big Picture · Aaron Sorkin Top 5s and ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ · 1:45:00 · Amanda Dobbins (0.65 sure it was them)

Zombieland: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (studio history): Zombieland → The Social Network. Sony had already done Zombieland with Eisenberg, which made him a safe name for them.
    “Sony had already done zombie land”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:55:37 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career contrast): Rooney Mara → The Social Network. After Dragon Tattoo, Social Network feels like the anomaly in her career.
    “now I think social network feels like kind of the anomaly.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with Fran Hoepfner (Ad-Free) · 1:03:01 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

contrast (3)

  1. contrast (contrast): The Social Network → Zodiac. Social Network was one host's top Fincher film; the Fincher podcast chose Zodiac as the purest Fincher.
    “Zodiac is like the Fincheryist.”
    The Big Picture · Aaron Sorkin Top 5s and ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ · 1:13:11 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  2. contrast (tonal contrast): The Social Network → 21. The Social Network is set against 21, a fun story about rebels, in tone.
    “in opposition to something like 21 where it's like a fun story about a fucking a bunch of rebels.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 1:08:05 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. contrast (contrast): The Social Network → The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Next week's film is called an anti-Benjamin Button.
    “Kind of an anti-Benjamin button?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Curious Case of Benjamin Button with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 2:30:10 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

craft (4)

  1. craft (craft): The Social Network → Inglourious Basterds. The best line reading category: Eisenberg's 'That's good, you should be proud' alongside 'Everybody in the German army has heard of Hugo Stiglitz'.
    “It's an all-time line reading that could base smarminess, jealousy, and resentment without showing much emotion.”
    The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 1:16:29 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft): Aaron Sorkin → The Social Network. Since the West Wing he mostly adapts real events like Moneyball, Social Network and Steve Jobs.
    “Almost everything that he's done is based on real events.”
    The Big Picture · Aaron Sorkin Top 5s and ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ · 0:25:39 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  3. craft (craft): The Social Network → David Fincher. Sorkin excels when paired with a dark-hearted counterpart like Fincher; the sum is greater than the parts.
    “the magic in this is what happens when you put together like a just fantastic.”
    The Big Picture · Aaron Sorkin Top 5s and ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ · 1:13:17 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  4. craft (craft): The Trial of the Chicago 7 → The Social Network. Both use the intercut to dramatize testimony; Chicago 7's climactic speech is another intercut that does not land.
    “it is actually another intercut, Sean, as you mentioned”
    The Big Picture · Aaron Sorkin Top 5s and ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ · 1:45:00 · Amanda Dobbins (0.65 sure it was them)

industry (3)

  1. industry (awards upset): The Social Network → The King's Speech. King's Speech beat Social Network at the Oscars, which the speaker finds unforgivable.
    “notably the social network, being defeated by the king speech, which is a result that should be should die in a fire.”
    The Big Picture · Emergency Mailbag: The Oscars Are Streaming and Hollywood Is Fighting Over Trolls | The Big Picture · 0:57:34 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)
  2. industry (Oscar rival): The Social Network → The King's Speech. The Social Network should have won Best Picture but The King's Speech took it.
    “You know, this film probably should have won best picture, but a certain king had to speak.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:08:17 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  3. industry (studio history): Zombieland → The Social Network. Sony had already done Zombieland with Eisenberg, which made him a safe name for them.
    “Sony had already done zombie land”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:55:37 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

lineage (7)

