Joel Schumacher

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q295207: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as director, the making department they hold the most credits in. The films the hosts said they directed, which the two lists below run through too: Flatliners (1990); The Client (1994); Batman Forever (1995); A Time to Kill (1996); Batman & Robin (1997); 8mm (1999); Batman (Joel Schumacher films); Batman Forever / Batman & Robin (the Schumacher movies); Dying Young; Joel Schumacher Batman movies; Twelve.

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.

A Few Good Men (1992): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through A Time to Kill (1996), which they directed: A Few Good Men ⇒ A Time to Kill (the host's read). A Time to Kill blends every earlier trope: country lawyer, big-shot prosecutor, cranky judge.
    “puts them in a blender and it gives you every single thing”
    The Big Picture · Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture · 1:28:50 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Hardcore (1979): 1 line

  1. lineage (rip-off) · through 8mm (1999), which they directed: Hardcore ⇒ 8mm (the host's read). Says 8mm directly rips off Hardcore, in the style of Se7en.
    “It's ripping off hardcore in the style of seven.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:42:12 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Seven (1995): 1 line

  1. lineage (rip-off) · through 8mm (1999), which they directed: Seven ⇒ 8mm (the host's read). Calls 8mm Schumacher ripping off Se7en.
    “8 millimeter is Schumacher ripping off seven.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:41:48 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

The Batman (2022): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Batman Forever (1995), which they directed: The Batman ⇒ Batman Forever (the host's read). Burton had a plane and a boat which Schumacher updated in Batman Forever; Batman & Robin gave Robin a motorcycle.
    “Burton has a plane and a boat.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 1:27:30 · Griffin Newman (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.

Captain Marvel (2019): 1 line

  1. craft (craft) · through Batman Forever (1995), which they directed: Batman Forever ⇒ Captain Marvel (the host's read). The prosthetic-ears-and-face-paint alien look recalls the trashy 1990s comic book movies, specifically Batman Forever.
    “It felt a little bit like Batman forever at times where I was like, that guy is definitely just wearing face paint.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:12:25 · Amanda Dobbins (0.70 sure it was them)

Unfriended: Dark Web (2018): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through 8mm (1999), which they directed: 8mm ⇒ Unfriended: Dark Web (the host's read). Dark Web, about buying snuff on the dark web, is an unofficial sequel to 8MM.
    “It's sort of an unofficial sequel to 8 millimeter.”
    The Big Picture · The 10 Best Horror Movies of the Decade | The Big Picture · 0:48:23 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Directing (12) everyone in directing

Other (3) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): Kenneth Branagh → Joel Schumacher. Branagh is cast as this generation's Joel Schumacher, a big silly hammy director, which is meant as praise.
    “He's like, our generation's like Joel Schumacher.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor · 0:18:12 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

people (3)

  1. people (people): Joel Schumacher → 8mm. Roberts named Flatliners and Gandolfini named 8mm as their regrets; both are Schumacher films.
    “And then Julie Roberts said, oh, we both said Joel Schumacher movies.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:07:33 · Chris Gethard (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. people (people): A Time to Kill → Joel Schumacher. Schumacher directed A Time to Kill and The Client; more misses than hits.
    “Joel Schumacher, you know, he's got some hits and some misses”
    The Big Picture · Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture · 1:30:05 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  3. people (composer-director): Elliot Goldenthal → Joel Schumacher. Goldenthal scored the Schumacher Batman films.
    “I love his Joel Schumacher Batman scores.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien³ with Matt Singer (Ad-Free) · 2:00:04 · David Sims (0.30 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  1. theme (tonal comparison): Joel Schumacher → The Game. One host says The Game feels very Joel Schumacher.
    “Because the game feels very Joel Schumacher to me.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:40:56 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (attached then passed): The Crowded Room (unmade film) → Joel Schumacher. Schumacher first tried to make The Crowded Room with Pitt and kicked it to Fincher.
    “Joel Schumacher was also was first trying to make it, I think, with Pitt.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:40:43 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Joel Schumacher: After Fincher showed him the cut, Schumacher said aiming high means disappointment, and that caring puts you at the mercy of people who don't.
    “you put yourself in a position where they have more power than you because you care and they don't.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien³ with Matt Singer (Ad-Free) · 1:56:11 · Griffin Newman (0.30 sure it was them)