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<blockquote data-quote="Strithe" data-source="post: 1591910" data-attributes="member: 18813"><p>Answer: Each other. About mid-film there's a scene where the characters realize that the creatures' blood is literally raining down on them as the beasts start tearing into each other.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Early in the movie the crash surviors wander up to the bones of some vast herd of large creatures. I assume they were what the monsters ate before they were wiped out. Quite clearly the aliens evolved underground and only emerged to feed on surface creatures. I agree the ecology is very shaky, but it makes more sense than the life cycle of the creatures from the "Alien" movies (Able to reproduce inside human hosts in spite of evolving somewhare in deep space? Super-acid for blood?). In any case, the particulars of the aliens life cycle in "Pitch Black" isn't really all that important to the plot, since the movie isn't really about them.</p><p></p><p>I never really look for a lot of explanations in movies anyway (there's not enough time). Besides, I am willing to give up a little logic in a genre that asks me to accept faster-than-light travel, flying dragons, and magic that actually works.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I always love the arm-chair critics that talk about how "stupid" characters behave in action or horror movies. Considering how most people fall apart under stressful real-world situations the illogical behaviour of the characters in Pitch Black is quite believable. Just take a look at what happens when there's a power failure or natural disaster: it doesn't take much of a push for looting, riots, and even worse to happen. If everyone was capable "keeping it togehter" when disaster strikes, we wouldn't be spending all that tax money on police officers, firefighters, and soliders. And even these trained professionals can panic if they are poorly-led or faced with situations they weren't properly prepared for.</p><p></p><p>In Pitch Black, you have a bunch of "fat civillians" expecting a placid low-budget cruise to their destination. They wake up to find that the most of the ship's crew and passengers are dead from a crash caused by a freak metor shower, and that they crash-landed far off-course on an inhospitable world. To make things worse, they have as their travelling companion an escaped felon with a history of violence. If they didn't behave irrationally or panicky at any further stress, the movie would have definitely made no sense.</p><p></p><p>Why did they stop for a rest? By the looks of them, all of them except the bounty hunter (who is strung out on drugs) probably never lifted anything heavier than a beer can their whole lives. Now they're dragging a bunch of batteries, lights, torches, etc., on a sled across sand. Considering that most people in today's world get winded climbing a flight of steps I'd say that makes perfect sense they'd take a break.</p><p></p><p>Meanwhile, the sole surviving crew member, who should be providing leadership, is herself trying to deal with the fact that only the slain engineer's actions stopped her from ejecting all the passengers in her fit of hysteria.</p><p></p><p>The whole point of the movie that the only one who actually keeps his head IS Riddick. The survivors are in the awkward position of having to rely on the person they most feared at the beginning. The whole time the viewer is wondering why this thug is helping these people: Is it self preservation (after all, the civvies make good decoys)? Is he simply just hanging around to watch these people die (he is psychotic, remember)? Or is it because deep down he has some spark of humanity left? If anything, that is the only part of Riddick's behavior that "doesn't make any sense." It also </p><p></p><p>Pitch Black does have a number of flaws (like why the creatures inexplicably break off their attack near the end), and is certainly not the greatest movie ever made. However, it is very good for a relatively small budget production that essentially re-hashed a lot of sci-fi cliches.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Strithe, post: 1591910, member: 18813"] Answer: Each other. About mid-film there's a scene where the characters realize that the creatures' blood is literally raining down on them as the beasts start tearing into each other. Early in the movie the crash surviors wander up to the bones of some vast herd of large creatures. I assume they were what the monsters ate before they were wiped out. Quite clearly the aliens evolved underground and only emerged to feed on surface creatures. I agree the ecology is very shaky, but it makes more sense than the life cycle of the creatures from the "Alien" movies (Able to reproduce inside human hosts in spite of evolving somewhare in deep space? Super-acid for blood?). In any case, the particulars of the aliens life cycle in "Pitch Black" isn't really all that important to the plot, since the movie isn't really about them. I never really look for a lot of explanations in movies anyway (there's not enough time). Besides, I am willing to give up a little logic in a genre that asks me to accept faster-than-light travel, flying dragons, and magic that actually works. I always love the arm-chair critics that talk about how "stupid" characters behave in action or horror movies. Considering how most people fall apart under stressful real-world situations the illogical behaviour of the characters in Pitch Black is quite believable. Just take a look at what happens when there's a power failure or natural disaster: it doesn't take much of a push for looting, riots, and even worse to happen. If everyone was capable "keeping it togehter" when disaster strikes, we wouldn't be spending all that tax money on police officers, firefighters, and soliders. And even these trained professionals can panic if they are poorly-led or faced with situations they weren't properly prepared for. In Pitch Black, you have a bunch of "fat civillians" expecting a placid low-budget cruise to their destination. They wake up to find that the most of the ship's crew and passengers are dead from a crash caused by a freak metor shower, and that they crash-landed far off-course on an inhospitable world. To make things worse, they have as their travelling companion an escaped felon with a history of violence. If they didn't behave irrationally or panicky at any further stress, the movie would have definitely made no sense. Why did they stop for a rest? By the looks of them, all of them except the bounty hunter (who is strung out on drugs) probably never lifted anything heavier than a beer can their whole lives. Now they're dragging a bunch of batteries, lights, torches, etc., on a sled across sand. Considering that most people in today's world get winded climbing a flight of steps I'd say that makes perfect sense they'd take a break. Meanwhile, the sole surviving crew member, who should be providing leadership, is herself trying to deal with the fact that only the slain engineer's actions stopped her from ejecting all the passengers in her fit of hysteria. The whole point of the movie that the only one who actually keeps his head IS Riddick. The survivors are in the awkward position of having to rely on the person they most feared at the beginning. The whole time the viewer is wondering why this thug is helping these people: Is it self preservation (after all, the civvies make good decoys)? Is he simply just hanging around to watch these people die (he is psychotic, remember)? Or is it because deep down he has some spark of humanity left? If anything, that is the only part of Riddick's behavior that "doesn't make any sense." It also Pitch Black does have a number of flaws (like why the creatures inexplicably break off their attack near the end), and is certainly not the greatest movie ever made. However, it is very good for a relatively small budget production that essentially re-hashed a lot of sci-fi cliches. [/QUOTE]
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