Ridley Scott Says "ALIEN" And "BLADE RUNNER" Are Super Hero Movies, Calls The Rest Of The Genre "Boring As Shit."
Watch out Marvel and DC fans, Ridley Scott has a few choice words for you and your favorite films.
In a recent interview with Deadline, Scott was asked what he thought about Super Hero movies and he did not mince words.
“Why don’t the superhero movies have better stories?,” Scott asks rhetorically in a new interview with Deadline. “I mean, come on. They’re mostly saved by special effects, and that’s becoming boring for everyone who works with special effects, if you’ve got the money.”
“Their scripts are not any fucking good,” he continues. “I think I’ve done three great scripted superhero movies. One would be Alien with Sigourney Weaver. One would be fucking Gladiator, and one would be Harrison Ford [in Blade Runner].”
When asked about Harrison Ford’s character in Blade Runner, the director had this to say: “Harrison Ford was one superhero. But everyone was confused because he got the shit beaten out of him at the end by the other superhero, who they thought was the bad guy, but turned out to be a good guy,” he says. “I think that’s pretty cool.”
If you were to ask Scott about whether or not he would do a newer type Super Hero flick, he lets ya know the score “We’ll come to superheroes if you want, because I’ll crush it,” he warns. “I’ll fucking crush it. They’re fucking boring as shit.”
We’d personally love for Scott to take on a Super Hero but we’re not gonna hold our breath based on this.