Quote from: SM on Jan 26, 2017, 12:17:45 AM
Even the roundly caned Exodus Gods and Kings made $268m.
Aye, it's not hard to see why Fox would choose Ridley Scott over Neill Blomkamp, financially speaking. However, speaking artistically, I feel it must be said that while
Exodus: Gods and Kings was not a good film by most people's measure (including mine); even when Ridley Scott is at his absolute worst; his films are never truly awful. I'm relatively happy that someone like Scott is in the proverbial driver's seat at the moment.
Having said that, one of the things which I adored about the series, prior to
Prometheus, was that each installment was helmed by a different director. This allowed a fresh approach and vision with each sequential film (even if it did mean the occasional blunder such as
Alien: Resurrection). Now, a Jonathan Glazer helmed Alien movie, with a soundtrack by Johnny Greenwood would be heaven on LV-426. Just putting that out there, in the vague hope that dreams may come true.