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 craft. The films the hosts said they worked on, which the two lists below run through too: Napoleon (2023). Count them as director (23 films) 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.

No line says they, or a film of theirs, drew on anything.

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

No line says anything drew on them or a film of theirs.

What the speakers said they did

Directing (49) everyone in directing

Other (4) everyone in other

Craft (1) everyone in craft

What was said about them, by kind

career (6)

  1. 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)
  2. 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)
  3. 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)
  4. 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)
  5. 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)
  6. 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)

  1. 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)

  1. 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)

  1. 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)
  2. 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)

  1. 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)

  1. 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)
  2. 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)
  3. 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)
  4. 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)
  5. 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)

  1. 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)

  1. verdict (verdict): Ridley Scott → Steven Soderbergh. Scott beat Soderbergh, a mild surprise to the hosts.
    “I was a little surprised that Scott took that.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2025 March Madness Update 1 · 0:26:00 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. 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.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2025 March Madness Update 1 · 0:26:36 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

what-if (3)

  1. 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”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 1:42:03 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. 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.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien³ with Matt Singer (Ad-Free) · 0:24:40 · David Sims (0.30 sure it was them)
  3. 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

  1. 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.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 1:14:28 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. 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)
  3. 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.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Covenant · 0:14:20 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)