  1. lineage (lineage): The Social Network → Steve Jobs. Steve Jobs is called a worthy sequel to The Social Network on big tech and innovation.
    “I think this is in many ways a worthy sequel to the social network”
    The Big Picture · Aaron Sorkin Top 5s and ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ · 0:56:04 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (closest descendant): The Social Network → Blackberry. Blackberry is named as the only movie to come close to The Social Network in the 13 years since.
    “I think Blackberry is the only thing that has come close and then now 13 years since this movie came out.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:11:24 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. lineage (ripped off): The Social Network → The Big Short. David says The Big Short is the most obvious movie ripping off The Social Network, and that people do not make the connection enough.
    “I think the big short, which is not a movie I love, is the most obvious movie that's ripping off the social network, even though people maybe don't make that connection enough.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:11:44 · David Sims (0.60 sure it was them)
  4. lineage (loose adaptation): The Accidental Billionaires (Ben Mezrich book) → The Social Network. The film is technically an adapted screenplay but the speakers say Sorkin was working from the same research and the book proposal, not using the book as a template.
    “But it's basically like this movie is using the same research that the book has called rather than Aaron Sorkin reading this book and using it as a template if that makes sense.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:15:37 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
  5. lineage (loose adaptation): The Accidental Billionaires (Ben Mezrich book) → The Social Network. Sorkin had no finished book and worked from notes and a general structure, with little to do with the book that exists.
    “but he doesn't really have much to do with the actual book that exists.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:26:04 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  6. lineage (verbatim source): Mark Zuckerberg → The Social Network. Sorkin says a larger share of the movie than people expect is lifted directly from depositions and emails; the speaker reports he has pointed this out.
    “But that's always a big thing he's pointed out is like a larger percentage of the movie that people, than people would expect is me just using direct transcripts verbatim.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:27:56 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  7. lineage (verbatim source): Mark Zuckerberg → The Social Network. The Facebook-creation blog post is almost entirely verbatim in the movie.
    “It's almost entirely verbatim in the movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:48:25 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

people (12)

  1. people (same director / awards cautionary): Mank → The Social Network. Fincher's perverse films are hits but the Academy snubs them, as when The Social Network lost to The King's Speech.
    “notably the social network, being defeated by the king speech, which is a result that should be should die in a fire.”
    The Big Picture · Emergency Mailbag: The Oscars Are Streaming and Hollywood Is Fighting Over Trolls | The Big Picture · 0:57:34 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)
  2. people (same writer-director question): Mank → The Social Network. Griffin says Mank is a talkie without the entertaining dialogue of The Social Network.
    “It's a talkie movie, but a talking movie without having the kind of like wildly entertaining dialogue of a social network.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Mank with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 1:14:55 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. people (shared cinematographer): Jeff Cronenweth → The Social Network. Fincher fired the Swedish DP and brought in Cronenweth, his Social Network collaborator.
    “brought in Jeff Cronin with his social network collaborator.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with Fran Hoepfner (Ad-Free) · 1:10:44 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. people (shared composers): The Social Network → The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Reznor and Ross scored both films; the speaker listens to the Dragon Tattoo score more than Social Network's.
    “I listen to more than the social network score.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with Fran Hoepfner (Ad-Free) · 2:31:49 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  5. people (shared writer): The Social Network → Moneyball. Moneyball is set aside as a Sorkin script written after The Social Network, so it does not count as a successor.
    “Don't count those, right? Because those are Sorkin scripts.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:11:39 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  6. people (shared writer): The Social Network → Steve Jobs. Steve Jobs is set aside as a Sorkin script written after The Social Network, so it does not count as a successor.
    “Don't count those, right? Because those are Sorkin scripts.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:11:39 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  7. people (casting led to): The Social Network → Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Snyder offered Eisenberg Jimmy Olsen in BvS in the wake of The Social Network.
    “Zack Snyder offers, uh, Jimmy Olsen. to Jesse Eisenberg in the wake of this movie, for BVS.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:43:43 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  8. people (actor crossover): Never Let Me Go → The Social Network. Never Let Me Go, directed by Mark Romanek, had worked with Garfield and put him in front of Fincher.
    “Um, but Mark Romantic had already worked with him for Never Let Me Go, which comes out the same year, puts him in front of Fincher, Fincher, is into it.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:55:26 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  9. people (casting led to): The Social Network → Friends with Benefits. Pascal watched The Social Network early and committed to more Timberlake pictures.
    “It's like Pascal watches this movie early and it's like, you know what? 'm wrong. Justin Timberlake, we're all in.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:58:52 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  10. people (casting led to): The Social Network → In Time. Pascal watched The Social Network early and committed to more Timberlake pictures.
    “It's like Pascal watches this movie early and it's like, you know what? 'm wrong. Justin Timberlake, we're all in.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:58:52 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  11. people (casting led to): The Social Network → The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Pascal saw the dailies from The Social Network and picked Rooney Mara for Lisbeth Salander.
    “Pascal basically sees the dailies from this movie and is like, Rooney Morris, Elizabeth Salander.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:59:02 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  12. people (actor): Justin Timberlake → The Social Network. A host does not think Timberlake is good in The Social Network.
    “I don't even think he's good in the social network.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · David Fincher Music Videos · 2:16:56 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

programming (1)

