Ben Hosley

Speaks on the shows. Their sketches and lines as a speaker.

Counted as other. The films the hosts said they were tied to, which the two lists below run through too: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981); (show); Demonlover; n/a. Count them as actor (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.

James Bond films (the franchise): 3 lines

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), which they were tied to as producer of this podcast; Indiana Jones fan: James Bond films (the franchise) ⇒ Raiders of the Lost Ark (the maker said so: Spielberg's account of the Hawaii conversation with Lucas). Lucas pitched Raiders to Spielberg as a better, American take on the Bond idea Spielberg had been wanting to do.
    “I have the I have the same basic idea, but better, and it's this Raiders of the Lost Ark idea.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 0:49:39 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft) · through Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), which they were tied to as producer of this podcast; Indiana Jones fan: James Bond films (the franchise) ⇒ Raiders of the Lost Ark (the host's read). The Cairo plane fight with the burly Nazi is called a straight James Bond henchman scene.
    “that's that's a flat out James Bond jaw scene.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 1:50:56 · Brian Michael Bendis (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. craft (craft) · through Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), which they were tied to as producer of this podcast; Indiana Jones fan: James Bond films (the franchise) ⇒ Raiders of the Lost Ark (the host's read). Raiders borrowed the Bond villain structure: a refined man in a lair with separate gimmicky henchmen to fight.
    “that's a clear thing they lifted from James Bond very wisely, right?”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 1:50:59 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Chuck Jones: 2 lines

  1. craft (craft) · through Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), which they were tied to as producer of this podcast; Indiana Jones fan: Chuck Jones ⇒ Raiders of the Lost Ark (the host's read). Spielberg's staging has a Chuck Jones element, going back to Chuck Jones as a cartoon influence.
    “how important Chuck Jones was to Steven Spielberg at the time”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 1:36:15 · Brian Michael Bendis (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft) · through Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), which they were tied to as producer of this podcast; Indiana Jones fan: Chuck Jones ⇒ Raiders of the Lost Ark (the host's read). The wordless anticipation and subversion of Wile E. Coyote shows up in Indy's silent action beats.
    “the importance of anticipation, and how to visually, uh, sort of indicate to the audience, what the character thinks is going to happen”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 1:39:05 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

The Fabelmans (2022): 2 lines

  1. theme (theme) · through Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), which they were tied to as producer of this podcast; Indiana Jones fan: The Fabelmans ⇒ Raiders of the Lost Ark (the host's read). Marion's monkey scenes mirror Spielberg's mother's relationship with the monkey shown in The Fabelmans.
    “the relationship Marion has with the monkey, in that brief amount of screen time, feels so mirrored to his mother's relationship with the monkey”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 2:28:09 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. theme (theme) · through Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), which they were tied to as producer of this podcast; Indiana Jones fan: The Fabelmans ⇒ Raiders of the Lost Ark (the host's read). Marion is partly Spielberg's mother, which keeps her from being an idealized tough-girl fantasy.
    “it does feel like to some degree she's like his mom.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 2:28:40 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)

Flash Gordon (Republic serial): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), which they were tied to as producer of this podcast; Indiana Jones fan: Flash Gordon (Republic serial) ⇒ Raiders of the Lost Ark (the host's read). Lucas conceived Indiana Jones as a B-picture at A-picture scale, like the old Republic serials.
    “let's make a sort of B picture at an A picture scale, right?”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 0:46:47 · unknown (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.

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984): 2 lines

  1. contrast (contrast) · through Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), which they were tied to as producer of this podcast; Indiana Jones fan: Raiders of the Lost Ark ⇒ Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (the host's read). Willie Scott was built as the anti-Marion, which means doing the opposite of what works.
    “the anti-Marian means you're doing the opposite of what works.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 1:53:35 · Brian Michael Bendis (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft) · through Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), which they were tied to as producer of this podcast; Indiana Jones fan: Raiders of the Lost Ark ⇒ Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (the host's read). Temple of Doom was a prequel partly to avoid doing the Nazis again.
    “part of the calculation of making a Temple of Doom, a prequel was that he didn't want to just do the Nazis again.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 2:59:23 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Chris Pratt: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), which they were tied to as producer of this podcast; Indiana Jones fan: Raiders of the Lost Ark ⇒ Chris Pratt (the host's read). The wrong lessons from Indiana Jones were taken by later action heroes like Pratt.
    “the lessons that we took from that character that like Chris Pratt took maybe from that character are not the ones that I think we should have been taking”
    The Big Picture · Steven Spielberg's Top 5 Movies With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan | The Big Picture (Ep. 57) · 0:09:40 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Empire of the Sun (1987): 1 line

