I forgot to mention Dark Fury Its a sick animated movie, great ending song, badass villains, fits really well in the riddick universe as a follow up to Pitch Black
I love the chronicles of Riddick series, to know there's a fourth one coming is really lighting a fire in me. I have to disagree on your point that Riddick is a "Anti-Hero", In my opinion, he fits the "Reluctant Hero" role a lot better. He has been seen simply trying to disconnect from the rest off the universe and just live a simple hunter, gatherer type of life but repeatedly gets dragged into things by people looking for him or people looking for others and end up finding him by accident. While he doesn't the typical "morality" of a hero, there isn't a hard line on where hero's morals have to lay, they typically just have to be more moral then not and Riddick does that in spades, He doesn't hurt or kill women or children who either don't pose a threat or are not armed. He doesn't normally make the first move unless he is 100% sure that the person/ people he is going after, are after him in return and he is normally very quick to react to a threat if they are putting a woman or child in danger, he has even saved men he isn't friendly with but have done nothing to deserve dying over. Another reason I think the "anti-hero" title doesn't suit him as well, is because while he will typically try and avoid a big issue if he can, that doesn't mean its cowardly, it more points towards that he is smart enough not to take every fight just because someone is in trouble. I think that is the best skill a hero can have, there are to many hero stories where a hero will get killed, well knowing that whoever their about to fight will break them like a twig to save maybe a couple dozen people, where a smart hero will occasionally walk away from those situations even though it does leave a black mark in their mind, they could help way more then a couple dozen people even in a year if they are an active hero and not a passive one. When he does help someone though, unless he genuinely doesn't like them, most people simply need to ask for his help and if he see's a larger picture problem with their situation, he will normally help them pretty much straight away. In saying all this though, he does have selfish, narcissistic, overly violent and untrusting traits to him but there are many "true heroes" that unarguably are worse and less moral then Riddick, i think he's big thing is that he just wants to either be left alone to live and die in peace, or to find a good furian lady and create the last furian family. I hope me saying that i disagree didnt piss you off but part of why i love characters like Riddick is because you and me can have completely different ideas on how he thinks and how he navigates situations, but no matter where you fill my idea or yours into him, his actions remain the same because the motive or thoughts don't matter when he is actively trying to save a bunch of people, which honestly is probably the second best quality of a hero, Motives and reasons don't matter when all you do is help and save people in danger time and time again.
Hope you played the two Riddick games. It adds more to the universe and the character... Especially if you stuff through the in game databases. If you played the games, you'd know... It wasn't a surgical shine job... And Katie Sackhoff was so hot in Riddick. She had some meat on her compared to these days. I'm kinda worried about her health lately she looks so thin...
Bro your vids would be sooo much better if you do lesser and less longer commerciaals. Just when im feeling the rant and get into it i get a commerciaal and im all out please take this into consideration
@miceatah9359 I don’t give a rats ass about your opinion, I’ll watch almost anything on my down time lol. They’re not meant to be Oppenheimer Oscar movies
Bro I 100% agree You wanna talk about a fearless ultra confident Anti-Hero. He actually makes the situations harder for Himself just to get a buzz off it
@danielchapter70128 Lol Daniel what the hell does that have to do with his ability to defeat a peak human specimen like Bruce Wayne or a superhuman vampire like Blade? Bruce would smash Riddick Daniel. Remember in Riddick 1 when he fought the soldier? Riddick beat him; barely! Bruce would have crushed them both in under 30 seconds.
I mean...Riddick is a cool character. Chronicles of Riddick is kind of...dumb and edgelord teen junk food. Like Riddick worked well in Pitch Black...but...he kind of sucks as an action movie hero. Dude has no motivation. He just exists and doesn't want to be screwed with. He's cool as a morally gray, sci-fi survivalist. Chronicles just kind of...goes off on this aimless, cocaine and LSD fueled tangent.
If i am not mistaken, Vin Diesel only did more Fast and Furious in exchange for the rights to the Riddick franchise and he got the fourth movie green lit because he really liked the character. Or was that a fever dream i had
Just a little late IMO. He doesn't really look the part anymore and won't be as athletic for the role imo. This franchise def deserved more movies when he was younger.
@@fourwheelerjockI kind of agree. But look at what actors his age can get there body back into. I think he could get into enough shape to still sell the character. PLUS, hopefully riddock will use more traps than brought strength. He is an intelligent killer who hides in the shadow. Even an old Riddick is a frightening Riddick.
