What the corpus says about Big (1988)

The 39 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. [The Big Picture · 'Shazam!’ and the Future of the DCEU · 0:04:17 · Sean Fennessey (0.90)] Big ⇒ Shazam! (the host's read) · lineage · Fennessey calls Shazam! essentially Big as a superhero movie. · "the movie is clearly pitched as sort of what if big but superhero"
  2. [The Big Picture · 'Shazam!’ and the Future of the DCEU · 0:14:30 · David F. Sandberg (0.95)] Big ⇒ Shazam! (the maker said so: Sandberg, in this interview, on the studio pitch) · lineage · Sandberg says the studio pitched it to him as Big with superpowers. · "it's basically uh, big, but with superpowers"
  3. [The Big Picture · The Top 10 Fantasy Films, The Toy Movie Hall of Fame, and ‘Masters of the Universe,’ · 1:05:16 · Griffin Newman (0.50)] Masters of the Universe ↔ Big · contrast · Big reaches its magic machine in under ten minutes with no backstory, which the movie should have emulated instead of over-explaining. · "And there is no backstory of who made the machine or why or why it's possessed with a ghost or why it works or how to undo it."
  4. [Blank Check — Patreon · Edge of Tomorrow · 0:35:28 · David Sims (0.50)] Edge of Tomorrow ↔ Big · contrast · Time-loop and magic movies like Big refuse to explain the magic (a fortune-teller machine); Edge justifies its premise. · "Usually it's better to not explain these things."
  5. [The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 0:40:33 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Big ↔ Big · verdict · Speaker says the premise with Noah Centineo today would not work for them. · "if a movie with this premise starring Noah Santineo came out today, I would not enjoy it"
  6. [The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 0:41:26 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Big ↔ Big · verdict · Speaker calls Big perfect and cannot articulate why; feel-good depends on when you saw it. · "it's, it's perfect."
  7. [Blank Check · The Last Temptation of Christ · 2:16:32 · David Sims (0.50)] Big ↔ Penny Marshall · people · A 30-minute Marshall cut restores the father and more Elizabeth Perkins. · "There's a penny marshall cut that's 30 minutes longer that mostly adds in more Elizabeth Perkins"
  8. [The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 0:40:17 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Tom Hanks ↔ Big · people · Hanks is the lord of the feel-good field. · "He is really truly the lord of the feel-good fan."

Films put beside it more than once (1)

  1. [pairs] Big ↔ Shazam! · said 2 times in 1 episode

Fun items about it (3)

  1. [Blank Check · The Last Temptation of Christ · 2:16:40 · David Sims (0.50)] Big · fun · A 30-minute Penny Marshall cut restores a father character she cut out in the theatrical version. · "makes her seem far less demented, but also at the same time, adds back in the father."
  2. [The Big Picture · The Top 10 Fantasy Films, The Toy Movie Hall of Fame, and ‘Masters of the Universe,’ · 1:05:11 · Griffin Newman (0.50)] Big · fun · Rewatching Big, the fortune-teller machine arrives within ten minutes with zero backstory, the model for how fantasy used to skip setup. · "And he gets to the fortune teller machine within less than 10 minutes."
  3. [The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 0:42:13 · Amanda Dobbins (0.40)] Big · fun · Speaker's mall memory of FAO Schwartz giant piano, referencing the movie's piano scene. · "There was like a FAO Schwartz at the mall."

One hop out: what recommends the films most often joined to it (20)

  1. [The Big Picture · 'Shazam!’ and the Future of the DCEU · 0:07:21 · Miles Surrey (0.85)] Shazam! ↔ Black Adam (planned) · programming · Miles expects Shazam! to lead into Shazam 2 or a Black Adam movie. · "it's just leading into Shazam 2 or maybe like a Black Adam movie"
  2. [Blank Check — Patreon · Edge of Tomorrow · 1:05:18 · Ben Hosley (0.40)] Edge of Tomorrow ↔ RoboCop · programming · The hosts recorded a RoboCop commentary in the slot where Edge was originally scheduled, and the opening news montage reminds them of RoboCop's. · "I mean, we just saw it with like Robocop."
