the irony of this statement is over-fucking-whelming.

He's dumping all the Necromonger stuff into an epilogue? Come on.

Yeah, I'm not liking that statement at all. Unless he misspoke and what he's adding is simply a teaser that will lead us into another Necromonger-centric movie.

I like Pitch Black. It's derivative as hell, it does basically turn into a slasher movie, but it's gorgeous looking (David Eggby is an amazing DP), was reasonably suspenseful, has nice set pieces, a sexy heroine, a cool concept, and a character whom audiences clearly took to heart. As he wasn't even the main character, it was sort of misguided to try to make a franchise out of him, at least judging by The Chronicles of Riddick. It completely missed the point of Pitch Black, by stripping away its B-movie simplicity, it lost all of its charm. They tried to make it into a Star Wars-style space opera type thing, and the second movie completely falls flat as a result, and the special effects in it have really not aged well at all.

To think there was a time when a different cut of a film than you saw in the theater was actually a novelty. Now they just get that out there as quickly as possible and then Lucas whatever they want to fix for the home video release. Though at least most of them allow you watch whichever version you want, unlike some people.

Agreed. Whether or not you liked Chronicles of Riddick (most didn't, I did), the ending of that film was a big deal that needs to be resolved with more than just a few throwaway lines.

I'd wager that he means an epilogue that would lead into or tease another movie. Just read an interview where they'd like to do a movie that deals with the necromongers, so that's probably what that is for.

Chronicles of Riddick was a weird movie for me. I wanted to love it. It looked an old issue of Heavy Metal magazine had come to life with images from Bilal, Moebius, and Gimenez filling the screen. But everything else about the movie left a bit to be desired.

I liked Chronicles of Riddick but it should have not been a sequel to Pitch Black. Heck, the Riddick in CoR felt like a totally different character than the one from PB.

Manohla Dargis gives it a positive review in The New York Times:

http://movies.nytimes.com/2013/09/06...ef=movies&_r=0

I like her closing lines:

Anyone ever play the Riddick game for XBOX? Or it's remake for the current gen systems? I heard it rocked on its original format but that remake of the game was alright. Kind of want to get it.

The remake is fine (Escape from Butcher Bay), it's the sequel that wasn't very good (Assault on Dark Athena)

Assault on Dark Athena includes the remake of Butcher Bay

Holding decently at 58% on RT.

probably will see this tomorrow. looking forward to it...

Assault on Dark Athena isn't BAD, it's just not as good as Escape from Butcher Bay. But they're included on the same disc, so play it.

I'll give this an extra half star just for the fleeting shot of Starbuck's bare breast

I enjoyed this - but seeing the previous 2 as a refresher might have been a good idea

Was

I couldn't remember, as it has been a long time since I've seen part 1.

Saw this today. I really really liked it. It totally is such a genre picture. Lean where it needs to be, expands to a needed point, and really well made.

Really loved the cast and how the story played out. The ending actually surprised me. Didn't expect to see it go that way, not bad but unexpected and kind of fresh to see the hero go like that.

The whole necromonger bit is in like the first 10 mins or something. Leads to where the story kind of brins you and kind of leaves it there. There's shit to be done on that but the ending didn't really enforce him kicking ass to get it over with either. Saying that, I'd be game for another film.

The guy who played Johns. He kind of reminded me of a no mustache Charles Bronson. I liked that character, nothing special about to stand out but I liked his characteristics. Not that it means much but it seems like Bautista is actually getting better as an actor. That was kind of neat.

The direction and and the dialogue were pretty good. A lot of blunt humor in there. I can't wait for it to come on BD. my only issue is probably that it's kind of a passive tale. It's not one that I would feel needed to be told. For some reason I don't admire it's script as much as much as I admire the film itself. It does too easily retread on some bits from PB. It does have some kind of pulp vibe that makes it neat.

Overall though I'd probabably give the film a solid B.

Oddly enough my favorite image out of the film were the nude necromonger women in his bed, reminded me of some painting or drawing that was popular.

Question: did that Riddick cartoon ever come out on a BD? I remember it on a solo DVD but also with the films as well. I'm Riddick crazy now. I just really enjoyed this recent one a lot.

I don't think Dark Fury ever came out on Blu-ray, the inclusion of it in the recent Blu-ray collection is still the DVD.

Was it any good? Never got to it.

I haven't seen it in awhile, but I remember enjoying it.

I really enjoyed this too... I agree will all the points Solid Snake said. If you enjoyed Pitch Black and CoR you should enjoy this one.

Can't wait for the BD and would be interested in another one.

I haven't seen this movie but the answer to your question was spoiled back when the movie was first announced.

I loved this one. Honestly, it's probably my favorite of the series.

I agree with everything except your final sentence. This was an enjoyable and entertaining film, even if the entertainment sometimes comes from how cheesy and deplorable it is.

Quick question: wasn't this going to be released in 3D at one point? I could have sworn I saw previews saying it was.

Riddick suffers from a lack of clinical editing, with many action sequences overrunning

Saw it last night. I haven't seen either Pitch Black (I think I might have seen parts of it but not all) or The Chronicles of Riddick but I thought this was pretty enjoyable. I'll probably watch the other two but this felt like it stood on it's own well enough.