Kevin Smith

Cited on the shows, as a critic is, not present.

Counted as other. The films the hosts said they were tied to, which the two lists below run through too: Fletch (1985); Howard the Duck (1986); Magnolia (1999); Rat Race (2001); The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010); Avengers: Infinity War (2018); Superman (Kevin Smith / Superman Lives story). Count them as director (1 film), producer (1 film) 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.

Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Avengers: Infinity War (2018), which they were tied to as audience member at screening: Avengers: Age of Ultron ⇒ Avengers: Infinity War (the host's read). The Hulkbuster armor pays off Banner being almost defeated by it before.
    “it's paying off the fact that he was, you know, almost defeated by this armor before.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 2:00:15 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Gregory McDonald: 1 line

  1. lineage (source material) · through Fletch (1985), which they were tied to as would-be remake director: Gregory McDonald ⇒ Fletch (the host's read). Fletch adapts the McDonald novels; the noir voiceover feels like the book, the ad-libbed scenes deviate.
    “So it's a Gregory McDonald novel”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:25:35 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)

Jack Kirby: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Avengers: Infinity War (2018), which they were tied to as audience member at screening: Jack Kirby ⇒ Avengers: Infinity War (the host's read). Kirby's cosmic creations at Marvel, Galactus and the Silver Surfer, are the ancestors of this material.
    “he creates galactus and silver surf and all these parrots”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 1:56:25 · Griffin Newman (0.35 sure it was them)

Jim Starlin: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Avengers: Infinity War (2018), which they were tied to as audience member at screening: Jim Starlin ⇒ Avengers: Infinity War (the host's read). The cosmic Thanos comics were mostly Starlin and mostly dudes talking on half asteroids.
    “Starlin stuff, mostly.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 1:52:56 · David Sims (0.30 sure it was them)

The Avengers (2012): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Avengers: Infinity War (2018), which they were tied to as audience member at screening: The Avengers ⇒ Avengers: Infinity War (the host's read). The Hulk echoes Tony Stark's words from the first Avengers; the movie is full of callbacks.
    “echoing Tony Stark's words from the Avengers 2012”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 0:25:44 · 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.

Avengers: Endgame (2019): 1 line

  1. unmapped (continuity) · through Avengers: Infinity War (2018), which they were tied to as audience member at screening: Avengers: Infinity War ⇒ Avengers: Endgame (the host's read). Thor knowing where the reality stone is sets up a bad decision in Endgame.
    “that plays into Endgame, and a bad decision they make”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 1:03:46 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Confess, Fletch (2022): 1 line

  1. unmapped (reboot) · through Fletch (1985), which they were tied to as would-be remake director: Fletch ⇒ Confess, Fletch (the host's read). Chris describes it as a riff on the long-promised Fletch franchise reboot, with Jon Hamm taking the role Chevy Chase made iconic.
    “Chevy Chase did an iconic turn as a Fletch character, a journalist come detective in Los Angeles.”
    The Big Picture · The 2022 Movie Draft · 1:08:48 · Chris Ryan (0.85 sure it was them)

Ryan Reynolds: 1 line

  1. theme (persona successor) · through Fletch (1985), which they were tied to as would-be remake director: Fletch ⇒ Ryan Reynolds (the host's read). Reynolds stole the Chevy Chase playbook; Deadpool is Fletch.
    “Deadpool is Fletch.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:15:11 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

San Diego Comic-Con: 1 line

  1. industry (industry) · through The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010), which they were tied to as commentator on Twihards: The Twilight Saga: Eclipse ⇒ San Diego Comic-Con (the host's read). Twilight fans camping out for Hall H changed fandom protocol, then Marvel fans retaliated.
    “the Twyhards are the one who started that thing of like, Hall H is the biggest venue”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Eclipse · 1:42:51 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Directing (1) everyone in directing

Other (8) everyone in other

Producing (1) everyone in producing

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): Jason Lee → Kevin Smith. Kevin Smith cast him in Mallrats to be his friend.
    “I hired him because I wanted him to be my friend.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Vanilla Sky with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 1:01:37 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

lineage (1)

  1. lineage (failed remake): Fletch → Kevin Smith. Kevin Smith spent years trying to remake Fletch with Jason Lee; Weinstein said Lee was not a big enough name, Affleck entered, then Bill Lawrence, and it died.
    “Harvey Weinstein's like he's not a big enough name.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Fletch’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:23:15 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

  1. verdict (verdict): The Twilight Saga: Eclipse → Kevin Smith. Kevin Smith defended Twihards for normalizing geek culture.
    “they're normalizing geek culture, like this is good for everyone.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Eclipse · 0:10:05 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

None.