I disagree, I loved BR2049, I thought it followed the world and universe of the original so well, the draw out aspect of it I could cope with just fine, as it looked absolutely beautiful.
Scott in the past 15 years directing,
Alien: Covenant (directed by)
2017
Alien: Covenant - Prologue: The Crossing (Short)
2015
The Martian (directed by)
2014
Exodus: Gods and Kings
2013
The Vatican (TV Movie)
2013
The Counsellor
2012/I
Prometheus
2010
Thunder Perfect Mind (Short)
2010
Robin Hood
2008
Body of Lies
2007
American Gangster
2006
A Good Year
2005
All the Invisible Children (segment "Jonathan")
2005
Kingdom of Heaven
So many utterly awful films there, some absolutely steaming piles of nonsense, where he took his own original universes and completely ****** them up the ass.
Also the counsellor, one of the worst films ever made, ever, ever.
The Martian is by far the exception to the rule, and comes from good source material.
That's fine, I welcome any disagreement, I agree 2049 still looks good, there's no doubt, apart from some of more dusty parts of it and overuse of water reflection on ceilings, and a less in lived in feeling than the original, but the pacing and lack of dynamic dialogue and action and memorable characters is what I have issue with.
I haven't claimed Scott has always directed good movies at all, that wasn't my argument at all, especially recently, that's not my point, I mentioned that Prometheus had all kinds of problems and I haven't even watched the vast majority of those movies you've listed. He's a jobbing director much of the time and I don't seem those movies out.
The source for The Martian was the same as Blade Runner, based on a good novel and he was still able to pull it off at his advanced age, I still think he'd have done better with Blade Runner if he had a good source.
My appreciation for Scott is based almost entirely on Alien and Blade Runner, I don't care about nor have mentioned any of those films you've mentioned except Prometheus in my analysis, which I already stated had huge problems. He was a superb director for Alien and Blade Runner and proved still good to very good one for The Martian - that is what I'm judging it by.
I stand by the fact that original creator of Blade Runner the movie thought 2049 was slow and poorly paced and I totally agree with him, you're more than welcome to your own opinion.