Joe Dante

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q455279: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as other. The films the hosts said they were tied to, which the two lists below run through too: Jurassic Park (1993). Count them as director (8 films) instead.

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.

Alien Resurrection (1997): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Jurassic Park (1993), which they were tied to as director (Warner Bros. pitch for Jurassic Park): Alien Resurrection ⇒ Jurassic Park (the host's read). Aliens caged and taunted while hunting you feels like the raptors; raptors may be Alien rip-offs.
    “the raptors have a bit of an alien rip off vibe, honestly”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Resurrection · 0:46:01 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

Michael Crichton: 1 line

  1. unmapped (adapted) · through Jurassic Park (1993), which they were tied to as director (Warner Bros. pitch for Jurassic Park): Michael Crichton ⇒ Jurassic Park (the host's read). Named among the Crichton adaptations they could do another time.
    “we would not do Jurassic Park”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:18:30 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

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

A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001): 1 line

  1. unmapped (technology showed it was possible) · through Jurassic Park (1993), which they were tied to as director (Warner Bros. pitch for Jurassic Park): Jurassic Park ⇒ A.I. Artificial Intelligence (the host's read). The speaker says Kubrick, who first asked Spielberg to build a robot, saw Jurassic Park and reconsidered.
    “And then he sees Jurassic Park and he's once again like, well, wait a second.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 0:31:56 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Anaconda (1997): 1 line

  1. lineage (ripple effect) · through Jurassic Park (1993), which they were tied to as director (Warner Bros. pitch for Jurassic Park): Jurassic Park ⇒ Anaconda (the host's read). Anaconda is called the final lapping of the Jurassic Park creature-feature wave.
    “that's like the final lapping of the Jurassic Park ripple, sort of washing up on the beach.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Lost World: Jurassic Park · 1:37:19 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Jurassic World (2015): 1 line

  1. unmapped (misreading) · through Jurassic Park (1993), which they were tied to as director (Warner Bros. pitch for Jurassic Park): Jurassic Park ⇒ Jurassic World (the host's read). Spielberg's line that the T-Rex is the hero of Jurassic Park was taken too literally by Trevorrow in Jurassic World.
    “Which Colin Trevor took way too literally in making Jurassic World.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Lost World: Jurassic Park · 1:08:10 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Jurassic Park (1993), which they were tied to as director (Warner Bros. pitch for Jurassic Park): Jurassic Park ⇒ Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (the host's read). The sequels are a spinoff of Spielberg's imagination though he only executive produces them.
    “even though he's just an executive producer on those movies, it is this interesting spinoff of his imagination.”
    The Big Picture · Steven Spielberg's Top 5 Movies With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan | The Big Picture (Ep. 57) · 0:08:07 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)

Pulp Fiction (1994): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · them, directly: Joe Dante ⇒ Pulp Fiction (the host's read). Monster Joe's truck and tow is named after Joe Dante, whom Tarantino interviewed in the 80s.
    “Apparently named after Joe Dante, director of Gremlins”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:06:41 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997): 1 line

  1. lineage (sequel-comparison) · through Jurassic Park (1993), which they were tied to as director (Warner Bros. pitch for Jurassic Park): Jurassic Park ⇒ The Lost World: Jurassic Park (the host's read). The hosts judge the sequel as normalizing the dinosaurs too fast and dropping the wonder-before-terror structure of the original.
    “This movie normalizes the dinosaurs way too much.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Lost World: Jurassic Park · 1:03:46 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Twister (1996): 1 line

  1. industry (industry) · through Jurassic Park (1993), which they were tied to as director (Warner Bros. pitch for Jurassic Park): Jurassic Park ⇒ Twister (the host's read). Marketing a disaster around unknown leads follows Jurassic Park, where Sam Neill and Laura Dern were known but not famous.
    “coming off of Jurassic Park where it was like Sam Neil and Laura Dern were like well-known, but not famous.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:53:21 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Directing (8) everyone in directing

Other (1) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

lineage (1)

  1. lineage (lineage): Pulp Fiction → Joe Dante. Monster Joe's truck and tow is named after Joe Dante, whom Tarantino interviewed in the 80s.
    “Apparently named after Joe Dante, director of Gremlins”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:06:41 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

programming (1)

  1. programming (programming): Martin Brest → Joe Dante. Griffin expects Brest vs Dante, his two favorites, in the regional final.
    “I do feel like this is going to end up with Brest versus Dante”
    Blank Check — Patreon · March Madness 2021 Recap - Round 2 · 0:08:09 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

  1. verdict (verdict): Joe Dante → Chris Sturgis. Dante beat Sturgis two years running in the bracket.
    “Dante kicks Sturgis's ass.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · March Madness 2021 Recap - Round 2 · 0:09:08 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Joe Dante: Dante has said he would appear on the show if covered.
    “I've communicated with Joe Dante himself and his team, and they had offered that he would come on the show”
    Blank Check — Patreon · March Madness 2021 Recap - Round 2 · 0:08:48 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)