  3. [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."
  4. [The Big Picture · 'Shazam!’ and the Future of the DCEU · 0:03:27 · Miles Surrey (0.85)] Shazam! ↔ Amblin · lineage · Miles says Shazam! has the throwback coming-of-age feel of 1980s Amblin movies. · "something you would see from like ambling in like the 80s"
  5. [Blank Check — Patreon · Edge of Tomorrow · 1:40:54 · David Sims (0.50)] Edge of Tomorrow ↔ X-Men: Days of Future Past · programming · On the opening weekend chart, Edge opened third behind Fault in Our Stars and Maleficent; X-Men DoFP was still fourth. · "Edge of Tomorrow is number three."
  6. [The Big Picture · The Top 10 Fantasy Films, The Toy Movie Hall of Fame, and ‘Masters of the Universe,’ · 1:09:02 · unknown (0.40)] Thor: Ragnarok ⇒ Masters of the Universe (the host's read) · lineage · The movie looks inspired by Ragnarok, which gave executives a template of color, weirdness, and joke tone to copy. · "And it speaks to this movie feels very, um, inspired by Thor Ragnarok to me."
  7. [The Big Picture · 'Shazam!’ and the Future of the DCEU · 0:06:26 · Sean Fennessey (0.60)] Shazam! ↔ Wonder Woman · theme · Both films, in Miles's view, start clever and then end in a punching match with a monster or villain. · "That was also one of my struggles, honestly, with Wonder Woman"
  8. [Blank Check — Patreon · Edge of Tomorrow · 0:11:26 · Griffin Newman (0.50)] Groundhog Day ⇒ Edge of Tomorrow (the host's read) · lineage · The pitch is Groundhog Day as sci-fi action, and it keeps the loop while adding war stakes. · "Doug Lyman is doing like an sci-fi action movie groundhog day with Tom Cruise"
  9. [The Big Picture · The Top 10 Fantasy Films, The Toy Movie Hall of Fame, and ‘Masters of the Universe,’ · 1:13:19 · unknown (0.30)] Masters of the Universe ↔ X-Men: Apocalypse · lineage · The final shot of slightly updated costumes echoes the end of X-Men Apocalypse promising the classic looks next time. · "it feels like the end of X-Men apocalypse, where suddenly the promise is, wait a 2nd, are they all going to have the 90s costumes next time?"
  10. [The Big Picture · 'Shazam!’ and the Future of the DCEU · 0:29:53 · David F. Sandberg (0.95)] Annabelle: Creation ↔ Shazam! · theme · Sandberg liked that, like Annabelle: Creation, Shazam! sits in a shared universe but stands as its own story. · "even though it is a sequel in this part of the universe, it was a prequel with all new characters and like a new story"
  11. [Blank Check — Patreon · Edge of Tomorrow · 0:40:05 · Griffin Newman (0.40)] Edge of Tomorrow ↔ Groundhog Day · theme · Both are about depression and being stuck; Edge adds the stakes that you keep dying, and it stays hopeful. · "Groundhog Day, I would say is also like about depression."
  12. [The Big Picture · The Top 10 Fantasy Films, The Toy Movie Hall of Fame, and ‘Masters of the Universe,’ · 0:09:47 · unknown (0.30)] Taika Waititi ↔ Masters of the Universe · craft · Waititi's deflation jokes read as embarrassment about the material, and the movie's jokes feel defensive in the same way. · "Feels like it's coming from a place of, I'm a little embarrassed that I'm making this movie."
