They Podcast is a miniseries covering the films of John Carpenter beginning in August 2021.
Summary[]
The ultimate Ben's Choice! The March Madness 2021 champion miniseries on the films of John Carpenter has finally arrived. This year's March Madness was totally normal, and Carpenter was the champion of the Ben Bracket and defeated Karen Han's pick Gore Verbinski.
The series was preceded by Podz n the Cast on the films of John Singleton and succeeded by The Podcastiano on Jane Campion.
Milestones and Ephemera[]
- The tentative schedule was announced in early August, ushering in the start of Carpenter Spooky Season. [1]
- On October 12, 2021, @blankcheckpod tweeted "WHAT" in response to twitter user @AleLogIMDb reporting that when he told Carpenter about the series, he said “Wow, that’s nice.” [2][3] If true, Carpenter would be the third director to be cognizant of/acknowledge their miniseries, after Nancy Meyers and Gina Prince-Bythewood.
- Ben nickname for the series: Benscape from New Hoz!
- Budget is an oft-discussed topic on the series, and a blankie on reddit made a comparison of all his film's ratings (letterboxd and rotten tomatoes) compared to the budget. [4]
Episodes[]
Ranking His Filmography[]
At the conclusion of the miniseries, the Blankies rankings will be compiled from a voting thread found on the r/Blankies sub-reddit. [5] [6]
Rank | Griffin | David | Ben [7] | Blankies |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | The Thing | The Thing | The Thing | The Thing |
2 | Halloween | Halloween | Escape from New York | Halloween |
3 | In the Mouth of Madness | In the Mouth of Madness | Halloween | They Live |
4 | They Live | Escape from New York | Big Trouble in Little China | In the Mouth of Madness |
5 | Escape from New York | Prince of Darkness | They Live | Big Trouble in Little China |
6 | Big Trouble in Little China | They Live | Prince of Darkness | Assault on Precinct 13 |
7 | The Fog | Big Trouble in Little China | Assault on Precinct 13 | Escape from New York |
8 | Starman | The Fog | Starman | Starman |
9 | Christine | Assault on Precinct 13 | Christine | Prince of Darkness |
10 | Prince of Darkness | Starman | In the Mouth of Madness | Christine |
11 | Assault on Precinct 13 | Christine | Dark Star | The Fog |
12 | Escape from L.A. | Vampires | The Fog | Someone's Watching Me |
13 | Dark Star | Dark Star | Escape from L.A. | Escape from L.A. |
14 | Ghosts of Mars | Escape from L.A. | Vampires | Body Bags |
15 | Memoirs of an Invisible Man | Ghosts of Mars | Memoirs of an Invisible Man | Dark Star |
16 | Vampires | Memoirs of an Invisible Man | Ghosts of Mars | Vampires |
17 | Village of the Damned | Village of the Damned | Village of the Damned | Ghosts of Mars |
18 | The Ward | The Ward | The Ward | Village of the Damned |
19 | Memoirs of an Invisible Man | |||
20 | Elvis | |||
21 | The Ward | |||
22 | Cigarette Burns | |||
23 | Pro-Life |
References[]
- ↑ @blankcheckpod, Blank Check Presents THEY PODCAST : The Films of John Carpenter 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃 Spooky Season Starts this Sunday. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
- ↑ @blankcheckpod, "WHAT". Retrieved October 14, 2021.
- ↑ @AleLogIMDb, "I told John Carpenter about @blankcheckpod covering his films & his response of “Wow, that’s nice” sounded mostly sincere." Retrieved October 14, 2021.
- ↑ u/ToastedPenguin, Carpenter by the Numbers: Ratings vs Budget, reddit. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
- ↑ u/mi-16evil. What is your John Carpenter rankings?. Reddit. Retrieved on December 5, 2021.
- ↑ u/dm_your_thesis. John Carpenter aggregated ranking?. Reddit. Retrieved on June 30, 2022.
- ↑ u/NOT_prof_krispy. alrighty here we goo. Reddit. Retrieved on February 1, 2023.