>When he inevitably goes we will lose like 90% of our
>HollyWood Historical Epics. As a history major and teacher i
>am super blessed a director like Ridley Scott existed and was
>successful enough to make these movies. I read "Warriors of
>God" and never thought i'd ever see a major Hollywood
>blockbuster about the Crusades with Saladin as a central
>character.

I knew he'd been pretty invested in historical epics lately, but The Last Duel is the only one I've seen and as I said above, it was *thrilling* to see actual history so well integrated with the story.

So yeah - no idea that Ridley Scott was doing god's own work like this. Thank you for the heads up

>I'll even watch his shitty movies like "Exodus" for the set
>pieces and costumes.