Ridley Scott thinks his and James Cameron's Alien movies were good, but "the rest were not very good": "F*ck, that’s the end of a franchise which should be as important as bloody Star Trek or Star Wars"

Sigourney Weaver as Ripley smiling during the movie Alien Resurrection. .

Ridley Scott thinks the Alien franchise died down after Alien: Resurrection – but that he and Damon Lindelof saved the franchise with Prometheus.

“I think I felt it was deadened after 4," Scott told Variety. "I think mine was pretty damn good, and I think Jim’s was good, and I have to say the rest were not very good. And I thought, 'Fuck, that's the end of a franchise which should be as important as bloody Star Trek or Star Wars, which I think is phenomenal. At least, I think the first one by George is seminal. It was as seminal as 2001. To me, it was that important in terms of film language and where you go next.”