The veteran director’s 1982 future noir left enough unanswered questions to spawn a sequel. But do we really need multiple movies to find out whether Harrison Ford’s Rick Deckard is a replicant?When Ridley Scott announced plans to return to the Alien saga (with what eventually turned out to be his thrilling but bamboozling space thriller Prometheus) five years ago,the internet was pretty receptive to the idea. After all, Twentieth Century Fox had squeezed every final drop of acid blood from the waning franchise via a series of progressively weaker sequels (not counting James Cameron’s excellent Aliens) before topping off the misery with a brace of utterly pointless Alien vs Predator movies. What more could possibly depart incorrect, or particularly with Scott returning to the genre that made him famous for the first time in 30 years? Related: Ridley Scott: Ryan Gosling will 'probably' lead Blade Runner sequel Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com