Good point, but I agree with you. I don't want a return to the world of the first movie. I think we need to see what the heck he's going to do with the Necros, now that he's the leader? Oh--and give Thandie Newton the "Best Overacting in a Melodramatic Role" award for her performance! The way she was slinking and slithering around, conniving and planning and pushing her husband forward? Well, that was just plain funny. Talk about over-the-top! And everytime that scene comes up when she thinks her husband's killed the Lord Marshall, only to discover it's Riddick, and then lets out that anguished cry of "Nooooooo!" I 'bout bust a gut! Carol Burnett couldn't have overdone that scene any better!
----- Original Message ----- From: "Tracey de Morsella" <tdli...@multiculturaladvantage.com> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 5:41:18 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Riddick 3 Is On Its Way Perhaps the prison planet was a comprise to the suits to give them more of what was similar to the first movie, which made them a boatload of money. I desolate planet, where the other part of the story introduced new elements. Personally, I was riveted by the new elements and feat when they say they are going back to their roots, we will get more prison planet stuff in Riddick three From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Keith Johnson Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 2:15 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Riddick 3 Is On Its Way Yeah, look at the tropes: outer space bounty hunters...a prison planet with violent temperature extremes, giving us all that "outrun the deadly sunlight" scenes...the dirty, sweaty, crooked prison guards on the take...crazy outre prison dogs (looking like a Klingon Targ) running around menacing the inmates....the hero having to fight the cons-- every time I watch the movie (and I really like the movie) this scene takes me out of the movie. I've seen this done so much with everyone from Van damme to Lundgren, to Christopher Lambert. But the other storyline, ah, that is amazing! I mean, when I first saw the trailers in teh theatre, and heard great actress Dame Judy Dench speaking, i was intrigued! That shot of Dench floating in and out of physicality, was cool and magical. And the first approach of the Necros, what appeared to be a comet approaching, was chilling. The site of those giant statues, towering hundreds of feet above devastated landscapes, disgorging fighting ships, had me literally on the edge of my seat. Everytime I watch the movie--and I watch it every tme TNT or FX airs it--I get swept up in that grander story, only to get disappointed with the prison planet stuff, and the abbreviated time spent in the Necro courts. I believe the intrigues and dynastic stories they were trying to tell with the Lord Marshall and Thandie Newton and her husband could have been fleshed out, and more satisfying, with more time given to them. Instead they're a bit cartoonish and not satisfying. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tracey de Morsella" <tdli...@multiculturaladvantage.com> To: scifino...@yahoogroups..com Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 4:54:06 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Riddick 3 Is On Its Way I agree about the prison planet arc being a distraction from the main story. That could have been a separate story From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Keith Johnson Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 1:48 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Riddick 3 Is On Its Way I liked the second, but constantly get disappointed at how it missed its potential. The trailers for that film had "Epic" written all over them. Some of the concepts are amazing, sweeping: The Necromonger forces, those giant statues they landed on planets, the whole strange holy war thing. Great stuff, should have resulted in a film as impressive as LOTR. But too much time was wasted on standard scifi cliches, like the whole prison planet thing, and not enough time actually with the Necros. Just missed the mark, and I've always wanted a return to that world to see it done right. ----- Original Message ----- From: "C.W. Badie" <astromancer2...@yahoo.com> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 12:46:49 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Riddick 3 Is On Its Way Gosh...I guess I'm the only one that did NOT like the second movie... "Such music flows on the Fringe, and no one can resist singing to Scarlet" >From "THE SIDE STREET CHRONICLES" by C.W. Badie --- On Sat, 2/13/10, Tracey de Morsella <tdli...@multiculturaladvantage.com> wrote: From: Tracey de Morsella <tdli...@multiculturaladvantage.com> Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Riddick 3 Is On Its Way To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, February 13, 2010, 2:48 PM No you misunderstood. My puritanical sensibilities were shocked about your “ Maybe I'm distracted by the regions below the neck.’ I never noticed such things, I was drawn to the character’s cerebral prowess. ( I typed that with a straight face) However, I agree with you about both movies. I liked the universe that they created in Riddick From: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com [mailto:scifinoir2@ yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of Aubrey Leatherwood Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2010 3:24 AM To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Riddick 3 Is On Its Way Just sayin' Tracey, no resemblance in that area :) I am really excited that the movie is greenlit, although I'm conflicted about the return to Pitch Black atmosphere. I love that movie and it's small quarters grit, but I love Chronicles for its bigness and hubris. Hmmm, whatever it turns out to be, I'm sure I will see it. Aubrey Leatherwood www.aubreyleatherwo od.com FaceBook * MySpace Dime Can Nicole resist the call of the stage or the call of her heart? Imperfection A tale of perfect commitment, perfect love... and perfect sex. The People You Know, The Sex They Have ROMANTIC TIMES NOMINEE FOR BEST CONTEMPORARY EROTICA 2008 CAPA and PSYCHE AWARD NOMINEE FOR 2009 ISBN: 978-0-9818905- 0-0 To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com From: tdli...@multicultur aladvantage. com Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2010 03:17:45 -0800 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Riddick 3 Is On Its Way Oh my…… From: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com [mailto:scifinoir2@ yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of Aubrey Leatherwood Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2010 3:00 AM To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Riddick 3 Is On Its Way I get the similarity. The nose, the mouth, but I've never naturally made that connection. Aubrey Leatherwood www.aubreyleatherwo od.com FaceBook * MySpace Dime Can Nicole resist the call of the stage or the call of her heart? Imperfection A tale of perfect commitment, perfect love.... and perfect sex. The People You Know, The Sex They Have ROMANTIC TIMES NOMINEE FOR BEST CONTEMPORARY EROTICA 2008 CAPA and PSYCHE AWARD NOMINEE FOR 2009 ISBN: 978-0-9818905- 0-0 To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com From: astromancer2002@ yahoo.com Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2010 01:56:17 -0800 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Riddick 3 Is On Its Way This is a question that I've been dying to ask...Does Vin Diesel remind any of you of Jose Ferrer? "Such music flows on the Fringe, and no one can resist singing to Scarlet" >From "THE SIDE STREET CHRONICLES" by C.W. Badie --- On Sat, 2/13/10, Tracey de Morsella <tdli...@multicultur aladvantage. com> wrote: From: Tracey de Morsella <tdli...@multicultur aladvantage. com> Subject: [scifinoir2] Riddick 3 Is On Its Way To: scifino...@yahoogro ups..com, ggs...@yahoo. com, "CINQUE " <cinque3...@verizon. net> Date: Saturday, February 13, 2010, 1:22 AM Riddick 3 Is On Its Way - http://io9.com/ 5470466/riddick- 3-is-on-its- way Fans of gravelly-voiced bald scifi heroes rejoice: Universal has announced that it will be releasing a third Chronicles of Riddick movie in the US, with international rights being auctioned off at the Berlin Film Festival. The third movie, to be titled Riddick , will be written and directed by the man behind the first two movies in the series, David Twohy, and co-produced by Twohy and star Vin Diesel. 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