What the corpus says about Born on the Fourth of July (1989)

The 35 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 (16)

  1. [The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 1:05:32 · Brian Raftery (0.90)] Born on the Fourth of July ↔ Heaven & Earth · theme · Raftery closes: personal stories in Born, Heaven & Earth and Running on Empty change how you see the war. · "It's impossible to watch born on the 4th of July without feeling, not just for Ron Kovic"
  2. [Blank Check — Patreon · Paths of Glory · 0:52:22 · Griffin Newman (0.45)] Paths of Glory ↔ Born on the Fourth of July · theme · The appeal that sells young men on war is the first 20 minutes of Born on the 4th of July, before reality. · "the initial appeal of it, you know, the like 1st 20 minutes of born on the 4th of July"
  3. [The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:46:36 · Brian Raftery (0.90)] Born on the Fourth of July ⇒ Lieutenant Dan (Forrest Gump) (the host's read) · craft · Dan's angry wheelchair stretch evokes Kovic. · "Behavior that no doubt reminded many of COVID and born in the 4th of July."
  4. [The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:03:44 · Brian Raftery (0.90)] The Green Berets ↔ Born on the Fourth of July · contrast · Kovic found the Green Berets false about a war he had fought in, the opposite of what Born would later show. · "But the Green Berets was about a war Kovic had actually fought in, and he wasn't buying it."
  5. [The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:20:05 · Brian Raftery (0.90)] Vietnam-vet cliche films (The Exterminator, The Park Is Mine) ⇒ Born on the Fourth of July (the host's read) · contrast · Born was meant as a rebuttal to the ticking-time-bomb vet movies of the 80s. · "The film would almost be a rebuttal to all those Vietnam vet cliches."
  6. [The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:21:31 · Oliver Stone (0.90)] Top Gun ↔ Born on the Fourth of July · contrast · Stone worried Cruise, coming off jingoistic Top Gun, was wrong for Kovic. · "I was worried because, one, he was a movie star and he was coming off Top Gun, which was the opposite kind of jingoistic message."
  7. [The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:47:06 · Brian Raftery (0.90)] Dogfight ↔ Born on the Fourth of July · contrast · Gump's happy ending is set against the unhappier ones in Born and Dogfight. · "This is a much happier ending than the one offered up in Born of the Fourth of July."
  8. [The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 1:40:06 · Amanda Dobbins (0.40)] Rain Man ↔ Born on the Fourth of July · career · Rain Man, Born on the Fourth of July and The Color of Money are grouped as his Oscar bait run defining an era. · "was almost like his Oscar bait run."
  9. [The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:26:08 · Brian Raftery (0.90)] Born on the Fourth of July ↔ Platoon · verdict · Born did not reach Platoon's cultural heights but was still a hit and won Stone a second directing Oscar. · "Even though it didn't reach the cultural heights of platoon, it was a hit in its own right"
  10. [The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 1:36:50 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50)] Born on the Fourth of July ↔ Rain Man · verdict · Two Oscar-bait Cruise films; the hosts prefer Born on the Fourth of July and cut Rain Man despite its Best Picture win. · "I prefer born over rain man."
  11. [The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 1:00:20 · Amanda Dobbins (0.40)] Tropic Thunder ↔ Born on the Fourth of July · transformation · Cruise's wig and transformation in Tropic Thunder was for laughs, the opposite of Born on the Fourth of July. · "Not until Tropic Thunder."
  12. [The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:22:27 · Brian Raftery (0.90)] Tom Cruise ↔ Born on the Fourth of July · career · Cruise took a pay cut and passed on Top Gun sequels-style easy money to play Kovic. · "Instead, Cruz took a pay cut to play Kovic."
  13. [The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:25:32 · Brian Raftery (0.90)] Dale Dye ↔ Born on the Fourth of July · people · Dye was advisor and played a small role; his reason for the film was the VA hospitals. · "He was an advisor on board of the 4th of July, and played a small on screen role."
  14. [The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 0:58:39 · Chris Ryan (0.50)] Born on the Fourth of July ↔ Daniel Day-Lewis · people · In Born on the Fourth of July Cruise shows he can be Daniel Day-Lewis; Chris calls it his best performance. · "This is him being like, I can be Daniel Day-Lewis."
  15. [The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:08:12 · Brian Raftery (0.90)] Al Pacino ↔ Born on the Fourth of July · what-if · Pacino agreed to play Kovic in 1978; the film died when he shaved his mustache. · "By 1978, Pacino had agreed to play COVID."
  16. [The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:09:51 · Brian Raftery (0.90)] William Friedkin ↔ Born on the Fourth of July · what-if · Friedkin was to direct the first version, which collapsed when Pacino shaved his mustache. · "So the job of directing Born on the 4th of July went to William Friedkin"