  13. [The Big Picture · 'Shazam!’ and the Future of the DCEU · 0:23:14 · David F. Sandberg (0.95)] Annabelle: Creation ↔ Shazam! · craft · Sandberg brought back his Annabelle: Creation costume designer, who had not done a superhero suit before. · "costume designer, Leah Butler, who I worked with on Alba Creation"
  14. [Blank Check — Patreon · Edge of Tomorrow · 0:29:59 · Griffin Newman (0.40)] Edge of Tomorrow ↔ Lady in the Water · craft · The mimics look like the scrunts from Lady in the Water, with tendrils. · "They look kind of like scrunts from Lady in the Water"
  15. [The Big Picture · 'Shazam!’ and the Future of the DCEU · 0:26:01 · Sean Fennessey (0.70)] Terminator 2: Judgment Day ⇒ Shazam! (the host's read) · craft · Fennessey asks whether an effects shot echoes the T-1000 reassembling in Terminator 2; Sandberg agrees he references other films. · "this is basically that shot in Terminator 2, when the T 1000 gets, you know, comes back together and rises up"
  16. [Blank Check — Patreon · Edge of Tomorrow · 0:31:17 · Griffin Newman (0.40)] Edge of Tomorrow ↔ The Matrix · craft · The mimics recall the Matrix Sentinels but do not feel derivative. · "There's a little bit of the Matrix Sentinel."
  17. [The Big Picture · 'Shazam!’ and the Future of the DCEU · 0:26:01 · David F. Sandberg (0.70)] War of the Worlds ⇒ Shazam! (the maker said so: Sandberg, in this interview) · craft · Sandberg wanted buildings to explode as in Spielberg's War of the Worlds when the tripods fire. · "the buildings explode in War of the Worlds, the Spielbergs, you know, when the tripods shoot through the buildings"
  18. [Blank Check — Patreon · Edge of Tomorrow · 0:34:19 · David Sims (0.40)] Edge of Tomorrow ↔ Ghostbusters · craft · The Noah Taylor briefing carries the same 'I'm not sure, it might end the world' flavor as Ghostbusters' cross the streams. · "The Ghostbusters thing of like what happens if we cross the streams."
  19. [The Big Picture · 'Shazam!’ and the Future of the DCEU · 0:27:06 · David F. Sandberg (0.95)] David F. Sandberg ↔ Shazam! · craft · Sandberg shot himself with action figures to show the previs team the action he wanted. · "on this movie, I just shoot myself playing with action figures."
  20. [Blank Check — Patreon · Edge of Tomorrow · 0:50:43 · Griffin Newman (0.40)] Edge of Tomorrow ↔ Raiders of the Lost Ark · craft · The black blood burning through Cage's face in his first death is 'end of Raiders shit'. · "like end of Raiders shit."

Who said it, by their latest sketch (5)

  1. [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
  2. [speaker] David Sims · latest sketch, Blank Check · The Last Temptation of Christ · Prepares history: novel, casting, budgets, box office. Reveres the film and thinks it reads as a normal ground-level story. A sucker for Hollywood deal backstory and box office game. · stances: Praises Keitel and Dafoe casting; Respects Scorsese's persistence and Corman discipline; The film is now well regarded though not 'canonical Marty'
  3. [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
  4. [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
  5. [speaker] David F. Sandberg · latest sketch, The Big Picture · 'Shazam!’ and the Future of the DCEU · Sandberg loves genre, popcorn movies, horror, comedy, and science fiction, and says he wants to make a good time at the movies. He is a gearhead about how cameras and effects work and has a strong filmic memory. He is self-effacing and openly doubtful about himself. · stances: There was no studio mandate on tone, and he liked making a movie that stands on its own; Casting for enthusiasm matters most; Spectacle is tedious to shoot; Wants a rest before deciding on Shazam 2

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 Big (1988) 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 Big (1988) 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 · 'Shazam!’ and the Future of the DCEU · 0:04:17 · Sean Fennessey (0.90)] Big ⇒ Shazam! (the host's read) · lineage · Fennessey calls Shazam! essentially Big as a superhero movie. · "the movie is clearly pitched as sort of what if big but superhero"
[The Big Picture · 'Shazam!’ and the Future of the DCEU · 0:14:30 · David F. Sandberg (0.95)] Big ⇒ Shazam! (the maker said so: Sandberg, in this interview, on the studio pitch) · lineage · Sandberg says the studio pitched it to him as Big with superpowers. · "it's basically uh, big, but with superpowers"
[The Big Picture · The Top 10 Fantasy Films, The Toy Movie Hall of Fame, and ‘Masters of the Universe,’ · 1:05:16 · Griffin Newman (0.50)] Masters of the Universe ↔ Big · contrast · Big reaches its magic machine in under ten minutes with no backstory, which the movie should have emulated instead of over-explaining. · "And there is no backstory of who made the machine or why or why it's possessed with a ghost or why it works or how to undo it."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Edge of Tomorrow · 0:35:28 · David Sims (0.50)] Edge of Tomorrow ↔ Big · contrast · Time-loop and magic movies like Big refuse to explain the magic (a fortune-teller machine); Edge justifies its premise. · "Usually it's better to not explain these things."
