Michael Crichton

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q172140: 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 director. The films the hosts said they directed, which the two lists below run through too: Westworld (1973); Runaway (1984); The 13th Warrior (1999); Coma; Looker; The Great Train Robbery; Westworld (1973 film). Count them as writer (12 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.

Beowulf adaptations: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The 13th Warrior (1999), which they directed: Beowulf adaptations ⇒ The 13th Warrior (the host's read). The film is the Beowulf story told as Crichton's 'what was the real thing they were fighting' version.
    “Even going back to Crichton's original concept of like, what's the real story behind Beowulf?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The 13th Warrior with David Lowery (Ad-Free) · 0:25:39 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)

Michael Crichton: 1 line, within their own work

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The 13th Warrior (1999), which they directed: Michael Crichton ⇒ The 13th Warrior (the host's read). Lowery read the Crichton novel and found the film is the book almost scene for scene.
    “reading the book, I was like, this is pretty much just scene for scene exactly what's on screen.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The 13th Warrior with David Lowery (Ad-Free) · 0:19:51 · David Lowery (0.85 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

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

Congo (1995): 1 line

  1. unmapped (adapted) · them, directly: Michael Crichton ⇒ Congo (the host's read). Suggested as part of a Crichton adaptations series.
    “You do Congo.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:19:02 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Disclosure: 1 line

  1. unmapped (adapted) · them, directly: Michael Crichton ⇒ Disclosure (the host's read). The hosts note Disclosure is a Crichton book adaptation.
    “I forgot that's a crate.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:19:00 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Jurassic Park (1993): 1 line

  1. unmapped (adapted) · them, directly: 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)

Rising Sun: 1 line

  1. unmapped (adapted) · them, directly: Michael Crichton ⇒ Rising Sun (the host's read). Suggested as part of a Crichton adaptations series.
    “You do Rising Sun.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:18:57 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Sphere (1998): 1 line

  1. unmapped (adapted) · them, directly: Michael Crichton ⇒ Sphere (the host's read). Suggested as part of a Crichton adaptations series.
    “You got to look at the sphere.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:19:05 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

The 13th Warrior (1999): 1 line, within their own work

  1. lineage (lineage) · them, directly: Michael Crichton ⇒ The 13th Warrior (the host's read). Lowery read the Crichton novel and found the film is the book almost scene for scene.
    “reading the book, I was like, this is pretty much just scene for scene exactly what's on screen.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The 13th Warrior with David Lowery (Ad-Free) · 0:19:51 · David Lowery (0.85 sure it was them)

The Andromeda Strain: 1 line

  1. unmapped (adapted) · them, directly: Michael Crichton ⇒ The Andromeda Strain (the host's read). Suggested as part of a Crichton adaptations series.
    “It would be like Andromeda strain.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:18:38 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

The Terminal Man: 1 line

  1. unmapped (adapted) · them, directly: Michael Crichton ⇒ The Terminal Man (the host's read). Suggested as part of a Crichton adaptations series.
    “I think we would do the terminal man”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:18:38 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Timeline: 1 line

  1. unmapped (adapted) · them, directly: Michael Crichton ⇒ Timeline (the host's read). Suggested as part of a Crichton adaptations series.
    “And then maybe do the 13th Warrior and Timeline.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:19:12 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Westworld (series): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Westworld (1973), which they directed: Westworld ⇒ Westworld (series) (the host's read). Bill's felony land idea vs. the show; a speaker notes the film and book came first.
    “Westworld was a movie in the 70s.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:24:59 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Writing (21) everyone in writing

Directing (9) everyone in directing

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): Michael Crichton → Jurassic Park. Jurassic Park broke Crichton's long writer's block and began his second wave of Hollywood heat.
    “Jurassic Park, like, finally breaks the dam for him”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The 13th Warrior with David Lowery (Ad-Free) · 0:39:53 · unknown (0.45 sure it was them)

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (contrast): Michael Crichton → John McTiernan. Crichton is literal in conveying information; McTiernan evokes. Their styles clashed on the reshoots.
    “Michael Creighton's a very literal minded man in the way he conveys information.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The 13th Warrior with David Lowery (Ad-Free) · 1:19:52 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)

craft (3)

