Ridley Scott

Towards the end of a lengthy snark-fest of a MeFi thread, following an interview in which Ridley Scott blamed the poor box office of his latest directorial project, The Last Duel, on "millennials" came this comment on Scott's career:

Ridley Scott is right about one thing. Blade Runner was ahead of its time.

Well, that and that it was his third movie ( Alien was his second). If he had stopped at three, he would be a figure of mythic status, an unparalleled and unprecedented science fiction visionary. Instead he has chosen to spend the following four decades frittering away all his goodwill with tedium. […] posted by ricochet biscuit at 3:58 AM on November 28

In fairness to Sir Ridley, as befits his background in advertising, even the "tedium" tended to loook very good when seen on a big screen.

Might be more of a combination of…

a) His failing eye for a good script that can pull in a modern audience; plus,

b) A certain reluctance on the part of modern audiences¹ to venture into a crowded, enclosed darkened room with several hundred total strangers while there's still a global pandemic still capable of evolving into new variants out there in the wider world.