Ridley Scott
Made films the shows talk about.
Wikidata Q56005: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.
Counted as director, the making department they hold the most credits in. The films the hosts said they directed, which the two lists below run through too: Alien (1979); Blade Runner (1982); Legend (1985); Black Rain (1989); Thelma & Louise (1991); 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992); White Squall (1996); Gladiator (2000); Black Hawk Down (2002); Kingdom of Heaven (2005); Prometheus (2012); The Counselor (2013); Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014); The Martian (2015); Alien: Covenant (2017); All the Money in the World (2017); House of Gucci (2021); The Last Duel (2021); Napoleon (2023); G.I. Jane; Gladiator II; Napoleon (Ridley Scott); Someone to Watch Over Me. Count them as craft (1 film) instead.
Draws on
What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.
Gladiator (2000): 7 lines, within their own work
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lineage (lineage) · through Gladiator II, which they directed:
Gladiator ⇒ Gladiator II (the host's read).
The sequel is very similar in structure and story to the original.
“it's pretty well known that this movie is very similar in structure and story to the original.”
The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 0:06:45 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them) -
lineage (lineage) · through Gladiator II, which they directed:
Gladiator ⇒ Gladiator II (the host's read).
The sequel's plot, structure, approach and pacing mirror the first, forcing a one-to-one comparison.
“it's just the movie is so similar to the 1st one in terms of plot, structure, approach, focus, pacing.”
The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 0:15:52 · Mallory Rubin (0.60 sure it was them) -
contrast (contrast) · through Gladiator II, which they directed:
Gladiator ⇒ Gladiator II (the host's read).
The sequel tries to feel new by flipping the first film's premise: Marcus Aurelius's dream of Rome becomes its failure.
“Instead of here's Marcus Aurelius's dream of what Rome can be, it's a bastardization and a compromise and a failure to execute against that promise.”
The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 0:21:30 · Mallory Rubin (0.50 sure it was them) -
lineage (lineage) · through Gladiator II, which they directed:
Gladiator ⇒ Gladiator II (the host's read).
Because it mirrors the first film, outcomes for characters become predictable by inversion.
“I almost felt like it became impossible not to know what was going to happen to certain people”
The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 0:21:39 · Mallory Rubin (0.50 sure it was them) -
lineage (lineage) · through Gladiator II, which they directed:
Gladiator ⇒ Gladiator II (the host's read).
Lucius's hand in the grain is a callback to Maximus's hand in the wheat.
“And it's an obvious callback to Maximus walking through the kind of afterlife feeling the wheat.”
The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 0:52:34 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them) -
craft (craft) · through Gladiator II, which they directed:
Gladiator ⇒ Gladiator II (the host's read).
Lucius as Maximus's son is a classic retcon not in the first film's text.
“it is, is a classic case of reconning.”
The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 0:53:58 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them) -
unmapped (followed) · through Kingdom of Heaven (2005), which they directed:
Gladiator ⇒ Kingdom of Heaven (the host's read).
Ridley tried to repeat Gladiator with Kingdom of Heaven and again later.
“And even Ridley tried to do it. Kingdom of Heaven. Two more times.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Spartacus with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 2:06:08 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
Spartacus (1960): 3 lines
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lineage (riff / imitation) · through Gladiator (2000), which they directed:
Spartacus ⇒ Gladiator (the host's read).
Richard, seeing Spartacus for the first time, says it is the main thing Gladiator riffs on.
“this is really the main thing the gladiators are riffing on.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Spartacus with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 1:03:34 · Richard Lawson (0.60 sure it was them) -
people (casting approach) · through Gladiator (2000), which they directed:
Spartacus ⇒ Gladiator (the host's read).
Gladiator, like Spartacus, is loaded with supporting actors who are thespian gems, which the speaker says Scott recognized.
“as Ridley Scott recognized about this movie, is like loaded up with supporting actors who are like just thespian gems.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Spartacus with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 1:33:49 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them) -
unmapped (scene reused) · through Gladiator (2000), which they directed:
Spartacus ⇒ Gladiator (the host's read).
