On-Air Fest: MAILBAG REQUEST
Added 2025-02-17 18:30:45 +0000 UTC
Hi friends - we're looking to flesh out our event on Thursday with some more questions. Even if you won't be able to attend in person, we'd still like to A your Qs!
Shoot your shot in the comments section below.
xoxo,
Marie + co
Comments
Will the Two Friends please find some way to cover BIG TROUBLE? This is a movie considered infamously cursed by most, but this is a family classic for us. Dennis Farina is locked in!!!
Sean Casey
2025-02-26 16:15:43 +0000 UTCHas Griffin seen every one of the movies that Peter Newman produced? (Dogfight rules, btw)
Matthew Conte
2025-02-26 02:32:12 +0000 UTCWhat 4k uhd blu ray players do you each have. Also just sound off in these comments
Gabriel Gauvin
2025-02-26 01:51:22 +0000 UTCHas griffin finally watched Slow Horses?
Garry Bonesteel
2025-02-23 03:00:38 +0000 UTCCould each of you quickly do an impression of the Harkonnen arena chant from Dune Pt. 2.
James Kane
2025-02-22 19:44:44 +0000 UTCYou get upgrade one SteelBook in your collection to a legendary PlatinumBook. Which movie gets the upgrade?
Andres Ortiz
2025-02-22 03:29:40 +0000 UTCIf you could show a movie to anyone in history, who would it be and what movie? Let's assume that if they were alive during it's release, you're specifying at what point in their lives you're meeting them at.
Donovan Lewes
2025-02-21 18:38:34 +0000 UTCHey Ben, what’s up?
Blake Anderson
2025-02-21 17:52:56 +0000 UTCIf you were to cast a white lotus out of guests of Blank Check who would it be and why?
Blake Anderson
2025-02-21 17:52:42 +0000 UTCAlways love a tangent of the dong… What do you think was the best male nudity in 2024?
Blake Anderson
2025-02-21 17:50:12 +0000 UTCI'm sure this is a normal question y'all get a lot, but as one of the few women who listen to this show, when are you going to cover a female director next? And which female director would you like to cover?
Tristyyyyn
2025-02-21 05:10:27 +0000 UTCWhat director do you think could hoop??????? 🏀
Scott Dobbin
2025-02-21 00:32:15 +0000 UTCWhat is the most overrepresented profession in movies? It’s tempting to say advertising execs or bakery owners. Magazine editors. But at least those jobs exist. How many international assassins are there, really? Way fewer than there are movies about them.
Judd
2025-02-20 23:52:47 +0000 UTC1. Best year for cinema in the 21st century (can’t say 2007) 2. Why did Griffin pose the question of what ET is about when it’s clearly about ET finding his Keys?
The Hand Of The People
2025-02-20 22:19:47 +0000 UTCAre there any stories/conversations that you couldn't put in the podcast (but maybe you can tell this room of 65 people and cut it from the recording?)?
Nick
2025-02-20 21:46:06 +0000 UTCWhich movies has your opinion changed the most since doing their episode? Changed either for better or for worse?
Chris Lopez
2025-02-20 19:01:14 +0000 UTCIf The Last Temptation Of Christ actually got nominated in the other categories it arguably deserved (Actor, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, Screenplay, Score, Editing, Set Design), how tough of a competiton would it have been that year among the other award contenders? Which film should it have replaced in those categories? Is this the hottest Dafoe has ever been?
Ben Staub
2025-02-20 16:27:32 +0000 UTCFor David (in real life) or Griffin/Ben/Marie (hypothetically) what is the most upsetting/adult movie that you would show to your children way too early because it's just too important? At what age is this happening?
Michael Lynch
2025-02-20 15:08:19 +0000 UTCWould you ever consider doing a Marx Brothers series on the main feed? I know they aren’t the directors of the movies and they have been on the bracket for Patreon before but I’m not sure how well the movies work for doing commentary over.
Anthony B
2025-02-20 12:53:46 +0000 UTCWhat do you think is the best movie that's never been mentioned on the podcast?
Matthew Conte
2025-02-20 12:13:01 +0000 UTCRank the top five best food eating scenes in films please
Mischa Vaughn
2025-02-20 07:20:32 +0000 UTCHas boxers or briefs ever been canonically established in the pod?
Del Lorenson
2025-02-20 04:42:08 +0000 UTCIf you were on a 14 hour flight from New York to Tokyo (sorry David), what would you watch to pass the time?
Andrew Spitzer
2025-02-20 03:58:54 +0000 UTCI heard your show has no bits. Is that true?
Devin L Robinson
2025-02-20 02:31:29 +0000 UTCYou have a Time Machine and are able to go to any director at any point and give them a blank check to make a movie at that time (so with the cast, crew and technology available), which Director, when and why. For example you could go to Ed Wood and give him a blank check but it would be a 1950s sized one and he wouldn’t have access to modern special effects.
Leo Martin
2025-02-19 21:48:54 +0000 UTCWhat happened to the American Dream? Did it come true? Are we looking at it?
John Mckevitt
2025-02-19 20:49:25 +0000 UTCMount slashermore? Best/most memorable kill from each of your picks?
Alberto Manuel Lamoso
2025-02-19 17:40:21 +0000 UTCwho would the gang rather learn Transcendental Meditation from -- His Holiness The Great Guru Pitka, or modern day Dustin Hoffman?
Ty McClellan
2025-02-19 17:13:17 +0000 UTCYou were saying about the Coens? 😏
Ditmarser
2025-02-19 16:59:23 +0000 UTCIt’s still very much alive, it’s just way more “subtle” now/not really subtle at all
Ditmarser
2025-02-19 16:57:53 +0000 UTCI hope someone in here asked if we’re ever going to get the Mindhunter ep
Ditmarser
2025-02-19 16:51:23 +0000 UTCDo you have a favorite book, series, comic, or other type of media that you’ve long wished (or feared!) would be made into a movie? If so, who would you have direct it?
Mike Batz
2025-02-19 15:50:49 +0000 UTCWhat's your favorite meal to cook at home/ That somebody else makes?
Charlotte Langdon
2025-02-19 15:33:16 +0000 UTCDo you have any hopes for the Community movie ? I’m a huge fan of the tv show (minus the gas leak year) but cannot fathom à movie version of this , so many years after, that could actually work …
Alexandre Huve
2025-02-19 14:35:41 +0000 UTCWallace and Grommet patreon series or stop motion patreon series possible at all???
Toe Tag
2025-02-19 14:10:29 +0000 UTC2010’s MacGruber is somehow the most recent film based on an SNL character, with the next most recent being The Ladies Man from 2000. My question is which recurring SNL sketches of the past 20 years have missed out on getting a big screen treatment that could have been really great?
KevynOnVideo
2025-02-19 13:13:28 +0000 UTCJust wondering if any of you ever listened to the Simon Mayo and Mark Kermode film review show and what you think of Mark's reviews? If you are planning on doing William friedkin then he would be an ideal guest on any episode as it's his favourite director
dlecktable
2025-02-19 13:06:47 +0000 UTCMaybe Jason Isbell? Adam Granduciel of War on Drugs would also be really interesting
Matthew Conte
2025-02-19 11:31:26 +0000 UTCCan we get about 1400 more episodes of Ben's choice?
Jonatli
2025-02-19 11:22:19 +0000 UTCWhich director is going to make their “Fabelmans” next?
Benjamin Collison
2025-02-19 11:20:28 +0000 UTCWhat director currently holds the Belt?
Kevin
2025-02-19 09:49:27 +0000 UTCDo you notice your tastes changing over time? If so, how?
Damian Sherman
2025-02-19 07:48:09 +0000 UTC2 cents from nobody- I read it years ago after seeing the movie via dvd rental, and have probably seen it a couple more times since, its a fantastic and wildass movie that is also a LOT to handle from every angle; visual, audio, vocals, lighting/mood, emotional tone... It's what Gilliam does, and he does it *so* well that I like the idea of some of his films more than actually watching them again. It's a lot.
JC9000
2025-02-19 07:23:16 +0000 UTCwhen will you do a commentary for My Cousin Vinny, and If never, why? why not add more to some of the categories you've hit like "board games" .. there's still friggin' Labyrinth, Jumanji (obv the old and best one), and a huge one if you've never seen it is Mazes and Monsters, the movie that started the D&D Satanic panic and has Tom Hanks in his first film... absolutely bananas.
JC9000
2025-02-19 07:07:26 +0000 UTCdid griffin’s french uncle ever end up listening to the podcast?
Willem Vander Ark
2025-02-19 06:33:25 +0000 UTCwhat podcast do you wish you'd get invited onto as a guest?
R. Grossman
2025-02-19 06:06:43 +0000 UTCIt’s not particularly original, but honestly I just want to know how everyone is staying sane?
Sanja Ramic
2025-02-19 04:41:51 +0000 UTCAny chance you guys cover Danny DeVito's movies?
Spencer Pommier
2025-02-19 04:18:32 +0000 UTCDo you have another ten years of podcast in you ?
Mark Siwel
2025-02-19 04:05:33 +0000 UTCDavid, growing up in England, did you start to support an English football team? If so which English football team?
