Ridley Scott Says Gladiator 2 Will Be ‘Ready To Go’ After Napoleon Movie

After the abysmal “Alien: Covenant” I think the Alien franchise needs to be done with Ridley Scott…

The Ridley Scott who made Alien & Blade Runner isn’t around anymore, as far as I can tell. Nothing against Scott as a director, the man cranks out movies like a factory & he’s still very good at film making, but he’s lost that artistic flair that truly made his earlier movies.

Just today I was looking up why Quentin Tarantino intends to retire after his tenth film despite being relatively young. He said something like "i know enough film history to know it's all downhill from here". That isnt true in evrry case of course: Kurasawa was still directing quality work in his twight years. Polanski in his 80s is still directing quality work ("J'accuse"). Woody Allen can even muster up an entertaining film here or there. We're all inspired by Clint Eastwood both directing and starring in a film at 91 years old, even though the results have been a mixed bag. I simply don't think Ridley Scott has the stamina to continue making movies much longer especially movies on the scale he has tried in the past. Prometheus was one of the worst movies I've ever seen and I find it mind-boggling there are still fanboys who want him to proceed with a franchise he has more or less destroyed. Of course, if these old geezers are still healthy enough to continue working and can still get backing, let them continue to make films. Altman never stopped til his death at 81 and he ended on a high note.