  1. programming (programming): Panic Room → The Social Network. Fincher movies are rewatchable and date-movie friendly, with the exception of Se7en; Social Network is the perfect date movie.
    “Like social network, perfect date movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:40:17 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)

theme (3)

  1. theme (attitude / genre): The Social Network → Dumb Money. Dumb Money has no pretension of being the next Social Network but its attitude is that of the earlier film; the speakers say the film became a genre.
    “there's nothing about that movie's attitude that's like, this is the next social network, but the attitude of that movie is like social network.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:11:03 · David Sims (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. theme (character template): The Social Network → Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Snyder's reported reasoning: the modern-day Lex Luthor would be Mark Zuckerberg.
    “yeah, the modern day Lex Luthor would be Mark Zuckerberg.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:44:07 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. theme (thematic): Black Hat → The Social Network. Black Hat is read as Michael Mann realizing the cops-and-criminals tough guys no longer rule once everything is on a computer, a thread the speakers tie to Facebook.
    “Black Hat, I think, is a movie about Michael Mann realizing that the guys he spent his entire career writing about cops and criminals.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 1:16:35 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

unmapped (12)

  1. unmapped (equity screwing): The Texas Chain Saw Massacre → The Social Network. The cast being diluted out of their cut is the worst version of the Social Network equity scene.
    “It was like the worst version of that social network scene”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 1:12:21 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (semiotic control): The Social Network → David Fincher. A half-second poster in a party montage shows Fincher fusses over every detail, so every sign is assumed meaningful.
    “in the social network, there's like that half 2nd shot during one of the party montages. There's a poster on the wall that's like boobs versus brains”
    The Big Picture · ‘The Killer’ Is Cold-Blooded Genius. And Something More · 1:10:50 · Adam Nayman (0.85 sure it was them)
  3. unmapped (history as Shakespeare): The Social Network → Mank. Sorkin's Social Network uses Zuckerberg like Shakespeare riffs on kings, as the Mank makers use film history.
    “I think, like, uh, the Finchers and Eric Roth and old men are all doing the same thing here”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Mank with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 1:02:33 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
  4. unmapped (timeline): The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo → The Social Network. Social Network came out a bit more than a year before.
    “just a little more than a year before this film, obviously.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with Fran Hoepfner (Ad-Free) · 0:43:19 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  5. unmapped (consecutive run): The Social Network → The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. The Social Network, Dragon Tattoo, and Gone Girl are named as a consecutive run.
    “social network, gone girl, uh, uh, social network, dragon tattoo, gone girl, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:07:38 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  6. unmapped (making-of documentary): David Prior → The Social Network. David Prior directed the feature-length documentary about the making of The Social Network on the DVD.
    “David Pryor, the wonderful David Pryor directed feature-length documentary about the making of this movie that's on the DVD.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:38:54 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  7. unmapped (obsessive detail): The Social Network → Zodiac. Fincher's Bex for the beer in The Social Network is linked to his stickler's hunt for the pen Graysmith would have used in Zodiac.
    “I remember reading some piece about zodiac when it came out and they talked about him being a stickler about like, what is the actual pen that Robert Graysmith would have used at his desk.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:49:46 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
  8. unmapped (trailer vibe): The Social Network → Zodiac. A friend heard the trailer and the speaker said it looked like Breakfast Club meets Zodiac, which was Fincher's fingerprint.
    “and saying like, it looks like Breakfast Club meets Zodiac.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 1:06:23 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  9. unmapped (trailer vibe): The Social Network → The Breakfast Club. The speaker pitched The Social Network to a friend as Breakfast Club meets Zodiac.
    “and saying like, it looks like Breakfast Club meets Zodiac.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 1:06:23 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  10. unmapped (photography): Jeff Cronenweth → The Social Network. Cronenweth (transcribed Kronowith) is the DP quoted on the mime and the guerrilla lighting cart.
    “But Cronin, the DP was basically saying like, it's great that on like a $40000000 studio movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 2:43:44 · Griffin Newman (0.35 sure it was them)
  11. unmapped (trailer reception): The Social Network → The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Both teasers played with a tone so different that the audience went silent.
    “2 great fucking teasers that have such a different tone than everything else that was playing that the audience just went pin drop silent.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Curious Case of Benjamin Button with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:18:21 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  12. unmapped (brought Fincher on): Kevin Spacey → The Social Network. The hosts say Spacey optioned the book and got Fincher on board.
    “And was the one who got Fincher on board.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:06:00 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