Films put beside it more than once (1)

  1. [pairs] Born on the Fourth of July ↔ Rain Man · said 2 times in 1 episode

Fun items about it (1)

  1. [Blank Check — Patreon · Blue Steel · 1:35:12 · Jordan Hoffman (0.60)] Born on the Fourth of July · fun · The wheelchair-genitals scene freaked him out at 15. · "he whips out his genitals to show that he is unable to he's unable to achieve an erection."

One hop out: what recommends the films most often joined to it (9)

  1. [The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 1:10:26 · Bill Simmons (0.50)] Gigli ↔ Rain Man · theme · Justin Bartha's Rain Man impression in Gigli is called a nuclear holocaust his career survived. · "The hangovers Justin Bartha submits a nuclear holocaust of a rainman impression that his career somehow survived."
  2. [The Big Picture · Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture · 1:32:52 · Sean Fennessey (0.70)] Paths of Glory ↔ Rashomon · programming · Bonus recommendations that are not strictly courtroom movies. · "Paths of Glory the other day, which I don't think is a great courtroom movie"
  3. [Blank Check — Patreon · Paths of Glory · 1:46:21 · David Sims (0.75)] Paths of Glory ↔ The Bridge on the River Kwai · programming · Box office game: Kwai, the 1957 Best Picture winner, was number one the week Paths of Glory went wide. · "number one at the box office, the week, the paths of glory goes wide, is the best picture winner of 1957"
  4. [Blank Check — Patreon · Paths of Glory · 0:22:29 · David Sims (0.40)] Paths of Glory ↔ Dr. Strangelove · lineage · Strangelove is the nearest thing Kubrick made to Paths of Glory afterward, both being people talking through absurdity. · "the closest thing he's made to this since this is Strangelove, because Strangelove is also people talking through absurdity by and large"
  5. [Blank Check — Patreon · Paths of Glory · 0:25:11 · unknown (0.30)] Paths of Glory ⇒ The Wire (the maker said so: David Simon cites it regularly) · lineage · David Simon reportedly cites Paths of Glory as the number one influence on The Wire: institutions chewing up the people on the ground. · "David Simon cites this regularly as the number one influence on the wire?"
  6. [Blank Check — Patreon · Paths of Glory · 0:25:22 · unknown (0.30)] Paths of Glory ⇒ David Simon (the maker said so: David Simon cites it regularly) · lineage · The speaker calls Paths of Glory a Rosetta Stone for Simon's stories of institutions versus the people below. · "this is the sort of Rosetta Stone, if you will, for him."
  7. [Blank Check — Patreon · Paths of Glory · 0:33:38 · David Sims (0.70)] Humphrey Cobb ⇒ Paths of Glory (the host's read) · lineage · Paths of Glory is based on Cobb's novel, which Kubrick read in high school and never forgot. · "Humphrey Cobb's novel pads of glory."
  8. [Blank Check — Patreon · Paths of Glory · 1:45:25 · David Sims (0.50)] Paths of Glory ↔ Spartacus · lineage · Kubrick makes Spartacus next partly because Paths of Glory made him no money. · "Which is one reason he's going to Spartacus because he really needs to make some money."
  9. [Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange · 0:47:20 · Alex Ross Perry (0.60)] Paths of Glory ↔ Full Metal Jacket · theme · The firing squad of Paths of Glory is set against the sniper of Full Metal Jacket as the gun advances. · "Well, what's the difference between the firing squat, the end of paths of glory and the sniper at the end of Full Metal Jacket?"