The trident thrown into the stands in Spartacus is in Gladiator too, with Russell Crowe doing it.
“that's literally in Gladiator.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Spartacus with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 1:14:49 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
Aliens (1986): 2 lines
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lineage (lineage) · through Alien: Covenant (2017), which they directed:
Aliens ⇒ Alien: Covenant (the host's read).
The shoulder-mounted GoPro cameras are carried over from the Marines in Aliens.
“which the Marines all have in aliens”
Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Covenant · 0:40:52 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them) -
lineage (lineage) · through Alien: Covenant (2017), which they directed:
Aliens ⇒ Alien: Covenant (the host's read).
The loader and airlock set piece homages the power loader fight in Aliens.
“But something about this feels closer to the power loader fight.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Covenant · 1:55:53 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
Back to the Future Part II (1989): 1 line
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craft (craft) · through Alien: Covenant (2017), which they directed:
Back to the Future Part II ⇒ Alien: Covenant (the host's read).
The double-Fassbender effect is an old trick established by Zemeckis in Back to the Future II.
“once again, shit established by Zameckis and back to the future too.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Covenant · 1:09:38 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
Eraserhead (1977): 1 line
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lineage (lineage) · through Alien (1979), which they directed:
Eraserhead ⇒ Alien (the host's read).
The gooey animatronic creature work in Alien and later films may trace back to Eraserhead.
“I mean, the thought that comes to mind is, um, alien.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Eraserhead (Ad-Free) · 1:29:21 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
Prometheus (2012): 1 line, within their own work
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lineage (lineage) · through Alien: Covenant (2017), which they directed:
Prometheus ⇒ Alien: Covenant (the host's read).
Covenant is half the Prometheus sequel Scott wanted and half a concession to a more normal Alien movie.
“this is half, like Ridley Scott doing the Prometheus sequel he wanted to do and half”
Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Covenant · 0:06:57 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977): 1 line
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industry (industry) · through Alien (1979), which they directed:
Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ Alien (the host's read).
In Star Wars' wake came Alien and Blade Runner rather than more 4-color space operas.
“the Star Wars Halo effect are like alien.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 1:13:21 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
The Martian (2015): 1 line, within their own work
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industry (industry) · through Alien: Covenant (2017), which they directed:
The Martian ⇒ Alien: Covenant (the host's read).
The Martian's success gave Scott leverage to make an odder Alien film.
“I forgot that the previous film to this is the Martian”
Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Covenant · 1:19:20 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974): 1 line
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lineage (inspiration) · through Alien (1979), which they directed:
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ⇒ Alien (the host's read).
Chainsaw is what inspired Ridley Scott to make Alien.
“Texas Chainsaw Basker is what inspired Ridley Scott to make alien.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:51:40 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
Drawn on by
What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.
Gladiator II: 6 lines, within their own work
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lineage (lineage) · through Gladiator (2000), which they directed:
Gladiator ⇒ Gladiator II (the host's read).
The sequel is very similar in structure and story to the original.
“it's pretty well known that this movie is very similar in structure and story to the original.”
The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 0:06:45 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them) -
lineage (lineage) · through Gladiator (2000), which they directed:
Gladiator ⇒ Gladiator II (the host's read).
The sequel's plot, structure, approach and pacing mirror the first, forcing a one-to-one comparison.
“it's just the movie is so similar to the 1st one in terms of plot, structure, approach, focus, pacing.”
The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 0:15:52 · Mallory Rubin (0.60 sure it was them) -
contrast (contrast) · through Gladiator (2000), which they directed:
Gladiator ⇒ Gladiator II (the host's read).
The sequel tries to feel new by flipping the first film's premise: Marcus Aurelius's dream of Rome becomes its failure.
“Instead of here's Marcus Aurelius's dream of what Rome can be, it's a bastardization and a compromise and a failure to execute against that promise.”
