Brad Dourif

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q329734: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975); The Lord of the Rings (1978); Dune (1984); Blue Velvet (1986); Alien Resurrection (1997); Child's Play; Deadwood (TV); Star Trek: Voyager (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.

Alien 3 (1992): 2 lines

  1. lineage (sequel undoes ending) · through Alien Resurrection (1997), which they acted in: Alien 3 ⇒ Alien Resurrection (the host's read). Resurrection brings Ripley back as a clone, which undoes Alien 3's chosen death.
    “My nuclear take is bringing her back to life as a clone is more disrespectful than killing, uh, hicks and newt in this movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien 3 · 2:06:26 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (sequel) · through Alien Resurrection (1997), which they acted in: Alien 3 ⇒ Alien Resurrection (the host's read). Resurrection follows Alien 3, but its Ripley is a different character from the one who died.
    “As much as she was quote unquote resurrected, obviously, that's a different character explicitly.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien³ with Matt Singer (Ad-Free) · 0:24:13 · David Sims (0.30 sure it was them)

Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977): 2 lines

  1. programming (programming) · through Dune (1984), which they acted in: Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ Dune (the host's read). Dune was positioned and released as the studio's answer to Star Wars, the next big space epic.
    “Uh, this movie is released with the energy of, here you go, here's the new Star Wars.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 0:22:17 · John Hodgman (0.85 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (tentpole hope) · through Dune (1984), which they acted in: Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ Dune (the host's read). Dune was meant to be the new Star Wars franchise, Lynch writing the sequel, coloring books on shelves.
    “I thought it was going to be the Star Wars.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 2:18:09 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Goldfinger: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Alien Resurrection (1997), which they acted in: Goldfinger ⇒ Alien Resurrection (the host's read). The newborn alien sucked out the window repeats the Goldfinger ending, but sad.
    “it's the goldfinger ending.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Resurrection · 1:55:38 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

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

Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977): 2 lines

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Dune (1984), which they acted in: Dune ⇒ Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (the host's read). The Dune book's messaging is credited as one of the things that inspired Star Wars.
    “And not only that, the messaging of this is one of the things that inspired Star Wars.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 0:22:22 · John Hodgman (0.70 sure it was them)
  2. theme (theme) · through Dune (1984), which they acted in: Dune ⇒ Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (the host's read). Dune's Fremen/revolution material is the denser source that Star Wars abstracts; the Force is Dune without the drugs.
    “the Force in Star Wars is like doom without the drugs.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 1:17:01 · David Sims (0.30 sure it was them)

David Lowery: 1 line

  1. people (people) · through Dune (1984), which they acted in: Dune ⇒ David Lowery (the maker said so: David Lowery's episode later in the series). A later series guest, David Lowery, called Dune a very big film for him as a child.
    “we have an episode coming later in the series with David Lowry, who talked about Dune being a very big film for him”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 2:33:25 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Firefly (TV): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Alien Resurrection (1997), which they acted in: Alien Resurrection ⇒ Firefly (TV) (the host's read). The Betty's space-pirate crew reads as proto-Firefly, Whedon's later show.
    “I mean, some proto firefly stuff.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Resurrection · 0:31:00 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

Jurassic Park (1993): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Alien Resurrection (1997), 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)

Leland Orser: 1 line

  1. people (people) · them, directly: Brad Dourif ⇒ Leland Orser (the host's read). Orser is the 90s spiritual sequel to Brad Dourif, another good career.
    “sort of the spiritual sequel to Brad Duriff.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Resurrection · 1:16:54 · Griffin Newman (0.60 sure it was them)

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011): 1 line

  1. unmapped (quoted line) · through Blue Velvet (1986), which they acted in: Blue Velvet ⇒ The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (the host's read). The fuck-you-you-fucking-fuck shirt is believed to originate from Dennis Hopper's line in Blue Velvet.
    “Hopper says that in blue velvet.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with Fran Hoepfner (Ad-Free) · 1:24:04 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Acting (8) everyone in acting

Other (1) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (5)

  1. career (career): Brad Dourif → Blue Velvet. Brad Dourif's Dune role pairs with his Blue Velvet appearance.
    “Brad Turf also has the big eyebrows, and he's also in blue velvet later.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 1:51:27 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Brad Dourif → The Lord of the Rings. Dourif pops into big franchises like Alien and Lord of the Rings yet stays anonymous.
    “The fact that he's in Lord of the Rings.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Resurrection · 0:21:14 · David Sims (0.60 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): Brad Dourif → Child's Play. Dourif is Chucky, one of the most iconic characters, unrecognized unless you are a big fan.
    “But he's also Chucky.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Resurrection · 0:21:41 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  4. career (career): Brad Dourif → One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. A secret Academy Award nomination, from Cuckoo's Nest, that nobody mentions.
    “I have a secret Academy Award nomination that no one ever talks about.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Resurrection · 0:21:51 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  5. career (career): Brad Dourif → Deadwood (TV). Dourif was Emmy-nominated on Deadwood and had a recurring Star Trek Voyager part.
    “I was on Deadwood.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Resurrection · 0:22:00 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (people): Leland Orser → Brad Dourif. Orser is the 90s spiritual sequel to Brad Dourif, another good career.
    “sort of the spiritual sequel to Brad Duriff.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Resurrection · 1:16:54 · Griffin Newman (0.60 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Brad Dourif: Dourif's perfect career: Alien, Lord of the Rings, Chucky, a secret Oscar nomination, unrecognized.
    “Brad Dorff, another example of a guy where I look at him and I go, that's a perfect career.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Resurrection · 0:21:00 · Griffin Newman (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Brad Dourif: The pitch: killed early, only four weeks on set.
    “You only have to be on set for 4 weeks.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Resurrection · 0:54:22 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)