Tom Skobel
2025-02-19 03:36:04 +0000 UTCI’m so ready for the Patreon series. They should just jump into before it even finishes.
masonlusk
2025-02-19 03:19:41 +0000 UTCGreat question. Who is yours?
masonlusk
2025-02-19 03:18:38 +0000 UTCWe need to get BC crew in a movie. I really watched Guardians of The Galaxy 3 looking for The Hoz in every scene.
masonlusk
2025-02-19 03:17:53 +0000 UTCI am always fascinated by this.
masonlusk
2025-02-19 03:16:28 +0000 UTCDECADE OF DREAMS!!
masonlusk
2025-02-19 03:15:21 +0000 UTCI’d pay for a whole other Patreon tier just for this.
masonlusk
2025-02-19 03:13:38 +0000 UTCGreat question.
masonlusk
2025-02-19 03:12:39 +0000 UTCDavid: train movies vs. subway movies? Are there more good subway movies than train movies? Are they each a distinct genre or part of a single railway cinimatic universe?
Patrick
2025-02-19 01:30:37 +0000 UTCIs "Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas" Actually A Good Movie???? I love everything about it. But I loved the book and HST's whole thing before I saw the movie. Curious about people outside of the gonzo world.
herb
2025-02-19 01:17:14 +0000 UTCYou mentioned that Ron Howard had the opposite of a blank check career. Name five directors who have had the opposite of a blank check career. Runs less than 4 movies do not count. Arbitrary, I know.
masonlusk
2025-02-19 00:18:51 +0000 UTCMy friends and I have this theory that Jake Gyllenhaal and Nic Cage, adjusted for age, could do any of each other’s movies e.g. Prisoners with a subdued Cage or FaceOff with Gyllenhaal turning it up. Do you agree and are there any other similar actor swaps you can think
masonlusk
2025-02-19 00:16:39 +0000 UTCWhat are your favorite books about movies?
Nicholas Korman
2025-02-18 23:36:32 +0000 UTCWill you circle back to the Dutch films of Paul Verhoeven? I forced a friend to watch Soldier of Orange and the Fourth Man with me. They're both really good. A new miniseries might motivate me to become a Verhoeven completist.
Jonathan Bryan
2025-02-18 21:49:45 +0000 UTCAre there any movies that have come up, or gotten shot down, that make you feel like too morally repulsed to be able to discuss them interestingly?
disk-kun, the mascot for the famicom disk system
2025-02-18 21:47:07 +0000 UTCIf you could unsee a movie which would it be and why? Someone spoiled the ending to The Usual Suspects for me in 8th grade so I’d go back and rewatch that. Also Kevin Spacey can go screw
Josh Harvey
2025-02-18 21:43:10 +0000 UTCDisney's animated "Robin Hood" feature film is often credited with being a "furry awakening." Would you prefer to be a fox, a lion, a bear, or a squirrel?
longhornsteve
2025-02-18 21:28:29 +0000 UTCMaybe you’ve done it and I’ve missed it but would love to hear y’all talk music a little bit — any formative albums and/or stuff you’re getting into now?
Tree Palmedo
2025-02-18 20:55:04 +0000 UTCThe universe is expanding; what is it expanding into?
Jason Nucatola
2025-02-18 20:39:12 +0000 UTCIs Ben Frisch professor Crispy? Also Gregg Araki miniseries when? I know he's not really a blank check director in the purest sense of the word BUT his movies are very queer and unlike the Luca Guadignino film, most are pretty good (I haven't actually seen Luca's film yet just like ribbing old Luca!) Anyway back to Araki, I'll settle for commentaries on the teenage apocalypse trilogy and "Kaboom" which is the unofficial 4th film in the trilogy. Thanks guys! Bye!
JP
2025-02-18 19:28:57 +0000 UTCIf you could choose one filmmaker to direct an animated movie, who would it be?
Tripper Euphoric
2025-02-18 19:26:23 +0000 UTCIf you could shadow one living director for a day who would it be?
Champagne and Gummy bears
2025-02-18 19:18:16 +0000 UTCI know it is the wrong timing for David but is there still a plan for the BC gang to go to a Disney theme park together?
Champagne and Gummy bears
2025-02-18 19:16:32 +0000 UTCHey pals! I’m new to the boutique bluray/Steelbook game. What are your recommended vendors for purchasing, and what are your white whales?
Mimi RuthStiver
2025-02-18 19:13:28 +0000 UTCIf you found a bag filled with lots money in the woods in an abandoned airplane how would you proceed?
Vaderhader
2025-02-18 18:14:30 +0000 UTCThis is co-signed by my sister, Ansleigh, who refers to the show as "Blank Check with Pig and Ben-ducer."
McKenzie Davies
2025-02-18 18:10:58 +0000 UTCFor Ben: How is Pig? I miss her cameos.
McKenzie Davies
2025-02-18 18:09:47 +0000 UTCNow that you've bagged the big kahuna himself, Mr. Davy "The Elf on the Shelf" Krumholtz, who is your dream Blank Check guest that you haven' managed to book yet?
Célèste Fohl
2025-02-18 18:07:00 +0000 UTCI saw it too! Hated the music they synced to Baloonatic before it, but thought R.E.M. over Sherlock was interesting.
Célèste Fohl
2025-02-18 18:04:09 +0000 UTCDo you think that's more likely than getting some kind of live-action/photo-realistic-CGI remake of Toy Story?
william hittle
2025-02-18 18:00:16 +0000 UTCAnd the Coen Macbeth
heather
2025-02-18 17:58:46 +0000 UTCHas David taken the Boss Baby to the cinema yet and, if not, has he thought about what age he'll take her or what film he'd like to take her to see? I took my daughter to Totoro when she was 3 1/2 and it was a great first experience at DA MOVIESH.
Célèste Fohl
2025-02-18 17:53:12 +0000 UTCDoes Ben have any plans to use actual bones as a medium for his bespoke Congratulations creations in the future?
Célèste Fohl
2025-02-18 17:46:26 +0000 UTCA few years ago you mentioned wanting to do 1 animation director a year. Aside from Don Bluth who are some of the ones you are most interested in doing as you've hit on most of the Animation Auteurs
Anthony James Marshall
2025-02-18 17:09:01 +0000 UTCHas there been discussions to include more international directors in the future. Just looking for an excuse for y'all to talk about my all time favorite director, Wong Kar Wai. Or Hong Sang-soo. Or Aki Kaurismaki. Thanks! Keep up the great work!
Damian Sherman
2025-02-18 17:03:51 +0000 UTCNow that Best Buy has stopped selling physical media, where in the city of New York is a good place to get Blu Ray's? I'm asking yall because googling 'DVDSs for sale NYC' just recommends adult shop is chelsea
The Kacer
2025-02-18 16:46:11 +0000 UTCCan Griffin still eat pastrami?
Jordan B. Anderson
2025-02-18 16:32:59 +0000 UTCWould you be excited for a shot-for-shot remake of Toy Story with modern visuals that uses the the exact audio from the original film? A Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater approach, if you will.
Kyle Hilliard
2025-02-18 16:25:37 +0000 UTCwhat is your ideal x-men team for mcu and which characters would you most like to shoehorn into them?
Ian Benson
2025-02-18 16:25:19 +0000 UTCEver wonder which movie(s) you've discussed would be more interesting if its story was retold from the villain's/antagonist’s perspective? *Bonus: background character's perspective?
D. King
2025-02-18 15:56:56 +0000 UTCWho will be villain(s) of 'The Batman: Part II'? Who might you like it to be, ala the rogue's gallery?
Scotty B
2025-02-18 14:59:52 +0000 UTCWhen is Blank Check ending and the Phantom Podcast returning? Also, what's your rank order of SNL movies, worst to best?
Michael Farah
2025-02-18 14:45:12 +0000 UTCI've seen some great puppets in movies recently: Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls, The Vourdalak. Does Griffin have any less-well-known favorite puppets in movies?
Robert Draa
2025-02-18 14:29:04 +0000 UTCIs there an official minimum # of films a director needs to have for you guys to do them, or does it depend?
Tom Hughes
2025-02-18 14:10:19 +0000 UTCDream director(s) & cast for additional Assassin's Creed movies in a variety of settings/era's?
Nikolas Rabogliatti
2025-02-18 13:18:08 +0000 UTCGodzilla$ vs. Bond$
Dr. Ray
2025-02-18 12:50:32 +0000 UTCHow does Ridley Scott make movies at a Woody Allen-esque pace that are the size and scope of Napoleon and crap like Gladiator 2? Does he have an army-sized production team? And if so, what does he personally take care of on set / in pre-production?
Dallas Schmitz
2025-02-18 12:50:31 +0000 UTCWhat is a food or snack that you never see in concession stands at theaters, but really wish were there?
Talon Lardner
2025-02-18 12:30:41 +0000 UTCWhat movie best resembles Ben’s childhood in NJ?
Nicholas Stabile
2025-02-18 12:27:58 +0000 UTCBring back raised in England bit 😀
Will
2025-02-18 11:46:46 +0000 UTCHas Ben seen Animal Kingdom yet? The scumbums of Australia are waiting.
Will McLaren
2025-02-18 10:12:47 +0000 UTCSince you guys are about to embark on the Star Trek TNG movies on Patreon, I was wondering if that meant Griffin has now watched the entire Next Gen series, and if so, I’d love to know everyone’s favorite episodes.
Alex Sinesi
2025-02-18 08:11:18 +0000 UTCBen, hows the gym going? Also, as a fashion guy, do you have any interest in/intention to make/construct your own clothing items?