The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 0:21:30 · Mallory Rubin (0.50 sure it was them) -
lineage (lineage) · through Gladiator (2000), which they directed:
Gladiator ⇒ Gladiator II (the host's read).
Because it mirrors the first film, outcomes for characters become predictable by inversion.
“I almost felt like it became impossible not to know what was going to happen to certain people”
The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 0:21:39 · Mallory Rubin (0.50 sure it was them) -
lineage (lineage) · through Gladiator (2000), which they directed:
Gladiator ⇒ Gladiator II (the host's read).
Lucius's hand in the grain is a callback to Maximus's hand in the wheat.
“And it's an obvious callback to Maximus walking through the kind of afterlife feeling the wheat.”
The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 0:52:34 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them) -
craft (craft) · through Gladiator (2000), which they directed:
Gladiator ⇒ Gladiator II (the host's read).
Lucius as Maximus's son is a classic retcon not in the first film's text.
“it is, is a classic case of reconning.”
The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 0:53:58 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
Alien 3 (1992): 2 lines
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lineage (callback) · through Alien (1979), which they directed:
Alien ⇒ Alien 3 (the host's read).
The Bishop remains scene echoes the original film's reactivated-android scene.
“And just kind of a fun throwback to the, uh, original alien thing where you like take the puppet, you kind of get it ready.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Alien 3 · 0:58:26 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them) -
lineage (callback) · through Alien (1979), which they directed:
Alien ⇒ Alien 3 (the host's read).
The ending coda replays Ripley's tape from the first film.
“You play back her tape from the end of the 1st movie.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Alien 3 · 2:07:28 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)
Alien: Covenant (2017): 2 lines, within their own work
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lineage (lineage) · through Prometheus (2012), which they directed:
Prometheus ⇒ Alien: Covenant (the host's read).
Covenant is half the Prometheus sequel Scott wanted and half a concession to a more normal Alien movie.
“this is half, like Ridley Scott doing the Prometheus sequel he wanted to do and half”
Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Covenant · 0:06:57 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them) -
industry (industry) · through The Martian (2015), which they directed:
The Martian ⇒ Alien: Covenant (the host's read).
The Martian's success gave Scott leverage to make an odder Alien film.
“I forgot that the previous film to this is the Martian”
Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Covenant · 1:19:20 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
Aliens (1986): 1 line
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lineage (sequel / genre shift) · through Alien (1979), which they directed:
Alien ⇒ Aliens (the host's read).
Cameron's sequel to Ridley Scott's film shifted the genre, which raised expectations for any follow-up.
“some other fucking guy is coming in and making a sequel to Ridley Scott's movie.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Alien³ with Matt Singer (Ad-Free) · 0:50:21 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
Jed Kurzel: 1 line
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craft (craft) · through Alien (1979), which they directed:
Alien ⇒ Jed Kurzel (the host's read).
Kurzel's score uses Jerry Goldsmith's notes from the first Alien but is its own thing.
“it uses a lot of the Jerry Goldsmith notes”
Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Covenant · 1:47:50 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
Kingdom of Heaven (2005): 1 line, within their own work
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unmapped (followed) · through Gladiator (2000), which they directed:
Gladiator ⇒ Kingdom of Heaven (the host's read).
Ridley tried to repeat Gladiator with Kingdom of Heaven and again later.
“And even Ridley tried to do it. Kingdom of Heaven. Two more times.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Spartacus with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 2:06:08 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
Outland (1981): 1 line
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contrast (contrast) · through Alien (1979), which they directed:
Alien ⇒ Outland (the host's read).
Outland tries to be Alien and does not connect; it is not as bad as The Black Hole.
“it's not as bad as black hole, but it's it's trying, it's trying to be alien and it's not, it's just not connecting.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 3:16:53 · Brian Michael Bendis (0.50 sure it was them)
Species (1995): 1 line
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lineage (lineage) · through Alien (1979), which they directed:
Alien ⇒ Species (the maker said so).
Giger thought Species ripped off too many other alien movies, such as the chest-burster.