@artistzer0107 Maybe, We will see. Just in Riddick 2013 he didn't look like the old riddick. Was still in ok shape but wasn't in super good shape like he was in riddick 2004. I agree, Should use more traps and be more smart for sure as a killer in the new movie. Idk, Just super bummed that this franchise didn't get more movies in the 2000s
Comes from nation of warriors Physically strong and athletic strong bond with nature extreme willpower and toughness became criminal attracts women a lot overall skillfull fight beast even with bare hands in one moment cracks Jokes and then is complete serious killer kills wizard and almost randomly became king. was betrayed and must again fight for survive... This is my description of paperback book of Conan stories:) When Riddick killed lord Marshall and then sat on the throne, i was like " Yeah, badass, nightvision space Conan!!"
Director's cut "Cronicles of Riddick" is a must see! Not the theatrical release & not the one on Netflix. You have to find the version where the director comes on the screen first to introduce his "Cronicles of Riddick." It was released as a special DVD. It has the most iconic and important scene in it which not only delves deep into his backstory but goes to the root of who/what he really is, how/why he is so important & powerful! It is an absolute must see for anyone who is a Riddick fan.
I never saw Riddick as an "Anti-Hero". To me Riddick was always an "Anti-Villian". It is clearly stated even in the movie when the Elemental says "...but sometimes the only way to stop evil, is not with good. You must confront it with another kind of evil." Nuff said. Another great example of this would be, Zaffy go look in the mirror while you're wearing that mask, and the real answer will become clear. It'll be staring you dead in your reflection. I think, instead of comparing Riddick to characters like Batman or The Punisher, he has more in common with characters like Deadshot or Deathstroke the Terminator.
Antivillains are my favorite kind of character, as or more morally complex than hardboiled protagonists and as unpredictable as anti heroes. @themarlboromandalorian
Riddick is to Sci-Fi what Conan, Kratos, Guts, and Geralt are to Fantasy. they don't just think outside the box they crush it with their sheer presence. All top-tier badass characters.
A bit late to this party but I agree with you on this one, Zaffy. Riddick is one of the most underrated anti-hero characters in fiction. The best thing about him is, most of the time, he simply RESPONDS to the actions of other characters. Think about it for a second! Almost every kill he made in all three movies was done in self-defense. Meaning, he killed all those people simply because they tried to kill him, not the other way around. As far as I remember, the only two assertive kill he did is the revenge kill he did on that big Necromonger elite warrior and the Necromonger High Marshal since that guy killed the priest (starred by Keith David) and Kira, two of the people Riddick considered close friends or family. In addition, the movies (while told from Riddick's perspective) are structured around the biases the other characters have around him. Meaning, they kept saying that Riddick was a murderer and the worst criminal they met but the movies never explored the circumstances around Riddick. We never got to see why he did all those things, why he was locked up, and most of all, why he had such a high bounty on his head. Basically, the movies make us feel as if the whole universe was against Riddick and never explored why it was the case. In my opinion, these two details are the things that make Riddick stand out for me as an anti-hero character.
Great video. I've thoroughly enjoyed the Riddick franchise thus far. Definitely one of the coolest characters. I'm hoping Diesel's ego doesn't get in the way and the 4th film will stick to Twohy's intended script. And i agree, the survival story through the first half of Riddick is awesome. The movie is very much a western disguised as a sci-fi film. "To the victor goes the spoils" is a more sensible line but "you keep what you kill" is absolute bad ass phrasing.
My idea back in the day when Pitch Black first came out and they were in talks about making the Alien vs Predator movies was to put riddick in there to represent the human side of AvP. Have it set in the Aliens timeline like it should have been instead of modern times, have a Platoon of Space Marines searching for Riddick because they lost contact with a previous platoon and they believe riddick was the one who took them out because they know about how crazy and capable riddick is. Only it wasnt riddick, it was the Predators that took out the marines because they landed on an alien hunting ground planet that the predators wanted to be kept secret. After the marines came into contact with an alien egg and all chaos broke out ultimately taking out the marines, only Riddick survived because maybe like in pitch black, the marines had him in custody at the time but he managed to escape and save himself. The new Marines land on the planet and recon like in the Aliens movie... but instead of finding Nute, they come across Riddick and after a brief conflict between the marines and riddick, they reach and middle ground and decide to find out what really happened, and riddick informs them of the aliens and predators and then we get Riddick as the new ripley helping the marines until he's the last survivor fighting against the predator and aliens. Easy money.....
I think Clint Eastwood's Man With No Name and Riddick are pretty on par with the whole mysterious, and confident persona. Blade is worthy of consideration.
