It's time to go back to the Vin-yard where the grapes of wrath are stored: Vin Diesel's third outing as the night-visioned sci-fi antihero Richard B. Riddick (the B stands for "Bitchin'," or should, at least) is coming out in theaters and Imax Sept. 6th, 2013.
I have mixed feelings for this. Pitch Black was great, and I had high hopes for The Chronicles of Riddick, but they sunk as soon as the Necromonger leader came out and started giving a speech about the Underverse, full of made-up sci-fi nonsense words. I wanted to forgive it that, but it was exactly the sort of thing that makes non-nerds think all sci-fi is silly. I still love the idea of a darker-toned universe that has things like a black Muslim separatist planet, but if the budget to realize it necessitates a watered-down PG-13 product, I think we've seen that has too many pitfalls.
The new Riddick promises a return to Pitch Black territory, perhaps too literally, as it sounds like exactly the same plot - he's stranded on a planet with deadly alien creatures and humans who are out to kill him. And yes, it will explain how he went from being leader of the Necromongers to finding himself inside his own reboot.
Maybe we'll also get new Riddick action figures that don't melt into stickiness after a year.
via IAmRogue
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Regarding chronicles... so, let it be the weak middle movie. That's fine. They started strong with Pitch Black. If they finish strong, this will be a good trilogy (something we never got from the source [Conan the Barbarian]).
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But there's already a Riddick Trilogy. At least on Amazon. Or is this going to be a Hitchhiker's kind of Trilogy and become increasingly inaccurately named? Yes I know one of the features isn't a movie but an animated short, but THE BOX SAYS IT'S A TRILOGY. And that makes it official or something.
@CaptainZADL waaaa. what does that mean???? they made a 3rd riddick boob job and told nobody about it?
My only memory of Chronicles of Riddick is the day my Dad brought it home from Blockbuster (kids, ask your parents) to watch. I was pretty young and fairly sheltered as well, and it started getting weirder and more and more graphic, to the point where my mom was extremely uncomfortable. About halfway through the movie we realized Dad has brought home the unrated version by mistake. The extra content did nothing to advance the plot, and I spent the rest of the movie at the computer pretending that it wasn't on.
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"the sort of thing that makes non-nerds think all sci-fi is silly" is that science-fantasy keeps getting called science-fiction.
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@DrAbraxas @East_Threadly not the worst movie I've ever seen. At least it had an ending.
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@DrAbraxas @GarethPrime @East_Threadly "Well I never! I can't believe they'd give me such a thing. I'll be taking this back immediately...
... this evening...
... first thing tomorrow."
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At the very least, hopefully we get another kickass video game tie-in out of it, like Escape From Butcher Bay. That alone justified the existence of Chronicles of Riddick.
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um, i'm glad to see riddick bloom into a beautiful, beautiful woman....
-alternatively: when did liefeld start puking out movie posters?
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@Gallen_Dugall @DrAbraxas no way, it's the perfect size; it complements his teeny tiny waist.
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I'll give it a chance on video.
The picture here looks a little like they are doing a steampunk Pokemon movie. ..... and Vin Diesel is brock and together they are going to catch all those little sons of bitches!
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@Someguy This needs to be a thing.
@Canadian.Scott, I think this needs to be the project after Enter the Gorn.
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I loved Pitch Black...Chronicles of Riddick was not so good but i will give this thing a chance. I may not see it in theatres but i will give it a shot. I consider Pitch Black an under rated sci fi movie, does anyone agree with me?
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I really liked Pitch Black, and I thought Vin Diesel was really good in it. I think he was good because he was in a supporting role. I've seen a lot of Vin Diesel movies (sadly), and just don't think he has the chops to pull off a leading role. having said that, this looks pretty interesting....
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@Canadian.Scott I guess I'm in the minority, but I loved Chronicles and didn't think much of Pitch Black. I'm looking forward to this one, maybe it will be a nice middle ground.
Come on, how awesome was the "death by tea cup"?
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Pitch Black is a totally under rated movie I am really hoping that this new movie will be good. From what I can remember the Riddick game that come out when Chronicles did was really good with a good story to.
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@LYT I don't hear a lot of people talk about it and it always flies under the radar for sci-fi fans.
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@Canadian.Scott @LYT From the wayback machine...my review when it came out. http://www.clevescene.com/cleveland/black-power/Content?oid=1473651
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I actually like Vin Diesel, maybe not all his movies, but him at least. I'm looking forward to this.
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um, chest exercises are supposed to PREVENT that from happening, aren't they??
i may need to reconsider my workout.
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Hes also going to be the new Kojak.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/dec/18/vin-diesel-kojak-remake