  1. craft (shot design) · through Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), which they were tied to as producer of this podcast; Indiana Jones fan: Raiders of the Lost Ark ⇒ Empire of the Sun (the host's read). Same slow reveal as Indiana Jones in pieces before the hero shot.
    “which similarly has the like Spielberg taking 5 minutes to show you Indiana Jones in pieces before you really get the hero shot”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri · 1:38:17 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Soderbergh's silent Raiders remix: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), which they were tied to as producer of this podcast; Indiana Jones fan: Raiders of the Lost Ark ⇒ Soderbergh's silent Raiders remix (the host's read). Soderbergh re-cut Raiders silent, black and white, over The Social Network score.
    “It's basically his silent film remix of Raiders, black and white film with the social network score playing over it”
    The Big Picture · Steven Spielberg's Top 5 Movies With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan | The Big Picture (Ep. 57) · 0:10:25 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

The Color of Money (1986): 1 line

  1. craft (camera-movement coverage) · through Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), which they were tied to as producer of this podcast; Indiana Jones fan: Raiders of the Lost Ark ⇒ The Color of Money (the host's read). Scorsese covers scenes with morphing moving master shots, like Spielberg's quick efficient coverage, to stay under schedule.
    “But he's doing like all this Spielberg, like coverage with camera movement.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Color of Money with Chris Ryan · 1:21:44 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

The Horizon Experiment (comic): 1 line

  1. contrast (contrast) · through Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), which they were tied to as producer of this podcast; Indiana Jones fan: Raiders of the Lost Ark ⇒ The Horizon Experiment (comic) (the host's read). A current comic flips Indiana Jones into someone taking things out of museums back to adventure.
    “a comic book out right now called the Horizon experiment by the guys that did the good Asian”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 2:24:12 · Brian Michael Bendis (0.80 sure it was them)

Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (2024): 1 line

  1. craft (plot structure) · through Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), which they were tied to as producer of this podcast; Indiana Jones fan: Raiders of the Lost Ark ⇒ Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (the host's read). The film fails to tie its Indiana-Jones-style MacGuffin to the Wallace-Gromit relationship.
    “They fail to make the, um, the plot, the sort of like Indiana Jones-S McGuffin of what they're up against directly relate to Wallace and Gromit's relationship.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri · 2:11:21 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Producing (1) everyone in producing

Other (5) everyone in other

Acting (1) everyone in acting

What was said about them, by kind

people (1)

  1. people (people): Ben Hosley → Trolls World Tour. Producer Ben Hosley is listed as voicing a vapor wave troll in Trolls World Tour.
    “There's a vapor wave troll voiced by Ben Hosley.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Trolls: The Experience with Richard Lawson · 1:32:05 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

programming (1)

  1. programming (programming): Ghost Ship → Ben Hosley. Ghost Ship keeps coming up on the podcast as a future pick by Ben.
    “Ben's choice 2025.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Resurrection · 0:20:04 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Ben Hosley: Griffin says Ben is a lifelong David S. Ward completist who loves Down Periscope and King Ralph (a live show on King Ralph was planned), and was offended by a Malibu's Most Wanted joke.
    “Ben quietly realized that he is a David S. Ward, a tourist over the course of doing this podcast”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fargo with Zach Cregger · 2:45:20 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Ben Hosley: Running bit: the hosts try endless producer nicknames and pitch Benducer, Beniptanium and others, while Ben delivers a deadpan joke about being bald.
    “I don't like to be referred to as a bald man, okay?”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Lost World: Jurassic Park · 0:55:09 · Ben Hosley (0.60 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Ben Hosley: Ben picked the film as a sleepy-time comfort movie to fall asleep to, and says it resonates with his depression.
    “this is a comfort watch movie”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Edge of Tomorrow · 0:06:06 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. fun, about Ben Hosley: Ben plays with a metal slinky in front of the microphone while the show wraps; the editor will have to clean it up.
    “Ben says as he plays with the slunky directly in front of the microphone.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Eraserhead (Ad-Free) · 2:07:47 · David Sims (0.45 sure it was them)
  5. fun, about Ben Hosley: A joke on the producer's fashion line: Fincher would hate Blank Check and love Hosley.
    “Fincher would hate blank check, blank check, love Hosley.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Killer with Marie Bardi (Ad-Free) · 1:12:19 · unknown (host) (0.30 sure it was them)
  6. fun, about Ben Hosley: Ben's long-pitched witch hackers concept, folded into his Night Eggs screenplay.
    “I think that there should be witch hackers in movies where they literally manipulate the computer through spell.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with Fran Hoepfner (Ad-Free) · 1:20:25 · Ben Hosley (0.60 sure it was them)
  7. fun, about Ben Hosley: Ben watched the film for the first time at the Paris Theater and in five minutes decided the mid-talented Irish liar was his people.
    “Karina, like 5 minutes in, Ben turns to me and he goes, these are my people.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Barry Lyndon with Karina Longworth (Ad-Free) · 0:07:16 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  8. fun, about Ben Hosley: Ben has knocked out a wall in his apartment and is building a Batcave-style computer room.
    “Ben, to be clear, just knocked out a wall in his apartment.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 0:53:31 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  9. fun, about Ben Hosley: Griffin posted a photo of Ben vaping; the replies ran from Colin Gossel to a good lounge-singer jazz album cover; it became a running gag.
    “A good lounge singer jazz album cover shot.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 1:47:00 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)