DreamWorks

Made films the shows talk about.

Counted as studio. The films the hosts said they were behind, which the two lists below run through too: Peacemaker (1997); Almost Famous (2000); Lincoln (2012); Bridge of Spies (2015); Trolls (2016).

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.

Adventure Time (TV series): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Trolls (2016), which they were behind as studio; made the Trolls property into merchandise engine: Adventure Time (TV series) ⇒ Trolls (the host's read). Trolls' look is the end of a chain from webcomics and Adult Swim through Adventure Time to mainstream kids animation.
    “So you end up getting things like adventure time that feel more like what adult swim used to feel like than what a children's show used to feel like.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Trolls: The Experience with Richard Lawson · 1:01:36 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

Shrek (2001): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Trolls (2016), which they were behind as studio; made the Trolls property into merchandise engine: Shrek ⇒ Trolls (the host's read). Trolls has Shrek-distilled humor: self-referential asides for the parents.
    “this weird, annoying Shrek, you know, as you say, Shrek, distilled or whatever, like type of humor”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Trolls: The Experience with Richard Lawson · 1:02:37 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

Toy Story 2 (1999): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Trolls (2016), which they were behind as studio; made the Trolls property into merchandise engine: Toy Story 2 ⇒ Trolls (the host's read). Branch's grandmother backstory is likened to Jessie's flashback in Toy Story 2.
    “they like try to do the like Jesse Toy Story 2.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Trolls: The Experience with Richard Lawson · 1:44:03 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

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

Garden State (2004): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Almost Famous (2000), which they were behind as studio: Almost Famous ⇒ Garden State (the host's read). Almost Famous, more than Vanilla Sky, gave birth to the Garden State style.
    “Well, probably almost famous gave birth to garden state more than this did.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Vanilla Sky with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 1:18:36 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018): 1 line

  1. lineage (inspiration) · through Bridge of Spies (2015), which they were behind as studio: Bridge of Spies ⇒ Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (the maker said so: interviews). The Fallen Kingdom filmmaker said he structured it as two movies, like Bridge of Spies.
    “He said that he liked that Bridge of Spies was like 2 different movies.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Planet of the Apes with Matt Singer · 1:33:57 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Studio (5) everyone in studio

What was said about them, by kind

industry (1)

  1. industry (industry): Peacemaker → DreamWorks. The Peacemaker was the first DreamWorks release.
    “First DreamWorks.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Ice Storm with Emily Yoshida (Ad-Free) · 1:36:14 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about DreamWorks: Why form a company with Geffen and Katzenberg and still do outside projects?
    “you're either in or out.”
    The Big Picture · Steven Spielberg's Top 5 Movies With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan | The Big Picture (Ep. 57) · 0:54:38 · Bill Simmons (0.75 sure it was them)