<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/xml" href="https://movingpictures.somini.xyz/feed.xslt.xml"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><generator uri="https://jekyllrb.com/" version="4.4.1">Jekyll</generator><link href="https://movingpictures.somini.xyz/tag/creator-ridleyscott.xml" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml"/><link href="https://movingpictures.somini.xyz/" rel="alternate" type="text/html"/><updated>2026-09-21T01:42:34+01:00</updated><id>https://movingpictures.somini.xyz/tag/creator-ridleyscott.xml</id><title type="html">Ephemera of Vision | Tag</title><subtitle>This is my place for ramblings about sequences of images that exploit the human visual limitation know as persistence of vision. </subtitle><author><name>somini</name></author><entry><title type="html">The Dog Stars</title><link href="https://movingpictures.somini.xyz/2026/08/31/the-dog-stars.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="The Dog Stars"/><published>2026-08-31T00:00:00+01:00</published><updated>2026-08-31T00:00:00+01:00</updated><id>https://movingpictures.somini.xyz/2026/08/31/the-dog-stars</id><author><name>somini</name></author><category term="creator:RidleyScott"/><summary type="html"><![CDATA[Is this a secular Left Behind film, where Rapture is COVID, but sanded down of any unwoke bits With real actors, why? Why would you do this, Margaret?]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">Legend</title><link href="https://movingpictures.somini.xyz/2025/06/08/legend.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Legend"/><published>2025-06-08T00:00:00+01:00</published><updated>2025-06-08T00:00:00+01:00</updated><id>https://movingpictures.somini.xyz/2025/06/08/legend</id><author><name>somini</name></author><category term="creator:RidleyScott"/><summary type="html"><![CDATA[If The Lord of the Rings, The Thief of Baghdad, The Ten Commandments, and The NeverEnding Story were mushed together, this would be the result. Ridley Scott continues to be obsessed with unicorns.]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">Black Hawk Down</title><link href="https://movingpictures.somini.xyz/2025/05/24/black-hawk-down.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Black Hawk Down"/><published>2025-05-24T00:00:00+01:00</published><updated>2025-05-24T00:00:00+01:00</updated><id>https://movingpictures.somini.xyz/2025/05/24/black-hawk-down</id><author><name>somini</name></author><category term="creator:RidleyScott"/><summary type="html"><![CDATA[Is this a Sikorsky ad? Maybe an anti-ad, since two 10 million dollar gunships are shot down by simple unguided RPG. Sounds like a skill issue from the largest military in the world.]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">All The Money in the World</title><link href="https://movingpictures.somini.xyz/2024/03/21/all-the-money-in-the-world.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="All The Money in the World"/><published>2024-03-21T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2024-03-21T00:00:00+00:00</updated><id>https://movingpictures.somini.xyz/2024/03/21/all-the-money-in-the-world</id><author><name>somini</name></author><category term="creator:RidleyScott"/><summary type="html"><![CDATA[A story where the ‘Ndrangheta are not the worse villains, at least its an ethos. Worshipping Mammon is the root of all evil.]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">Napoleon</title><link href="https://movingpictures.somini.xyz/2023/11/29/napoleon.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Napoleon"/><published>2023-11-29T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2023-11-29T00:00:00+00:00</updated><id>https://movingpictures.somini.xyz/2023/11/29/napoleon</id><author><name>somini</name></author><category term="creator:RidleyScott"/><summary type="html"><![CDATA[What a goddamn nice looking mess. The battle scenes are the best, if you like the Gladiator cold opening repeated several times. The rest can and should be ostracised to Saint Helena, with three officers and 12 servants.]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">Blade Runner</title><link href="https://movingpictures.somini.xyz/2023/04/19/blade-runner.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Blade Runner"/><published>2023-04-19T00:00:00+01:00</published><updated>2023-04-19T00:00:00+01:00</updated><id>https://movingpictures.somini.xyz/2023/04/19/blade-runner</id><author><name>somini</name></author><category term="criterion"/><category term="franchise:BladeRunner"/><category term="creator:RidleyScott"/><summary type="html"><![CDATA[Like tears in the rain, the sheer visual power seeps into the water table and contaminates all downstream art.]