  1. craft (craft): John McTiernan → Michael Crichton. McTiernan and Crichton both journeymen in terms of signature style; McTiernan's strength is geography of an action scene.
    “McTiernan's like the god of I know how to communicate the geography of an action scene”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The 13th Warrior with David Lowery (Ad-Free) · 0:22:25 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft): Michael Crichton → Westworld (1973 film). Crichton as a director: well-crafted storyteller who serves his own screenplay, not a visionary visualist.
    “he directs them rather to protect his like screenplay.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The 13th Warrior with David Lowery (Ad-Free) · 1:20:39 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. craft (craft): Westworld (1973 film) → Michael Crichton. Crichton's Westworld and Coma are straightforward even though about ludicrous things.
    “Westworld and Comer are kind of straightforward, even though they're about ludicrous things.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The 13th Warrior with David Lowery (Ad-Free) · 1:20:43 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)

lineage (2)

  1. lineage (bad-source chain): Michael Crichton → David Koepp. The film flounders because it adapts a hastily written bad novel with a screenwriter the hosts consider weak.
    “Two, they were making it based off a really terrible book that was also made quickly.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Lost World: Jurassic Park · 0:24:08 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage): The 13th Warrior → Michael Crichton. Lowery read the Crichton novel and found the film is the book almost scene for scene.
    “reading the book, I was like, this is pretty much just scene for scene exactly what's on screen.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The 13th Warrior with David Lowery (Ad-Free) · 0:19:51 · David Lowery (0.85 sure it was them)

people (4)

  1. people (people): The 13th Warrior → Michael Crichton. Crichton claimed final cut while McTiernan was still shooting his own version on the same lot.
    “Yeah, Crichton was like, I have final cut.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The 13th Warrior with David Lowery (Ad-Free) · 1:01:40 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. people (people): Michael Crichton → Jerry Goldsmith. Crichton, who took control of the cut, replaced Graeme Revell's score with one from Jerry Goldsmith, whom he called his guy.
    “We're getting Jerry Goldsmith, who's like my guy and we'll give you swelling orchestral medieval music”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The 13th Warrior with David Lowery (Ad-Free) · 1:02:39 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. people (directed): Michael Crichton → Coma. Douglas was in Coma, directed by Crichton.
    “Directed by Crichton?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:17:55 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. people (directed): Michael Crichton → Looker. Crichton directed Looker.
    “Booker is his fifth movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:18:04 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  1. theme (theme): Species → Michael Crichton. The subgenre is described as getting a little Crichton in your life.
    “Yeah, get a little Crichton in your life.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Species’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:11:48 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

unmapped (8)

  1. unmapped (adapted): Michael Crichton → Jurassic Park. 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)
  2. unmapped (adapted): Michael Crichton → The Andromeda Strain. Suggested as part of a Crichton adaptations series.
    “It would be like Andromeda strain.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:18:38 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. unmapped (adapted): Michael Crichton → The Terminal Man. Suggested as part of a Crichton adaptations series.
    “I think we would do the terminal man”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:18:38 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. unmapped (adapted): Michael Crichton → Rising Sun. Suggested as part of a Crichton adaptations series.
    “You do Rising Sun.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:18:57 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  5. unmapped (adapted): Michael Crichton → Disclosure. The hosts note Disclosure is a Crichton book adaptation.
    “I forgot that's a crate.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:19:00 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  6. unmapped (adapted): Michael Crichton → Congo. Suggested as part of a Crichton adaptations series.
    “You do Congo.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:19:02 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  7. unmapped (adapted): Michael Crichton → Sphere. Suggested as part of a Crichton adaptations series.
    “You got to look at the sphere.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:19:05 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  8. unmapped (adapted): Michael Crichton → Timeline. Suggested as part of a Crichton adaptations series.
    “And then maybe do the 13th Warrior and Timeline.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:19:12 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

  1. verdict (verdict): Michael Crichton → Sphere. Sphere is the speaker's favorite Crichton book, and the film is compelling enough despite being half risible.
    “I like that book so much that I like that movie a lot.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The 13th Warrior with David Lowery (Ad-Free) · 0:35:07 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Michael Crichton: Spielberg convinced Crichton to write a sequel novel even though Crichton said he did not write sequels, and Malcolm was revived from his death in the first book.
    “Mikey's like, I don't write sequels.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Lost World: Jurassic Park · 0:16:32 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Michael Crichton: Title story: Crichton's neighbor, while he watered his lawn, said Eaters of the Dead sounded like schlocky horror, so Crichton called Disney for a classy title.
    “Michael Crichton was watering his lawn and his next door neighbor was like, so any more movies coming out of your books?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The 13th Warrior with David Lowery (Ad-Free) · 0:04:10 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Michael Crichton: Photo of the 6 foot 9 Crichton towering over the Nordic Viking actors on set.
    “it is bizarre to see him towering over them.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The 13th Warrior with David Lowery (Ad-Free) · 0:36:06 · unknown (0.45 sure it was them)