Riddick has weaknesses, this is what makes him more interesting and believable. Wathcing him doing things, while knowing that he's vulnerable prtty much as normal human, makes him more believable. Deadpool looses his arm - lul lmao. Riddick rotating his chained arms from behind his back to set himself free just hits different when you know that he don't have some super regen powers etc. Trapped wolf can bite off his limb to survive. Riddick is ready to risk breaking both of his arms intentionaly to survive. Sheesh he even lost his consciousness after doing that.
This is also why the third Riddick movie was kinda hot garbage. It was literally just Pitch Black without likeable cast, and with Riddick being just being Dom levels of unstoppable.
Vin Diesel absolutely loved his role as Riddick, and he is making another movie from what i heard. he also owns the rights to Riddick now if i am not mistaken. only reason he did more Furious movies is because of Riddick.
When the lady merc was going to SA Riddick without getting caught was because they were all in cryo sleep basically to interstellar travel. She would have gotten away with it if Riddick was human but bro has such an advanced limbic system/brain, forms of sedation don't work the same. You see it in the Riddick (2013) when he tanks multiple tranquilizer shots before going down. He's such a badass bro.
I'm sure it's been said already but no, Riddick actually lied about getting eye surgery, that magic mumbo jumbo you don't like gave it to him in Escape from Butcher Bay video gave. You're guided by an "oracle" or something. And at one point yoi just unlock night vision. I could be a little off, i haven't played the game in like... 15+ years probably (since whenever it came out). As always, great video man!
Cinemavigilante: "I hate Chronicles! I hate the chosen one!" Also Cinemavigilante: "I looove Crematora!" "It's an Animal thing." "Lets play who's a better killer" Me: I knew it. He does love Chronicles, he knows all the lines just like me.
Honestly this should have been Vin Diesel's franchise not Fast and Furious although i do like Triple XXX movies. I feel that the Riddick franchise has so potential to be on par with Marvel or Star Wars. I think the worldbuilding is great especially with the games that really make you feel like you're in that world. I'm very surprised that besides that motion comic there isn't an expanded universe with books or comics from this franchise besides the games akin to Star Wars and right now Avatar with both the Kyoshi & Yangchen duologys Hell even the James Cameron one with the same even has a bunch of comics from Dark Horse. I think having an expanded universe would have been benfit for this franchise especially learning more and getting details about past events and characters like The Necromnger's Purge of Furyans, Riddick's relationship with Gale Revas, the backstory of Antonia Chillingsworth and her relationship with Junner, Who in the Hell is really Shirah? Hell I would loved to read a young adult novel about The Lost Years with Kyra/Jack during the 5 year gap between Dark Fury and the second movie i would imagined it would be akin to Rebel Rising by Beth Revis which was about the backstory of Jyn Erso during the gap between she was pick up by Saw as a child and her in a prison cell. I would loved to see John's backstory explored more like the incident that made Hoxie so angry at Johns which was teases within the game but never elaborated further or his time as squad leader on Sol Lucian, Hell what is his relationship with his father anyway obvious Cole Hauser is a bit older now and De-aging is sometimes a bit controversial such as with Luke and other different franchises? But I would loved a book or a comic series with Johns as the Main character before the main events of the series? I would have loved to explored more with the side characters especially the ones from Butcher Bay who i find really interested like Abbot, Rust, Haley (all we know about him is that he was guard before he went to prison i would like to know what did he do that made a prisoner no longer as a guard did he do something wrong or was he against Hoxie or Abbot's regime on Butcher Bay?) Jagger Valance, and Pope Joe (I really find the character fascinating and mysterious like obvious he is a preacher but i wondered what he do that got him to be in the pit with the dwellers in the first place?) I also would like to more about the characters from Assault on Dark Athena the only one that comes across to my mind is Max Dacher who i find to be interested especially his past as a ex-marine officer. The possibles are endless!
Vin Diesel as Riddick is equally hilarious, tough, sensitive, and the guy you want as your leader, or the grunt next to you, anything but the guy coming after you. He is believable.
I think part of the reason people enjoy the anti hero so much right now is, the world is a very complex place, and a lot of times we as people have to make decisions we arent proud of, to feed our kids, or just to get by. I think people can use the anti hero to rationalize their behavior and think, yeah I may have done some bad things but when the chips are down I'm a good person who does the right thing.