“He thought the movie ripped off too many other alien movies”
The Rewatchables · ‘Species’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:12:56 · Bill Simmons (0.30 sure it was them)
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (2026): 1 line
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lineage (lineage) · through Alien (1979), which they directed:
Alien ⇒ Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (the host's read).
Ripley stripped to underwear at the end is a vulnerability beat that Miasma echoes.
“Yes, it is echoed in Teenage Tech”
The Big Picture · The Final Girl Film Canon and ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ With Gillian Anderson, Hannah Einbinder, and Jane Schoenbrun! · 0:47:57 · Adam Nayman (0.50 sure it was them)
The Killer (2023): 1 line
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people (casting origin) · through Prometheus (2012), which they directed:
Prometheus ⇒ The Killer (the maker said so: the Q and A at the screening).
Fincher said at the Q&A that seeing Prometheus made him note Fassbender as a good sociopath for later.
“I go to see Prometheus and I go, hmm, sociopath.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Killer with Marie Bardi (Ad-Free) · 0:31:01 · David Sims (0.55 sure it was them)
Troy (2004): 1 line
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unmapped (followed) · through Gladiator (2000), which they directed:
Gladiator ⇒ Troy (the host's read).
Troy coasts off the goodwill from Gladiator.
“Troy is the one that coasts off of the Goodwill from Gladiator”
Blank Check — Patreon · Spartacus with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 2:06:43 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
What the speakers said they did
Directing (49) everyone in directing
- director, Black Rain (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Look Who's Talking with Hillary Busis)
- director, The Last Duel (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Starman with Katey Rich)
- director, The Martian (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Starman with Katey Rich)
- director, House of Gucci (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Starman with Katey Rich)
- director, All the Money in the World (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Planet of the Apes with Matt Singer)
- director, inspired by TCM, Alien (The Rewatchables, ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan)
- director, Napoleon (The Rewatchables, ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan)
- director, Blade Runner (The Rewatchables, ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan)
- director, Alien (The Big Picture, The Final Girl Film Canon and ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ With Gillian Anderson, Hannah Einbinder, and Jane Schoenbrun!)
- director, Gladiator (The Big Picture, ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained?)
- director, Gladiator II (The Big Picture, ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained?)
- director, Napoleon (The Big Picture, ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained?)
- director, Prometheus (The Big Picture, ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained?)
- director, Alien (The Big Picture, ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained?)
- director, Blade Runner (The Big Picture, ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained?)
- director, Black Hawk Down (The Big Picture, ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained?)
- director, Thelma & Louise (The Big Picture, ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained?)
- director, The Last Duel (The Big Picture, ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained?)
- director, House of Gucci (The Big Picture, ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained?)
- director, Napoleon (The Big Picture, The Great ‘Avatar’ Debate with Blank Check’s Griffin Newman and David Sims)
- director, Legend (The Big Picture, The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame)
- director, All the Money in the World (Blank Check — Patreon, Fight Club with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free))
- director, The Last Duel (Blank Check — Patreon, Fight Club with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free))
- director, Black Rain (Blank Check — Patreon, The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free))
- director, G.I. Jane (Blank Check — Patreon, The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free))
- director, 1492: Conquest of Paradise (Blank Check — Patreon, The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free))
- director, White Squall (Blank Check — Patreon, The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free))
- director, Gladiator (Blank Check — Patreon, The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free))
- director, Alien (Blank Check — Patreon, Alien³ with Matt Singer (Ad-Free))
- director, Blade Runner (Blank Check — Patreon, Alien³ with Matt Singer (Ad-Free))
- director (the Ridley Scott sequels), Prometheus (Blank Check — Patreon, Alien³ with Matt Singer (Ad-Free))
- director (the Ridley Scott sequels), Alien: Covenant (Blank Check — Patreon, Alien³ with Matt Singer (Ad-Free))
