Quote from: PierreVW on Jun 18, 2017, 10:15:40 PM
Ridley Scott got 87.1% of the votes.
IT'S FUNNY Ridley got so many votes.
For a second, I was thinking I was the only Ridley Scott fan here.
Nobody bashes George Lucas like Star Wars fans. I'm thinking it's the same phenomenon at work with Ridley and Alien fans. Directors who are successful with their early work almost always have some of their fans turn on them in vicious ways, and I'm sick of it. I didn't like Covenant, but I would never, ever leap to the conclusion that Scott is losing his touch. Imo, Scott only gets better with age.
Someone mentioned Jennifer Kent. She's terrific, but I doubt she's ready for such a large production and all of the politics it would entail. Still, I do think it might be time for a female director to work on the Alien movies. If Scott passes, I would like them to approach someone like Lynne Ramsay, Mary Harron, Susanne Bier, Jane Campion, Ava DuVernay, Kathryn Bigelow, Patty Jenkins, Andrea Arnold, Julie Taymor, Mimi Leder, or take a gamble on a new talent like Kent. There are so many excellent female directors who would knock an Alien movie out of the park.