Jon Holt
2025-02-18 07:26:01 +0000 UTCOdds on Branagh Shakespeare + Othello for Patreon? Insane a-list 90s casts that also do a lot to get people over the language hurdle just saaaayin
Jonathan Nichols
2025-02-18 06:02:44 +0000 UTCDavid this is more a request than anything but I know you have a lot of power over time and space and assume you are a Discworld fan. We know Griff was born to play Ponder Stibbens, you must somehow cause that to happen
Winson Paine
2025-02-18 06:01:04 +0000 UTCDavid: Did you finish Baldurs Gate 3 and who did you choose to romance?
MitchellAP
2025-02-18 05:38:42 +0000 UTCBatman Vs Kong?
Fred
2025-02-18 04:28:53 +0000 UTCSince you guys aren’t doing the Coen Brothers anytime soon… can you give hope to the ones who feel nihilistic about the direction of cinema? You guys just did Lynch and it was amazing, and I’m loving Spielberg. But also, who are the modern examples??? As someone who deeply values cinema as a hobby, and listens to you every week (bc I don’t appreciate bits), what/who/when/where/how gives you hope?
Lyle Sweppenheiser
2025-02-18 04:02:07 +0000 UTCFor Griffin and David: Hearing you talk Spider-Man comics with Bendis was refreshing and sweet, and we’d like some more please. Are you up to date with the Spider-cuck situation and the rise of Spider-Man’s greatest enemy: Paul? If so, how do you feel about it and the post-One More Day situation?
Andrew J. Eisenman
2025-02-18 03:33:25 +0000 UTCI have an FMK for the boys with regard to retired bits: Richard T Joker Raised in England Fat Tittied Hit
Teddy K
2025-02-18 03:28:12 +0000 UTCFor the gang: Is there any part of the show's process that people still aren't really aware of?
Hendoh Bendoh
2025-02-18 03:04:23 +0000 UTCInspired by the discussion of D&D roles on the commentaries, if Griffin, David, and Ben were teleported back in time to medieval England (and didn’t immediately die of dysentery), what would their new careers be?
Adam Reiner
2025-02-18 03:04:13 +0000 UTCOne thing you would like to happen with the podcast in the next decade?
Christian Ford
2025-02-18 02:40:03 +0000 UTCwe’ve heard about Downtown Griffy Newms’ misadventures as a youth trying to take on the style/posture from certain movies, unsuccessfully But what about David and the Benducer? What films affected your personal style? Was it just a phase? Was it successful? - Ryan Iverson (I was head of the Buck’s Rock Clown Shop in 2000, so I think I missed meeting lil Griff by just one summer)
Ryan Iverson
2025-02-18 02:21:24 +0000 UTCGriffin (or anyone) I've noticed for years that in a face-to-face scene their eyes will dart back and forth as if they are switching the eye they are staring at very rapidly, but I've never noticed anyone do this in person. Is this something taught to actors? PS Griffin, what did you like best/miss most about New Milford?
Glenn Peters
2025-02-18 01:56:02 +0000 UTCIs there an overlooked contemporary director that you place money on getting a Best Director nom by the end of the decade? My money would be on Ben Stiller, Judd Apatow, Faverau, and JJ.
Joshua Brown
2025-02-18 01:46:46 +0000 UTCIs there an undeniable blank check director that’s neither journeyman nor problematic that you are reluctant to cover?
Joshua Brown
2025-02-18 01:43:58 +0000 UTCHow did it feel to give David Lynch a fitting, moving send-off for his old and new fans?
Alex Villarreal
2025-02-18 01:19:41 +0000 UTCWhat’s the best last film from a director?
Noah Ontiveros
2025-02-18 01:17:38 +0000 UTCDo you plan to do more March Madness check in episodes this year?
Jason Feffer
2025-02-18 01:11:27 +0000 UTCAfter The Jelly Trilogy and Boardgames, are there any other hodgepodge “franchises” that you’re noodling on?
Jason Feffer
2025-02-18 01:05:45 +0000 UTCHas a journeyman director ever pivoted to a blank check director? If so, who?
Jason Feffer
2025-02-18 01:01:18 +0000 UTCGoing through a re-listen; does griffin know how to pronounce aesthetic?
fred reed
2025-02-18 00:54:28 +0000 UTCGriffin, what is your proudest acting moment? Across any art medium, from any point in your life. Even if it was in a school play or an acting class.
Jeff Burnett
2025-02-18 00:50:36 +0000 UTCHow would David pitch the Burger Report as a recurring column to his colleagues at the Atlantic?
Bill Adams
2025-02-18 00:48:49 +0000 UTCWhat is David's favourite Cinema in London?
Zachary Stein
2025-02-18 00:48:44 +0000 UTCWhat’s the process of the miniseries album art? Do you guys request which character you’ll be photoshopped onto? Does Pat Reynolds have you send him a selfie at a certain angle so he can match you onto a character’s body more easily? Or does he work with whatever photos are out there of you? And how does he even go about doing the art for the animation directors?!
Jeff Burnett
2025-02-18 00:48:21 +0000 UTCIf you were forced to pick a method of death from the Final Destination series as the way for you to shuffle off this mortal coil – which would you choose?
Jeff Burnett
2025-02-18 00:45:22 +0000 UTCGriffin (and anyone else who feels they have an answer), if the Truman Show were real, and you had no moral objections to joining “the cast” of the show, what role in that town would you want? (i.e. Truman’s co-worker, friend, neighbor, or someone far off in the background, etc.)
Jeff Burnett
2025-02-18 00:44:05 +0000 UTCWhen the AI machines take over, who has what role on BC’s Nebuchadnezzar ship? Who pilots? Who welds? Who’s the operator? And who is The One?
Matthew Park
2025-02-18 00:36:56 +0000 UTCFor everyone but most likely Griffin - what is your process/resources for finding blurays. Are there news letters i should be following? I get overwhelmed by the vastness of the internet so i am not sure where to start building my collection again. I used to get most my movies in the 3 for $20 bin at Blockbuster.
Lizzy Tiritilli
2025-02-18 00:27:45 +0000 UTCGriffin: as an actor, what's something you wish non-actors knew? Any performances that everyone hates but you think are great?
Eve Asher
2025-02-18 00:17:09 +0000 UTCIf you had to remake any Muppet movie with an entirely human cast — what Muppet movie would you pick, and what humans would you cast as which Muppets?
Tim Luecke
2025-02-18 00:11:24 +0000 UTCDo you ever self-Quibi a movie, i.e. purposefully watch it in 10m chunks?
Matthew H
2025-02-18 00:00:01 +0000 UTCHow do you evaluate a movie that you might think is objectively "good" but that you didn't like vs one that's objectively "bad" that you enjoy?
Daniel Moroz
2025-02-17 23:57:04 +0000 UTCA musician that has not yet scored/soundtracked a film that you would like to see take a crack at it?
Matthew Conte
2025-02-17 23:48:42 +0000 UTCOh man, they should be on the upcoming Withnail and I disc. That movie needs their insight into being two friends.
BENJAMIN SHULTZ
2025-02-17 23:41:50 +0000 UTCIs “Aspen Extreme” going to be the amuse-bouche episode to highlight Peter Berg’s acting career when they finally get to his films in 2051?
Colin
2025-02-17 23:28:24 +0000 UTCRSVP’d to hopefully be there, but froze up when prompted with a question at the time of submission, so I’ll wisely use this opportunity to ask: think there’s any more juice in the “Limitless” IP? Like a reboot about a new guy who takes a “Limitless” pill and does some more Limitless stuff? Or was that movie (and show. Can’t forget the show) the last hurrah of the magic pill genre?
Evan Radigan
2025-02-17 23:27:40 +0000 UTCDisregard everything we’ve heard about Toy Story 5. Griffin is now writing AND casting it. What will he do?
Alex
2025-02-17 23:18:42 +0000 UTCwhen his kids are grown and out of the house, one assumes
Rob
2025-02-17 23:12:27 +0000 UTCI just purchased 4K/Blu-Ray/digital download Steelbook for Madam Web, what’s next for me?
Josh Darby
2025-02-17 23:06:22 +0000 UTCYou’ve had Katy, You’ve had David, and You’ve had Patches all on the show. But, during your decade of dreams will you finally finish the FitWR connect 4 and have Da7e Gonzalez on the show????
Josh Darby
2025-02-17 23:04:44 +0000 UTCAnybody seen A Gnome Named Gnorm?
Alabama Arkansas
2025-02-17 23:03:04 +0000 UTCIf you could be an on-disc special feature for only one Criterion release, which film would you choose?
John Thomas Glenn Lowery
2025-02-17 22:55:42 +0000 UTCIf you were to cover a filmmaker besides a director (writer, cinematographer, editor, etc) who would make for the most interesting miniseries?
Jake Viaene
2025-02-17 22:41:29 +0000 UTCJust imagine him talking about the (x) train that goes from (x) to (x) and takes (x) days
Hogan
2025-02-17 22:41:25 +0000 UTCDavid, since Hollywood is now mining video games for IP to adapt, what noteworthy games do you think they should adapt into movies instead of the hottest slop on the market?
jorgamund
2025-02-17 22:38:44 +0000 UTCWould listen to a full ep that is just David talking trains
Lowen Baumgarten
2025-02-17 22:38:38 +0000 UTCGreat question: what was the blank check moment of Blank Check? What was the guarantor?
