Watching #ChroniclesOfRiddick and working on my next Knights of the Dinner Table column.
Man, they packed SOOO much world building into this film, so much more than you'd expect based on #PitchBlack
Personally, I liked it, particularly the final Conan-esque scene where Riddick acquires an empire. Which, of course, he promptly loses...
#ChroniclesOfRiddick (2004)
The wanted criminal Riddick arrives on a planet called Helion Prime and finds himself up against an invading empire called the Necromongers.
The weakest Nipple in the Trilogy 2/5⭐️
"Pitch Black" and the role of Richard B. Riddick helped establish Vin Diesel as a major player in Hollywood, but as a relative unknown at the time, he knew winning the role would be a longshot.
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Who wants to play Necros vs Mercs?
Now I understand why this movie is not a classic. Looks like they were angling for it to be the first of a series, too.
The big problems included:
* No explanation of why Riddick's people were so exceptionally tough / talented fighters
* The Neceomongers' leader had actually been to the promised land and so he was a true believer. We the audience were never privy to a peek at the promised land / what this guy was fighting for.
The flow, the adventure, the "prophecy now more than 30 years old," it all has the cadence of a sci fi romance novel. Is that why Vin Diesel was cast? To serve as a next gen Fabio?
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