https://blankcheck.podcastpage.io/episode/jaws-with-timothy-simons
created by yonicthehedgehog on 19/01/2025 at 05:05 UTC
237 upvotes, 113 top-level comments (showing 25)
Comment by cloudtransplant at 19/01/2025 at 05:37 UTC
285 upvotes, 5 direct replies
Comment by gray_decoyrobot at 19/01/2025 at 05:08 UTC
187 upvotes, 3 direct replies
In the canon of movies where I think "this is the best scene" for every scene
Comment by MEMOJKR at 19/01/2025 at 05:19 UTC
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Titling error, should be “Podrassic Cast: Jaws with Hitmaker”.
Comment by JohnWhoHasACat at 19/01/2025 at 11:44 UTC
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Something I love about Murray Hamilton's performance as the mayor is that you can tell he's been personally convinced that Hooper and Brody are right by the second or third conversation, but he can't afford to admit that so he's fighting against the sense of it.
Comment by Outrageous_Lion_1606 at 19/01/2025 at 14:57 UTC
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Gang, we found Griff's tangent limit: Carson Daily doing the polar plunge for health benefits. Even Ben was shocked!
Comment by chet97 at 19/01/2025 at 05:14 UTC
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The shark is not named “Jaws”, and Griffin spilling the coffee is not in the final cut of *Draft Day*
Comment by J_Strange at 19/01/2025 at 05:46 UTC
52 upvotes, 7 direct replies
It's a fair point that this is such an iconic movie that it's hard to talk about, but there's so many little moments. The guy that says "A what" or whatever. The mayor and his jackets. The chief and his family. Hooper being a snack and a half. Everything Quint does. My gosh, the opening.
Comment by cleverbycomparison at 19/01/2025 at 14:16 UTC
40 upvotes, 2 direct replies
That’s some bad hat, Harry
Comment by Chuck-Hansen at 19/01/2025 at 05:08 UTC*
144 upvotes, 1 direct replies
And so begins what’s sure to be a legendary month of Blank Check episodes.
Nice to have this as the world will certainly be Very Bad.
Comment by RubixsQube at 19/01/2025 at 05:13 UTC
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My wife and I are drinking apricot brandy tonight and watching the movie. She’s never seen it. The jump scares have been so fun to experience with her. The movie rules.
I think that inside every man is a Boy Scout, an Overconfident Nerd, and a Drunk Lunatic.
Comment by wovenstrap at 19/01/2025 at 08:36 UTC
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It was mentioned that this is kind of two movies. It's an obvious point. But it's ***so*** "two movies" that there's a board game version of *Jaws* that actually uses two different boards, and the gameplay is entirely different in each part (and also very appropriate to the movie). The game is very good.
Comment by chasequarius at 19/01/2025 at 14:58 UTC
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Griffin’s idea about Spielberg marrying Classic Hollywood and New Hollywood crystallizes why it’s my favorite movie, and really why Spielberg is so unique and hard to replicate.
Comment by JohnWhoHasACat at 19/01/2025 at 09:37 UTC
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I love Jaws and I love that Roy Scheider allows me to think about how amazing the final 10 minutes of All That Jazz are.
Comment by yelkca at 19/01/2025 at 14:17 UTC
27 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Wanna get drunk and podcast around?
Comment by HowBreenWasMyValley at 19/01/2025 at 07:31 UTC
25 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Only 3 hours 😭
Comment by BrockSmashgood at 19/01/2025 at 13:02 UTC
23 upvotes, 7 direct replies
Jaws: The Revenge is fun! In the kind of way where even as a 10-year old I was like "this is stupid!". Momma Jaws travels the world to eat all the remaining Brodys! Michael Caine plays a guy named Hoagie and has a steamy middle-aged romance with Ellen! Mario Van Peebles dives a bunch! Momma Jaws gets rammed by a boat, roars like a lion and explodes!
The 3D one's mostly boring until we get to the shark rampaging in the park.
The 2nd one *looks* the most like the original and suffers for it, because it just points out you're not watching Jaws. Also so much of Kid Brody and his buddies stuck on the wreckage of their boats screaming at eachother while Mrs. Jaws occasionally pops up. I did think it was scarier than the original as a kid though.
Comment by radaar at 19/01/2025 at 07:35 UTC
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Jaws is a good movie.
Comment by Toreadorables at 19/01/2025 at 06:28 UTC*
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Jaws is a heavy handed satire of the government’s response to the Covid pandemic. Spielberg didn’t have to be so on the nose smh
(good movie)
Comment by mishaps_galore at 19/01/2025 at 05:35 UTC
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Really thought Griffin would go with “we’re going to need a bigger podcast” and I should never have underestimated his commitment to the bit that way
Comment by wovenstrap at 19/01/2025 at 08:19 UTC
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David's log line for *Shampoo* is an all-timer.
Comment by naked_opportunist at 19/01/2025 at 12:23 UTC
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The boys talks about how Jaws was a “guarantor for life” but is there even such a thing? Friedkin’s Exorcist made about the same amount of money as Jaws and he lost his blank check status before the 70s were even over.
I’m really interested to learn about how Spielberg recovered from his bounces when others mostly did not.
Comment by Reasonablytallman at 19/01/2025 at 14:38 UTC
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Probably my all time favourite movie and also responsible for one of the best moments in podcasting when PFT doesn’t understand the game* they’re playing on Threedom.
Threature, also known as a buster.
Comment by chasequarius at 19/01/2025 at 13:34 UTC
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Robert Shaw really should’ve gotten an Oscar nomination. And the movie should’ve gotten a Costume Nomination for Mayor Vaughan’s anchor blazer.
Comment by dont_quote_me_please at 19/01/2025 at 17:01 UTC
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Why does Simons think we don't see them landing on the beach at the end? That's literally the last shot.
Comment by shesfixing at 19/01/2025 at 08:37 UTC
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Much like the raptors in the kitchen in JP, the Jaws jump scare gets me every time. I just rewatched it, knowing it was coming and still gets me. Incredible how Spielberg has 2 of cinemas greatest jump scares in films not in the horror genre.
