Chris Columbus

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q75079: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by Wikidata joins them to Pixels, which Ricki and the Flash with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber credits them on.

Counted as other. The films the hosts said they were tied to, which the two lists below run through too: Planet of the Apes (2001); Five Nights at Freddy's. Count them as director (7 films), writer (2 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

contrast (inversion) · through Planet of the Apes (2001), which they were tied to as director (tested ape skiing): 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)
lineage (lineage) · through Planet of the Apes (2001), which they were tied to as director (tested ape skiing): 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

industry (studio instinct) · through Planet of the Apes (2001), which they were tied to as director (tested ape skiing): 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)

Steven Spielberg: 1 line

lineage (lineage) · them, directly: Steven Spielberg ⇒ Chris Columbus (the host's read). The closest Hughes and Spielberg crossed was Spielberg protege Chris Columbus directing Home Alone.
“Chris Columbus was a Spielberg protégé and he ended up directing Home Alone.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 1:26:38 · Kyle Brandt (0.55 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

unmapped (parody) · through Planet of the Apes (2001), which they were tied to as director (tested ape skiing): 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

Directing (7) everyone in directing

director, Harry Potter (first film) (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World with John Hodgman)
director, Pixels (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Ricki and the Flash with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber)
director, Jingle All the Way (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Planet of the Apes with Matt Singer)
director (Spielberg protege), Home Alone (The Rewatchables, ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt)
director, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (The Rewatchables, ‘The Natural’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin)
director, his debut, Adventures in Babysitting (Blank Check — Patreon, Full Metal Jacket with Jon Gabrus (Ad-Free))
director, Harry Potter (first film, per Rickman's diary) (Blank Check — Patreon, 2010: The Year We Make Contact)

Writing (3) everyone in writing

writer, Gremlins (The Big Picture, The 1990 Movie Draft)
writer, Gremlins (Blank Check — Patreon, Full Metal Jacket with Jon Gabrus (Ad-Free))
writer, The Goonies (Blank Check — Patreon, Full Metal Jacket with Jon Gabrus (Ad-Free))

Other (2) everyone in other

director (tested ape skiing), Planet of the Apes (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Planet of the Apes with Matt Singer)
director attached to an earlier unmade version, Five Nights at Freddy's (Blank Check — Patreon, The Killer with Marie Bardi (Ad-Free))

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

career (cursed project): Chris Columbus → Jingle All the Way. Columbus tested ape skiing and then left to make Jingle All the Way.
“It's like Columbus drops out to make jingle all the way.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Planet of the Apes with Matt Singer · 0:49:47 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

lineage (1)

lineage (lineage): Chris Columbus → Steven Spielberg. The closest Hughes and Spielberg crossed was Spielberg protege Chris Columbus directing Home Alone.
“Chris Columbus was a Spielberg protégé and he ended up directing Home Alone.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 1:26:38 · Kyle Brandt (0.55 sure it was them)

people (2)

people (people): Gremlins 2: The New Batch → Chris Columbus. Chris Columbus is named with the first film's makers.
“Chris Columbus.”
The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 1:13:44 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
people (writer then director): Chris Columbus → Gremlins. Columbus wrote Gremlins and The Goonies before directing Adventures in Babysitting.
“And he wrote The Goonies, right?”
Blank Check — Patreon · Full Metal Jacket with Jon Gabrus (Ad-Free) · 2:15:24 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

None.