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unmapped (semiotic control):
The Social Network → David Fincher.
A half-second poster in a party montage shows Fincher fusses over every detail, so every sign is assumed meaningful.
“in the social network, there's like that half 2nd shot during one of the party montages. There's a poster on the wall that's like boobs versus brains”
The Big Picture · ‘The Killer’ Is Cold-Blooded Genius. And Something More · 1:10:50 · Adam Nayman (0.85 sure it was them) -
verdict (verdict):
The Social Network → The King's Speech.
The Academy was wrong: The Social Network should have beaten The King's Speech.
“obviously, should have been social network over King speech.”
The Big Picture · Thirteen Awards Movies to Watch Out for, Oscar Do-Overs, and More From the Mailbag · 0:40:53 · Amanda Dobbins (0.70 sure it was them) -
craft (craft):
Aaron Sorkin → The Social Network.
Since the West Wing he mostly adapts real events like Moneyball, Social Network and Steve Jobs.
“Almost everything that he's done is based on real events.”
The Big Picture · Aaron Sorkin Top 5s and ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ · 0:25:39 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them) -
lineage (lineage):
The Social Network → Steve Jobs.
Steve Jobs is called a worthy sequel to The Social Network on big tech and innovation.
“I think this is in many ways a worthy sequel to the social network”
The Big Picture · Aaron Sorkin Top 5s and ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ · 0:56:04 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them) -
contrast (contrast):
The Social Network → Zodiac.
Social Network was one host's top Fincher film; the Fincher podcast chose Zodiac as the purest Fincher.
“Zodiac is like the Fincheryist.”
The Big Picture · Aaron Sorkin Top 5s and ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ · 1:13:11 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them) -
craft (craft):
The Social Network → David Fincher.
Sorkin excels when paired with a dark-hearted counterpart like Fincher; the sum is greater than the parts.
“the magic in this is what happens when you put together like a just fantastic.”
The Big Picture · Aaron Sorkin Top 5s and ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ · 1:13:17 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them) -
verdict (verdict):
The Social Network → Aaron Sorkin.
The Social Network may be Sorkin's best script, with the opening breakup scene as the model.
“The social network might be his best script, like period.”
The Big Picture · Aaron Sorkin Top 5s and ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ · 1:16:10 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them) -
craft (craft):
The Trial of the Chicago 7 → The Social Network.
Both use the intercut to dramatize testimony; Chicago 7's climactic speech is another intercut that does not land.
“it is actually another intercut, Sean, as you mentioned”
The Big Picture · Aaron Sorkin Top 5s and ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ · 1:45:00 · Amanda Dobbins (0.65 sure it was them) -
industry (awards upset):
The Social Network → The King's Speech.
King's Speech beat Social Network at the Oscars, which the speaker finds unforgivable.
“notably the social network, being defeated by the king speech, which is a result that should be should die in a fire.”
The Big Picture · Emergency Mailbag: The Oscars Are Streaming and Hollywood Is Fighting Over Trolls | The Big Picture · 0:57:34 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them) -
people (same director / awards cautionary):
Mank → The Social Network.
Fincher's perverse films are hits but the Academy snubs them, as when The Social Network lost to The King's Speech.
“notably the social network, being defeated by the king speech, which is a result that should be should die in a fire.”
The Big Picture · Emergency Mailbag: The Oscars Are Streaming and Hollywood Is Fighting Over Trolls | The Big Picture · 0:57:34 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them) -
unmapped (history as Shakespeare):
The Social Network → Mank.
Sorkin's Social Network uses Zuckerberg like Shakespeare riffs on kings, as the Mank makers use film history.
“I think, like, uh, the Finchers and Eric Roth and old men are all doing the same thing here”
Blank Check — Patreon · Mank with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 1:02:33 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them) -
people (same writer-director question):
Mank → The Social Network.
Griffin says Mank is a talkie without the entertaining dialogue of The Social Network.
“It's a talkie movie, but a talking movie without having the kind of like wildly entertaining dialogue of a social network.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Mank with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 1:14:55 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them) -
unmapped (timeline):
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo → The Social Network.
Social Network came out a bit more than a year before.