[The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 0:40:33 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Big ↔ Big · verdict · Speaker says the premise with Noah Centineo today would not work for them. · "if a movie with this premise starring Noah Santineo came out today, I would not enjoy it"
[The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 0:41:26 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Big ↔ Big · verdict · Speaker calls Big perfect and cannot articulate why; feel-good depends on when you saw it. · "it's, it's perfect."
[Blank Check · The Last Temptation of Christ · 2:16:32 · David Sims (0.50)] Big ↔ Penny Marshall · people · A 30-minute Marshall cut restores the father and more Elizabeth Perkins. · "There's a penny marshall cut that's 30 minutes longer that mostly adds in more Elizabeth Perkins"
[The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 0:40:17 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Tom Hanks ↔ Big · people · Hanks is the lord of the feel-good field. · "He is really truly the lord of the feel-good fan."
[pairs] Big ↔ Shazam! · said 2 times in 1 episode
[Blank Check · The Last Temptation of Christ · 2:16:40 · David Sims (0.50)] Big · fun · A 30-minute Penny Marshall cut restores a father character she cut out in the theatrical version. · "makes her seem far less demented, but also at the same time, adds back in the father."
[The Big Picture · The Top 10 Fantasy Films, The Toy Movie Hall of Fame, and ‘Masters of the Universe,’ · 1:05:11 · Griffin Newman (0.50)] Big · fun · Rewatching Big, the fortune-teller machine arrives within ten minutes with zero backstory, the model for how fantasy used to skip setup. · "And he gets to the fortune teller machine within less than 10 minutes."
[The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 0:42:13 · Amanda Dobbins (0.40)] Big · fun · Speaker's mall memory of FAO Schwartz giant piano, referencing the movie's piano scene. · "There was like a FAO Schwartz at the mall."
[The Big Picture · 'Shazam!’ and the Future of the DCEU · 0:07:21 · Miles Surrey (0.85)] Shazam! ↔ Black Adam (planned) · programming · Miles expects Shazam! to lead into Shazam 2 or a Black Adam movie. · "it's just leading into Shazam 2 or maybe like a Black Adam movie"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Edge of Tomorrow · 1:05:18 · Ben Hosley (0.40)] Edge of Tomorrow ↔ RoboCop · programming · The hosts recorded a RoboCop commentary in the slot where Edge was originally scheduled, and the opening news montage reminds them of RoboCop's. · "I mean, we just saw it with like Robocop."
[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."
[The Big Picture · 'Shazam!’ and the Future of the DCEU · 0:03:27 · Miles Surrey (0.85)] Shazam! ↔ Amblin · lineage · Miles says Shazam! has the throwback coming-of-age feel of 1980s Amblin movies. · "something you would see from like ambling in like the 80s"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Edge of Tomorrow · 1:40:54 · David Sims (0.50)] Edge of Tomorrow ↔ X-Men: Days of Future Past · programming · On the opening weekend chart, Edge opened third behind Fault in Our Stars and Maleficent; X-Men DoFP was still fourth. · "Edge of Tomorrow is number three."