Who said it, by their latest sketch (6)

  1. [speaker] Brian Raftery · latest sketch, The Big Picture · 5. ‘No Country for Old Men’ and ‘W.’ | Mission Accomplished · Loves slow-burn tension and scenes built on dialogue, naming the Ellis kitchen scene the best of the 2000s. Is drawn to films that capture their national moment. Has little patience for the word classic, and dry humor about presidents and haircuts. · stances: No Country for Old Men is about inevitability and powerlessness; Its 2007 release resonated with Bush-era anxiety; W. was undone by timing, not quality; Stone's late-2000s movies are best read through the decade's politics
  2. [speaker] Amanda Dobbins · latest sketch, The Big Picture · ‘Mamma Mia!’ Meets ‘The Strangers'! It’s a Movie Swap! · Loves The Strangers' withholding craft and a good tense horror film without gore, but likes fun, communal movies like Mamma Mia. She dislikes supernatural or gory horror, which irritates her more than it scares her. She is a sucker for stars and for Googling a movie mid-recording. · stances: The Strangers is scary because of what it doesn't show or explain; Ending explanation weakens it; no answer would be better; Prefers 'withholding' filmmaking; Defends Mamma Mia as joyful and intentional
  3. [speaker] 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
  4. [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
  5. [speaker] Jordan Hoffman · latest sketch, Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey · A self-described scholar of sci-fi and a devoted Clarke reader who has read the sequels. Loves hard science fiction, 70mm screenings, and the film's mystery, and claims to be sober and a fish fanatic. A sucker for trivia about the making of the film and for the Michael Benson book. · stances: 2001 is a bifurcated experience, diamond-hard sci-fi and psychedelia; The film is much funnier than people think; Believes the secrets of the universe are locked in it; Clarke's sequels are worth talking about, with 3001 as a gag
  6. [speaker] Oliver Stone · latest sketch, The Big Picture · 5. ‘No Country for Old Men’ and ‘W.’ | Mission Accomplished · Drawn to American history, especially its darker moments and the truth beneath official stories. Distrusts chasing the news and prefers distance. Sympathetic and a little rueful about Bush, finding him a simple man with a limited imagination. · stances: The 21st century has been downhill; Do not chase the news; Bush was a simple man, not a villain; A Bush film needed time away from the Bush years

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] 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 Born on the Fourth of July (1989) 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 Born on the Fourth of July (1989) 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.