Riddick will always be top-tier, I still remember my first time seeing Pitch Black with my dad when I was a young buck, no older than 11-12 years old. It was one of the first horror-adjacent movies I could watch without being afraid simply because I was so enthralled by Riddick as a character. Fast forward a few years to the release of Chronicles, and I was a full-fledged fan, which that film only helped to solidify. Chronicles is one of my all-time favorite movies ever, "you keep what you kill". Riddicks character arc within his Furyan roots were downright epic, and yeah you may not have liked the more heroesque style they chose at the time which is your opinion and that's fair, try not to forget that Riddick IS still a good guy and there is only so much that could be done to preserve his darker image while expanding on his deeper personality and motivations. Also, the "chosen one" idea was not just drawn out of thin air, it was actually taken from the source material (Riddick comics) and is lore-accurate to Riddicks character. I get your perspective completely but it all depends on how you frame it, personally I think they did an incredible job with the series as a whole. Lastly, Deadpool has always been a court jester type since his inception via the comics, and he's always broken the fourth wall with his signature goofball flair lol. That's not something that just happened over time, that is baked into the plot. 😂
15:25 They're actually space undead. Or as they call it "half dead." They're like space zombies or vampires. That's why they call the people they capture "breeders" cause they can't have children because they're undead.
I have never agreed with another human being more in my existence.... as a person who has watched all the Riddick movies more times than I can count, I don't think anyone realizes the greatness of this character.
I loved the 3rd movie very much. Don't know, why it's been so disliked. Ur literally left in a hostile planet, and u see step by step, how he works his way back to get revenge on the most dangerous people. Pure joy and badass. I enjoyed it so much and was very pleased. Best line - I got civilized....
Yeah. Riddick is one of my all-time favorite characters, and I wish the movie industry loved him as much as Tigon Studios did. I even read the novelization of Pitch Black and it tells about how he learned to be so fucking deadly and how he became a wanted criminal. Escape from Butcher Bay and Dark Athena are two of my favorite games, and I’m gonna have to get them on computer since the controllers for 360 just aren’t as sensitive. I don’t know how I was so good at it. lol.
You nailed it. We ALL fall short of the Glory of God and need help. The anti hero is EXACTLY what you say, but I'm gonna say it in a diff way. We want to do what we want without judgement or consequence. Anti hero gets away with that and rewarded. It's the opposite of what or who we need. Great observation my guy.
I’d say the next step for Riddick would be to go full on Dead Space with cosmic horror mutations, that make even the Necromongers realize how much the fked up.
Escape From Butcher Bay and Assault on Dark Athena were probably the best mediums for Riddick, but ironically they needed prior knowledge of the films to be truly effective. If you didn't know who Riddick was beforehand, the impact would have been lessened.
I think movies like this should finish with a miniseries on Netflix. It would give more depth to the backstory and development of the character and I must say. I REALLY liked his look in the 2nd film with the beard. He looked dope.
"Three things you could have done better. First, you took the job. Second, you came light. A three-man crew for me? F*ckin insulting. Third, and this is the worst..." [Toombs reaches for the gun rack but...] Riddick continues: "Empty gun rack." Riddick with his Furian speed moves too fast for the Bounty hunter to react, he grabs and slams the other mans' head in the ship's roof. Then he throws him out the open hatch into a long drop in the snow and takes the ship stranding the team hunting him on a desolate planet.
I remember being in elementary school when I see “pitch black”. My childhood installed Riddick as a permanent badass. His “anti hero” is a tier of its own on top. If you ask me it’s like comedy back in the day. You bring comedy back then into today’s standard you get cancelled no matter how funny it is.
found your channel yesterday and i can safely say im loving the content. even if i were to not agree with certain points im still entertained. this video however i completely agree with. riddick made my childhood a bit more awesome
They guy who plays Johns is in Mr Inbetween and he has an amazing character and they give him spac to act and add lib. If people love Anti Heroes, then Mr Inbetween is the show for you.
I grew up on Riddick dude! First time I saw pitch black and he just resets his dislocated elbow without making a sound, so cool, especially to an 8 year old boy 😂 then a few years later Chronicles came out and I loved it just as much, idgaf what anyone and to say I still think thats a badass movie!
I wouldn't say it's a chosen one but the one to end the load marshal that has a knock on effect of moving the necros on and delaying their world ending... He's not actually stopping their mission only putting it on hold.
The video game was extremely good too. You need to see it. It’s a jam. People don’t talk about the chronicles of Riddick. The video game is super good.
I think the necromonger situation is absolute perfection because it shows who he is he is not a prisoner who stays bound, he said fuck your plot I'm dipping and it wasn't until he had no choice because they took the one person he still gave a fuck about
I think anti-heroes have 2 things that make them more popular. They emit an evil aura at some point which we can all identify with. They also have an aura of redemption at some point. They sacrifice. In a different way. Then heroes. Heros live up to an ideal. Anti-heroes capture an ideal that would be more appropriate to real life.