Lowen Baumgarten
2025-02-17 22:35:59 +0000 UTCWhat's up with Vin Diesel's apparent struggles to get a new Fast and Furious movie off the ground? When, if ever, do you see the next movie happening, and what form will it take, given that it will end up being at least 3-4 years after the cliffhanger ending of the last movie?
Paul O'Regan
2025-02-17 22:31:07 +0000 UTC2024 was a big year for Giovanni Ribisi being covered on Blank Check, and since 2025 will see the valiant return of Parker Selfridge and the release of somewhere from zero to three chapters of the American Saga, I think it would be fun to set up a Ribisi ranking on quality of performance in comparison to how *much* he's doing in the movie. The Ribisi movies covered are Avatar, Avatar: The Way of Water, Basic, The Gift, Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1, Lost Highway, The Postman, Public Enemies, and Saving Private Ryan
Kyle Faber
2025-02-17 22:13:55 +0000 UTCWhat is David’s take on pizza in the UK?
Andrew Jansson
2025-02-17 22:05:15 +0000 UTCWhat movie would you absolutely love to spend an episode dissecting—but the director just doesn’t suit the show/have a big enough filmography/you can’t invent a commentary category for it to fit in?
Caleb O'Brien
2025-02-17 21:59:58 +0000 UTCGriffin, is Amelia from Doughboys as cool as she seems on the show?
Douglas “Scoop” Reinhardt
2025-02-17 21:50:19 +0000 UTCDavid….do you have a dream train ride in the world that you’d want to take one day? I recently did the Rocky Mountaineer from Vancouver to Banff and it’s a bucket list item for a lot of train weirdos. Wondering if you have one!
Hogan
2025-02-17 21:49:39 +0000 UTCWhat is your favorite production company/studio intro video?
Hogan
2025-02-17 21:47:02 +0000 UTCi’m sure it was
Benjamin Adgate
2025-02-17 21:43:20 +0000 UTCHas David ever been to London?
Hogan
2025-02-17 21:43:07 +0000 UTCWhat are all of your favorite stage plays that you’ve seen? Would love to hear you talk about that other medium you seem to also love
Hogan
2025-02-17 21:42:57 +0000 UTCWhen is the Tate Taylor series happening? and can we get a one-off on Saved! (2004)
Benjamin Adgate
2025-02-17 21:42:40 +0000 UTCWhole gang: What’s the craziest thing you’ve ever witnessed (or had happen to you) in a movie theatre?! 😘 Scott & Katerina
Haunted Screen
2025-02-17 21:34:46 +0000 UTCDavid: What's your ideal Animorphs adaption? Who's the director if it's a movie, or showrunner if it's a tv series? Griffin: What contemporary author would you most like to narrate an audiobook for?
Brendan Ford
2025-02-17 21:20:55 +0000 UTCI know there are way too many directors out there to ever redo a full miniseries. But if you had to redo one, who would you pick? (Can be either because you think you didn’t do it full justice the first time or you just want to revisit all the movies and record episodes on them with more perspective?)
Curt Weiler
2025-02-17 21:18:51 +0000 UTCWhen will we hear David's video game podcast
Owen Phillips
2025-02-17 21:14:14 +0000 UTCFor Griffin: have you ever considered teaching Acting. Same Q for David, have you ever thought about teaching writing, particularly about film? For Ben: just tell us if the steak was more than $275, pleeeeaaase! The Blankies need to know, particularly, those of us who were Servers in NYC back in the day.
Scott Carberry
2025-02-17 21:08:22 +0000 UTCIf you could do a do-over on any episode, main feed or Patreon, which would you choose and why?
Daniel Jacobsen
2025-02-17 21:04:05 +0000 UTCFor Griffin- what was the audition you got during COVID for the show that was supposed to be the ‘next game of thrones’? I’ve been wondering for years since there’s now a few that could have been pitched that way…
Emma
2025-02-17 20:58:50 +0000 UTCNeed to see David’s spreadsheet for 1981 to understand if he feels as strongly as a lot of people do about Raiders of the lost Ark losing to Chariots of Fire
Tony Beasley
2025-02-17 20:54:24 +0000 UTCYou’re in charge of a studio, and your first goal is to bring back the theatrical comedy. Who are the five actors you’re going after to lock them under a contract? Bonus for actors primarily from TV who you’re still waiting to try making the leap.
Joel Liss
2025-02-17 20:54:01 +0000 UTCWhich of the Blank Check Directors would you want to direct your biopic?
Zachary Pareizs
2025-02-17 20:52:51 +0000 UTCIf you decided to start another podcast that had nothing to do with movies, what would you want to pod about? Can be for any of the individual Blanksmiths, or the team as a whole
Jack
2025-02-17 20:51:57 +0000 UTCRank the New York City AMCs please!
Wade Hollomon
2025-02-17 20:46:04 +0000 UTCFor the two friends: who is the bigger texter ? - tom (Canada)
Thomas Dunbar
2025-02-17 20:44:29 +0000 UTCWhen will the #2Friends be joing Cameo?
Jeffrey Malone
2025-02-17 20:44:07 +0000 UTCHave you heard of or seen the “Silents Synced” series that is making the rounds at independent theaters? They put modern soundtracks on classic silent films. I have been waiting to show my three kids Sherlock Jr. until they could see in on the big screen, so I took them to see it last week here in Philly. It was soundtracked to Monster-era R.E.M. Two questions - (1) general thoughts on this type of project as a way to get people interested in silent films, and (2) what would be your ideal soundtrack pairing for the Buster Keaton classic?
Tim Collins
2025-02-17 20:41:39 +0000 UTCCan we get a live nickname catch-up for Ben (maybe with audience participation)? We still need nicknames for Barbra, McTiernan, Satoshi Kon, and David Lynch.
Les Chappell
2025-02-17 20:41:27 +0000 UTCGarmonbozia looks like creamed corn. What food do you believe is the best representation of pain and sorrow?
Christian M
2025-02-17 20:39:36 +0000 UTCRegarding Wiseau, I'm sure they're waiting for him to do a couple more films so they can give him the proper mini series treatment.
Johannes Wiberg
2025-02-17 20:39:20 +0000 UTCAre there any films that you’ve covered in years past about which your opinion has evolved? Which do you now find better/worse and why?
Scott Eckert
2025-02-17 20:37:59 +0000 UTCAre there any films (or entire filmographies or directors) that you've changed your opinion about since doing the mini series? For example, Griff was new to Miyazaki when doing that series, has your opinions on his films changed in any way since recording the episodes?
Johannes Wiberg
2025-02-17 20:37:43 +0000 UTCWould you ever consider doing an episode on vanity projects (Neil Breen, Tommy Wiseau, J Lo, etc) since by definition vanity project are self-written blank checks? If so, whose work would you want to cover?
Rachel Yoder
2025-02-17 20:33:19 +0000 UTCHow soon until we’ll be revisiting another classic from the Porch?
Hedge
2025-02-17 20:27:05 +0000 UTCAre there any directors who have made a number of movies and who aren't on the Woody Allen/Polanki list, but you wouldn't do their filmography for whatever reason? The example that pops into my head for myself is Paul WS Anderson.
Matt Grommes
2025-02-17 20:26:36 +0000 UTCTo everyone: what is your prized possession of physical media? The rarest, most OOP disc/boxset/tape/record?
Sam Schrader
2025-02-17 20:26:33 +0000 UTCwhat series do you guys think gave you the blank check to cover what ever directors you want? Are there any movies you wished you covered differently not because of backlash but because your opinion changed? Especially around oscars time I find I'm more positive on a movie then watch later and go what was I thinking liking this so much.
Matt Miller
2025-02-17 20:25:57 +0000 UTCWhat the fuk is up with Mr. Brooks? It's on Paramount+, i just discovered it! Kevin Costner climaxes when he murders people? Billy Hurt, Demi, Dane Cook... Marg Helgenberger!
Carter D.G.
2025-02-17 20:20:57 +0000 UTCHow and when does the endless conversation around Marvel movies’ quality end? Meaning, when does the MCU enter the same zone as James Bond, Star Trek, Fast and Furious, and the like where we can stop debating the relative quality and just treat them like the disposable popcorn fare they are?
Brad Boron
2025-02-17 20:18:00 +0000 UTCnewer blankie here so apologies if this has already been discussed but have y'all ever considered covering Luca Guadagnino? he's such a unique filmmaker and seems like the ultimate blank check director! if you ever covered him i'd die. love y'all!
Johnnie
2025-02-17 20:17:37 +0000 UTCHow exactly is Ben investigating farts?
Derrek Drass
2025-02-17 20:15:36 +0000 UTCWill we ever get The Barracuda back on the show? I miss her
Aeris Cody
2025-02-17 20:09:28 +0000 UTCDo either of you have certain snacks you like when you go to the movie theater? And if you do, do you have an order or a ritual when you eat them? Like you hold off snacking until the previews are over or sweets before savory. Things like that
Ross Eide
2025-02-17 20:07:36 +0000 UTCFor David and Griffin: I recently relistened to the MCU commentaries, and in the Guardians 2 episode, you promised Ben that you'd buy him a nice red jacket if you couldnt get him cast as a ravager in Volume 3. Did Ben ever get his jacket?
Aeris Cody
2025-02-17 20:07:20 +0000 UTCHow did your adorable and budding podcast and real life friendship with the ringer-verse begin?
