J.J. Abrams

Made films the shows talk about.

Counted as director. The films the hosts said they directed, which the two lists below run through too: Mission: Impossible III (2006); Star Trek (2009); Star Wars (the new film); Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker; Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens; The Force Awakens.

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.

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

lineage (lineage) · through Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens, which they directed: Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (the host's read). The Force Awakens maps almost exactly onto A New Hope.
“Force Awakens, which will maybe come up later on this podcast is in almost every respect.”
The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 0:24:06 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
lineage (lineage) · through Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens, which they directed: Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (the host's read). It ports over Death Star, Tatooine and R2-D2 as Starkiller Base, Jakku and BB-8.
“in place of the Death Star, you have star killer base.”
The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 1:24:09 · Mallory Rubin (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.

No line says anything drew on them or a film of theirs.

What the speakers said they did

Directing (7) everyone in directing

director, Mission: Impossible III (Blank Check — Patreon, Zodiac with Leslye Headland (Ad-Free))
director, Mission: Impossible III (Blank Check — Patreon, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation)
director/producer, Star Wars (the new film) (Blank Check — Patreon, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation)
director, Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (Blank Check — Patreon, Return of the Jedi)
director, Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (Blank Check — Patreon, Return of the Jedi)
director, Star Trek (Blank Check — Patreon, Iron Man)
director, The Force Awakens (Blank Check — Patreon, Return of the Podcast (Ad-Free))

What was said about them, by kind

contrast (1)

contrast (contrast): J.J. Abrams → George Lucas. Abrams quoted wanting something worth people's time and not a commercial for toys, a jab at Lucas.
“I want to make something worth people's time and not a commercial for toys.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Podcast (Ad-Free) · 0:06:05 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

verdict (verdict): J.J. Abrams → Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker. Abrams is accused of doing Maz Kanata dirty, reducing a promised sage to a base cheerleader.
“It is so bizarre how much JJ Abrams does Maz Canada dirty.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 0:29:15 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

None.