“just a little more than a year before this film, obviously.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with Fran Hoepfner (Ad-Free) · 0:43:19 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
career (career contrast):
Rooney Mara → The Social Network.
After Dragon Tattoo, Social Network feels like the anomaly in her career.
“now I think social network feels like kind of the anomaly.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with Fran Hoepfner (Ad-Free) · 1:03:01 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
people (shared cinematographer):
Jeff Cronenweth → The Social Network.
Fincher fired the Swedish DP and brought in Cronenweth, his Social Network collaborator.
“brought in Jeff Cronin with his social network collaborator.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with Fran Hoepfner (Ad-Free) · 1:10:44 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them) -
people (shared composers):
The Social Network → The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
Reznor and Ross scored both films; the speaker listens to the Dragon Tattoo score more than Social Network's.
“I listen to more than the social network score.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with Fran Hoepfner (Ad-Free) · 2:31:49 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
unmapped (consecutive run):
The Social Network → The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
The Social Network, Dragon Tattoo, and Gone Girl are named as a consecutive run.
“social network, gone girl, uh, uh, social network, dragon tattoo, gone girl, right?”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:07:38 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them) -
industry (Oscar rival):
The Social Network → The King's Speech.
The Social Network should have won Best Picture but The King's Speech took it.
“You know, this film probably should have won best picture, but a certain king had to speak.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:08:17 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them) -
theme (attitude / genre):
The Social Network → Dumb Money.
Dumb Money has no pretension of being the next Social Network but its attitude is that of the earlier film; the speakers say the film became a genre.
“there's nothing about that movie's attitude that's like, this is the next social network, but the attitude of that movie is like social network.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:11:03 · David Sims (0.60 sure it was them) -
lineage (closest descendant):
The Social Network → Blackberry.
Blackberry is named as the only movie to come close to The Social Network in the 13 years since.
“I think Blackberry is the only thing that has come close and then now 13 years since this movie came out.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:11:24 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them) -
people (shared writer):
The Social Network → Moneyball.
Moneyball is set aside as a Sorkin script written after The Social Network, so it does not count as a successor.
“Don't count those, right? Because those are Sorkin scripts.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:11:39 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them) -
people (shared writer):
The Social Network → Steve Jobs.
Steve Jobs is set aside as a Sorkin script written after The Social Network, so it does not count as a successor.
“Don't count those, right? Because those are Sorkin scripts.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:11:39 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them) -
lineage (ripped off):
The Social Network → The Big Short.
David says The Big Short is the most obvious movie ripping off The Social Network, and that people do not make the connection enough.
“I think the big short, which is not a movie I love, is the most obvious movie that's ripping off the social network, even though people maybe don't make that connection enough.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:11:44 · David Sims (0.60 sure it was them) -
lineage (loose adaptation):
The Accidental Billionaires (Ben Mezrich book) → The Social Network.
The film is technically an adapted screenplay but the speakers say Sorkin was working from the same research and the book proposal, not using the book as a template.
“But it's basically like this movie is using the same research that the book has called rather than Aaron Sorkin reading this book and using it as a template if that makes sense.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:15:37 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them) -
lineage (loose adaptation):
The Accidental Billionaires (Ben Mezrich book) → The Social Network.
Sorkin had no finished book and worked from notes and a general structure, with little to do with the book that exists.
“but he doesn't really have much to do with the actual book that exists.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:26:04 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them) -
lineage (verbatim source):
Mark Zuckerberg → The Social Network.
Sorkin says a larger share of the movie than people expect is lifted directly from depositions and emails; the speaker reports he has pointed this out.
“But that's always a big thing he's pointed out is like a larger percentage of the movie that people, than people would expect is me just using direct transcripts verbatim.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:27:56 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them) -
unmapped (making-of documentary):
David Prior → The Social Network.
David Prior directed the feature-length documentary about the making of The Social Network on the DVD.
“David Pryor, the wonderful David Pryor directed feature-length documentary about the making of this movie that's on the DVD.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:38:54 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them) -
people (casting led to):
The Social Network → Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
Snyder offered Eisenberg Jimmy Olsen in BvS in the wake of The Social Network.