Hogan
2025-02-17 20:04:49 +0000 UTCWho would be a guest you’d all love to have on that’s a dream that would work on the podcast as well?
Hogan
2025-02-17 20:04:27 +0000 UTCIf you could go on a date with any movie character…?
Hogan
2025-02-17 20:03:27 +0000 UTCIn your opinion, who is the most underrated, under-discussed or overlooked Australian filmmaker?
Thomas Butler
2025-02-17 19:59:32 +0000 UTCIf you could only watch movies from one decade for the rest of your lives, which decade would you choose
Jon Nelson
2025-02-17 19:54:29 +0000 UTCWhat are the odds of getting a miniseries on Charlie Kaufman? I would love to hear the boys talk synecdoche, New York and maybe touch on his writing career meyers-style
Luke Sanchez
2025-02-17 19:52:31 +0000 UTCHave you ever tried to get a director you’ve covered to be a guest on the show?
Nate Goldstein
2025-02-17 19:50:25 +0000 UTCWith the constant talk of sitcom returning (Modern Family, Scrubs, The Office)for reunion or another season. Should America sitcom take a leaf out of British sitcom and just do a Christmas special every couple of years. For instance Only Fools and Horses ran for seven seasons from 81-89 but carrying on doing Christmas special until 2003. A more recent example would be Gavin and Stacey with their recent Christmas special which got 21.2 million viewers. Do you think this could happen or is this just a British thing.
Daniel Bartholomew
2025-02-17 19:48:06 +0000 UTCIf each of you could create a "filmography" to cover that isn't director or franchise-based, what movies would you choose and why?
Anthony Koval
2025-02-17 19:47:08 +0000 UTCDo you have any thoughts on what the final episode would be (hopefully many years from now)? My pitch would finally doing Ben’s King Ralph ep, just hanging out.
Evan Lewis
2025-02-17 19:39:35 +0000 UTCWhat’s a movie/filmmaker you are hesitant to cover simply because you think (or know) you wouldn’t like to have to watch?
Brian Dolge
2025-02-17 19:39:24 +0000 UTCIf you all were to plan a weekend film festival what would you show, who would you book as guests, and what would the bits be?
Danny Cox
2025-02-17 19:39:18 +0000 UTCIn an alternate universe - if not the phantom pod. Which franchise would you choose to put the “griffin and David presents” experience to? (IE which movie would you pretend has no sequels) Decade of dreams!!!!!!!
Josh Ingram
2025-02-17 19:39:16 +0000 UTCA wizard has given you a magic DVD player that will play the director’s commentary for any movie that has ever made, even if the technology never existed in their lifetime. What movie and director would you watch first? I personally would choose The Great Muppet Caper with Jim Henson.
Jacqui Ronan Whitehouse
2025-02-17 19:39:07 +0000 UTCDavid - If there was a video game equivalent to Sight & Sound, what ten games would make your list?
Ryan Costello
2025-02-17 19:38:49 +0000 UTCWhat is your hidden talent/ unexped hobby?
sheabobay
2025-02-17 19:38:32 +0000 UTCCall your shot - which currently working director with fewer than 4 movies is most likely to be covered on the show? Who are you stumping for?
Todd Kremer
2025-02-17 19:37:02 +0000 UTCWhat makes for a good interview! Do you have any tips?
lp
2025-02-17 19:35:14 +0000 UTCWhich individual series changed your opinion the most about a director? i.e. you went from frostiness to love, loving to hating, etc.
Zach Ehrlich
2025-02-17 19:35:14 +0000 UTCPrequel commentary tracks!
Ali Abdulmagid Atri
2025-02-17 19:32:08 +0000 UTCI’m from St. Louis, and the beloved arthouse cinema where I first got into movies is closing. Do you all have any theaters that hold a special place in your heart?
Rachel Anders
2025-02-17 19:31:57 +0000 UTCWhat is your desert island theater, format and film for the perfect screening? You can bend reality if you want ie. 35mm 4DX Master and Commander at Sunshine Cinemas
Mac Pohanka
2025-02-17 19:31:42 +0000 UTCWhich director’s work was the most surprising to you after watching through their filmography?
cole thomas
2025-02-17 19:29:47 +0000 UTCHeard David mention he was obsessed with the new Brit Pop Bandsplain season. If any of you were to go on Bandsplain what band would you cover? And as a bonus because of the Brit Pop season, top 3 Oasis songs?
Chris Carr
2025-02-17 19:27:04 +0000 UTCWhat would you say is the best (film) performance by each of the following actors? - Joel McCrea - Michael Murphy - Sissy Spacek - Jennifer Jason Leigh - Ving Rhames - Alison Steadman
Kiren MacLeod
2025-02-17 19:26:56 +0000 UTCIs there another director you’d consider doing only a portion of their filmography in a single run, sort of how you did with Spielberg? Such as Martin Scorsese - the Leo Era, since that’s when he seemed to get his true blank checks?
Nick Sanford
2025-02-17 19:25:14 +0000 UTCHave you guys tried the new indiana jones game? If so, how does it compare to the other movies?
Luke Liszewski
2025-02-17 19:23:40 +0000 UTCWhat is your most valued movie spreadsheet?
Henry O’Brien
2025-02-17 19:19:20 +0000 UTCDavid: what are the most devastating father-daughter (or now father-sons/children) movies you've seen since becoming a parent? What about those films rendered you inconsolable? I'm a new father to a daughter myself. I was already a quick cry when it came to da movies, and so far I've kind of skirted around diving into parent-child movies for fear of losing myself as soon as the opening credits begin.
Drew Gorman
2025-02-17 19:18:38 +0000 UTCWhich fictional character that shares your name is your favourite? ( Apologies to Griffin )
Eve Carney
2025-02-17 19:18:01 +0000 UTCDavid, what are your top 5 Kiwi movies?
Carolyn
2025-02-17 19:16:24 +0000 UTCJust curious if Producer Ben has seen the Rutger Hauer/Joan Chen movie 'The Blood of Heroes', and if so, would Vincent D'onofrio make it onto his Mt Chain-more (Mt Rushmore of chains)?
christopherdrew
2025-02-17 19:16:07 +0000 UTCThoughts on the Fantastic Four trailer?
Spencer Pommier
2025-02-17 19:15:48 +0000 UTCQuestion 🙋🏼♀️ I must ask Griffin. Do you have an Eidetic memory? Your knowledge of film rivals that of Sean Fennessey especially when you play the box office game! And please do a full series on the Muppets from the original series and all the films please 🙏🏼 I personally demand that you do after enduring David Lynch may he rest in peace but thank goodness that series is over and great job on the Beetlejuice Beetlejuice episode!
Alison R.B.
2025-02-17 19:14:59 +0000 UTCWhich directors would you love to cover if you could just cherry pick like, one month's worth of films for the podcast, and not have to suffer through dozens of Not Great Films for months?
Kevin
2025-02-17 19:14:18 +0000 UTCYeah I know it’s against the concept but I also came to the comments to ask about a new releases Patreon thread. I’d love to have gotten their thoughts on some of my favourite recent films in the last couple of years
Robert F
2025-02-17 19:12:27 +0000 UTCYou get 5 dishes/courses - What’s your Last Meal?
Eric Trapp
2025-02-17 19:11:01 +0000 UTCYou just got a blank check: you can do a miniseries on one director but the only guest you will have for every episode is a different director, living or dead. Example: Spielberg does Lynch; Myizaki does Michael Bay. Who are you choosing and why?
Turtle from Entourage
2025-02-17 19:10:38 +0000 UTCThroughout all of y’all’s careers with it (both professional and personal as fans/enthusiasts), what are some core things about your relationship with film that have changed over the years? Could be regarding by stylistic taste, technical/craft interests, general philosophy towards, etc.
Eric Trapp
2025-02-17 19:10:38 +0000 UTCWhat is a moment in a teaser trailer/theatrical trailer that gives you goosebumps? For me it's either Alec's monologue over Prequel Trilogy footage for Revenge of the Sith's teaser or "Next Summer Walt Disney Pictures Will Present Its Next Animated Feature, What Follows Is The Opening Song That Begins The Story" in front of The Lion King's teaser
Sean Gillum
2025-02-17 19:10:03 +0000 UTCKrypto - yes or no? (I'm a hard "yes" FWIW)
John Dog
2025-02-17 19:07:33 +0000 UTCHave you ever thought of doing more consistent news / modern review pods…even if just on Patreon? Whenever you guys go on a tangent about something currently in theaters it’s just a crispy onion ring that crept into the French fries.
Challenge Mania
2025-02-17 19:07:27 +0000 UTCIs the concept of a Blank Check still valid in today’s Hollywood? If so, who are some directors with 5 or fewer films who might get covered on the podcast one day.
John Kinsella
2025-02-17 19:06:24 +0000 UTCHow many more Captain America: Brave New Worlds can the MCU take before it dies? Is the clock ticking for the entire endeavour?
John Dog
2025-02-17 19:06:01 +0000 UTCWhat are everyone’s thoughts on scary kids films? I’m not saying it’s good to traumatize children, but is it ok to show certain films to the youngsters? Hopefully this can be explored in a possible Don Bluth miniseries
James Daniel Baxter
2025-02-17 19:05:54 +0000 UTCWhat would the careers of the various Avengers actors look like today if the MCU had never happened? Would Chris Evans ever have hit? Would Ruffalo have an Oscar by now? Etc.
