Amanda Dobbins

Speaks on the shows. Their sketches and lines as a speaker.

Counted as other. The films the hosts said they were tied to, which the two lists below run through too: (episode).

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.

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

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

Other (1) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (contrast): Freaky Friday → Amanda Dobbins. The question of swapping lives; Amanda says Sean's ordered life would be harder to inhabit.
    “I would be way more unhappy being you”
    The Big Picture · 300th Episode Ask-Us-Anything Mailbag Spectacular · 1:01:27 · Amanda Dobbins (0.80 sure it was them)

industry (1)

  1. industry (industry): The Kissing Booth 2 → Amanda Dobbins. Amanda worries the craft of movies is slipping while a generation makes TV; Kissing Booth 2 as the example of streamer output.
    “the craft of movies is kind of slipping through our fingers”
    The Big Picture · 300th Episode Ask-Us-Anything Mailbag Spectacular · 0:32:54 · Amanda Dobbins (0.70 sure it was them)

programming (8)

  1. programming (programming): Amanda Dobbins → Pretty Woman. Pick 2 (round 1), category Oscar nominee: Perfect romcom, her number-two romantic comedy, launched Julia Roberts.
    “When Harry Met Sally in 1989 is my number one romantic comedy of all time, but I think Pretty Woman might be number two.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:30:06 · Amanda Dobbins (0.85 sure it was them)
  2. programming (programming): Amanda Dobbins → The Hunt for Red October. Pick 5 (round 2), category action/horror/thriller: Loves the submarine movie; a sequel category took away other action picks.
    “So I will be taking in action horror thriller at the Hunt for Red October.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:40:43 · Amanda Dobbins (0.85 sure it was them)
  3. programming (programming): Amanda Dobbins → Presumed Innocent. Pick 8 (round 3), category blockbuster: Wanted Harrison Ford in a legal thriller.
    “In Blockbuster.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:51:04 · Amanda Dobbins (0.80 sure it was them)
  4. programming (programming): Amanda Dobbins → Metropolitan. Pick 11 (round 4), category comedy: Drafting with her heart; Stillman formative for her.
    “So in comedy, I'm going to take metropolitan.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 1:00:02 · Amanda Dobbins (0.85 sure it was them)
  5. programming (programming): Amanda Dobbins → Die Hard 2. Pick 14 (round 5), category sequel: Takes it off the board and avoids Look Who's Talking Too.
    “And I'm going to take Die Hard 2.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 1:08:20 · Amanda Dobbins (0.85 sure it was them)
  6. programming (programming): Amanda Dobbins → Postcards from the Edge. Pick 17 (round 6), category drama: Mike Nichols, Carrie Fisher, Streep, mother-daughter story.
    “And in drama, I will take postcards from the edge.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 1:15:58 · Amanda Dobbins (0.85 sure it was them)
  7. programming (programming): Amanda Dobbins → Mermaids. Pick 20 (round 7), category wild card: Remembered seeing it in theaters at five or six; her introduction to Cher.
    “So this is mermaids.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 1:25:34 · Amanda Dobbins (0.85 sure it was them)
  8. programming (programming): No Time to Die → Amanda Dobbins. Amanda wants Bond in a theater with a big crowd.
    “It's very fun to see those with a large group of people, to see them at scale”
    The Big Picture · 300th Episode Ask-Us-Anything Mailbag Spectacular · 0:57:46 · Amanda Dobbins (0.75 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (anecdote): Creed → Amanda Dobbins. Amanda's husband called Creed 'not that fun' and would not see it again with her; she cried alone in a theater.
    “he wants to tell you that Creed isn't that fun”
    The Big Picture · 300th Episode Ask-Us-Anything Mailbag Spectacular · 1:16:06 · Amanda Dobbins (0.85 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

  1. verdict (verdict): Avengers: Endgame → Amanda Dobbins. Seeing Endgame with an audience beat watching alone at home.
    “seeing Endgame with people was really fun”
    The Big Picture · 300th Episode Ask-Us-Anything Mailbag Spectacular · 0:56:27 · Amanda Dobbins (0.70 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Amanda Dobbins: After Chris takes Top Gun first, Amanda announces she needs a meeting with herself, then admits she was being a petulant brat.
    “I had to have a meeting with myself about not being a petulant brat for the rest of the thing”
    The Big Picture · The 2022 Movie Draft · 0:25:58 · Amanda Dobbins (0.90 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Amanda Dobbins: She calls animated movies cartoons and will not watch them.
    “Amanda Dobbins doesn't watch animated movies, she calls them cartoons”
    The Big Picture · ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’: One of the Best Superhero Movies Ever | Exit Survey (Ep. 108) · 0:28:42 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)