“Zack Snyder offers, uh, Jimmy Olsen. to Jesse Eisenberg in the wake of this movie, for BVS.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:43:43 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them) -
theme (character template):
The Social Network → Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
Snyder's reported reasoning: the modern-day Lex Luthor would be Mark Zuckerberg.
“yeah, the modern day Lex Luthor would be Mark Zuckerberg.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:44:07 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them) -
lineage (verbatim source):
Mark Zuckerberg → The Social Network.
The Facebook-creation blog post is almost entirely verbatim in the movie.
“It's almost entirely verbatim in the movie.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:48:25 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them) -
fun, about
The Social Network:
Sorkin wanted Mark drinking a screwdriver in the Facemash scene; Fincher kept it a Bex because the blog says Bex. A microcosm of the two men.
“But Sorkin's thing was like, he should be drinking a screwdriver and Fincher was like, he says he's drinking a bex in the blog.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:48:47 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them) -
unmapped (obsessive detail):
The Social Network → Zodiac.
Fincher's Bex for the beer in The Social Network is linked to his stickler's hunt for the pen Graysmith would have used in Zodiac.
“I remember reading some piece about zodiac when it came out and they talked about him being a stickler about like, what is the actual pen that Robert Graysmith would have used at his desk.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:49:46 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them) -
fun, about
The Social Network:
The 166-page script was too long for Sony; Fincher and Sorkin read it aloud against a stopwatch and it came out at two hours.
“And Fincher was like, you and me are going to sit down and read the script.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:50:41 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them) -
fun, about
The Social Network:
Auditions were other Sorkin scenes, because Fincher needed to see if people could do the pace; Eisenberg's self-tape was the first time he said under two hours.
“I pointedly remember that the they sent the script out, but for the auditions, it was just other Sorkin scenes.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:52:46 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them) -
fun, about
The Social Network:
The first line of dialogue lands the second the studio logo starts.
“that the dialogue on this movie basically starts the 2nd the studio logo start.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:53:57 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them) -
people (actor crossover):
Never Let Me Go → The Social Network.
Never Let Me Go, directed by Mark Romanek, had worked with Garfield and put him in front of Fincher.
“Um, but Mark Romantic had already worked with him for Never Let Me Go, which comes out the same year, puts him in front of Fincher, Fincher, is into it.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:55:26 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
industry (studio history):
Zombieland → The Social Network.
Sony had already done Zombieland with Eisenberg, which made him a safe name for them.
“Sony had already done zombie land”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:55:37 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them) -
fun, about
The Social Network:
Sony pushed Jonah Hill for Sean Parker; Fincher wanted Timberlake.
“Sony wanted Jonah Hill to play Sean Parker.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:55:48 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them) -
people (casting led to):
The Social Network → Friends with Benefits.
Pascal watched The Social Network early and committed to more Timberlake pictures.
“It's like Pascal watches this movie early and it's like, you know what? 'm wrong. Justin Timberlake, we're all in.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:58:52 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them) -
people (casting led to):
The Social Network → In Time.
Pascal watched The Social Network early and committed to more Timberlake pictures.
“It's like Pascal watches this movie early and it's like, you know what? 'm wrong. Justin Timberlake, we're all in.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:58:52 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them) -
people (casting led to):
The Social Network → The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
Pascal saw the dailies from The Social Network and picked Rooney Mara for Lisbeth Salander.
“Pascal basically sees the dailies from this movie and is like, Rooney Morris, Elizabeth Salander.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 0:59:02 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them) -
unmapped (trailer vibe):
The Social Network → Zodiac.
A friend heard the trailer and the speaker said it looked like Breakfast Club meets Zodiac, which was Fincher's fingerprint.
“and saying like, it looks like Breakfast Club meets Zodiac.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 1:06:23 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them) -
unmapped (trailer vibe):
The Social Network → The Breakfast Club.
The speaker pitched The Social Network to a friend as Breakfast Club meets Zodiac.
“and saying like, it looks like Breakfast Club meets Zodiac.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 1:06:23 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them) -
contrast (tonal contrast):
The Social Network → 21.