I remember playing Escape From Butcher Bay and Assault on Dark Athena back in the day; this character is so damn cool. You can find them online for free, legally, by the way. They're abandonware.
Riddick has been one of my fav character of all time sine I first watched Pitch Black like 23-24 years ago. I like the series so much I even bothered to buy them on Blu-Ray in the digital age. Also played through the Escape from Butcher Bay game, really frikkin' good game. He is up there as one of my fav characters across media, along Kain(from Legacy of Kain video games), Darth Bane(mostly from the titular book trilogy and famous Rule of Two creator in Star Wars), Venom(comics) and Spawn(comics). //Karl Urban was also amazing as Dredd. Need more of him in that, stat. ///Btw, they retconned out the shinejob already in Chronicles of Riddick. Jack/Keira complains that she could not find one to do it anywhere. And in the game it's a power that awakens when Riddick desperately needs it. So it being a genetic thing among Furyans has been around since way back then.
fun fact: in the punisher max comics Frank has a child witha soldier that helped him at some point, i forgot her name, she dies to a landmine and in other story and frank discovers she had a kid and it's his after he saver the kid from barracuda and gives the kid to the legal guardian, the woman's sister, and tells her to tell the child a lie and that her father died. Frank literaly rejects the call to redemption.
In terms of archetype I'd categorize Riddick as more of a villain or anti-villain. He is a serial killer who has escaped from not one but two max security installations, two space stations filled with mercs and has killed a great number of people. He isn't a hero... His goals may align with certain heroic feats but he almost always acts in self interest..
The death battle suggestion between Riddick vs Predator sounds silly, but honestly would be a good fight. Sounds silly on paper until you start to compare their strengths and tactics.
Yes I agree. Hollywood has become so freakin predictable with half measure anti-heroes and sympathetic vallains that they try so hard to make you forgive and care about. Bring back evil villains who don't give a fk. Riddick is a beast because he does whatever the fk he wants.
Pitch Black is what I know Vin from. Escape from butcher bay. Blew me away playing it for the first time when it came out. Good times. Richard B. Riddick is one of the most underrated anti-hero’s of all time. Every moment in a Riddick movie can go from 1-100 in 5 seconds. “Are you afraid of the dark? The light… Hurts my eyes.”
Totally agree Riddick has been my favorite Anti-Hero since I first watched the series. They should definitely spend like a good 1/3 of the 4th film in the Under-Verse and try to make their own cool spirit world, have a fight between Riddick and Vakko, maybe also see Jack/Kira again? Or the other dead characters from past movies, there's a lot they could do there. Only thing I disagree with is the Furya storyline I think it would be cool for Riddick to find at least a few other Furyian survivors and they don't need to have the eye shine only Alpha Furyians get that so just write it that Riddick is the only Alpha Furyian around. I have faith that David Twohy and Vin won't let the 4th film be dragged down by bullshit they love the character way too much for that. Also, I've been saying Riddick vs Predator is the PERFECT match up for years so glad to hear other people say the same.
What a great video! I've watched the movies countless times, even though they are average, Riddick makes it worthwhile! And the fact that the movie has a space vibe to it is even better!
The first think that got me hooked on Riddick was the dialog from Pitch Black in the intro on the ship. That really set the tone. Dark Fury is a dope ass animated movie. Both the games were good too. Hands down for me Riddick is a great character.
You mentioned he might have a long-lost daughter in the new movie, and I agree. I bet they are going to do a passing of the mantle thing so they can reboot the story. I hate the idea, but you know it's going to happen. If the movie does well, they will run with more sequels, and if it flops, they will drop it dead.
No, no, no. A bad azz warrior doesn't pass his ' legacy ' to a daughter. He passes it to a SON, who can grow up strong, like him. Female lead narrative is what's killing society, and Hollywood.😮
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I forgot to mention Dark Fury
Its a sick animated movie, great ending song, badass villains, fits really well in the riddick universe as a follow up to Pitch Black
I love the chronicles of Riddick series, to know there's a fourth one coming is really lighting a fire in me.
