H.R. Giger

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q312640: 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: Eraserhead (1977); Jodorowsky's Dune (2013). Count them as craft (3 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.

Eraserhead (1977): 1 line, within their own work

  1. lineage (lineage) · them, directly: Eraserhead ⇒ H.R. Giger (the maker said so: Giger says it was one of his big eye-opening moments). Giger called Eraserhead one of his big eye-opening moments, and Lynch later accused him of stealing his ideas.
    “H.R. Gigger, loves this movie, says it's one of his, like, you know, big eye-opening moments in his life”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Eraserhead (Ad-Free) · 1:29:28 · David Sims (0.45 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

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

Alien (1979): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Eraserhead (1977), which they were tied to as admirer of Eraserhead: Eraserhead ⇒ Alien (the host's read). The gooey animatronic creature work in Alien and later films may trace back to Eraserhead.
    “I mean, the thought that comes to mind is, um, alien.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Eraserhead (Ad-Free) · 1:29:21 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Alien 3 (1992): 1 line

  1. craft (design contribution) · them, directly: H.R. Giger ⇒ Alien 3 (the host's read). Giger's design work was mostly discarded; the Bambi Burster rod puppet was the main thing of his that ended up in the film.
    “that was apparently the main thing that he had an influence on that actually ended up in the film.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien³ with Matt Singer (Ad-Free) · 0:21:53 · Griffin Newman (0.30 sure it was them)

Devo: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Eraserhead (1977), which they were tied to as admirer of Eraserhead: Eraserhead ⇒ Devo (the host's read). Devo covered the Eraserhead song and played it live for a while.
    “Devo covered that song?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Eraserhead (Ad-Free) · 0:02:39 · Griffin Newman (0.30 sure it was them)

H.R. Giger: 1 line, within their own work

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Eraserhead (1977), which they were tied to as admirer of Eraserhead: Eraserhead ⇒ H.R. Giger (the maker said so: Giger says it was one of his big eye-opening moments). Giger called Eraserhead one of his big eye-opening moments, and Lynch later accused him of stealing his ideas.
    “H.R. Gigger, loves this movie, says it's one of his, like, you know, big eye-opening moments in his life”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Eraserhead (Ad-Free) · 1:29:28 · David Sims (0.45 sure it was them)

Modest Mouse: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Eraserhead (1977), which they were tied to as admirer of Eraserhead: Eraserhead ⇒ Modest Mouse (the host's read). Modest Mouse is named among the bands who covered the Eraserhead song.
    “Modest mouse. Modest mouse.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Eraserhead (Ad-Free) · 0:02:45 · David Sims (0.30 sure it was them)

The Meteors: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Eraserhead (1977), which they were tied to as admirer of Eraserhead: Eraserhead ⇒ The Meteors (the host's read). The Meteors are named among the bands who covered the Eraserhead song.
    “The meteors would do it.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Eraserhead (Ad-Free) · 0:02:47 · David Sims (0.30 sure it was them)

The Pixies: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Eraserhead (1977), which they were tied to as admirer of Eraserhead: Eraserhead ⇒ The Pixies (the host's read). The Pixies covered the Eraserhead song, on one of the John Peel records.
    “Yeah, the pixies, it's on one of the John Peel records, I think.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Eraserhead (Ad-Free) · 0:02:53 · David Sims (0.30 sure it was them)

The Thing (1982): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Eraserhead (1977), which they were tied to as admirer of Eraserhead: Eraserhead ⇒ The Thing (the host's read). Alien, Carpenter's The Thing and Cronenberg's work belong to a 70s-80s peak of gooey rubber and robotics that Eraserhead may have first synthesized.
    “We don't exactly know, but I feel like things like alien and the carpenter film, certainly the thing.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Eraserhead (Ad-Free) · 1:29:47 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Craft (7) everyone in craft

Other (2) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (contrast): Alien: Covenant → H.R. Giger. The neomorph in Covenant lacks the Giger biomechanical kibble, with a more human, translucent-skinned look.
    “He does not have all of the HR Geiger biomechanical kibble all over his body.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Covenant · 1:21:16 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

craft (3)

  1. craft (craft): H.R. Giger → Species. Giger designed the creature; he objected to the ending, so the filmmakers used a headshot kill that had not appeared in an alien movie.
    “So then he threw his body in front of whatever the ending initially was and they ended up doing the headshot kill instead because that hadn't been in an alien movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Species’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:13:15 · Bill Simmons (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. craft (design contribution): H.R. Giger → Alien 3. Giger's design work was mostly discarded; the Bambi Burster rod puppet was the main thing of his that ended up in the film.
    “that was apparently the main thing that he had an influence on that actually ended up in the film.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien³ with Matt Singer (Ad-Free) · 0:21:53 · Griffin Newman (0.30 sure it was them)
  3. craft (craft): H.R. Giger → Alien. The franchise's iconography relies on Giger.
    “I do not know if this franchise would have stuck without that iconography.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Covenant · 2:02:31 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

lineage (1)

  1. lineage (lineage): H.R. Giger → Eraserhead. Giger called Eraserhead one of his big eye-opening moments, and Lynch later accused him of stealing his ideas.
    “H.R. Gigger, loves this movie, says it's one of his, like, you know, big eye-opening moments in his life”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Eraserhead (Ad-Free) · 1:29:28 · David Sims (0.45 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about H.R. Giger: Giger tried to work with Lynch once and Lynch told him he'd stolen all his ideas.
    “tried to work with Lynch once and Lynch was like you stole all my ideas.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Eraserhead (Ad-Free) · 1:29:28 · David Sims (0.45 sure it was them)