The Trashmen

Made films the shows talk about.

Counted as composer, the making department they hold the most credits in. The films the hosts said they scored, which the two lists below run through too: Full Metal Jacket (1987).

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.

Holocaust movie (Kubrick's unmade film): 1 line

  1. career (career sequence) · through Full Metal Jacket (1987), which they scored: Holocaust movie (Kubrick's unmade film) ⇒ Full Metal Jacket (the host's read). Full Metal Jacket came out of Kubrick failing to crack a Holocaust movie, as Barry Lyndon came out of Napoleon.
    “it does feel similar to Full Metal Jacket coming out of him trying to make a Holocaust movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Barry Lyndon with Karina Longworth (Ad-Free) · 0:23:33 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

R. Lee Ermey: 1 line

  1. lineage (source of the dialogue) · through Full Metal Jacket (1987), which they scored: R. Lee Ermey ⇒ Full Metal Jacket (the host's read). Per the dossier Hartman's insults came right from Ermey, whom Kubrick had write down what he screamed.
    “No, obviously this guy is perfect and would write down everything he said because all the insults came right from him”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Full Metal Jacket with Jon Gabrus (Ad-Free) · 1:05:50 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

The Short-Timers (novel): 1 line

  1. lineage (adaptation) · through Full Metal Jacket (1987), which they scored: The Short-Timers (novel) ⇒ Full Metal Jacket (the host's read). Kubrick's film is based on Gustav Hasford's novel and keeps its three-part structure.
    “Stanley Kubrick's film, 1987, based on the novel, The Short Timers by Gustav Hasford.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Full Metal Jacket with Jon Gabrus (Ad-Free) · 0:25:08 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Wartime Lies / Aryan Papers (unmade Kubrick project): 1 line

  1. career (project that led to another) · through Full Metal Jacket (1987), which they scored: Wartime Lies / Aryan Papers (unmade Kubrick project) ⇒ Full Metal Jacket (the host's read). The speaker says Full Metal Jacket came out of Kubrick searching for the right Holocaust material.
    “Full Mal Jack comes out of him searching for the right Holocaust material.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 0:29:19 · 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.

Dead Presidents (1995): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Full Metal Jacket (1987), which they scored: Full Metal Jacket ⇒ Dead Presidents (the maker said so: Lorenz Tate recalling the Hughes brothers' videotapes). Allen Hughes made a VHS of Vietnam scenes; Tate was assigned Full Metal Jacket, Apocalypse Now, Platoon.
    “So I watched Full Metal Jacket.”
    The Big Picture · 8. I Love America | Do We Get to Win This Time? · 0:50:43 · Lorenz Tate (0.80 sure it was them)

Jarhead (2005): 1 line

  1. unmapped (generational template) · through Full Metal Jacket (1987), which they scored: Full Metal Jacket ⇒ Jarhead (the host's read). Jarhead is described as trying to be the Full Metal Jacket of the Iraq war generation.
    “like jarhead feels like it's very much trying to be the full metal jacket.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Full Metal Jacket with Jon Gabrus (Ad-Free) · 0:27:21 · David Sims (0.55 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Music (1) everyone in music

What was said about them, by kind

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (same song elsewhere): The Trashmen → Back to the Beach. The speaker first fell in love with Surfin' Bird in Back to the Beach, not Full Metal Jacket.
    “I 1st fell in love with that song in Frankie and Annette's back to the beach”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Full Metal Jacket with Jon Gabrus (Ad-Free) · 2:04:27 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

None.