- director, Napoleon (Ridley Scott) (Blank Check — Patreon, Eyes Wide Shut with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free))
- director, Gladiator (Blank Check — Patreon, Spartacus with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free))
- director, Kingdom of Heaven (Blank Check — Patreon, Spartacus with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free))
- director, Exodus: Gods and Kings (Blank Check — Patreon, Spartacus with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free))
- director, Alien: Covenant (Blank Check — Patreon, Alien: Covenant)
- director, Gladiator (Blank Check — Patreon, Alien: Covenant)
- director, Blade Runner (Blank Check — Patreon, Alien: Covenant)
- director, The Martian (Blank Check — Patreon, Alien: Covenant)
- director, Prometheus (Blank Check — Patreon, Alien: Covenant)
- director, Alien (Blank Check — Patreon, Alien: Resurrection)
- director, Alien (Blank Check — Patreon, Alien 3)
- director, 1492: Conquest of Paradise (Blank Check — Patreon, Alien 3)
- director, Prometheus (Blank Check — Patreon, Alien 3)
- director, Alien: Covenant (Blank Check — Patreon, Alien 3)
- director, Gladiator (Blank Check — Patreon, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free))
- director, Someone to Watch Over Me (Blank Check — Patreon, Blue Steel with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free))
- director, The Counselor (Blank Check — Patreon, Vanilla Sky with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free))
Other (4) everyone in other
- flirted with directing, Dune (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Dune with John Hodgman)
- considered directing an Apes film, Planet of the Apes (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Planet of the Apes with Matt Singer)
- joked about wetting streets, Thief (The Big Picture, ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies)
- asked to direct the sequel, declined: busy, Aliens (Blank Check — Patreon, Alien 3)
Craft (1) everyone in craft
- cut the film himself over a weekend (rumor), Napoleon (The Big Picture, The Great ‘Avatar’ Debate with Blank Check’s Griffin Newman and David Sims)
What was said about them, by kind
career (6)
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career (career):
Darius Wolski → Ridley Scott.
Wolski is identified as best known recently for his work with Ridley Scott.
“Darius Wolski, who is best known, I think, recently for his work with Ridley Scott”
The Big Picture · ‘Resident Evil’ Absolutely Rips! · 0:19:55 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them) -
career (career):
Ridley Scott → Napoleon.
Late Ridley Scott: taking on Napoleon with jokes about sex in it.
“I'm going to take on Napoleon, and I'm going to put a lot of jokes about fucking in it.”
The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 0:16:52 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them) -
career (career):
Ridley Scott → Prometheus.
Scott said he fucked up Prometheus, a film Sean has thought about for ten years.
“I was like, no, I've been thinking about Prometheus for 10 years”
The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 0:17:30 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them) -
career (career):
Ridley Scott → 1492: Conquest of Paradise.
Scott insists weak films are good, like 1492 being one of his best.
“it'd be like 1492 is one of my best”
The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 0:17:41 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them) -
career (career):
Ridley Scott → Alien: Covenant.
Scott made Covenant, which may be better than Gladiator II.
“he made, like, Covenant is maybe better than this.”
The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 1:11:27 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them) -
career (career):
Ridley Scott → Napoleon.
Chris defends late-period Ridley: The Last Duel, House of Gucci, Napoleon, the Alien films.
“I really like the last duel.”
The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 1:12:06 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
contrast (1)
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contrast (contrast):
Ridley Scott → Francis Ford Coppola.
Coppola would rather fail on his own terms; Scott is comfortable as the company man who meets the studio halfway.
“And Ridley Scott is an odd guy because I think he very much is comfortable with just being the company man in certain ways”
Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Covenant · 0:15:26 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
craft (1)
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craft (craft):
Ridley Scott → Alien: Covenant.
Scott's advertising background means he always keeps in mind that he's selling a product.
“Ridley, it feels like always keeps in mind like, ultimately, I'm trying to sell a product”
Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Covenant · 1:54:27 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
industry (2)
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industry (industry):
Ridley Scott → Alien.
Scott has never won Best Director, absurd for the maker of Blade Runner and Alien.
“This guy made Plate Runner an alien.”
