Taika Waititi

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q2388576: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as director, the making department they hold the most credits in. The films the hosts said they directed, which the two lists below run through too: Thor: Ragnarok (2017); Jojo Rabbit (2019); Next Goal Wins (2019); Thor: Love and Thunder (2022); Clara and the Sun. Count them as writer (1 film) instead.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Chris Hemsworth: 2 lines

  1. career (career) · through Thor: Ragnarok (2017), which they directed: Chris Hemsworth ⇒ Thor: Ragnarok (the host's read). Ragnarok is Hemsworth, who saw this film as a failure, asking to be allowed to be silly.
    “Ragnarok is Hemsworth being like, am I not, can I have some fun, please? and be silly.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 0:12:11 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft) · through Thor: Ragnarok (2017), which they directed: Chris Hemsworth ⇒ Thor: Ragnarok (the host's read). Ragnarok is the correction to Hemsworth proving he's funny in other movies.
    “Thor Ragnarok is the correction to Hemsworth proving that he's funny in other movies.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 0:20:42 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Jason Aaron: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Thor: Ragnarok (2017), which they directed: Jason Aaron ⇒ Thor: Ragnarok (the host's read). Ragnarok is influenced by Jason Aaron's Thor comics.
    “Ragnarok is certainly influenced by the Jason Aaron stuff.”
    The Big Picture · The Past, Present, and Future of Superhero Movies | The Big Picture (Ep. 35) · 0:12:02 · David Shoemaker (0.40 sure it was them)

Kazuo Ishiguro: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Clara and the Sun, which they directed: Kazuo Ishiguro ⇒ Clara and the Sun (the host's read). Clara and the Sun is based on an Ishiguro novel.
    “That's based on the Ishigar, that Kazoorish guro normal, right?”
    The Big Picture · The 10 Most Misused Stars in Hollywood and the Gnarly Magic of ‘Send Help’ · 1:37:28 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

The Avengers (2012): 1 line

  1. theme (theme) · through Thor: Ragnarok (2017), which they directed: The Avengers ⇒ Thor: Ragnarok (the host's read). Ben's favorite Marvel movie; Hulk's journey into space follows from here.
    “Ragnarok is 100% Ben's favorite Marvel movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Avengers · 1:18:58 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Thor: Ragnarok (2017): 1 line, within their own work

  1. unmapped (self-parody) · through Thor: Love and Thunder (2022), which they directed: Thor: Ragnarok ⇒ Thor: Love and Thunder (the host's read). Van says Love and Thunder is a spoof of Ragnarok and that Waititi likely knew it.
    “is like a spoof of Thor Ragnarok.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Is Here! · 1:11:29 · Van Lathan (0.80 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

Masters of the Universe (2026): 1 line

  1. lineage (influence) · through Thor: Ragnarok (2017), which they directed: Thor: Ragnarok ⇒ Masters of the Universe (the host's read). The movie looks inspired by Ragnarok, which gave executives a template of color, weirdness, and joke tone to copy.
    “And it speaks to this movie feels very, um, inspired by Thor Ragnarok to me.”
    The Big Picture · The Top 10 Fantasy Films, The Toy Movie Hall of Fame, and ‘Masters of the Universe,’ with Griffin Newman! · 1:09:02 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Thor: Love and Thunder (2022): 1 line, within their own work

  1. unmapped (self-parody) · through Thor: Ragnarok (2017), which they directed: Thor: Ragnarok ⇒ Thor: Love and Thunder (the host's read). Van says Love and Thunder is a spoof of Ragnarok and that Waititi likely knew it.
    “is like a spoof of Thor Ragnarok.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Is Here! · 1:11:29 · Van Lathan (0.80 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Directing (9) everyone in directing

Writing (2) everyone in writing

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): What We Do in the Shadows → Taika Waititi. The vampire comedy became an FX series.
    “it's a comedy about vampires that has now become a successful television show on FX from Taiko YTV”
    The Big Picture · The 10 Best Horror Movies of the Decade | The Big Picture · 0:33:46 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)

craft (1)

  1. craft (tone critique): Taika Waititi → Masters of the Universe. Waititi's deflation jokes read as embarrassment about the material, and the movie's jokes feel defensive in the same way.
    “Feels like it's coming from a place of, I'm a little embarrassed that I'm making this movie.”
    The Big Picture · The Top 10 Fantasy Films, The Toy Movie Hall of Fame, and ‘Masters of the Universe,’ with Griffin Newman! · 0:09:47 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

None.