A fellow I don’t know (who is probably Paul Alexander Williams, whom I still don’t know) has written an excellent review of Shock: over on his Livejournal. He uses The Chronicles of Riddick as a running example, which is great. I thought I was the only person who liked it.
RPG.Net has a great idea for Chronicles of Riddick as Exalted.
Or, to be seen as “Conan in Space”.
I, too, thought you were the only person who liked it. 🙂
Not the only person that likes it. I thought Chronicles of Riddick was a rollicking good time and pretty much hit all the cinematic points it wanted to. It was just a lot of points, which led to a sprawling, splayed-out story reminiscent, frankly, of RE Howard. And how appropriate that the final shot should be a recomposition, with Riddick replacing Conan upon the throne of Aqualania. “Heavy is the head that wears the crown, indeed.”
Not only gaming geek but genre film geek. I do it all!
Heh.
I think you’ll agree with me when I say that it’s the only SF movie in years with any sort of scope. I Don’t think it was brilliant, but it was a good time, and visually very creative.
I haven’t seen Perfect Dark and would like to. If it’s OK, I’d be interested in the cartoons.
I think I like the Howardness of it, too. I also dig Mssr. Diesel’s racial statements about his universe.