The Social Network is set against 21, a fun story about rebels, in tone.
“in opposition to something like 21 where it's like a fun story about a fucking a bunch of rebels.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 1:08:05 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them) -
theme (thematic):
Black Hat → The Social Network.
Black Hat is read as Michael Mann realizing the cops-and-criminals tough guys no longer rule once everything is on a computer, a thread the speakers tie to Facebook.
“Black Hat, I think, is a movie about Michael Mann realizing that the guys he spent his entire career writing about cops and criminals.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 1:16:35 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them) -
fun, about
The Social Network:
Harvard did not want them filming and they shot mostly elsewhere.
“Harvard didn't want them to. So they mostly use John Hopkins, Johns Hopkins, but of course, the shot through Cambridge”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 2:41:57 · David Sims (0.35 sure it was them) -
fun, about
The Social Network:
The title card shot over Boston is about fifteen separate shots tiled together, each lit individually, because Harvard would not cooperate.
“But like that shot's basically constructed of like 15 shots that they visually all tiled together and had to be lit individually, not by the cart.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 2:42:50 · Griffin Newman (0.35 sure it was them) -
fun, about
The Social Network:
A mime carrying the lights kept cops busy: they will stop a crew guy at once but not a mime.
“If it's a truck, if it's a crew guy, they'll stop without like any hesitation. If it's a mine, they're going to be so confused about what's going on.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 2:43:20 · Griffin Newman (0.35 sure it was them) -
unmapped (photography):
Jeff Cronenweth → The Social Network.
Cronenweth (transcribed Kronowith) is the DP quoted on the mime and the guerrilla lighting cart.
“But Cronin, the DP was basically saying like, it's great that on like a $40000000 studio movie.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Social Network (Ad-Free) · 2:43:44 · Griffin Newman (0.35 sure it was them) -
unmapped (trailer reception):
The Social Network → The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
Both teasers played with a tone so different that the audience went silent.
“2 great fucking teasers that have such a different tone than everything else that was playing that the audience just went pin drop silent.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Curious Case of Benjamin Button with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:18:21 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them) -
contrast (contrast):
The Social Network → The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
Next week's film is called an anti-Benjamin Button.
“Kind of an anti-Benjamin button?”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Curious Case of Benjamin Button with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 2:30:10 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
verdict (ranking):
The Social Network → Zodiac.
One speaker says Social Network is not even in the same conversation as Zodiac.
“It's not even in the same conversation”
Blank Check — Patreon · Zodiac with Leslye Headland (Ad-Free) · 0:08:48 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
people (actor):
Justin Timberlake → The Social Network.
A host does not think Timberlake is good in The Social Network.
“I don't even think he's good in the social network.”
Blank Check — Patreon · David Fincher Music Videos · 2:16:56 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them) -
unmapped (brought Fincher on):
Kevin Spacey → The Social Network.
The hosts say Spacey optioned the book and got Fincher on board.
“And was the one who got Fincher on board.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:06:00 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them) -
unmapped (equity screwing):
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre → The Social Network.
The cast being diluted out of their cut is the worst version of the Social Network equity scene.
“It was like the worst version of that social network scene”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 1:12:21 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them) -
craft (craft):
The Social Network → Inglourious Basterds.
The best line reading category: Eisenberg's 'That's good, you should be proud' alongside 'Everybody in the German army has heard of Hugo Stiglitz'.
“It's an all-time line reading that could base smarminess, jealousy, and resentment without showing much emotion.”
The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 1:16:29 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them) -
programming (programming):
Panic Room → The Social Network.
Fincher movies are rewatchable and date-movie friendly, with the exception of Se7en; Social Network is the perfect date movie.
“Like social network, perfect date movie.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Panic Room’ (Plus a Mini Will Smith–Oscars Recap) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:40:17 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them) -
verdict (verdict):
Javier Bardem → The Social Network.
Not nominating Bardem is her number 2 Oscar outrage of the decade, behind The Social Network not winning.
“That's my number 2 outrage of Oscar outrage of the decade behind social network, not winning.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Skyfall’ With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:07:35 · Amanda Dobbins (0.80 sure it was them)