Riddick

[Nightmare Asylum]

Yup

[OmegaZilla]

That was so f**king sad when it happened.

I think it mirrored Vin's actual dog that has died during production, or something.

[DoomRulz]

Yup. The build up as perfect, and

Spoiler

when Riddick threw the knife (within five seconds, just as he promised) and then kicked over the box to catch the head, I couldn't contain myself.

[close]

Definitely the best bit in the movie.

Ah, now I remember. That was epic

That was so f**king sad when it happened.

I think it mirrored Vin's actual dog that has died during production, or something.

Yeah that was brutal. I was hoping he'd make it to the end.

[KiramidHead]

Yeah, I kind of wanted him to take the dog and use it on Vaako.

[DoomRulz]

But he left Helion Prime before getting the dog...

[Nightmare Asylum]

Would have been cool if he was able to take the dog off-world with him.

Anyone else wish we got to see more of that flying thing from the very beginning? The one in all the trailers and whatnot.

[KiramidHead]

But he left Helion Prime before getting the dog...

I meant going after Vaako for double crossing him, and then getting the dingo dongo to chew on him a bit.

[DoomRulz]

Vaako didn't come to the planet with him.

[OmegaZilla]

Anyone else wish we got to see more of that flying thing from the very beginning? The one in all the trailers and whatnot.

Yep yep. Maybe a bigger version.

[KiramidHead]

Vaako didn't come to the planet with him.

Riddick wasn't there either at the end, was he?

[Eva]

The Riddick saga seems to be a bit similar to what happened with The Matrix. The standalone first film became such a hit that the filmmakers expanded big time on the mythology, tone, action pieces and character gallery in the sequel(s) - much more than what is warranted from watching that first gem of a movie. Sometimes, it just happens to elevate the material into a 'genre' or titanic size where it doesn't feel like it belongs...

[DoomRulz]

Vaako didn't come to the planet with him.

Riddick wasn't there either at the end, was he?

What do you mean?

The Riddick saga seems to be a bit similar to what happened with The Matrix. The standalone first film became such a hit that the filmmakers expanded big time on the mythology, tone, action pieces and character gallery in the sequel(s) - much more than what is warranted from watching that first gem of a movie. Sometimes, it just happens to elevate the material into a 'genre' or titanic size where it doesn't feel like it belongs...

I'm not sure the comparison is entirely valid because The Matrix: Reloaded logically followed from the first film so at least there were some ties that could be established. If you don't count Dark Fury, going from Pitch Black to CoR is almost like watching two different movies because without Dark Fury, CoR doesn't make much sense.

[Aspie]

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/daily/chart/

Riddick surpasses it's production budget domestically, and has earned an addition 37 million internationally.

[scarhunter92]

Once this has finished its run on cinemas and sells well (because we all know it will) on DVD & blu-ray, we're so getting a sequel.

[Aspie]

Once this has finished its run on cinemas and sells well (because we all know it will) on DVD & blu-ray, we're so getting a sequel.

yep yep yep.

Plus it was one of those quasi-independent films, so the marketing budget is probably non-existent.