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If you dismiss Tarantino as shallow, why tout the influence of computer-bound technicans, especially since guys like Zemeckis and Scott are not the primary architects of their "influential" special effects. In deciding where to put the camera, the style of the film, etc, director's deserve credit, which is why Tarantino's aesthetic, while shallow, is visually impressive and massively influential, not to mention creditable to him. Zemeckis and Scott merely oversaw the computer geeks who generated their special effects. Also, Ridley Scott especially doesn't deserve that kind of credit considering it's entirely based on ONE FILM! The string of mediocrities since Blade Runner have to be counted in the measurement.
As for Scorsese, when I wrote 'more influential directors of the past twenty years,' I meant directors who have SURFACED in the past twenty years. By 1982, Scorsese had already made Mean Streets, Taxi Driver and Raging Bull among others.
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