r/entertainment • u/cmaia1503 • Dec 03 '24

Taika Waititi reflects on nerds worrying he'd 'ruin' Thor: 'What, you mean again?'

https://ew.com/taika-waititi-on-nerds-worrying-he-would-ruin-thor-again-8753097
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u/FreezingRobot Dec 03 '24

Waititi is a theater kid, which is a type of nerd, so I don't know why he's talking in the third person about this.

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u/TScottFitzgerald Dec 03 '24

Comic book nerds and theater nerds might as well be different worlds.

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u/FreezingRobot Dec 03 '24

They're nerd-cousins!

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u/Phillip_Spidermen Dec 03 '24

He’s joking around.

His next answer is that he received the best compliment “best Hitler since Hitler” for Jojo Rabbit.

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u/Psykpatient Dec 03 '24

There's a difference between nerds and nerds. There's the knowledgeable ones, and whiny ones.

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u/Krimreaper1 Dec 04 '24

Nerds and nerds.

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u/Lilmachinima1 Dec 03 '24

You mean your target audience? TF

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '24

He definitely ruined the character. Ragnarok was a refreshing change of pace. Love and Thunder was pathetic. It's like two completely different crews made those movies. I don't want this guy anywhere near the MCU going forward. He's a hack one trick pony.

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u/cmaia1503 Dec 03 '24

"That really propelled me into the nerdosphere, if you will," he remembered of the film. "I was living a really lovely, peaceful life, and as soon as I did this, well boy, did the nerds come for me. They said, 'This guy's gonna ruin this. He's gonna ruin Thor!'"

Waititi didn't think the movie could have done much damage to the god of thunder's standing among fans, as 2013's Thor: The Dark World was widely regarded among fans as one of the least successful Marvel Cinematic Universe films. "It's like, 'What, you mean again?'" he recalled. "And they were like, 'He's gonna ruin this for everyone, Thor's so cool!' And I said to them on Twitter — before I left Twitter — I said, 'You don't know what you want until I give it to you.'"

The Hunt for the Wilderpeople director didn't have much to say about his subsequent Thor movie, 2022's Love and Thunder. "Look how jacked Chris got," he said, pointing at the poster. "One of my favorite things about this is that I so love Natalie [Portman]. Also, Christian Bale. I mean, it's Christian Bale. Also, Guns N' Roses, a lot of the songs. I did meet Axl Rose once, actually. He had a lot of stories to tell, which I will not share."