I'm Going to Kill You With My Tea Cup: The Chronicles of Riddick

i'll have to pick this director's cut dvd up sometime then

 

Dang, I knew I'd find a good reason to pick the director's cut up sometime - looks like I need to be hunting for it more seriously.

 

It is a whole lot better than the theatrical version.

 

I only saw Chronicles of Riddick, and was really introduced to it all by the game. I'd never really quite made my mind up on the movie but, I'll have check out the Director's Cut to see if the improvements sway me one way or another.

 

Awww I loved these films and I like both versions of CoR but it's like owning two completely different versions of the same story, weird and cool all at the same time. The imagery was stunning in both films actually, the one ( Pitch Black) stark and surreal the other ( CoR) luxurious and almost dream like.

 

I guess I'm bumping this for discussion of the "Trilogy" that just recently came out.

Did anyone else buy it? I finally did since it was a cheap opportunity for the whole thing, and I'm glad I did.

 

Huh, I didn't even know it came out - I'll have to look that one up soon.

 

I enjoy Riddick and don't understand the poor reviews and box office performance it recieved.

The film feels like a sci-fi Conan the Barbarian(I mean that in a good way). It's got lots of great action sequences and Diesel does great in the title role.

I liked Pitch Black a little more, but this film was still pretty good.

 

It's a (fairly) minimalist package that has Pitch Black and Dark Fury on one disc as the first 2 installments in the trilogy and then Chronicles on the second disc. There are 2 commentaries for Pitch Black, 1 for Chronicles and probably an hour or so of special features. The packaging isn't bad--a normal two-disc case inside another box. What really gets me is the price, it's at WalMart and Target for about $14.

I hope this really isn't the completion of the saga as they say, but it might be due to how the last film fared. I think people didn't like it because they never looked below the surface, and these movies actually do have a lot below what you initially see.

 

Wait...I thought "Chronicles" was the second film according to Twohe?

And yeah, I know, but at least it has all of the releases thus far. And it was super-cheap.

 

Oh, I knew that. I thought you meant that Pitch Black was meant to be the first one and Chronicles was meant to be the last one, with a second one in the middle.

That said, are plans continuing with this? I feel like Universal wouldn't have released the thing as a Trilogy or as "The Franchise Collection" if the project wasn't hitting a snag in the road--or worse.

 

How much longer is the director's cut of Riddick?

 

I never saw the theatrical version of Riddick. I love the director's cut Dvd though. Pitch Black was cool and I have to watch Dark Fury again because I had the flu when I saw it and I was only saw segments of the film.

 

Hi!! Just saw this thread and wanted to pop in. Riddick has got to be one of my favorite 'villains'. Vin Diesel does such a cool job with him.

I was hoping they would continue it. The end of Chronicles was kinda left open. And the director's cut for that movie rocks.

 

I'm not entirely sure that I'd call him a villian, but a sort of bad 'goodguy'.

As for the openendedness, it was supposed to be a trilogy. Not sure if that's going to happen or not. It's supposed to, but years down the road at this point.

 

Last time I heard(or read) anything about it, the rest of the trilogy was still gonna happen. I hope it does. Riddick is the coolest anti-hero that i've seen in a good while.

 

I don't think any more movies are gonna happen. Generally, a studio doesn't sell everything from a film if they plan on doing more. The screen used necromonger costumes are available from the propstore of london.
http://www.propstore.com/search.php?query=chronicles+of+riddick

Several friends of mine in the 501st have bought them and I'm almost ready to order mine. After the time and money they spent on these costumes I doubt they would sell all of them if they thought they might need them again, and I don't see how they can make another movie without the Necromongers.