3. Ridley Scott - Prometheus
Ridley Scott is a great director, no doubt about it, coming off directing commercials making such classics as
The Duellists and
Alien, and of course creating one of the best science fiction universes on film with
Blade Runner. So it was with great anticipation that we anticipated his return to the Alien universe after 30 odd years. We all figured after the travesty that was
Alien Resurrection, it couldn't get any worse. What the franchise needed most was a shot in the arm from the man who started it all. We were wrong. We were
so wrong.
Prometheus was one of the worst films of last year, depending on who you ask. It's true goal, rather than giving fans what they wanted: Charlize Theron, Noomi Rapace and Michael Fassbender fighting an alien on a ship, was to reach the grandeur of Kubrick's
2001: A Space Odyssey, and it fell wide of the mark. It was barely even an Alien film, the loosest threads in the world connecting them - had it not tried to be sort of related to the franchise, it might have worked on it's own. You either ignored the gaping plot holes in favour of the pretty visuals and Charlize Theron, or you tried to justify them by writing a blog post about how the alien was Jesus or that the crew of the ship didn't need to justify taking off their helmets on an unknown planet, because they're scientists. Reportedly, he's looking to write a follow up to
Blade Runner...the world collectively shudders.