Film Ridley Scott is making Gladiator 2

Just finished watching this and the first one back-to-back. This one is more ridiculous than the first, especially at the end. But I suppose they're just following in the tradition of Ben Hur, Spartacus, et al, as being cheesy Hollywood spectaculars. I'll never watch either of them again.
 
Never understand how these films continually look worse than their predecessors despite it being over 20 years later. Hard for me to invest in such heavy green screen fests like this.
 
Never understand how these films continually look worse than their predecessors despite it being over 20 years later. Hard for me to invest in such heavy green screen fests like this.

That confuses me too. I assumed it was because standards have improved so much over the last 20 years our expectations are much harder to meet? Or does the latest technology actually look worse?! I’m willing to believe that. Seeing as so much tech seems to be more shit than it used to be.