I have to disagree on your point that Riddick is a "Anti-Hero", In my opinion, he fits the "Reluctant Hero" role a lot better. He has been seen simply trying to disconnect from the rest off the universe and just live a simple hunter, gatherer type of life but repeatedly gets dragged into things by people looking for him or people looking for others and end up finding him by accident. While he doesn't the typical "morality" of a hero, there isn't a hard line on where hero's morals have to lay, they typically just have to be more moral then not and Riddick does that in spades, He doesn't hurt or kill women or children who either don't pose a threat or are not armed. He doesn't normally make the first move unless he is 100% sure that the person/ people he is going after, are after him in return and he is normally very quick to react to a threat if they are putting a woman or child in danger, he has even saved men he isn't friendly with but have done nothing to deserve dying over. Another reason I think the "anti-hero" title doesn't suit him as well, is because while he will typically try and avoid a big issue if he can, that doesn't mean its cowardly, it more points towards that he is smart enough not to take every fight just because someone is in trouble. I think that is the best skill a hero can have, there are to many hero stories where a hero will get killed, well knowing that whoever their about to fight will break them like a twig to save maybe a couple dozen people, where a smart hero will occasionally walk away from those situations even though it does leave a black mark in their mind, they could help way more then a couple dozen people even in a year if they are an active hero and not a passive one. When he does help someone though, unless he genuinely doesn't like them, most people simply need to ask for his help and if he see's a larger picture problem with their situation, he will normally help them pretty much straight away. In saying all this though, he does have selfish, narcissistic, overly violent and untrusting traits to him but there are many "true heroes" that unarguably are worse and less moral then Riddick, i think he's big thing is that he just wants to either be left alone to live and die in peace, or to find a good furian lady and create the last furian family.
I hope me saying that i disagree didnt piss you off but part of why i love characters like Riddick is because you and me can have completely different ideas on how he thinks and how he navigates situations, but no matter where you fill my idea or yours into him, his actions remain the same because the motive or thoughts don't matter when he is actively trying to save a bunch of people, which honestly is probably the second best quality of a hero, Motives and reasons don't matter when all you do is help and save people in danger time and time again.
@@bearthedevil9675 dude you need to google "paragraphs"
Hope you played the two Riddick games.
It adds more to the universe and the character... Especially if you stuff through the in game databases.
If you played the games, you'd know...
It wasn't a surgical shine job...
And Katie Sackhoff was so hot in Riddick. She had some meat on her compared to these days. I'm kinda worried about her health lately she looks so thin...
Bro your vids would be sooo much better if you do lesser and less longer commerciaals. Just when im feeling the rant and get into it i get a commerciaal and im all out please take this into consideration
@@marlife7520 my bad bro idek where youtube places mid roll ads, ill try to take a look at them and place them better ive neglected it for a while
When he says Vin Diesel is 70-80 years old, always freaking cracks me up LOL
I know, right? I immediately raised an eyebrow and had look up his age.
He's currently 57
Riddick is MY GUY.
I will always ride for Chronicles of Riddick. I hate how we never got a true sequel to that film.
We ARE getting one. Vin is working on Riddick 4 right now.
Vin owns all of the rights, he definitely has something coming up. At least one day soon he’ll have a new project
@miceatah9359 I don’t give a rats ass about your opinion, I’ll watch almost anything on my down time lol. They’re not meant to be Oppenheimer Oscar movies
@@ravekiller.yeah man, nothing wrong with chilling while watching a fun, cool ass movie
Personally its my least fav of the series. Too epic. Still love it though.
Bro I 100% agree You wanna talk about a fearless ultra confident Anti-Hero. He actually makes the situations harder for Himself just to get a buzz off it
Riddick's power is in stealth, stoicism, and in knowing the perfect timing for execution. He is basically a hunter archetype.
Chronicles of riddick, AMAZING! The video game escape from butcher bay AMAZING!
Brother, what have you been smoking? Blade eats Riddick like a Scooby Snack! Are you kidding us?!!!!!
Riddick was the bay harbour butcher all along
@@thejughead138did you have a botched cornea shine job? Riddick is so cool. His voice and physical presence are amazing.
@danielchapter70128 Lol Daniel what the hell does that have to do with his ability to defeat a peak human specimen like Bruce Wayne or a superhuman vampire like Blade?
Bruce would smash Riddick Daniel. Remember in Riddick 1 when he fought the soldier? Riddick beat him; barely! Bruce would have crushed them both in under 30 seconds.
I mean...Riddick is a cool character. Chronicles of Riddick is kind of...dumb and edgelord teen junk food.
Like Riddick worked well in Pitch Black...but...he kind of sucks as an action movie hero. Dude has no motivation. He just exists and doesn't want to be screwed with. He's cool as a morally gray, sci-fi survivalist. Chronicles just kind of...goes off on this aimless, cocaine and LSD fueled tangent.
