Matt Singer

2 sketches, 15 claims, and 4 fun items attributed to them. What was said about them.

Personality, episode by episode

Showing 1–2 of 2 sketches.

Blank Check with Griffin & David: Planet of the Apes with Matt Singer (guest)

Likes the good apes and the Apes franchise and is willing to revisit the movie. A connoisseur of movie tie-in meals. Dislikes Wahlberg's performance here and the film's lack of commentary. Attribution to Matt is low confidence beyond his direct address.

Stances

  • The film has no commentary despite Burton
  • Wahlberg is miserable in it
  • Tie-in meals are a unique genre

Humor: Earnest enthusiasm for ridiculous franchise detail and food tie-ins.

In their words

  • “I've been waiting for 18 years for a legitimate excuse to watch it.” (1:51:39)
  • “I love this movie so much.” (1:51:34)

Blank Check — Patreon: Alien³ with Matt Singer (Ad-Free) (guest)

Author of Opposable Thumbs, a book about Siskel and Ebert; has seen both cuts of Alien 3 and owns the Quadrilogy box set. Loves Siskel and Ebert as a gateway to movies; likes the show more than the movies as a kid. Attribution is inferred.

Stances

  • He watched both cuts of Alien 3 for the episode
  • Praises the Siskel and Ebert show as a form of film discussion

Humor: Wry and self-promoting.

In their words

  • “I watch both.” (0:10:20)
  • “I just, well, I wanted to read it.” (2:15:39)

Their shows' recurring bits

Running bits, not opinions; a critic read aloud is cited, not present.

Blank Check with Griffin & David

Their claims

Showing 1–15 of 15 claims.

  1. contrast (contrast): Planet of the Apes → Planet of the Apes. The 2001 makeup is expressive and distinct per actor, where the original franchise used one application piece, effectively a painted mask.
    “Those movies, there's literally like one application piece and it doesn't have a lot of range or flexibility.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Planet of the Apes with Matt Singer · 0:08:01 · Matt Singer (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. 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)
  3. contrast (tie-in contrast): Planet of the Apes → Aquaman. Apes had Reebok, geocaching and no food tie-ins, unlike today's Denny's or IHOP deals.
    “They had Reebok ads.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Planet of the Apes with Matt Singer · 1:49:05 · Matt Singer (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. unmapped (tie-in): Independence Day: Resurgence → Denny's. The Denny's tie-in menu had about 100 items and centered on bacon.
    “They were like, the theme of this movie is and how it connects to us is bacon.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Planet of the Apes with Matt Singer · 1:50:06 · Matt Singer (0.50 sure it was them)
  5. contrast (contrast): Alien 3 → Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. Alien 3 lets a character story end, where Dial of Destiny tries to put a period on one and still doesn't.
    “why don't we let character stories end?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien³ with Matt Singer (Ad-Free) · 0:26:37 · Matt Singer (0.30 sure it was them)
  6. lineage (sequel): Aliens → Alien 3. Alien 3 follows Aliens; watched back to back, Aliens ends on a new family that Alien 3 then kills.
    “you watch aliens and that has this ending of, you know, this new family that has been created.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien³ with Matt Singer (Ad-Free) · 0:30:17 · Matt Singer (0.40 sure it was them)
  7. theme (long-time team comparison): David Fincher → Wes Anderson. Like Wes Anderson and Spielberg, Fincher's strength comes from a loyal team that finishes his sentences.
    “filmmakers like Wes Anderson, like Spielberg and whatever.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien³ with Matt Singer (Ad-Free) · 0:41:36 · Matt Singer (0.30 sure it was them)
  8. people (crew who became directors): Alien 3 → Blade. Effects-team members on Alien 3 (Norrington, Cunningham) went on to direct.
    “A lot of guys who later go on to become directors were in the effects team on this movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien³ with Matt Singer (Ad-Free) · 0:47:32 · Matt Singer (0.30 sure it was them)
  9. people (shared vibe / shared writer): Alien 3 → Pitch Black. Pitch Black reads as Alien-adjacent and as Alien 3-specific; the same writer (Twohy) is behind both.
    “And it's almost very alien 3 vibe specific.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien³ with Matt Singer (Ad-Free) · 0:54:49 · Matt Singer (0.30 sure it was them)
  10. unmapped (critic's verdict): Fight Club → Alien 3. In his Fight Club review Ebert called Alien 3 one of the best looking bad movies.
    “So Fight Club is when he said Alien 3 is one of the best looking bad movies I've ever seen.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien³ with Matt Singer (Ad-Free) · 1:12:27 · Matt Singer (0.40 sure it was them)
  11. verdict (review): Roger Ebert → Alien 3. Ebert gave it two thumbs down and said the chases were contrivances because the aliens could always outrun the humans.
    “Ebert says, I lost interest in Alien 3 when I realized that the aliens could at all times outrun and outleap the humans”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien³ with Matt Singer (Ad-Free) · 1:12:33 · Matt Singer (0.40 sure it was them)
  12. lineage (homage (scene)): Psycho → Alien 3. Charles Dance's shower-curtain death is read as Fincher's own 'Hitchcock moment', after a cast member said Fincher called it that; the Psycho identification is the speaker's.
    “Fincher would talk to him about his influence and be like, well, this is my Hitchcock moment.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien³ with Matt Singer (Ad-Free) · 1:18:07 · Matt Singer (0.35 sure it was them)
  13. theme (tonal comparison): Alien 3 → The Thing. The dog scene and its child autopsy carry The Thing vibes.
    “It has the thing vibes as well, obviously.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien³ with Matt Singer (Ad-Free) · 1:22:28 · Matt Singer (0.30 sure it was them)
  14. industry (franchise lore): Alien 3 → Prometheus. The company is best as a thing you ladle out; the Ridley Scott prequels show more of it.
    “I'm a huge defender of those movies, but like the more you hear about the company and then the worse.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien³ with Matt Singer (Ad-Free) · 1:47:30 · Matt Singer (0.30 sure it was them)
  15. unmapped (critic split): Roger Ebert → Shy People. Only Ebert gave Shy People a thumbs up; Siskel gave it a thumbs down.
    “Only Ebert gave it thumbs up.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien³ with Matt Singer (Ad-Free) · 2:21:27 · Matt Singer (0.40 sure it was them)

Their fun items

Showing 1–4 of 4 fun items.

  1. fun, about Independence Day: Resurgence: The worst tie-in meal: Denny's bacon theme.
    “The I think the Independence Day one.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Planet of the Apes with Matt Singer · 1:49:52 · Matt Singer (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Alien 3: George Costanza's line about the masseuse, 'this woman hates me so much, I'm starting to like her', is how one host feels about the film.
    “this woman hates me so much.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien³ with Matt Singer (Ad-Free) · 0:27:53 · Matt Singer (0.30 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Alien 3: They started shooting with an unfinished script after ten years of fighting over it.
    “they basically go into production with an unfinished script, 45 pages of a script”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien³ with Matt Singer (Ad-Free) · 1:14:04 · Matt Singer (0.30 sure it was them)
  4. fun, about Charles S. Dutton: Dutton served time in prison, found acting there, and the performance carries that verisimilitude.
    “Charles Dutton is a man who served time in prison.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien³ with Matt Singer (Ad-Free) · 1:43:37 · Matt Singer (0.30 sure it was them)