Alan Taylor

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q1113146: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by Wikidata joins them to Thor: The Dark World, which Thor: The Dark World credits them on.

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: Game of Thrones (2011); Thor: The Dark World (2013); Terminator Genisys (2015).

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.

The Avengers (2012): 2 lines

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Thor: The Dark World (2013), which they directed: The Avengers ⇒ Thor: The Dark World (the host's read). The Dark World is the correction to Joss Whedon cracking Loki: he becomes co-lead, Thor 1A to Loki 1B.
    “This is the correction to Joss Whedon cracking Loki, where they're like, we get it now.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 0:20:47 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage) · through Thor: The Dark World (2013), which they directed: The Avengers ⇒ Thor: The Dark World (the host's read). Avengers ends with the team scattering, which is why the Phase 2 sequels can stand alone.
    “And also, Joss Wheaton's like master stroke at the end of Avengers is like, we're not a team.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 0:30:50 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Doctor Who (2023): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Thor: The Dark World (2013), which they directed: Doctor Who ⇒ Thor: The Dark World (the host's read). Marvel in general is indebted to Doctor Who's tone of lightness, comedy, hope and teamwork, especially the Russell T Davies era.
    “I think Marvel in general is very kind of indebted to Doctor Who with the same tone of like lightness and comedy and hope and team teamwork.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 2:02:06 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Game of Thrones (2011): 1 line, within their own work

  1. craft (craft) · through Thor: The Dark World (2013), which they directed: Game of Thrones ⇒ Thor: The Dark World (the host's read). The film aims for a grounded, muddy fantasy in the Game of Thrones manner, away from Branagh's version.
    “We want to make a more grounded fantasy away from the bran off.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 0:11:39 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

The War of the Roses (1989): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Game of Thrones (2011), which they directed: The War of the Roses ⇒ Game of Thrones (the host's read). The actual historical Wars of the Roses was a big inspiration for Game of Thrones.
    “Big inspiration for Game of Thrones.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:56:37 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

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

Thor: The Dark World (2013): 1 line, within their own work

  1. craft (craft) · through Game of Thrones (2011), which they directed: Game of Thrones ⇒ Thor: The Dark World (the host's read). The film aims for a grounded, muddy fantasy in the Game of Thrones manner, away from Branagh's version.
    “We want to make a more grounded fantasy away from the bran off.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 0:11:39 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Directing (3) everyone in directing

Other (1) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (3)

  1. career (career): Alan Taylor → Game of Thrones. Taylor was hired as the Game of Thrones helmsman; the studio's note was to make the film feel more like Game of Thrones.
    “We want to make this feel more like Game of Thrones.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 0:11:37 · David Sims (0.45 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Alan Taylor → Boardwalk Empire. Taylor has long been a top HBO director (Boardwalk, Sopranos, Game of Thrones) before moving to blockbusters, and was tapped for the Sopranos prequel.
    “Because he's sort of been a top HBO director for a long time.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 0:33:07 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): Alan Taylor → Terminator Genisys. Taylor had terrible experiences on both this film and Terminator Genisys, where he says he lost control.
    “Genesis. By all counts has terrible experiences on both of them.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 0:33:19 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Alan Taylor: Taylor, asked about this movie, says don't ask him to talk about it.
    “Taylor, when you ask him about this movie, is just like, don't ask me to talk.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 0:11:41 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)