Riddick is one of my favourite characters in film and in Sci-fi.
And hands-down Vin Diesel's most underrated role.
Especially considering that it's his best role.
If i am not mistaken, Vin Diesel only did more Fast and Furious in exchange for the rights to the Riddick franchise and he got the fourth movie green lit because he really liked the character. Or was that a fever dream i had
Just a little late IMO. He doesn't really look the part anymore and won't be as athletic for the role imo. This franchise def deserved more movies when he was younger.
@@fourwheelerjockI kind of agree. But look at what actors his age can get there body back into. I think he could get into enough shape to still sell the character. PLUS, hopefully riddock will use more traps than brought strength. He is an intelligent killer who hides in the shadow. Even an old Riddick is a frightening Riddick.
@artistzer0107 Maybe, We will see. Just in Riddick 2013 he didn't look like the old riddick. Was still in ok shape but wasn't in super good shape like he was in riddick 2004. I agree, Should use more traps and be more smart for sure as a killer in the new movie. Idk, Just super bummed that this franchise didn't get more movies in the 2000s
@@fourwheelerjock Dont underestimate the power of 'roids and CGI 🤣
@Cr0wsMurd3r That's true lol. Just don't think he will look the part like he did in the early 2000 still
Comes from nation of warriors
Physically strong and athletic
strong bond with nature
extreme willpower and toughness
became criminal
attracts women a lot
overall skillfull
fight beast even with bare hands
in one moment cracks Jokes and then is complete serious killer
kills wizard and almost randomly became king.
was betrayed and must again fight for survive...
This is my description of paperback book of Conan stories:)
When Riddick killed lord Marshall and then sat on the throne, i was like " Yeah, badass, nightvision space Conan!!"
Jesus! You're right!
hes also very cunning, dude is basically a sci-fi Heracles
I started thinking that while watching this vid and remember the throne scene
I thought you were describing Steven segal
@@syndrome5372 Has strong bond with Putin's Russia...Yeah, maybe he will defeat him. you just solved the problem. Nobel prizes on the way!! :D
Director's cut "Cronicles of Riddick" is a must see! Not the theatrical release & not the one on Netflix. You have to find the version where the director comes on the screen first to introduce his "Cronicles of Riddick." It was released as a special DVD. It has the most iconic and important scene in it which not only delves deep into his backstory but goes to the root of who/what he really is, how/why he is so important & powerful! It is an absolute must see for anyone who is a Riddick fan.
This role fit Vin perfectly. Stepping away from the role was good for his pocket.
I never saw Riddick as an "Anti-Hero". To me Riddick was always an "Anti-Villian". It is clearly stated even in the movie when the Elemental says "...but sometimes the only way to stop evil, is not with good. You must confront it with another kind of evil." Nuff said. Another great example of this would be, Zaffy go look in the mirror while you're wearing that mask, and the real answer will become clear. It'll be staring you dead in your reflection. I think, instead of comparing Riddick to characters like Batman or The Punisher, he has more in common with characters like Deadshot or Deathstroke the Terminator.
Anti villain might be an accurate label for him... Evil but kind.
Antivillains are my favorite kind of character, as or more morally complex than hardboiled protagonists and as unpredictable as anti heroes. @themarlboromandalorian
@@themarlboromandalorian would killmonger be considered an antivillain?
Riddick is to Sci-Fi what Conan, Kratos, Guts, and Geralt are to Fantasy. they don't just think outside the box they crush it with their sheer presence. All top-tier badass characters.
A bit late to this party but I agree with you on this one, Zaffy.
Riddick is one of the most underrated anti-hero characters in fiction. The best thing about him is, most of the time, he simply RESPONDS to the actions of other characters. Think about it for a second! Almost every kill he made in all three movies was done in self-defense. Meaning, he killed all those people simply because they tried to kill him, not the other way around. As far as I remember, the only two assertive kill he did is the revenge kill he did on that big Necromonger elite warrior and the Necromonger High Marshal since that guy killed the priest (starred by Keith David) and Kira, two of the people Riddick considered close friends or family.
In addition, the movies (while told from Riddick's perspective) are structured around the biases the other characters have around him. Meaning, they kept saying that Riddick was a murderer and the worst criminal they met but the movies never explored the circumstances around Riddick. We never got to see why he did all those things, why he was locked up, and most of all, why he had such a high bounty on his head. Basically, the movies make us feel as if the whole universe was against Riddick and never explored why it was the case.
In my opinion, these two details are the things that make Riddick stand out for me as an anti-hero character.