The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 1:14:14 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them) -
industry (industry):
Ridley Scott → Black Hawk Down.
Scott's three directing nominations include Thelma & Louise, Gladiator, and Black Hawk Down.
“He did get nominated for Black Hawk down.”
The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 1:14:43 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
lineage (1)
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lineage (lineage):
Thief → Ridley Scott.
On the Rewatchables they joked about whether Mann invented wetting the streets, with Ridley Scott dumping water.
“Remember Ridley Scott just dumping water on the streets.”
The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:53:56 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
people (5)
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people (director):
Black Rain → Ridley Scott.
The foreign-underworld cop thriller is Ridley Scott's Black Rain with Michael Douglas and Andy Garcia.
“It's Ridley Scott's Black Reign with Michael Douglas.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Look Who's Talking with Hillary Busis · 2:11:14 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them) -
people (director):
Ridley Scott → The Last Duel.
Scott directed The Last Duel and another huge film in the same fall, both shot in the pandemic starring Adam Driver.
“Both starring Adam Driver, America's favorite giant weirdo.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 0:31:04 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them) -
people (director):
Ridley Scott → The Martian.
Scott directed The Martian, a comedy winner at the Golden Globes.
“directed by Richie Scott, who's a nice man.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 2:27:35 · Katey Rich (0.35 sure it was them) -
people (director):
Legend → Ridley Scott.
Legend may be Ridley Scott's worst movie, but it still appeals emotionally to Sean.
“it might be Ridley Scott's worst movie”
The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 0:51:51 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them) -
people (people):
Ridley Scott → Gladiator.
Screenwriter John Logan, brought on to Covenant, had worked with Scott on Gladiator.
“And so they bring in John Logan, who worked with Ridley Scott on Gladiator.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Covenant · 0:09:18 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
unmapped (1)
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unmapped (business context):
Ridley Scott → Alien vs. Predator.
Reportedly Weaver and Scott asked Fox to cancel Alien vs. Predator in exchange for a new film.
“Sigourney and Ridley went to Fox when they heard that Alien versus Predator was going to happen”
Blank Check — Patreon · Alien 3 · 1:13:23 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
verdict (2)
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verdict (verdict):
Ridley Scott → Steven Soderbergh.
Scott beat Soderbergh, a mild surprise to the hosts.
“I was a little surprised that Scott took that.”
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verdict (verdict):
Paul Thomas Anderson → Ridley Scott.
The one played-out Sweet 16 matchup is PTA over Scott, making PTA a robust challenger.
“PTAs March to, at least the final 4 does seem, well, maybe not assured, but he's so far a robust challenger.”
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what-if (3)
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what-if (what-if):
Ridley Scott → Dune.
Ridley Scott flirted with Dune but found it too similar to his earlier work.
“Ridley Scott's the most obvious person who flirted with making this movie”
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what-if (what-if):
Ridley Scott → Sigourney Weaver.
Before Prometheus there was a moment when Ridley seemed to be considering a Sigourney return.
“there was a moment where it felt like Ridley was considering doing a thing with Sigourney.”
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what-if (what-if):
Ridley Scott → Danny Boyle.
Swap them: Scott directs Steve Jobs and Boyle directs The Martian.
“I like to imagine the reality in which Ridley Scott made Steve Jobs.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Covenant · 1:20:02 · Griffin Newman (0.60 sure it was them)
Fun items about them
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fun, about
Ridley Scott:
Scott has been nominated for Best Director three times and has never won, losing the Black Hawk Down year to Ron Howard.
“Ridley Scott's been nominated 3 times for directing.”
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fun, about
Ridley Scott:
Scott gave interviews saying there would be no aliens or xenomorphs, then reversed; the hosts wonder if it was him or the studio telling him to put aliens in.
“initially Scott was giving these interviews where he was like, there won't be aliens”
Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Covenant · 0:09:33 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Ridley Scott:
Scott is very unprecious and doesn't care about studio yelling; he will go on making a movie a year.
“I think Ridley Scott is just very unprecious in general.”
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