Chronicles of Riddick (Spoilers)

Ok, we have the other thread going with no spoilers, so we can use this one for the fun stuff. To start it off, I believe this was a great movie, I was thoroughly entertained, and that was all I was hoping for, so in that regard it was great.

That said, anyone else get the feeling that parts of the story were ripped directly from TV shows and Movies. I swear, when I heard the prophecy about a Furyian warrior being the one to kill the Lord Marshal, and about how the Lord Marshal launched an attack on Furyia to destroy all the Furyians and the Furyian babies with their own ambilical chords, I had to stop and make sure it was really the Chronicles of Riddick I was watching and not the Chronicles of Goku, otherwise known as Dragonball Z.

Then there was the fight at the end and the way the movie ended with Riddick sitting on the throne with the army at his command, put me in mind of Conan.

Shalimar said:

That said, anyone else get the feeling that parts of the story were ripped directly from TV shows and Movies. I swear, when I heard the prophecy about a Furyian warrior being the one to kill the Lord Marshal, and about how the Lord Marshal launched an attack on Furyia to destroy all the Furyians and the Furyian babies with their own ambilical chords, I had to stop and make sure it was really the Chronicles of Riddick I was watching and not the Chronicles of Goku, otherwise known as Dragonball Z.

Then there was the fight at the end and the way the movie ended with Riddick sitting on the throne with the army at his command, put me in mind of Conan.

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I agree, EXCELLENT flick. I was expecting it to be really cheesy, but it actually had an epic feel to it that I wasn't expecting..not to mention I loved the bad guys ripped right out of Warhammer 40,000

I agree on the similarities as well, but since I liked Conan, I didn't mind the head nod to the movie by the ending.

Shalimar said:

I swear, when I heard the prophecy about a Furyian warrior being the one to kill the Lord Marshal, and about how the Lord Marshal launched an attack on Furyia to destroy all the Furyians and the Furyian babies with their own ambilical chords, I had to stop and make sure it was really the Chronicles of Riddick I was watching and not the Chronicles of Goku, otherwise known as Dragonball Z.

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Dragonball Z was NOT the first to do this. This is a common theme in ancient mythology.

So is anyone else thinking of their next PC having Weapon Focus/Specialization: Tea Cup?

THat would be improvised weapon. Loved the King Conan ending. THe elemntal lady was sort of cool, but wish they would have used her more. Cremutorium was really cool. Overall, very fun movie.

I really enjoyed it. It was fun, action packed and had good story. I definetly think it would be a cool universe to play in.

Shalimar said:

Then there was the fight at the end and the way the movie ended with Riddick sitting on the throne with the army at his command, put me in mind of Conan.

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While leaving the theatre a friend said "Quite the Conanish ending". I had to agree.

The next D&D PC I play is going to be carring a metal tea cup.

A so-so movie, but it had its moments.

When the Lord Marshal couldn't pull Vin's soul out, the geek in me chuckled and thought, "must have made his WILL save..."

Kai Lord said:

A so-so movie, but it had its moments.

When the Lord Marshal couldn't pull Vin's soul out, the geek in me chuckled and thought, "must have made his WILL save..."

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Heh! I thought the exact same thing at that scene. Will save indeed.

The ending reminded me of the Scorpion King with the scene where he killed the evil overlord and became the new king, but as DM_Matt mentioned, this is a very common theme in ancient mythology.

All in all, I thought it was a good movie. I absolutely loved the sets, costumes, and special effects. Riddick was a hella cool character, and Judy Dench as the air elemental was fascinating (I hope we see more elementals in the sequels). The only thing I really didn't care for was the main villain, who was rather dull and uninteresting.

Ack! I was just about to watch The Scorpion King for the first time tonight, now its ruined! Actually I haven't seen it, but the previews themselves spoiled (as they often do) the ending: "Catch this!"

Anyway, a couple more things I noticed, or rather didn't notice, from Riddick were scenes and lines in the trailers but not in the movie.

Most specifically the ommission of Diesel's "I am the monster" response to the little girl.

There's also a scene in the trailer where the Lord Marshal is talking about Riddick's homeworld and they show a blond woman in a short skirt walking toward the camera. I wonder what her scene was supposed to be about.

I also thought it was strange that Furions were just residents of a particular planet, not an actual race, as evidenced by the fact that the Furion Necromonger officer who allows Riddick to escape Crematoria was a near albino white man with blond hair compared to Diesel's half-black half-Italian heritage.