Kenneth Branagh

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q55294: 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: Henry V (1989); Thor (2011); All Is True (unnamed); As You Like It. Count them as actor (3 films) 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.

J. Michael Straczynski: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Thor (2011), which they directed: J. Michael Straczynski ⇒ Thor (the host's read). The film borrows heavily from Straczynski's celebrated Thor run, including Thor spending time in the Midwest.
    “the celebrated Thor arc was J. Michael Stratinsky, which is this is borrowing from heavily.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor · 0:08:28 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

Masters of the Universe (1987): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Thor (2011), which they directed: Masters of the Universe ⇒ Thor (the host's read). Thor is described as essentially a remake of the live-action Masters of the Universe.
    “It's mostly just a remake of the live action masters of the universe movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor · 0:03:54 · Griffin Newman (0.65 sure it was them)

Stan Lee: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Thor (2011), which they directed: Stan Lee ⇒ Thor (the host's read). The Donald Blake identity came from Stan Lee's 60s devotion to the secret-identity trope; the movie keeps it only as a fake ID gag.
    “in the 60s, Stanley was a little slavishly devoted to like the classic superhero comic trope, so you needed a secret identity”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor · 0:08:08 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

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

No line says anything drew on them or a film of theirs.

What the speakers said they did

Directing (6) everyone in directing

Acting (4) everyone in acting

Other (1) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): Kenneth Branagh → Joel Schumacher. Branagh is cast as this generation's Joel Schumacher, a big silly hammy director, which is meant as praise.
    “He's like, our generation's like Joel Schumacher.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor · 0:18:12 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

craft (2)

  1. craft (craft): Thor → Kenneth Branagh. Branagh built action with no spatial coherence, cut in a seesaw, and canted every angle.
    “Kenneth McRanaugh constructing big action set pieces with no spatial coherence.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor · 0:20:43 · David Sims (0.45 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft): Kenneth Branagh → Henry V. Branagh's Shakespeare films handle epic battles well, but in Thor he chases flashy action instead of classical staging.
    “Henry V is good.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor · 0:20:54 · David Sims (0.45 sure it was them)

industry (1)

  1. industry (industry): Thor → Kenneth Branagh. Marvel hired Branagh for Shakespearean gravitas to signal seriousness, then handed him a goofball script.
    “let's hire Kenneth Brown out to show people were making a serious movie because he's a Shakespearean guy”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor · 0:03:43 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

people (2)

  1. people (shared cinematographer): Alex Thomson → Kenneth Branagh. Thomson shot a lot of Branagh's movies and also Legend and Cliffhanger.
    “I mean, he did a lot of Branham movies.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien 3 · 1:05:46 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. people (people): Tom Hiddleston → Kenneth Branagh. Hiddleston worked with Branagh on stage before Thor and was cast to bring gravitas.
    “Hiddleston, who has worked with Brana on stage.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor · 0:27:29 · David Sims (0.45 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Kenneth Branagh: River of Ham: Ray Stevenson fears dipping his toe in the river of ham and Branagh tells him to take a swim; the hosts include it in the Blank Check lexicon.
    “I bathed in that river many times.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor · 0:15:16 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)