[The Big Picture · The Top 10 Fantasy Films, The Toy Movie Hall of Fame, and ‘Masters of the Universe,’ · 1:09:02 · unknown (0.40)] Thor: Ragnarok ⇒ Masters of the Universe (the host's read) · lineage · The movie looks inspired by Ragnarok, which gave executives a template of color, weirdness, and joke tone to copy. · "And it speaks to this movie feels very, um, inspired by Thor Ragnarok to me."
[The Big Picture · 'Shazam!’ and the Future of the DCEU · 0:06:26 · Sean Fennessey (0.60)] Shazam! ↔ Wonder Woman · theme · Both films, in Miles's view, start clever and then end in a punching match with a monster or villain. · "That was also one of my struggles, honestly, with Wonder Woman"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Edge of Tomorrow · 0:11:26 · Griffin Newman (0.50)] Groundhog Day ⇒ Edge of Tomorrow (the host's read) · lineage · The pitch is Groundhog Day as sci-fi action, and it keeps the loop while adding war stakes. · "Doug Lyman is doing like an sci-fi action movie groundhog day with Tom Cruise"
[The Big Picture · The Top 10 Fantasy Films, The Toy Movie Hall of Fame, and ‘Masters of the Universe,’ · 1:13:19 · unknown (0.30)] Masters of the Universe ↔ X-Men: Apocalypse · lineage · The final shot of slightly updated costumes echoes the end of X-Men Apocalypse promising the classic looks next time. · "it feels like the end of X-Men apocalypse, where suddenly the promise is, wait a 2nd, are they all going to have the 90s costumes next time?"
[The Big Picture · 'Shazam!’ and the Future of the DCEU · 0:29:53 · David F. Sandberg (0.95)] Annabelle: Creation ↔ Shazam! · theme · Sandberg liked that, like Annabelle: Creation, Shazam! sits in a shared universe but stands as its own story. · "even though it is a sequel in this part of the universe, it was a prequel with all new characters and like a new story"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Edge of Tomorrow · 0:40:05 · Griffin Newman (0.40)] Edge of Tomorrow ↔ Groundhog Day · theme · Both are about depression and being stuck; Edge adds the stakes that you keep dying, and it stays hopeful. · "Groundhog Day, I would say is also like about depression."
[The Big Picture · The Top 10 Fantasy Films, The Toy Movie Hall of Fame, and ‘Masters of the Universe,’ · 0:09:47 · unknown (0.30)] Taika Waititi ↔ Masters of the Universe · craft · Waititi's deflation jokes read as embarrassment about the material, and the movie's jokes feel defensive in the same way. · "Feels like it's coming from a place of, I'm a little embarrassed that I'm making this movie."
[The Big Picture · 'Shazam!’ and the Future of the DCEU · 0:23:14 · David F. Sandberg (0.95)] Annabelle: Creation ↔ Shazam! · craft · Sandberg brought back his Annabelle: Creation costume designer, who had not done a superhero suit before. · "costume designer, Leah Butler, who I worked with on Alba Creation"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Edge of Tomorrow · 0:29:59 · Griffin Newman (0.40)] Edge of Tomorrow ↔ Lady in the Water · craft · The mimics look like the scrunts from Lady in the Water, with tendrils. · "They look kind of like scrunts from Lady in the Water"
[The Big Picture · 'Shazam!’ and the Future of the DCEU · 0:26:01 · Sean Fennessey (0.70)] Terminator 2: Judgment Day ⇒ Shazam! (the host's read) · craft · Fennessey asks whether an effects shot echoes the T-1000 reassembling in Terminator 2; Sandberg agrees he references other films. · "this is basically that shot in Terminator 2, when the T 1000 gets, you know, comes back together and rises up"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Edge of Tomorrow · 0:31:17 · Griffin Newman (0.40)] Edge of Tomorrow ↔ The Matrix · craft · The mimics recall the Matrix Sentinels but do not feel derivative. · "There's a little bit of the Matrix Sentinel."
