Jennifer Connelly

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q103343: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by Wikidata joins them to A Beautiful Mind, which Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World with John Hodgman credits them on.

Counted as actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: Labyrinth (1986); A Beautiful Mind (2001); Hulk (2003); Shelter (2014); Top Gun: Maverick (2022); Reservation Road; Snowpiercer (TV).

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, 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.

Edge of Tomorrow (2014): 1 line

  1. career (career) · through Top Gun: Maverick (2022), which they acted in: Edge of Tomorrow ⇒ Top Gun: Maverick (the host's read). Edge cracked a new era of Cruise; Ethan Hunt and Maverick run on what he learned here.
    “That Maverick is really running on a lot of this.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Edge of Tomorrow · 0:03:24 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018): 1 line

  1. unmapped (enabling success) · through Top Gun: Maverick (2022), which they acted in: Mission: Impossible – Fallout ⇒ Top Gun: Maverick (the host's read). Fallout's success is what lets Cruise do Top Gun: Maverick.
    “he's not in a position to do what he's doing now with Top Gun 2.”
    The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 1:35:58 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

The Color of Money (1986): 1 line

  1. lineage (legacy-sequel heirs) · through Top Gun: Maverick (2022), which they acted in: The Color of Money ⇒ Top Gun: Maverick (the host's read). Gap-based legacy sequels like Top Gun Maverick, Tron Legacy and Blade Runner follow the template Color of Money invented, though in 1986 sequels were derided.
    “now we get more and more like your your Tron legacies and your Top Gun Mavericks, where it's just casually... 37, 40 years later”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Color of Money with Chris Ryan · 1:07:05 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Top Gun (1986): 1 line

  1. lineage (sequel verdict) · through Top Gun: Maverick (2022), which they acted in: Top Gun ⇒ Top Gun: Maverick (the host's read). Chris says the sequel delivered and is better than the first, and Amanda agrees.
    “It's better than the 1st one”
    The Big Picture · The Top Five Movies of 2022 · 1:26:26 · Chris Ryan (0.80 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

The Incredible Hulk (2008): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Hulk (2003), which they acted in: Hulk ⇒ The Incredible Hulk (the host's read). Despite the reboot claim, the same three relationships (Hulk, Betty, Thunderbolt Ross) carry through, as does the South America opening.
    “And those 3 relationships feel very much on a continuity with everything that happens in English film.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Incredible Hulk · 0:06:37 · Griffin or David (0.35 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (9) everyone in acting

What was said about them, by kind

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (contrast): Liv Tyler → Jennifer Connelly. Tyler as Betty is a step down from Connelly in Ang Lee's film, who is called terrific.
    “She's definitely stepped down from Jennifer Connolly, one of the best of her generation.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Incredible Hulk · 0:45:38 · Griffin or David (0.30 sure it was them)

lineage (1)

  1. lineage (marriage / origin): Paul Bettany → Jennifer Connelly. Bettany and Connelly met on A Beautiful Mind where his character is imaginary and shares no scenes with her; after 9/11 he called her and they married about six months later.
    “all I want to do is call Jennifer Collins.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World with John Hodgman · 0:49:33 · David Sims (0.30 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

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