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  1. contrast (contrast): As Good as It Gets → Wolf. Nicholson's earlier 90s films had a harder edge; this is the softest, cheeriest Nicholson movie.
    “But Jack Nicholson, usually the movies he's in have a harder edge.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:18:15 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. programming (programming): Wolf → Bram Stoker's Dracula. Wolf is grouped with Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Bram Stoker's Dracula as a loose 90s trilogy of monsters who fuck.
    “That was part of that loose, unofficial 90s trilogy of monsters who fuck, which was Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Bram Stroker's Dracula, and Wolf.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:18:53 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): Mike Nichols → Wolf. Nichols had a smooth career with Wolf as the weird hiccup, to hosts' amusement.
    “Motherfucker made wolf.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:20:43 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  4. craft (craft): Wolf → Mike Nichols. Nichols did not shoot coverage, so action in Wolf is slowed down to cover the gap.
    “sometimes did not know to shoot coverage”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2025 March Madness Update 1 · 1:00:17 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  5. fun, about Wolf: Nichols slowed down action because there was no coverage of Nicholson running in the woods.
    “they're like slowing down action sequences because they clearly have no footage of like Nicholson running in the woods or whatever.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2025 March Madness Update 1 · 1:00:17 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  6. programming (programming): Wolf → Bram Stoker's Dracula. Sony's 90s hot monsters trio: Dracula, Wolf, Mary Reilly, all with stars and no auteur directors.
    “Sony in the 90s were like public domain, 3 monsters with giant stars and 0 tour directors, and all 3 of them are so fucking horny.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2025 March Madness Update 1 · 1:00:28 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)