[The Big Picture · 'Shazam!’ and the Future of the DCEU · 0:26:01 · David F. Sandberg (0.70)] War of the Worlds ⇒ Shazam! (the maker said so: Sandberg, in this interview) · craft · Sandberg wanted buildings to explode as in Spielberg's War of the Worlds when the tripods fire. · "the buildings explode in War of the Worlds, the Spielbergs, you know, when the tripods shoot through the buildings"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Edge of Tomorrow · 0:34:19 · David Sims (0.40)] Edge of Tomorrow ↔ Ghostbusters · craft · The Noah Taylor briefing carries the same 'I'm not sure, it might end the world' flavor as Ghostbusters' cross the streams. · "The Ghostbusters thing of like what happens if we cross the streams."
[The Big Picture · 'Shazam!’ and the Future of the DCEU · 0:27:06 · David F. Sandberg (0.95)] David F. Sandberg ↔ Shazam! · craft · Sandberg shot himself with action figures to show the previs team the action he wanted. · "on this movie, I just shoot myself playing with action figures."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Edge of Tomorrow · 0:50:43 · Griffin Newman (0.40)] Edge of Tomorrow ↔ Raiders of the Lost Ark · craft · The black blood burning through Cage's face in his first death is 'end of Raiders shit'. · "like end of Raiders shit."
[speaker] Sean Fennessey · latest sketch, The Big Picture · ‘Resident Evil’ Absolutely Rips! · Loves gory, funny, fast genre movies with craft and confidence, especially 87-minute films that never overstay. Can't stand ponderous elevated horror that fills out its runtime with introspection and sad family history. A sucker for the Carpenter-era lineage, Die Hard homages, and directors who break studio dogma. · stances: Resident Evil is one of the best films of the year; Horror movies have become a drag; fun genre experiences are needed; Short running times are a virtue; Video-game films work best when great filmmakers get creative license
[speaker] David Sims · latest sketch, Blank Check · The Last Temptation of Christ · Prepares history: novel, casting, budgets, box office. Reveres the film and thinks it reads as a normal ground-level story. A sucker for Hollywood deal backstory and box office game. · stances: Praises Keitel and Dafoe casting; Respects Scorsese's persistence and Corman discipline; The film is now well regarded though not 'canonical Marty'
[speaker] Griffin Newman · latest sketch, Blank Check · The Last Temptation of Christ · Calls Last Temptation his college-era favorite Scorsese; loves Scorsese's smaller 80s and the film's closing transcendence and Gabriel score. Cannot stand fundamentalist outrage at it. A sucker for casting trivia and Tom Cruise-silliness. · stances: Hot take: Last Temptation structurally mirrors New York, New York as a better version; Outrage over the film is stupid; it is respectful to Jesus; Scorsese's smaller 80s work beats his later baroque phases
[speaker] Amanda Dobbins · latest sketch, The Big Picture · ‘Mamma Mia!’ Meets ‘The Strangers'! It’s a Movie Swap! · Loves The Strangers' withholding craft and a good tense horror film without gore, but likes fun, communal movies like Mamma Mia. She dislikes supernatural or gory horror, which irritates her more than it scares her. She is a sucker for stars and for Googling a movie mid-recording. · stances: The Strangers is scary because of what it doesn't show or explain; Ending explanation weakens it; no answer would be better; Prefers 'withholding' filmmaking; Defends Mamma Mia as joyful and intentional
[speaker] David F. Sandberg · latest sketch, The Big Picture · 'Shazam!’ and the Future of the DCEU · Sandberg loves genre, popcorn movies, horror, comedy, and science fiction, and says he wants to make a good time at the movies. He is a gearhead about how cameras and effects work and has a strong filmic memory. He is self-effacing and openly doubtful about himself. · stances: There was no studio mandate on tone, and he liked making a movie that stands on its own; Casting for enthusiasm matters most; Spectacle is tedious to shoot; Wants a rest before deciding on Shazam 2
[bits] The Big Picture: Drafts (Hosts and guests draft films in rounds; every pick is a recommendation with an argument); Hall of Fame (A star's or director's best, ranked and argued); Countdowns (Ranked lists, top five or top ten)
[bits] 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 Big (1988); name it the way the line names it. Don't recommend Big (1988) 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.