[The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 1:05:32 · Brian Raftery (0.90)] Born on the Fourth of July ↔ Heaven & Earth · theme · Raftery closes: personal stories in Born, Heaven & Earth and Running on Empty change how you see the war. · "It's impossible to watch born on the 4th of July without feeling, not just for Ron Kovic"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Paths of Glory · 0:52:22 · Griffin Newman (0.45)] Paths of Glory ↔ Born on the Fourth of July · theme · The appeal that sells young men on war is the first 20 minutes of Born on the 4th of July, before reality. · "the initial appeal of it, you know, the like 1st 20 minutes of born on the 4th of July"
[The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:46:36 · Brian Raftery (0.90)] Born on the Fourth of July ⇒ Lieutenant Dan (Forrest Gump) (the host's read) · craft · Dan's angry wheelchair stretch evokes Kovic. · "Behavior that no doubt reminded many of COVID and born in the 4th of July."
[The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:03:44 · Brian Raftery (0.90)] The Green Berets ↔ Born on the Fourth of July · contrast · Kovic found the Green Berets false about a war he had fought in, the opposite of what Born would later show. · "But the Green Berets was about a war Kovic had actually fought in, and he wasn't buying it."
[The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:20:05 · Brian Raftery (0.90)] Vietnam-vet cliche films (The Exterminator, The Park Is Mine) ⇒ Born on the Fourth of July (the host's read) · contrast · Born was meant as a rebuttal to the ticking-time-bomb vet movies of the 80s. · "The film would almost be a rebuttal to all those Vietnam vet cliches."
[The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:21:31 · Oliver Stone (0.90)] Top Gun ↔ Born on the Fourth of July · contrast · Stone worried Cruise, coming off jingoistic Top Gun, was wrong for Kovic. · "I was worried because, one, he was a movie star and he was coming off Top Gun, which was the opposite kind of jingoistic message."
[The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:47:06 · Brian Raftery (0.90)] Dogfight ↔ Born on the Fourth of July · contrast · Gump's happy ending is set against the unhappier ones in Born and Dogfight. · "This is a much happier ending than the one offered up in Born of the Fourth of July."
[The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 1:40:06 · Amanda Dobbins (0.40)] Rain Man ↔ Born on the Fourth of July · career · Rain Man, Born on the Fourth of July and The Color of Money are grouped as his Oscar bait run defining an era. · "was almost like his Oscar bait run."
[The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:26:08 · Brian Raftery (0.90)] Born on the Fourth of July ↔ Platoon · verdict · Born did not reach Platoon's cultural heights but was still a hit and won Stone a second directing Oscar. · "Even though it didn't reach the cultural heights of platoon, it was a hit in its own right"
[The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 1:36:50 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50)] Born on the Fourth of July ↔ Rain Man · verdict · Two Oscar-bait Cruise films; the hosts prefer Born on the Fourth of July and cut Rain Man despite its Best Picture win. · "I prefer born over rain man."
[The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 1:00:20 · Amanda Dobbins (0.40)] Tropic Thunder ↔ Born on the Fourth of July · transformation · Cruise's wig and transformation in Tropic Thunder was for laughs, the opposite of Born on the Fourth of July. · "Not until Tropic Thunder."
[The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:22:27 · Brian Raftery (0.90)] Tom Cruise ↔ Born on the Fourth of July · career · Cruise took a pay cut and passed on Top Gun sequels-style easy money to play Kovic. · "Instead, Cruz took a pay cut to play Kovic."
[The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:25:32 · Brian Raftery (0.90)] Dale Dye ↔ Born on the Fourth of July · people · Dye was advisor and played a small role; his reason for the film was the VA hospitals. · "He was an advisor on board of the 4th of July, and played a small on screen role."
[The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 0:58:39 · Chris Ryan (0.50)] Born on the Fourth of July ↔ Daniel Day-Lewis · people · In Born on the Fourth of July Cruise shows he can be Daniel Day-Lewis; Chris calls it his best performance. · "This is him being like, I can be Daniel Day-Lewis."
[The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:08:12 · Brian Raftery (0.90)] Al Pacino ↔ Born on the Fourth of July · what-if · Pacino agreed to play Kovic in 1978; the film died when he shaved his mustache. · "By 1978, Pacino had agreed to play COVID."
[The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:09:51 · Brian Raftery (0.90)] William Friedkin ↔ Born on the Fourth of July · what-if · Friedkin was to direct the first version, which collapsed when Pacino shaved his mustache. · "So the job of directing Born on the 4th of July went to William Friedkin"
[pairs] Born on the Fourth of July ↔ Rain Man · said 2 times in 1 episode
[Blank Check — Patreon · Blue Steel · 1:35:12 · Jordan Hoffman (0.60)] Born on the Fourth of July · fun · The wheelchair-genitals scene freaked him out at 15. · "he whips out his genitals to show that he is unable to he's unable to achieve an erection."
[The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 1:10:26 · Bill Simmons (0.50)] Gigli ↔ Rain Man · theme · Justin Bartha's Rain Man impression in Gigli is called a nuclear holocaust his career survived. · "The hangovers Justin Bartha submits a nuclear holocaust of a rainman impression that his career somehow survived."