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">1492: Conquest of Paradise</title><link href="https://movingpictures.somini.xyz/2022/11/22/1492.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="1492: Conquest of Paradise"/><published>2022-11-22T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2022-11-22T00:00:00+00:00</updated><id>https://movingpictures.somini.xyz/2022/11/22/1492</id><author><name>somini</name></author><category term="creator:RidleyScott"/><summary type="html"><![CDATA[Pure unbridled Columbus hagiography. A failed attempt at mimicking the old sword and sandals epic. The Vangelis score is much greater than the film itself.]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">Gladiator</title><link href="https://movingpictures.somini.xyz/2021/08/13/gladiator.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Gladiator"/><published>2021-08-13T00:00:00+01:00</published><updated>2021-08-13T00:00:00+01:00</updated><id>https://movingpictures.somini.xyz/2021/08/13/gladiator</id><author><name>somini</name></author><category term="creator:RidleyScott"/><summary type="html"><![CDATA[The Commodus of Ridley Scott’s career: the past glories are history, he is already over the hill; doesn’t care about (film) grain, only games; butchers the visual parts pretty badly, mostly outside the arena.]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">Alien</title><link href="https://movingpictures.somini.xyz/2020/07/07/alien.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Alien"/><published>2020-07-07T00:00:00+01:00</published><updated>2020-07-07T00:00:00+01:00</updated><id>https://movingpictures.somini.xyz/2020/07/07/alien</id><author><name>somini</name></author><category term="criterion"/><category term="franchise:Alien"/><category term="creator:RidleyScott"/><summary type="html"><![CDATA[Crew Expendable.]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">A Good Year</title><link href="https://movingpictures.somini.xyz/2020/01/12/a-good-year.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="A Good Year"/><published>2020-01-12T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2020-01-12T00:00:00+00:00</updated><id>https://movingpictures.somini.xyz/2020/01/12/a-good-year</id><author><name>somini</name></author><category term="creator:RidleyScott"/><summary type="html"><![CDATA[Ridley Scott’s Provence holiday. That mix between Provençal real estate ads, eulogising sociopaths and casual chauvinism bordering on assault.]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">Body of Lies</title><link href="https://movingpictures.somini.xyz/2017/06/12/body-of-lies.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Body of Lies"/><published>2017-06-12T00:00:00+01:00</published><updated>2017-06-12T00:00:00+01:00</updated><id>https://movingpictures.somini.xyz/2017/06/12/body-of-lies</id><author><name>somini</name></author><category term="creator:RidleyScott"/><summary type="html"><![CDATA[US frames innocent muslim for terrorist attack, is all for nought]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">Alien: Covenant</title><link href="https://movingpictures.somini.xyz/2017/05/23/alien-covenant.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Alien: Covenant"/><published>2017-05-23T00:00:00+01:00</published><updated>2017-05-23T00:00:00+01:00</updated><id>https://movingpictures.somini.xyz/2017/05/23/alien-covenant</id><author><name>somini</name></author><category term="franchise:Alien"/><category term="creator:RidleyScott"/><summary type="html"><![CDATA[If Prometheus is like the The Phantom Menace, this is like Revenge of the Sith,]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">Exodus: Gods and Kings</title><link href="https://movingpictures.somini.xyz/2017/03/23/exodus-gods-and-kings.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Exodus: Gods and Kings"/><published>2017-03-23T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2017-03-23T00:00:00+00:00</updated><id>https://movingpictures.somini.xyz/2017/03/23/exodus-gods-and-kings</id><author><name>somini</name></author><category term="creator:RidleyScott"/><summary type="html"><![CDATA[The grimdark realistic remake of Prince of Egypt that everyone was pinning for.]]></summary></entry></feed>