Martin Schneider
2025-02-17 19:05:48 +0000 UTCHi Two Friends! How much of the SNL50 content did you guys watch and what did you enjoy the most? Any favorite underrated bits from the SNL canon that you guys wish made an appearance during the anniversary special? Cheers!
Jacksonnn
2025-02-17 19:05:43 +0000 UTCOf all the filmographies you've covered, which is the least cohesive?
Elizabeth M. Sullivan
2025-02-17 19:05:04 +0000 UTCYou’ve talked a lot about video games but the only adaptation really has been Assassins Creed. I’m not counting board games as movies here. Can video games be adapted into good movies? Why is there always a struggle? Which are the most successful? What would you like to see attempted? (Maybe Sim City???)
Ross
2025-02-17 19:04:48 +0000 UTCI’ve been dying to ask these questions since they occurred to me several months ago!! Who was on your trivia team? What was the team’s name? HOW COULD YOU EVER LOSE??? And if you ever did lose, who did you lose to and those people should be guests on the pod (just a suggestion). On a sappy note, I’m a 44 year old mom and lawyer and I love this podcast so very much. Thank you for all the laughs. I’ve learned, I’ve cried, I’ve guffawed. More Marie episodes, please.
Vanessa Horton
2025-02-17 19:04:20 +0000 UTCHow annoying is it to wear the Watto outfit?
Martin Schneider
2025-02-17 19:04:15 +0000 UTCAs a fellow multi dadder, what is proper etiquette for letterboxd logging a movie you watch with your kids? Half a movie? Full? Do you do it each time? Does it drive you nuts not to?
Patrick Randolph
2025-02-17 19:03:17 +0000 UTCWho's the biggest name in movies these days? Me, I think it's María Conchita Alonso.
Larry Hastings
2025-02-17 19:03:07 +0000 UTCI think it's covered at the end of the previous mailbag ep, and it's a corker
Daniel Montesinos-Donaghy
2025-02-17 19:02:55 +0000 UTCIs it too late to prosecute George Lucas for inventing the prequel?
John Dog
2025-02-17 19:02:46 +0000 UTCDavid — best nonfiction sports books you’ve ever read? Baseball and basketball specifically?
Cole
2025-02-17 19:02:30 +0000 UTCBeen watching The Good Wife for the first time and have been enjoying David’s write ups (in season 5 so the end is nigh for the Sims recaps). What TV have you guys watched recently (sans Twin Peaks) that hits that sweet spot that TGW does which is expertly crafted in its own lane, not trying to be anything it’s not, but still being ambitious (What We Do In The Shadows I think was also good at just being straight up comedy, not trying to be something it wasn’t)
Sam Wieland
2025-02-17 19:02:14 +0000 UTCHeya! The 5 following BC directors have been Jury Presidents at Cannes: Spielberg, Burton, Miller, Campion and Lynch. From best to worst, who was the top president with the best Palme winner?
Daniel Montesinos-Donaghy
2025-02-17 19:02:00 +0000 UTCWhat video games are you looking forward to playing in 2025?
Seth Zarate
2025-02-17 19:02:00 +0000 UTCDavid hates planes and loves trains. But what is his opinion on automobiles?
Dan Eaton
2025-02-17 19:01:46 +0000 UTCWhat is your Holy Grail of physical media?
Sawyer Huelat
2025-02-17 19:01:42 +0000 UTCIs there a movie you covered in the past that you’ve since rewatched and changed your opinion on?
Danny Saunders
2025-02-17 19:01:09 +0000 UTCDid you ever check out the Shyamalan Apple show Servant?
Daniel Chilvers #BringBackTheKrynoid
2025-02-17 19:00:02 +0000 UTCWhich directors do you wish you could cover but you never will for various reasons?
Nick Robinson
2025-02-17 18:59:52 +0000 UTCWhat is the best scene that involves a sandwich in a movie?
Nick Robinson
2025-02-17 18:58:57 +0000 UTCGriffin in your recent Doughboys appearance, roughly half of the episode was taken up with the discussion of “Santa, Person, or Dog?” but did you consider that Dog and Santa are both people?
Austin McDougle
2025-02-17 18:57:24 +0000 UTCET - if you touched him, would he be wet or dry?
Daniel Citron
2025-02-17 18:57:15 +0000 UTCMy guess is that it was probably a bit by Mr. Foot's parents, who presumably went to law school and are therefore not immune to making elaborate bits out of their own lives. Perhaps Griffin missed his true calling?
Douglas Wykstra
2025-02-17 18:57:10 +0000 UTCOf all the movies you have covered, what is one that you wish had a tie in video game? Or maybe had a better tie in video game?
Zach Mccowin
2025-02-17 18:56:22 +0000 UTCHello Griffin and David! My daughter was born early September, and as a result she sat with me as I made my way through David Lynch’s filmography including twin peaks (this was, in retrospect, a mistake!) David - what is the most inappropriate thing you’ve watched with your young ones?
Jim B
2025-02-17 18:55:37 +0000 UTCAfter ten years of talking about movies for your job, has the fascination with film waned?
Nick Robinson
2025-02-17 18:55:21 +0000 UTCWho are your literal movie Mt. Rushmore? For example, mine is Christopher Walken for Pulp Fiction, Samantha Morton for Synecdoche, New York, Bill Murray for Rushmore (obvi.) and Adrian Brody's penis for The Brutalist.
Patrick Donges
2025-02-17 18:55:00 +0000 UTCWhat movie would have been better if someone else directed it (has to be vaguely possible that the dream director could or would have directed it).
Rosemarie Wagner
2025-02-17 18:53:33 +0000 UTCCustom merchandise spotlight: as a child I made my own “Pee-wee’s Christmas fruitcake” from the Christmas special by wrapping a brick in Toy Story wrapping paper. Very normal. Did any of you ever create your own makeshift movie merch?
Charlie Kessler
2025-02-17 18:53:27 +0000 UTCI’d love to know your habits with home movie viewing with regards to your cell phones. Do you two do any tricks with your phones while you view at home? Do Not Disturb? Phone in other room?
Joey Bergren
2025-02-17 18:53:22 +0000 UTCIf you had to give an entry point to a new listener, which miniseries would you suggest they begin with? (My personal start was Raimi!)
Janine
2025-02-17 18:52:46 +0000 UTCYears ago, Griffin mentioned that he would explain the “chappy deal” and that it was unbelievable. What’s that story?
Roman Darkholme
2025-02-17 18:51:54 +0000 UTCIf the "Blank Dough" squad did a switcheroo for Munch Madness, which food theme would Griff and David pick — and what Director's filmography would they like to see Mitch and Nick cover?
Chandler Nunnally
2025-02-17 18:51:05 +0000 UTCwhen do each of you believe barack obama and jennifer aniston will make their romance public
Aidan
2025-02-17 18:51:02 +0000 UTCOne for Marie: Go Birds
Matthew Conte
2025-02-17 18:50:43 +0000 UTCWhat made now feel like the right time to revisit Spielberg?
Janine
2025-02-17 18:50:29 +0000 UTCOne piece of Ben Hosley lore that I don't think we've ever heard is about how he got into the world of audio production and started working on podcasts. Can we get a ProDoer origin story?
Matt Kazinka
2025-02-17 18:50:07 +0000 UTCDavid has talked about an old friend named Learned Foot. The only other Learned I’ve ever heard of is a famous NY judge and legal theorist, Learned Hand. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learned_Hand The Foot is also the joke name for the TMNT version of The Hand from Daredevil. So this must be a bit, right?? You’re not known for never revealed, subtle bits. I must know!
Zachary Neeley
2025-02-17 18:49:27 +0000 UTCIf you had to repeat covering the same movies of one complete year from the decade of dreams, which year would it be?
Mallori Longo
2025-02-17 18:48:40 +0000 UTCYour favorite book/graphic novel/game/etc. that you'd never want to see adapted into a movie.
Holden Martinson
2025-02-17 18:48:37 +0000 UTCI have heard David Sims mention liking Peter Strickland a couple times. I've always wanted him to elaborate because Strickland is a personal fave. Can we let the dog off the leash and hear David's thoughts and opinions on Peter Strickland?Do you agree with him that sleeping through a film is a valid way to experience it? Why is In Fabric not particularly popular among A24 devotees despite seeming tailor-made (pun INTENDED) for that audience? Do you have any personal relationship with Stereolab, Broadcast, Cavern of Anti-Matter, Cat's Eyes, Children of Alice, etc.?
DW
2025-02-17 18:47:35 +0000 UTCHave griffin and David ever had a legit argument during an episode that they later had to cut out? And if so, what was it about? And why was it probably about Griffin derailing the episode with excessive silliness?
Nick Robinson
2025-02-17 18:47:35 +0000 UTCKia ora from NZ! What are the groups Top 5 Ben-Energy movies? And are they broken down by Ben-categories? Like Bones, Wet, Chains, Buried Jeans, Poet Laureate??
Reuben
2025-02-17 18:46:40 +0000 UTCIf you could pair any director, with any cast (trio) and any writer, who would join to form your movie Avengers? Or - what comic book property or storyline would you like to see adapted to the big screen?
Brian Conoley
2025-02-17 18:46:36 +0000 UTCI’m a big fan of Griffin’s gift-giving love language. Griffin, what’s the best movie related gift you’ve ever received, and why?
