Richard Attenborough

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q51506: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by Wikidata joins them to The Lost World: Jurassic Park, which The Lost World: Jurassic Park credits them on.

Counted as actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: Miracle on 34th Street (1947); Jurassic Park (1993); Miracle on 34th Street (1994 remake) (1994); The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997). Count them as director (1 film) 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 acted in: 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)

Godzilla (1998): 1 line

  1. unmapped (intent) · through The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997), which they acted in: Godzilla ⇒ The Lost World: Jurassic Park (the host's read). A host suggests Spielberg wanted to make a Godzilla-style fun monster movie, which explains the San Diego ending.
    “I've always wanted to make like a Godzilla movie.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Lost World: Jurassic Park · 0:26:03 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Jurassic Park (1993): 1 line, within their own work

  1. lineage (sequel-comparison) · through The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997), which they acted in: 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)

King Kong (2005): 1 line

  1. theme (plot trope) · through The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997), which they acted in: King Kong ⇒ The Lost World: Jurassic Park (the host's read). The T-Rex escaping a boat into a city is called a predictable King Kong move.
    “We've all seen King Kong.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Lost World: Jurassic Park · 1:24:22 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Michael Crichton: 1 line

  1. unmapped (adapted) · through Jurassic Park (1993), which they acted in: 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)

Miracle on 34th Street (1947): 1 line, within their own work

  1. contrast (contrast) · through Miracle on 34th Street (1994 remake) (1994), which they acted in: Miracle on 34th Street ⇒ Miracle on 34th Street (1994 remake) (the host's read). 1947 version preferred over the 1994 remake, which was not memorable.
    “the 1947 version is the version for me”
    The Big Picture · Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture · 0:36:09 · Amanda Dobbins (0.80 sure it was them)

The Lost World (1912): 1 line

  1. lineage (homage) · through The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997), which they acted in: The Lost World ⇒ The Lost World: Jurassic Park (the host's read). Crichton's sequel novel pays homage to Doyle's 1912 Lost World about an island of dinosaurs.
    “the novelist has also decided to sort of pay homage to Arthur Conan Doyle's 1912 or whatever book, The Lost World.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Lost World: Jurassic Park · 0:25:44 · unknown (0.30 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 acted in: 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 acted in: 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 acted in: 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 acted in: 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)

Miracle on 34th Street (1994 remake) (1994): 1 line, within their own work

  1. contrast (contrast) · through Miracle on 34th Street (1947), which they acted in: Miracle on 34th Street ⇒ Miracle on 34th Street (1994 remake) (the host's read). 1947 version preferred over the 1994 remake, which was not memorable.
    “the 1947 version is the version for me”
    The Big Picture · Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture · 0:36:09 · Amanda Dobbins (0.80 sure it was them)

The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997): 1 line, within their own work

  1. lineage (sequel-comparison) · through Jurassic Park (1993), which they acted in: 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 acted in: 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 (1) everyone in directing

Acting (5) everyone in acting

What was said about them, by kind

people (1)

  1. people (director-style): Chaplin → Richard Attenborough. Chaplin is called a bland, mediocre Attenborough-style biopic despite Downey's physical performance.
    “Yeah, I mean, it's Richard Attenburg kind of, yeah. It's super bland.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Judging The Judge · 0:11:07 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  1. theme (book character comparison): Richard Attenborough → Westworld. In Crichton's first book Hammond is creepier, closer to Ford in Westworld or Dr. Moreau, before the film made him a genial grandfather.
    “He's a little more of a Ford in Westworld if you will.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Lost World: Jurassic Park · 0:36:45 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

None.