Sam Raimi

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q275402: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as other. The films the hosts said they were tied to, which the two lists below run through too: Spider-Man (2002); Iron Man (2008); Thor (2011). Count them as director (15 films), writer (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.

Stan Lee: 2 lines

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Iron Man (2008), which they were tied to as stylistic comparison: Stan Lee ⇒ Iron Man (the maker said so: Stan Lee interviews). The film follows the first comic issue's origin; Lee wanted to make an industrialist war profiteer compelling to hippie kids.
    “here's like an industrialist, war profiteer, Laos, and make him like compelling to these, like, hippie kids.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 0:27:36 · unknown (probably David) (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage) · through Thor (2011), which they were tied to as wanted to direct Thor in the 90s: Stan Lee ⇒ Thor (the host's read). The Donald Blake identity came from Stan Lee's 60s devotion to the secret-identity trope; the movie keeps it only as a fake ID gag.
    “in the 60s, Stanley was a little slavishly devoted to like the classic superhero comic trope, so you needed a secret identity”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor · 0:08:08 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

Darkman (1990): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Spider-Man (2002), which they were tied to as director (cancelled Spider-Man 4): Darkman ⇒ Spider-Man (the host's read). Raimi's Spider-Man strengths start in Darkman.
    “all the stuff that is cool about the Remy Spider-Man movies starts here”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 1:31:21 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

J. Michael Straczynski: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Thor (2011), which they were tied to as wanted to direct Thor in the 90s: J. Michael Straczynski ⇒ Thor (the host's read). The film borrows heavily from Straczynski's celebrated Thor run, including Thor spending time in the Midwest.
    “the celebrated Thor arc was J. Michael Stratinsky, which is this is borrowing from heavily.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor · 0:08:28 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

Masters of the Universe (1987): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Thor (2011), which they were tied to as wanted to direct Thor in the 90s: Masters of the Universe ⇒ Thor (the host's read). Thor is described as essentially a remake of the live-action Masters of the Universe.
    “It's mostly just a remake of the live action masters of the universe movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor · 0:03:54 · Griffin Newman (0.65 sure it was them)

RoboCop (2014): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Iron Man (2008), which they were tied to as stylistic comparison: RoboCop ⇒ Iron Man (the host's read). The Ironmonger voice and suit recall ED-209, and the finale is ED-209 versus RoboCop.
    “You know what the voice is? He's Ed 209.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 1:53:20 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Steve Ditko and Stan Lee: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Spider-Man (2002), which they were tied to as director (cancelled Spider-Man 4): Steve Ditko and Stan Lee ⇒ Spider-Man (the host's read). Ditko and Lee made Spider-Man a teen hero for younger readers, not yet accepted by the Avengers or Fantastic Four.
    “I mean, like it was Steve, uh, Ditco and Stanley basically making a character that appealed to younger readers.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’: One of the Best Superhero Movies Ever | Exit Survey (Ep. 108) · 0:09:39 · Micah Peters (0.80 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

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

Iron Man 3 (2013): 2 lines

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Iron Man (2008), which they were tied to as stylistic comparison: Iron Man ⇒ Iron Man 3 (the host's read). The Iron Man trilogy is closed into a circle by the flashback to the party and Becca Hall and Pierce.
    “as individualistic as this movie is, it actually like... It's bringing the 1st 2 complete.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 3 · 0:18:57 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. theme (theme) · through Iron Man (2008), which they were tied to as stylistic comparison: Iron Man ⇒ Iron Man 3 (the host's read). Iron Man 3 later parodies the Osama-type Mandarin expectation that Iron Man originally planned (Ten Rings leader, no magic).
    “And then Iron Man 3 wisely parodies that expectation.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 1:25:03 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Ghostface Killah: 1 line

  1. people (people) · through Iron Man (2008), which they were tied to as stylistic comparison: Iron Man ⇒ Ghostface Killah (the host's read). Ghostface is the Wu-Tang member particularly obsessed with Iron Man, who is the avatar of many of his songs.
    “Iron Man is like the like his hero.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 0:40:17 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Teen Titans Go! To the Movies (2018): 1 line