C Graham
2025-02-17 18:46:34 +0000 UTCHow would you fix the Oscars?
Chris Berube
2025-02-17 18:46:14 +0000 UTCIs Griffin aware how often he uses the term "undeniable"?
Chris Aoyama
2025-02-17 18:46:11 +0000 UTCAs a longtime listener and avid fan of the show, I’ve been in search of a way to make a personal, formal apology to one Griffin Newman. At NYCC in 2019, I was lucky enough to run into and have a chat with Griffin, only to end the lovely conversation by giving him the utterly wrong information that he was actually not where he needed to be for a panel he was moderating. I had to watch in horror as he left the hall frantically, only to return, sidelined and stressed only by believing the information I had provided. I debated whether or not to go apologize after the show, but decided against it due to unbridled shame. So, before my question I’d like to take this time to say: Griffin, I’m Sorry! Are there any episodes or even takes on films that you’ve had throughout the last decade that have haunted you? If so, what? We can all say I’m sorry together! Thanks!
Joe Brady
2025-02-17 18:45:48 +0000 UTCWhat does David think the relationship between critic and filmmaker should be?
Steven Campbell
2025-02-17 18:45:36 +0000 UTCGriffin, have you ever written or attempted to write your own screenplay?
Matthew Conte
2025-02-17 18:45:36 +0000 UTCMostly a David question: What are the films that hit unexpectedly hard after having your first kid?
Ethan
2025-02-17 18:45:23 +0000 UTCWhat attracts Griffin to roles as an actor/what is his dream role?
Steven Campbell
2025-02-17 18:45:13 +0000 UTCLongtimefirsttime here. Are there any difficult to find movies that you are really curious to watch (or rewatch)? Also, I’m sure you’ve given thought how to navigate the Charlie Kaufman/Spike Jonze/Michel Gondry overlap. Is Kaufman the Blank Checkiest of the trio to whom the other’s works will be subsumed or do you have a more sophisticated approach in mind?
Roberto Stadthagen
2025-02-17 18:45:08 +0000 UTCWhat shore town did Ben go to growing up?
Matthew Conte
2025-02-17 18:44:57 +0000 UTCHello lovely people, Could you build your own Fab 5 out of characters/actors from the mini series you’ve covered? Obviously Gay E.T. will serve as the culture expert.
Connor
2025-02-17 18:44:56 +0000 UTCQuestion for David. How was a typical snakesitting weekend when Learned Foot was away from Friday to Sunday night?
Toño Bretón
2025-02-17 18:44:54 +0000 UTCIs Griffin ever gonna go back on Sleeping with Celebrities and finish talking about his Muppet figure collection ??
Anthony Lawall
2025-02-17 18:44:52 +0000 UTCWhat is Griffin's favorite films of all time?
Steven Campbell
2025-02-17 18:44:37 +0000 UTCThat WAS awesome
Alex Shipley
2025-02-17 18:44:18 +0000 UTCAny plans to do more classic directors, in the vein of Buster Keaton?
Douglas Hahner
2025-02-17 18:44:14 +0000 UTCWhat movies do you have to stop yourself from watching too often? I've got a list of films like The Town, Casino Royale, LA Confidential, etc. Would love to hear y'alls!
Scott Southard
2025-02-17 18:44:14 +0000 UTCthis is mostly a question for David but I would also like to hear others’ opinions should they have them: Blur, Oasis, or Pulp? (or maybe you’re a Suede partisan? or Elastica? or The Verve?) I love you all xoxo
Matthew MacKenzie
2025-02-17 18:44:01 +0000 UTCRelated Q: who would you give a Best Casting Oscar to this year?
Jonathan Diaz
2025-02-17 18:43:03 +0000 UTCWould you ever consider a "Blank Check Origins: before the franchise" series for directors who have had the majority of their filmography covered in the podcast? Jon Favreau and Peyton Reed come to mind. (Yes this is my sneaky way of asking for a Down With Love and Bring It On episode. Decade of dreams!)
Sarah Farrell
2025-02-17 18:42:49 +0000 UTCYou started the pod with a very strong preference for in person guests. That changed with the pandemic and largely persists to this day. Outside of the technical challenges (shout out to the benducer) what was the steepest learning curve for creating a tight show and what do you wish you had implemented sooner with some experience and perspective under your belt.
Nicholas Smith
2025-02-17 18:42:46 +0000 UTCHello! In light of Ariana Grande’s Oscar nom and SZA’s winning debut in One of Them Days, who is a pop star/musician (or other person primarily famous for something other than acting) who you think has the goods to be a movie star?
Jonathan Diaz
2025-02-17 18:42:22 +0000 UTCHow would you fix the MCU?
Jeremy Chao
2025-02-17 18:42:13 +0000 UTCIn Encanto, why do all of the characters, even Mirabel's sisters, remember Bruno but she doesn't? And why do they describe him so inaccurately (seven-foot frame with rats along his back) when it seems they all saw him just a few years prior?
Matthew Conte
2025-02-17 18:42:06 +0000 UTCRemember when JD was, like, "Ben, open the envelope?"... that was awesome
J Em
2025-02-17 18:42:04 +0000 UTCWho are some actors who you think were better behind the camera than in front of it? Some to consider discussing - Barbra Streisand, Kevin Costner, Bradley Cooper, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ben Stiller, Jordan Peele, George Clooney, Robert Redford, Greta Gerwig, Woody Allen, Danny DeVito, Kenneth Branagh
Benjamin Simon
2025-02-17 18:41:08 +0000 UTCWhy hasn't EON productions and TOHO studios liscensed their respective longest running film franchises, James Bond and Godzilla, to make GODZILLA vs 007? At least in comic book form... And why am I giving this idea away for free?
Blake Wilkins
2025-02-17 18:41:08 +0000 UTCAs the father of a 7-month-old Boss Baby, I've been burning through the back catalog of Special Features episodes and its been keeping me sane. I'm so glad that David's dream of a video game podcast hasn't died! What will the first episode be about?
Stephen Greenwell
2025-02-17 18:41:06 +0000 UTCWhat do you think about the current status of the boutique bluray scene mostly being high end releases of absolutely terrible movies for extraordinarily high prices? Also at a what point does a 4k upgrade become unfair to movies whose filmmakers couldn't have ever foreseen being viewed at that level of clarity?
Peaches_En_Regalia
2025-02-17 18:41:03 +0000 UTCFirst Question: With David Lynch having passed so soon after finishing his series, is there anything from those episodes you feel like you missed or would change? Second question: Which director are you going to kill next?
Dr. Ray
2025-02-17 18:40:59 +0000 UTCGriffin, if you Robert Pattinson broke into your apartment and stole all your toys, how would you react? Would you hold a funeral?
Matthew
2025-02-17 18:40:56 +0000 UTCGriffin you rock! what is the dream animated and/or live action project you would to voice or star in? honestly believe you would do great as the voice and actual character for Slapstick aka Steve Harmon from Marvel comics. Love you guys and the podcast
DebrafromHR
2025-02-17 18:40:38 +0000 UTCWho is a dream "historical" (ie dead) guest to have on the show and for what movie?
Matthew Conte
2025-02-17 18:40:17 +0000 UTC1) After a decade of dreams, what are the dream guests the team would love to have on the most? 2) What bits are in everyone's personal hall of fame? Retired, Active, or otherwise.
Tom gillis
2025-02-17 18:39:49 +0000 UTCIf Blank Check Studios became an actual thing and you guys had the opportunity to fund a project from a [living] director previously covered on the podcast, whose would you choose and why?
Noah Mulder
2025-02-17 18:39:48 +0000 UTCHello 2 friends, I honestly want to hear more about David's video games opinions. We always get little glimpses and I want to know more. What consoles do you collect for? What are some of your favorite games and games series? I just need more Gamer David, but I extend the questions to Griffin, Ben and even Marie or JJ if applicable.
Big Charelton
2025-02-17 18:39:35 +0000 UTCChristophe Gans! Are you guys familiar with his work? One of my favorite underrated directors. C’mon, Brotherhood of the Wolf! Plus, there’s a new Silent Hill coming out.
Zack Henderson
2025-02-17 18:39:33 +0000 UTCIt's been 10 years since the original prequel episodes; have y'all's views on Episodes 1-3 changed over the years?
Andy C
2025-02-17 18:39:19 +0000 UTCLong time, first time: what director’s filmography is the absolute worst fit for the show shows format? Thanks!
Anthony Mullen
2025-02-17 18:39:15 +0000 UTCFirst of all FIRST! Yahoo! This is tough since I haven't listened to all the eps I'm worried about asking something that's already been discussed on air but here we go: David, how'd you get started with film criticism? Did you have a blog spot or something similar back in the day before you were hired by The Atlantic? And were you always a comedian, or did your comedic chops develop thanks to you befriending Griff? Edit: lol by the time I finished drafting this there's been 50 responses so my "first" declaration looks awfully silly
Ali Abdulmagid Atri
2025-02-17 18:39:06 +0000 UTCWhat movie has the best “rules”? Like, “Don’t feed them after midnight.” Or, “Stay awake and Freddy can’t get you.”
Dan
2025-02-17 18:39:04 +0000 UTCWho is on your list of filmmakers that you’d like to cover but can’t because their filmography is too unwieldy? Interpret the word “unwieldy” however you’d like.
