Ridley Scott

Hey Nomar, I was wondering if you could give some examples of Ridley's visuals that make you think he is the best director, visually?

 

Agree 100%. Visually, his movies are stunning. But, his character development leaves something to be desired.

 

This thread should be in the dictionary next to the word "geek."

 

Me, a geek? Of course I am. What's your point?

 

I pointed this out in another thread but Cameron & Scott were working together on a new Aliens project when Fox decided to ahdn the franchise to Paul Anderson of "Resident Evil" fame.

Now you know who to blame when the franchise is dead for good...

 

Sorry I got to the thread late. You beat me to it, rockHEAD.


Nomar, I would love for Scott to have a crack at Dune.

I would pay to watch anything done by him. The man is a visual master.
He is also a brilliant director. Period.


Blade Runner. The greatest SF film ever made.


(And there have been a bunch of great ones.
My opinion, of course. Is anyone surprised?? )

 

A guy I know was one of the Rangers in Mogadishu. He couldn't finish the movie, said it was *too* real.

If you liked the movie, definitely read the book.

 

Maybe I can finish it by Saturday and we could all discuss down at Barnes and Noble instead of Lil' Woodrows.

 

I know what movies he's directed chief, I meant examples as in specific scenes or shots and what about those scenes or shots that makes him better than everybody else. Just curious is all.

 

Well I personally found the shots of Rome to be pretty amazing, especially the first shot with the entrance of Commodus...

 

I agree. Nobody does more with less than Terry Gilliam.

 

I would say that visually, George Lucs is probably the best director. His dialogue sucks and his stories are hardly challenging, but his shots are definitely beautiful. Peter Jackson had some good ones too, like the shot in Moria where Gandalf makes his staff brighter.

 

Yeah, just rub it in, damn it.


*wants a flat-panel, widescreen HDTV*

 

Again??
No, I haven't heard that. I wonder what Scott's done with it.
I've watched that flick more times than I can remember. And I love the music... Vangelis fit the mood perfectly.

Oski, the scene that unfolds flying over LA with Gaff to the Tyrell Corporation Building is classic. The movie is really one amazing scene after another. Zhora changing her clothes at Taffy Lewis's place and the chase after. Deckard on the roof with Roy Batty.

See it without the voice-over... the "previous" director's cut, apparently.
You'll dream of electric sheep.
(just don't think of roydelton )

 

Question:

Which movie was the one with the guns that basically shot homing bullets. I saw it when I was young and in school, so was not fully paying attention. I always thought it was Blade Runner, then I watched it again about a year ago and it was completely different than I remembered. Was the director's cut that different, or am I confusing two movies? Anyone?