Couldn’t resist. Motherfucker looks like Riddickman with that cape (though I had to blow it up to make sure that wasn’t just the Grimace lurking behind him).
I’ve yet to catch up with Chronicles of Riddick, despite loving Pitch Black. It’s just been tough to get excited about seeing the character get enveloped in a big space opera that I know isn’t well liked after enjoying the claustrophobic intimacy of the first film for so long. If the cape and gauntlets are any indication though, the more melodramatic qualities of the second film will not be entirely absent from this entry.
Still, it’s fun to see this actually materializing after so many years of talking and hoping from the principle duo. Now Diesel can finally run around in his “magic” costumes and be fulfilled, and hopefully we’ll get a cool sci-fi flick out of it.
Oh, and Vin, next time maybe throw yourself in front of a decent background for your iPhone pic. Or just go full out and pull a Myspace angle with the mirror in the bathroom…
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The Chronicles Of Riddick is pure cheese. And yet… so very watchable. Sort of charming in an “awww, you guys really went for it, didn’t you” kind of way. I dig it.
Also, if you decide to dive in, skip the Director’s Cut. Theatrical:Swiss = DC:Limburger
SKIP the director’s cut?! You’re crazy, it’s way better than the theatrical version.
Yeah, that’s a shame to see them revisit the Chronicles Techno D&D look. As said, they gave it a red hot honorable go when they had their free ticket, but it’s time to get back to what they did well – in the first movie.
Does Riddick go to Skyrim and obtain glass armor at some point in the story?
For me, the Theatrical felt complete. The DC felt long- like they were trying too hard to make an epic out of a B+ Sci-Fi Actioner. Lord Of The Techno Space Rings. I didn’t need an extra 14 minutes of hand-holding in order to understand the (ahem) intricacies of Riddick’s geniology. And that D&D cosplay dream-sequence chick was kinda embarrassing.
HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHAAAAA HA, I haven’t laughed that hard since yesterday.
And yeah I prefer the theatrical cut also (which is rare, Deathproof comes to mind though).
I hope this is also rated R!
There is a big part of me that thoroughly enjoyed Riddick. It was the perfect B movie scifi comic book brought to life. Necromancers were badass space zombies. The effects were decent to really good. The fact it never takes itself too seriously without throwing some insane lunacy at you was awesome. Pitch Black wasnt a perfect movie and neither is this. Looking forward to the third.
WRONG! Pitch Black was a perfect movie and is craaaaaaazy good. The Chronicles of Riddick, on the other hand, suuuuuucked. I remember about an hour and a half in thinking “wow, glad this is almost over” and then crying when I realized they hadn’t even gotten to the third act yet. And it kept going…and going…and going…and going….
I enjoyed both, but Pitch Black is easily superior. EEEAAASILY. The director’s cut of Chronicles of Riddick is markedly worse than the theatrical, because it introduces supernatural powers for our hero, a mysterious new person living in his brain that gets no resolution, and even gives Riddick the ability to remember events from his FIRST MOMENT OF BIRTH. So it’s fairly asinine.
AS FOR THE NEW FILM, though, we do know that the first 10 minutes basically deal with getting Riddick OUT of the ending of the last film, based on some script reviews. Diesel also said on Facebook we will see him in “Lord Marshall” costume at some point when the flick opens, which could be this.
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