  1. craft (craft) · through Iron Man (2008), which they were tied to as stylistic comparison: Iron Man ⇒ Teen Titans Go! To the Movies (the host's read). That film parodies the page-flipping Marvel logo, which opens Iron Man.
    “They, uh, they do a really good parody of that in, um, Teen Titans go the movies.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 0:08:41 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

The Avengers (2012): 1 line

  1. industry (industry) · through Iron Man (2008), which they were tied to as stylistic comparison: Iron Man ⇒ The Avengers (the host's read). The post-credits Nick Fury scene established the shared-universe model that changed Hollywood for a decade or more.
    “I mean, this has changed the next 10 years of Hollywood filmmaking.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 2:13:16 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

modern superhero movies: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Iron Man (2008), which they were tied to as stylistic comparison: Iron Man ⇒ modern superhero movies (the host's read). Called the prototype format every later superhero film riffs on.
    “this is the prototype for the modern superhero movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 0:09:11 · unknown (Griffin or David) (0.30 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Directing (22) everyone in directing

Other (3) everyone in other

Writing (1) everyone in writing

What was said about them, by kind

career (3)

  1. career (career): Brian Michael Bendis → Sam Raimi. Bendis says Raimi saw they shared the job of working out Spider-Man.
    “Sam Raimi, uh, smartly figured out that he and I had the same job to to figure out Spider-Man.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 2:42:41 · Brian Michael Bendis (0.90 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Sam Raimi → Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. Raimi's frustrated 90s Thor pitch is read as the origin of Hercules on TV, like Darkman after losing The Shadow.
    “So like he really wanted to direct the shadow.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor · 0:22:21 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): Sam Raimi → Darkman. Raimi wanted to direct The Shadow, was refused, and made Darkman instead.
    “So like he really wanted to direct the shadow.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor · 0:22:21 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

craft (5)

  1. craft (craft): Sam Raimi → Spider-Man (Raimi films). Even Raimi's winning-feeling films, like Spider-Man, are mean-spirited.
    “Even the movies that have like a kind of winning feeling like the Spider-Man films”
    The Big Picture · The 10 Most Misused Stars in Hollywood and the Gnarly Magic of ‘Send Help’ · 0:49:55 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft): Sam Raimi → Drag Me to Hell. Raimi's heroes are put through trying circumstances, from Ash to Alison Lohman.
    “from ash and the evil dead movies all the way through.”
    The Big Picture · The 10 Most Misused Stars in Hollywood and the Gnarly Magic of ‘Send Help’ · 0:50:02 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. craft (craft): Sam Raimi → A Simple Plan. Raimi repeatedly makes characters' own choices, not the system, the cause of their ruin, as in A Simple Plan.
    “Like in a simple plan, he does this.”
    The Big Picture · The 10 Most Misused Stars in Hollywood and the Gnarly Magic of ‘Send Help’ · 0:55:16 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)
  4. craft (craft): Sam Raimi → The Hudsucker Proxy. Raimi's best movies have one deliberate way each scene could be constructed, with no alternate coverage.
    “there is only one way this scene could be constructed”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Marvel Nerdfest · 0:32:10 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  5. craft (craft): Iron Man → Sam Raimi. The paralyzed-Stark crawling sequence has Raimi's shaky expressive camera and Evil Dead Ash-crawling feel.
    “The sequence feels very Sam Raimi, actually.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man · 1:47:37 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

industry (2)

  1. industry (industry): Sam Raimi → Kevin Feige. Raimi is a rare hire with a defined style, with hope Marvel will not smother it.
    “Raymi's such a rare example of them hiring a guy who has such a fucking defined thing”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Marvel Nerdfest · 0:07:46 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. industry (industry): Chloe Zhao → Sam Raimi. Marvel lets selected auteurs do a bit more while still delivering required content.
    “Sam Raimi because he's like, you know, he's a legend.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Marvel Nerdfest · 0:31:28 · Patrick Willems (0.50 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

  1. what-if (director hired instead): Spider-Man → Sam Raimi. Sony passed on Fincher and hired Raimi, in keeping with wanting a director with a take.
    “you look at them ultimately hiring Raimi and really letting him go off.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Panic Room with Eva Anderson (Ad-Free) · 0:46:05 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

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