Bluvbot
2025-02-17 18:38:58 +0000 UTCCould a director you covered ever get so bad that you would refuse to cover their new releases? For example, if Zemeckis started releasing one Pinocchio-level movie every year, would you still commit yourself to covering all of them? Also, who is the cat of the railway train?
Skimbleshanks The Railway Cat
2025-02-17 18:38:51 +0000 UTCWhen you were first moving on from the initial Star Wars Podcast, did you have any other ideas for what the podcast could be before you landed on Blank Check?
Jackson Clark
2025-02-17 18:38:42 +0000 UTCI gotta know: David, favourite Tube line?
Seán Lynch
2025-02-17 18:38:41 +0000 UTCI’m moving to Islington in a couple of months for college! Any suggestions?
Robert Flynn
2025-02-17 18:38:23 +0000 UTCHi guys! This is specifically for David: who on the current Mets roster do you think would transition best into a second career as an actor?
Abigail Noy
2025-02-17 18:38:02 +0000 UTCDo you watch movies differently when you know you're going to pod about them? Has doing the podcast changed how you watch movies at all?
Matthew Conte
2025-02-17 18:37:51 +0000 UTCDAVID! What are your video game GOATs? (Griffin I know yours is Disney Emoji Blitz)
Robb H Brake
2025-02-17 18:37:45 +0000 UTCWhat's the best meal you've had during a movie watching experience? Restaurant or home (or both!)
SilkiePJ
2025-02-17 18:37:41 +0000 UTCWhich director doesn’t totally fit the format of the show, but you’d still like to cover anyway?
Miles Lemaire
2025-02-17 18:37:35 +0000 UTCWho's ya'lls favorite journeyman director?
Blake Wilkins
2025-02-17 18:37:27 +0000 UTCAnd as someone that runs a candy shop-- what's your favorite candies? (Whole crew, please!) I've noticed a LOT of Sour gummies mentioned
Jordan Gibson
2025-02-17 18:37:17 +0000 UTCInspired by the ET: The Adventure talk on the ET ep, what theme park rides has David enjoyed? Does he have a favourite?
Katy Hanson
2025-02-17 18:37:10 +0000 UTCFor Ben: What is the LEAST amount of money you would be willing to eat a dead cockroach for?
Wyatt Gray
2025-02-17 18:37:07 +0000 UTCHi G & D, thanks for Aing my Q! After a personal experiment of bookending Jacques Demy's Lola with the first and last halves of Umbrellas of Cherbourg, I was wondering - what's a fan cut of two movies you'd be interested in seeing put together?
Tyler Jennes
2025-02-17 18:37:06 +0000 UTCFor David, is there a movie set in London or the uk in general that makes you feel nostalgia for when you were living there?
Sean Mowry
2025-02-17 18:37:04 +0000 UTCWhat is a historically reviled movie with recent reappreciation that you can't get behind?
Max Anderson
2025-02-17 18:37:04 +0000 UTCHow have changes in the entertainment and podcast industries (it’s all worse) in the last few years affected the way you have structured the show? Any plans for the future that you had to scrap?
Brandon
2025-02-17 18:36:52 +0000 UTCWhat band would have the best Blank Check arc to cover if you did You Talking U2 to Me style discographies? Ex: The Clash has The Guarantor (London Calling) The Blank Check (Sandinista) and The Bounce (Cut The Crap)
PRC
2025-02-17 18:36:49 +0000 UTCWhy no best cinematography nod for Conclave? Specifically, the shot of the cardinals and their umbrellas from above
Jonathan Gorbach
2025-02-17 18:36:44 +0000 UTCyou get to program a double feature in 4DX what do you pick
Paul Aftanas
2025-02-17 18:36:41 +0000 UTCIf you could pluck any actor out of a current or previous franchise commitment, thus freeing them up to do more interesting stuff, who would it be?
Andres Smith
2025-02-17 18:36:11 +0000 UTCIn the recent E.T. episode, you give a shoutout to the underseen/underrated Barb and Star go to Vista Del Mar. I was lucky to go to a recent sold out show of the movie in LA, and it was magical. Are there any movies you wish you could have seen from the time that wasn't, aka 2020, on the big screen?
Justin Davila
2025-02-17 18:35:59 +0000 UTCWhat are David’s strategies for FINDING THE TIME? As a Dad of 2 (34 months, 9 months) I struggle to watch films in short, Quibi-sized bursts, principally on my phone. Acknowledging that this is David’s profession, but how on earth is he able to carve out moments for engaged recreational watching?
Jake Yosafat
2025-02-17 18:35:49 +0000 UTCWhich living director that you've covered that is seemingly retired (voluntarily or involuntarily) would you most want to release a new film?
Daniel Kramer
2025-02-17 18:35:46 +0000 UTCLorne Michaels retires and names you as the new head of SNL, what's the first thing you do?
Michel Lichand Mendonça
2025-02-17 18:35:29 +0000 UTCGriffin - what's a peice of memorabilia or merch you want, but haven't bought yet - and why haven't you gotten it yet
Wes Nicol
2025-02-17 18:35:27 +0000 UTCGriffin - what is your white whale toy or collectible that you've wanted and not been able to track down or find?
JS
2025-02-17 18:35:17 +0000 UTCWhat are some of your favorite Blankie Awards moments from the Decade of Dreams? Any winners you wouldn’t pick in hindsight?
Christina Lohr
2025-02-17 18:35:10 +0000 UTCIf Griffin had to do an ep only about sports and David had to do an ep only about toys which would be a more successful BC episode?
Ryan Kinney
2025-02-17 18:35:10 +0000 UTCWhat's a cultural blind spot each member has?
JS
2025-02-17 18:34:47 +0000 UTCWhat’s a favorite instance of an actor playing against type?
Sandals
2025-02-17 18:34:44 +0000 UTCWho is Hip Hop Sims?!!
Samus but a girl
2025-02-17 18:34:39 +0000 UTCWhy is the 14th Street 4/5/6 platform so much louder than other platforms?
Nick A
2025-02-17 18:34:37 +0000 UTCWhat's a movie that would have the ET or raiders like effect of "this is a perfect movie, what can you even say" for one host but near opposite for the other.
Steven Hoffart
2025-02-17 18:34:20 +0000 UTCThoughts on a Don Coscarelli series? Total Ben fuel and I would live (and yes, live not love) to discuss John Dies At The End for hours. The taste of Bubba Ho Tep was not enough
Jordan Gibson
2025-02-17 18:34:17 +0000 UTCHas Ben seen the GWAR movies from the 90s? If not tell him he needs to watch them ASAP. Basically Troma movies with GWAR. Also Toxic Avenger Patreon series someday? Thanks for everything y’all do!
Jeramy Wainwright
2025-02-17 18:34:13 +0000 UTCFuck, Marry, Kill: The Tin Man, The Scarecrow, The Cowardly Lion?
Max Cargill
2025-02-17 18:34:09 +0000 UTCDavid, could you please speak on the Alan Wake series for at least 120 seconds
Ryan Dwyer
2025-02-17 18:34:03 +0000 UTCwhat are your top movies, if any, you've never been able to get through, either out of disgust, boredom, or frustration?? thx byeee
ronjer_spats
2025-02-17 18:33:56 +0000 UTCWhat is your Holy Grail- as in piece of Lost Media you would score the world to search for? Is it a lost film, an alternative version such as the famed Welles work print of the Magnificent Ambersons or something more personal and obscure?
Leo Martin
2025-02-17 18:33:47 +0000 UTCFavourite things you’ve seen on Broadway?
George Kenward Parker
2025-02-17 18:33:45 +0000 UTCIs there a point where would you stop covering the new films of directors you have covered previously, or just bundle them up into a yearly episode?
Étienne Fillion-Sauvé
2025-02-17 18:33:43 +0000 UTCWhat was the biggest off air disagreement had between the two friends regarding a film or miniseries?
Tim Cybart
2025-02-17 18:33:38 +0000 UTCNow that they're going to be adding a Best Casting Oscar to next year's ceremony, how will the legendary spreadsheet be changed to accommodate this?
Max von Schilling
2025-02-17 18:33:33 +0000 UTCDoes Ben like Danzig? Is Griffin aware of Blokees? Does David have a relationship with Resident Evil games?
Brandon Griffin
2025-02-17 18:33:15 +0000 UTCone time, prince took a large group of ppl onto busses from paisley park in chanhassen MN to the movies. they went and saw russell crowe movie Noah. what movie would you want to see with prince?
Michael Leach
2025-02-17 18:33:12 +0000 UTCWhat is your current scheduling/recording process? Like when you started you of course just went to a studio/Ben’s apartment once a week and recorded that week’s episode; now that the show is more structured how often are you recording and how scheduled in advance are records?
Joseph Browne
2025-02-17 18:33:11 +0000 UTCIs there any steel that you have been tempted by even though the movie isn't very good (i.e. bad movie, good steelbook)
Eileen Tierney
2025-02-17 18:33:05 +0000 UTCVideo games that are as important as movies?
Jube
2025-02-17 18:33:03 +0000 UTCfavorite movie going experience before you were 18
Paul Aftanas
2025-02-17 18:32:48 +0000 UTCWhat is your favorite short film? Can be a director from the pod or not
Nolan Murphy
2025-02-17 18:32:44 +0000 UTCFavorite miniseries after a decade of dreams?
Ion87
2025-02-17 18:32:25 +0000 UTC
