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Posted: **Wed Jan 29, 2003 9:48 am**

Ok Bladezone Forum because you guys/girls are just about the cooles and nicest people in the world. I have a favor to ask. Can some of you help me gather information for a Senior Research Paper on Ridley Scott. Thesis: Ridley Scott revoulutionized the world of Science Fiction. Thank you to anyone who helps. I will do anything in return.
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Posted: **Wed Jan 29, 2003 10:15 am**

You might want to try this book: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0879725109/qid=1043876531/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_1/103-6144550-0335859?v=glance&s=books&n=507846" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0879725109/qid=1043876531/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_1/103-6144550-0335859?v=glance&s=books&n=507846</a> Lots of essays, some might be useful...

Posted: **Wed Jan 29, 2003 12:34 pm**

ANYTHING <IMG SRC="/forum/images/smiles/icon_wink.gif"> read Future Noir
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Posted: **Wed Jan 29, 2003 8:30 pm**

The author of Future Noir, Paul Sammon, also wrote a filmography called RIDLEY SCOTT, THE MAKING OF HIS MOVIES.

Posted: **Thu Jan 30, 2003 2:24 am**

I highly recommend you listen to his audio commentary on Alien DVD for a start..<IMG SRC="/forum/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif">
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Posted: **Thu Jan 30, 2003 6:36 am**

He also has alot of cool comentary on the Gladiator DVD as well. I also find it ironic that the director of Traffic(steven S???) won the best director oscar(instead of ridley for gladiator)mainly because he also did the camera work. Which Ridly Scott used to do untill hollywood unions would't let him do it on BR and the rest of his films. SS did it by creating a fake name for himself and everybody said "wow how great!" when in fact he cheated.

Posted: **Thu Jan 30, 2003 9:25 am**

Yeah sure i'll help you, heres a bit of info=Gladiator was a hack.
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Posted: **Fri Jan 31, 2003 12:25 pm**

<IMG SRC="/forum/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif"> thanks you guys are so nice. Hey did he do Thelma and Louise as well? Heard he did. oh by the way what's all this about Gladiator hack? P.S.-If anyone knows any places where there are articles on Ridley Scott (besides Future Noir) that would help as well.
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Posted: **Fri Jan 31, 2003 3:10 pm**

If you study Gladiator very closely there is so many things that were a part of Conan the Barbarian, both are made like steel, both had jesus themes and anti-christ themes, both families were killed then they become a gladiator because people come by and take them, they are both good at it and work their way up, the original slogan for Conan was Gladiator, Thief, warrior King, sound familiar?, Both bad guys are obsessed with thinking they built who they had become, Same instruments are used in the music, and a lot of the epic camera shots look like Conan. Also both start with a battle. I could go on further but you get the point. I don't blame this on Ridley, i blame it on the hack writers.
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Posted: **Fri Jan 31, 2003 7:15 pm**

I think he also did Conquest of Paradise... I know Vangelis did the soundtrack.
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Posted: **Sat Feb 01, 2003 2:26 pm**

Ridley Scott also directed the 1984 commercial for Apple back in 1984 (possibly the most famous comercial in the world), in your paper, you could say how he brought sci fi elements to the commercial and commercial world. Here's an article: <a href="http://www.isd.net/cmcalone/1984.html" target="_blank">http://www.isd.net/cmcalone/1984.html</a>

Posted: **Mon Feb 03, 2003 5:30 pm**

yes, he did do thelma and louise (saw it a week ago) and 1492: conquest of paradise. you can go to the special features of the blde runner dvd to see what movies he did. he also did black hawk down, hannibal, and a few others i think. also, if you want the apple commercial(it was only shown once, during the 1984 super bowl) you can download it from <a href="http://www.apple-history.com" target="_blank">www.apple-history.com</a> (im a big apple computer fan <IMG SRC="/forum/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif"> )

Posted: **Fri Feb 07, 2003 2:09 am**

oh I've seen the 1984 commercial. "Today we celebrate the 1st glorious anniversary of the (something something) division. We have created for the first time in all history, a garden of pure ideology...." so on and so forth. I'd like to find a transcript of it? <IMG SRC="/forum/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif">
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