Lorenzo Semple Jr.

Made films the shows talk about.

Counted as writer, the making department they hold the most credits in. The films the hosts said they wrote, which the two lists below run through too: Batman (TV series, 1966-68) (1966); Batman: The Movie (1966); The Parallax View (1974); Three Days of the Condor (1975); The Batman (2022).

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.

Batman (1943 serial) (1943): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Batman (2022), which they wrote: Batman (1943 serial) ⇒ The Batman (the host's read). A New York screening of the 1943 Lewis Wilson serial caused bat fever and led Fox to greenlight the movie.
    “someone screened that in New York City and it was such a phenomenon.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 0:11:37 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

Seven (1995): 1 line

  1. unmapped (borrowing) · through The Batman (2022), which they wrote: Seven ⇒ The Batman (the host's read). The speaker had forgotten how indebted The Batman is to Fincher, mostly to Se7en.
    “I had forgotten just how indebted the Batman is to...”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Se7en with Mike Mitchell & Nick Wiger (Ad-Free) · 1:28:34 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

The Long Halloween (comic): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Batman (2022), which they wrote: The Long Halloween (comic) ⇒ The Batman (the host's read). Every adaptation pulls from The Long Halloween but has not used Calendar Man.
    “Everyone has pulled from the long Halloween, but not used calendar man.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 0:43:06 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

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

Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014): 2 lines

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Three Days of the Condor (1975), which they wrote: Three Days of the Condor ⇒ Captain America: The Winter Soldier (the maker said so). The filmmakers say outright they were making a Condor movie.
    “But they're like, we're like, we're making a 3 days of the Condor movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The Winter Soldier · 0:27:10 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage) · through Three Days of the Condor (1975), which they wrote: Three Days of the Condor ⇒ Captain America: The Winter Soldier (the host's read). The Russos and Marcus/McFeely were told they could make a Three Days of the Condor style political thriller inside the MCU, provided Feige got his Helicarrier back.
    “You want to do a 3 day of the Condor movie?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The Winter Soldier · 0:19:33 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

The Dark Knight Rises (2012): 2 lines

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Batman (2022), which they wrote: The Batman ⇒ The Dark Knight Rises (the host's read). The ocean bomb-disposal sequence is thought to be directly referenced in the final act of Dark Knight Rises.
    “this sequence, a lot of people think, is directly referenced by the final act of Dark Knight Rises.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 0:18:49 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage) · through The Batman (2022), which they wrote: The Batman ⇒ The Dark Knight Rises (the host's read). The giant bomb, the film's most iconic image, is what Dark Knight Rises lifts.
    “This is the thing that Dark Knight Rises kind of lifts.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 1:14:38 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

Batman Forever (1995): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Batman (2022), which they wrote: The Batman ⇒ Batman Forever (the host's read). Burton had a plane and a boat which Schumacher updated in Batman Forever; Batman & Robin gave Robin a motorcycle.
    “Burton has a plane and a boat.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 1:27:30 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

Batman Forever / Batman & Robin: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Batman (2022), which they wrote: The Batman ⇒ Batman Forever / Batman & Robin (the host's read). Griffin says Schumacher's Batman films are directly shaped by the Adam West show's pairing and cliffhanger style.
    “Joel Schumacher is very influenced by the Adam West show.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 0:08:26 · Griffin Newman (0.45 sure it was them)

Batman Returns (1992): 1 line

  1. theme (theme) · through The Batman (2022), which they wrote: The Batman ⇒ Batman Returns (the host's read). Villains scheming together in Batman Returns and Schumacher films echoes the 1966 team-up, but those feel forced.
    “The team up does always feel a little forced”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 0:42:12 · David Sims (0.45 sure it was them)

Conan O'Brien: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Batman (2022), which they wrote: The Batman ⇒ Conan O'Brien (the host's read). Conan's brand of obvious-shorthand humor is why this humor lands for the hosts; Conan echoes it.
    “Conan is actually probably a crucial reason this humor lands for us because Conan is echoing it.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 1:37:33 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

Robert Redford: 1 line

  1. people (people) · through Three Days of the Condor (1975), which they wrote: Three Days of the Condor ⇒ Robert Redford (the maker said so). Casting Redford was a deliberate evocation of the Condor and gave the MCU a stamp of legitimacy because he never made movies like this.
    “it felt like a secondary stamp of legitimacy because this is the type of actor who never did fucking movies like this.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Captain America: The Winter Soldier · 0:27:17 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

The Munsters (TV series) (1964): 1 line

  1. industry (industry) · through Batman (TV series, 1966-68) (1966), which they wrote: Batman (TV series, 1966-68) ⇒ The Munsters (TV series) (the host's read). Batman premiering and eating the Munsters' timeslot is why that show tanked.
    “And it was because Batman premiered and immediately Munsters like tank.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 0:03:01 · Griffin Newman (0.45 sure it was them)

The Simpsons (1989): 1 line

  1. industry (industry) · through Batman (TV series, 1966-68) (1966), which they wrote: Batman (TV series, 1966-68) ⇒ The Simpsons (the host's read). The Radioactive Man parody mirrors the fate of old Batman actors doing car-dealership appearances in costume.
    “that's the kind of thing that the Simpsons parodies, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 0:50:45 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Winter Kills (1979): 1 line

  1. theme (genre) · through The Parallax View (1974), which they wrote: The Parallax View ⇒ Winter Kills (the host's read). Winter Kills is described as a spoof of Parallax View-style JFK conspiracy movies.
    “like a parallax view spoof movie, kind of.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fearless with Timothy Simons · 0:38:51 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Writing (5) everyone in writing

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): Lorenzo Semple Jr. → The Parallax View. Semple wrote Batman and later serious 70s thrillers like Parallax View and Three Days of the Condor.
    “He wrote a lot of, you know, good 70s thrillers and stuff, but he's the main guy here.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 0:07:21 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

craft (1)

  1. craft (craft): Lorenzo Semple Jr. → The Batman. Semple says the show was a blast, intended and run as a comedy, and he was proud of it.
    “It was intended as a comedy, is run as a comedy, like at the Emmys, at one Emmys, in the comedy categories.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 0:07:40 · David Sims (0.45 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (people): Batman: The Movie → Lorenzo Semple Jr.. The 1966 Batman film was written by Lorenzo Semple Jr.
    “I know it was written by Lorenzo Semple Jr., one of the real geezers.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2022 MARCH MADNESS UPDATE 2 PRESENTED BY THE CHIP REPORT · 0:45:29 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

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