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Old 12-16-2003, 10:27 PM   #1 of 80
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The teaser trailer is finally up.

I for one thought Pitch Black was a great piece of underrated, B-rate sci-fi and have been looking forward to the prequels (correction, sequels) covering the story of Riddick (Vin Diesel's character). The trailer looks promising. Hopefully they can deliver.

edit: Didn't realize that they went the sequel route. I had always read that they were going to be prequels.
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Old 12-16-2003, 11:20 PM   #2 of 80
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I much preferred the teaser audio and images on the pitch black website. The opening narration of this teaser is the same, but it's been emptied of everything that made it interesting. Right now this looks like a grade D actionersci-fi and I'm sure many people will look at it and think Star Trek rip off.

however the stuff on the Pitch Black website was good enough to give me hope that this is not mindless, but is sci-fi with a depth as Pitch Black was. Right now I'm wondering what the heck is this. The teaser doesn't make clear that this is a prequel (granted not many people have heard of the original, but still...) and I assumed it was going to continue the story following Pitch Black and not be xXx in space.

so basically I'm excited because Pitch Black was so good, and the opening images on the teaser are wonderful. But the cheesy action images and startrek feel of the rest of the trailer really put me off the trailer. Now if only the rest of it was as good as those first two shots

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Old 12-16-2003, 11:37 PM   #3 of 80
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I have no idea where you get Star freaking Trek from that teaser. If Star Trek looked as good as CoR does, I'd have gone to see Nemesis even with Berman's damned fingers in the pie.

Vin's a great guy and is fun to watch. Riddick is a good character for him that takes advantage of his physicality and his presence. I'm very happy to see the movie surrounding him will have enough of a budget to be able to actually create a world for Riddick to play in. Pitch Black would've been a failed movie without Riddick, and it's awesome they've taken the character out to feature in his own story.

Teaser looks good. Only real problem is there's not enough Riddick in it. Looking forward to a real trailer.



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Old 12-17-2003, 09:10 AM   #4 of 80
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I also very much enjoyed Pitch Black. Very underrated. Even so called Vin fans say huh, when I asked them if they have seen it. Anyway, I can't wait for these movies, the trailers do look pretty good.



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Old 12-17-2003, 11:10 AM   #5 of 80
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These are prequels? I thought they were sequels following Riddick's redemption after 'Pitch Black.'
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Old 12-17-2003, 11:49 AM   #6 of 80
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Pitch Black was a little gem, one of my favorite B-films. This trailer didn't do much for me, but I'll be seeing the movie regardless. David Twohy has lots of skills, and I want to see them put to use.

Again, not much love for the teaser. But I still have faith.

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Old 12-17-2003, 11:51 AM   #7 of 80
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The trailer definitely looked interesting. However, they seem to be turning Riddick from an anti-hero into a straight-up one. I'm not sure I like that.



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Old 12-17-2003, 12:15 PM   #8 of 80
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I too loved Pitch Black and will see this one too. Pretty cool teaser, lame name.



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Old 12-17-2003, 01:29 PM   #9 of 80
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I loved Pitch Black as well. But this, can't really see it being theater-worthy. I'll buy the DVD though.


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Old 12-17-2003, 01:52 PM   #10 of 80
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Whoa! LOts of mixed emotions about that one. D