[The Big Picture · Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture · 1:32:52 · Sean Fennessey (0.70)] Paths of Glory ↔ Rashomon · programming · Bonus recommendations that are not strictly courtroom movies. · "Paths of Glory the other day, which I don't think is a great courtroom movie"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Paths of Glory · 1:46:21 · David Sims (0.75)] Paths of Glory ↔ The Bridge on the River Kwai · programming · Box office game: Kwai, the 1957 Best Picture winner, was number one the week Paths of Glory went wide. · "number one at the box office, the week, the paths of glory goes wide, is the best picture winner of 1957"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Paths of Glory · 0:22:29 · David Sims (0.40)] Paths of Glory ↔ Dr. Strangelove · lineage · Strangelove is the nearest thing Kubrick made to Paths of Glory afterward, both being people talking through absurdity. · "the closest thing he's made to this since this is Strangelove, because Strangelove is also people talking through absurdity by and large"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Paths of Glory · 0:25:11 · unknown (0.30)] Paths of Glory ⇒ The Wire (the maker said so: David Simon cites it regularly) · lineage · David Simon reportedly cites Paths of Glory as the number one influence on The Wire: institutions chewing up the people on the ground. · "David Simon cites this regularly as the number one influence on the wire?"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Paths of Glory · 0:25:22 · unknown (0.30)] Paths of Glory ⇒ David Simon (the maker said so: David Simon cites it regularly) · lineage · The speaker calls Paths of Glory a Rosetta Stone for Simon's stories of institutions versus the people below. · "this is the sort of Rosetta Stone, if you will, for him."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Paths of Glory · 0:33:38 · David Sims (0.70)] Humphrey Cobb ⇒ Paths of Glory (the host's read) · lineage · Paths of Glory is based on Cobb's novel, which Kubrick read in high school and never forgot. · "Humphrey Cobb's novel pads of glory."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Paths of Glory · 1:45:25 · David Sims (0.50)] Paths of Glory ↔ Spartacus · lineage · Kubrick makes Spartacus next partly because Paths of Glory made him no money. · "Which is one reason he's going to Spartacus because he really needs to make some money."
[Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange · 0:47:20 · Alex Ross Perry (0.60)] Paths of Glory ↔ Full Metal Jacket · theme · The firing squad of Paths of Glory is set against the sniper of Full Metal Jacket as the gun advances. · "Well, what's the difference between the firing squat, the end of paths of glory and the sniper at the end of Full Metal Jacket?"
[speaker] Brian Raftery · latest sketch, The Big Picture · 5. ‘No Country for Old Men’ and ‘W.’ | Mission Accomplished · Loves slow-burn tension and scenes built on dialogue, naming the Ellis kitchen scene the best of the 2000s. Is drawn to films that capture their national moment. Has little patience for the word classic, and dry humor about presidents and haircuts. · stances: No Country for Old Men is about inevitability and powerlessness; Its 2007 release resonated with Bush-era anxiety; W. was undone by timing, not quality; Stone's late-2000s movies are best read through the decade's politics
[speaker] Amanda Dobbins · latest sketch, The Big Picture · ‘Mamma Mia!’ Meets ‘The Strangers'! It’s a Movie Swap! · Loves The Strangers' withholding craft and a good tense horror film without gore, but likes fun, communal movies like Mamma Mia. She dislikes supernatural or gory horror, which irritates her more than it scares her. She is a sucker for stars and for Googling a movie mid-recording. · stances: The Strangers is scary because of what it doesn't show or explain; Ending explanation weakens it; no answer would be better; Prefers 'withholding' filmmaking; Defends Mamma Mia as joyful and intentional
[speaker] 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] 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] Jordan Hoffman · latest sketch, Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey · A self-described scholar of sci-fi and a devoted Clarke reader who has read the sequels. Loves hard science fiction, 70mm screenings, and the film's mystery, and claims to be sober and a fish fanatic. A sucker for trivia about the making of the film and for the Michael Benson book. · stances: 2001 is a bifurcated experience, diamond-hard sci-fi and psychedelia; The film is much funnier than people think; Believes the secrets of the universe are locked in it; Clarke's sequels are worth talking about, with 3001 as a gag
[speaker] Oliver Stone · latest sketch, The Big Picture · 5. ‘No Country for Old Men’ and ‘W.’ | Mission Accomplished · Drawn to American history, especially its darker moments and the truth beneath official stories. Distrusts chasing the news and prefers distance. Sympathetic and a little rueful about Bush, finding him a simple man with a limited imagination. · stances: The 21st century has been downhill; Do not chase the news; Bush was a simple man, not a villain; A Bush film needed time away from the Bush years
[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 Born on the Fourth of July (1989); name it the way the line names it. Don't recommend Born on the Fourth of July (1989) 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.