Rick Baker

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q495321: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by Wikidata joins them to Planet of the Apes, which Planet of the Apes with Matt Singer credits them on.

Counted as actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: Planet of the Apes (2001). Count them as craft (6 films) 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.

Planet of the Apes (1968): 2 lines

  1. contrast (inversion) · through Planet of the Apes (2001), which they acted in: Planet of the Apes ⇒ Planet of the Apes (the host's read). The remake opens on a loud, leafy backlot set while the original opens in an empty desert with no apes for a long stretch.
    “They totally invert the original movie where the original movie starts in the middle of nowhere.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Planet of the Apes with Matt Singer · 0:53:06 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage) · through Planet of the Apes (2001), which they acted in: Planet of the Apes ⇒ Planet of the Apes (the host's read). Burton's ending tries to outdo the Statue of Liberty reveal of the original.
    “Because they're trying to outdo the reveal of like the Statue of Liberty at the end.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Incredible Hulk · 0:39:14 · Griffin or David (0.30 sure it was them)

Dogville shorts (1930s-40s live-action dog shorts): 1 line

  1. industry (studio instinct) · through Planet of the Apes (2001), which they acted in: Dogville shorts (1930s-40s live-action dog shorts) ⇒ Planet of the Apes (the host's read). Fox just wanted apes doing human things, like the old Dogville shorts with dogs at restaurant tables.
    “And it feels like Fox just wanted to make that.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Planet of the Apes with Matt Singer · 1:12:43 · unknown (0.45 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

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

Bear City (SNL digital short): 1 line

  1. unmapped (parody) · through Planet of the Apes (2001), which they acted in: Planet of the Apes ⇒ Bear City (SNL digital short) (the host's read). An SNL short riffs on Apes with bears who just wear human clothes and mimic humans, like the apes keeping the Lincoln Memorial.
    “they were riff on Plan of the Apes, where the bears got smart and they decided to kill all the humans.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Planet of the Apes with Matt Singer · 1:24:42 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Craft (6) everyone in craft

Other (2) everyone in other

Acting (1) everyone in acting

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career endpoint): Rick Baker → Men in Black 3. Baker's last major film before retiring, after practical suits barely appeared on screen.
    “I think Men in Black 3 is like his last major movie and he was just like, no one wants to do makeup anymore.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Planet of the Apes with Matt Singer · 0:09:29 · unknown (0.45 sure it was them)

craft (2)

  1. craft (craft): Rick Baker → Tim Roth. Baker has said in interviews that he approached casting by face: Roth's big nose would make him a nightmare to make up.
    “Rick Baker does all these interviews where he talked about like getting the cast and he's like, Tim Roth is going to be a nightmare because his nose is so big.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Planet of the Apes with Matt Singer · 0:08:19 · Matt Singer (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft): Rick Baker → Mickey Rourke. The speaker jokes that makeup artist Rick Baker was handed an Academy Award for Rourke's look, when Rourke simply showed up on set that way.
    “Rick Baker, an Academy Award for Mickey Rourke in this movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 2:09:08 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (people): Stan Winston → Rick Baker. Winston, Baker and Dick Smith, the three effects names in the Starman credits, are called the three wise men of 80s visual effects.
    “it's like the 3 like wise men of visual effects of the 80s.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 1:21:06 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

unmapped (2)

  1. unmapped (technical): Rick Baker → An American Werewolf in London. Baker's makeup makes Dunn's scenes iconic.
    “it's Griffin Dunn wearing Rick Baker at the top of his game.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · After Hours with Alison Sivitz · 0:42:43 · unknown host (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (makeup quality vs film): Rick Baker → The Wolfman. The movie was crappy but the makeup was the only good thing; Baker won his last Oscar for it.
    “He won for the wolf in, though.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Planet of the Apes with Matt Singer · 0:10:15 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Rick Baker: Baker thought about each actor's face; Roth's big nose made him a nightmare, and Giamatti would be great.
    “Rick Baker does all these interviews where he talked about like getting the cast”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Planet of the Apes with Matt Singer · 0:08:19 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)