verdict (4)

  1. verdict (verdict): Javier Bardem → The Social Network. Not nominating Bardem is her number 2 Oscar outrage of the decade, behind The Social Network not winning.
    “That's my number 2 outrage of Oscar outrage of the decade behind social network, not winning.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Skyfall’ With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:07:35 · Amanda Dobbins (0.80 sure it was them)
  2. verdict (verdict): The Social Network → The King's Speech. The Academy was wrong: The Social Network should have beaten The King's Speech.
    “obviously, should have been social network over King speech.”
    The Big Picture · Thirteen Awards Movies to Watch Out for, Oscar Do-Overs, and More From the Mailbag · 0:40:53 · Amanda Dobbins (0.70 sure it was them)
  3. verdict (verdict): The Social Network → Aaron Sorkin. The Social Network may be Sorkin's best script, with the opening breakup scene as the model.
    “The social network might be his best script, like period.”
    The Big Picture · Aaron Sorkin Top 5s and ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ · 1:16:10 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  4. verdict (ranking): The Social Network → Zodiac. One speaker says Social Network is not even in the same conversation as Zodiac.
    “It's not even in the same conversation”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Zodiac with Leslye Headland (Ad-Free) · 0:08:48 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

  1. fun, about The Social Network: Sorkin wanted Mark drinking a screwdriver in the Facemash scene; Fincher kept it a Bex because the blog says Bex. A microcosm of the two men.
    “But Sorkin's thing was like, he should be drinking a screwdriver and Fincher was like, he says he's drinking a bex in the blog.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:48:47 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about The Social Network: The 166-page script was too long for Sony; Fincher and Sorkin read it aloud against a stopwatch and it came out at two hours.
    “And Fincher was like, you and me are going to sit down and read the script.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:50:41 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about The Social Network: Auditions were other Sorkin scenes, because Fincher needed to see if people could do the pace; Eisenberg's self-tape was the first time he said under two hours.
    “I pointedly remember that the they sent the script out, but for the auditions, it was just other Sorkin scenes.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:52:46 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  4. fun, about The Social Network: The first line of dialogue lands the second the studio logo starts.
    “that the dialogue on this movie basically starts the 2nd the studio logo start.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:53:57 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  5. fun, about The Social Network: Sony pushed Jonah Hill for Sean Parker; Fincher wanted Timberlake.
    “Sony wanted Jonah Hill to play Sean Parker.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:55:48 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  6. fun, about The Social Network: Harvard did not want them filming and they shot mostly elsewhere.
    “Harvard didn't want them to. So they mostly use John Hopkins, Johns Hopkins, but of course, the shot through Cambridge”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 2:41:57 · David Sims (0.35 sure it was them)
  7. fun, about The Social Network: The title card shot over Boston is about fifteen separate shots tiled together, each lit individually, because Harvard would not cooperate.
    “But like that shot's basically constructed of like 15 shots that they visually all tiled together and had to be lit individually, not by the cart.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 2:42:50 · Griffin Newman (0.35 sure it was them)
  8. fun, about The Social Network: A mime carrying the lights kept cops busy: they will stop a crew guy at once but not a mime.
    “If it's a truck, if it's a crew guy, they'll stop without like any hesitation. If it's a mine, they're going to be so confused about what's going on.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 2:43:20 · Griffin Newman (0.35 sure it was them)

Who the speakers said made it

As said on the shows, not checked against the real credits.