Great video. I've thoroughly enjoyed the Riddick franchise thus far. Definitely one of the coolest characters. I'm hoping Diesel's ego doesn't get in the way and the 4th film will stick to Twohy's intended script. And i agree, the survival story through the first half of Riddick is awesome. The movie is very much a western disguised as a sci-fi film. "To the victor goes the spoils" is a more sensible line but "you keep what you kill" is absolute bad ass phrasing.
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My idea back in the day when Pitch Black first came out and they were in talks about making the Alien vs Predator movies was to put riddick in there to represent the human side of AvP. Have it set in the Aliens timeline like it should have been instead of modern times, have a Platoon of Space Marines searching for Riddick because they lost contact with a previous platoon and they believe riddick was the one who took them out because they know about how crazy and capable riddick is. Only it wasnt riddick, it was the Predators that took out the marines because they landed on an alien hunting ground planet that the predators wanted to be kept secret. After the marines came into contact with an alien egg and all chaos broke out ultimately taking out the marines, only Riddick survived because maybe like in pitch black, the marines had him in custody at the time but he managed to escape and save himself. The new Marines land on the planet and recon like in the Aliens movie... but instead of finding Nute, they come across Riddick and after a brief conflict between the marines and riddick, they reach and middle ground and decide to find out what really happened, and riddick informs them of the aliens and predators and then we get Riddick as the new ripley helping the marines until he's the last survivor fighting against the predator and aliens. Easy money.....
F&F's moral is "Family"... Riddick's moral is "Grow a fuckin spine" 😂
Saving Private Ryan. Small and insignificant role, died from a sniper's bullet. That's how i remember him.
Same here yo yeehaw!
I think Clint Eastwood's Man With No Name and Riddick are pretty on par with the whole mysterious, and confident persona. Blade is worthy of consideration.
Forgotten? Riddick lives rent-free in my head.
Fast & Furious is just Riddick's origin story before we see him on the ship in the first movie.
He hadn't a surgery. You can find what really happened in Escape From Butcher Bay.
Riddick has weaknesses, this is what makes him more interesting and believable. Wathcing him doing things, while knowing that he's vulnerable prtty much as normal human, makes him more believable. Deadpool looses his arm - lul lmao. Riddick rotating his chained arms from behind his back to set himself free just hits different when you know that he don't have some super regen powers etc. Trapped wolf can bite off his limb to survive. Riddick is ready to risk breaking both of his arms intentionaly to survive. Sheesh he even lost his consciousness after doing that.
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This is also why the third Riddick movie was kinda hot garbage. It was literally just Pitch Black without likeable cast, and with Riddick being just being Dom levels of unstoppable.
Riddick is litterally a franchise I can watch non stop without getting bored whatsoever, He is Right next to Spawn for me.
Vin Diesel absolutely loved his role as Riddick, and he is making another movie from what i heard.
he also owns the rights to Riddick now if i am not mistaken. only reason he did more Furious movies is because of Riddick.
Sadly, the best they’ll be able to do with Riddick vs. Predator, would be in a comic book
When the lady merc was going to SA Riddick without getting caught was because they were all in cryo sleep basically to interstellar travel. She would have gotten away with it if Riddick was human but bro has such an advanced limbic system/brain, forms of sedation don't work the same. You see it in the Riddick (2013) when he tanks multiple tranquilizer shots before going down. He's such a badass bro.
When I was little I would wear really dark tinted subglasses and pretend I was Riddick. He's so unapologetically badass
I'm sure it's been said already but no, Riddick actually lied about getting eye surgery, that magic mumbo jumbo you don't like gave it to him in Escape from Butcher Bay video gave. You're guided by an "oracle" or something. And at one point yoi just unlock night vision. I could be a little off, i haven't played the game in like... 15+ years probably (since whenever it came out). As always, great video man!
Cinemavigilante: "I hate Chronicles! I hate the chosen one!"
Also Cinemavigilante: "I looove Crematora!"
"It's an Animal thing."
"Lets play who's a better killer"
Me: I knew it. He does love Chronicles, he knows all the lines just like me.
i loved everything in chronicles except the chosen one/prophecy storyline
@@Cinemavigilante Bro! :)
Cant wait for the sequel. I also hope that they'll make another Riddick videogame.
Honestly this should have been Vin Diesel's franchise not Fast and Furious although i do like Triple XXX movies. I feel that the Riddick franchise has so potential to be on par with Marvel or Star Wars. I think the worldbuilding is great especially with the games that really make you feel like you're in that world.
I'm very surprised that besides that motion comic there isn't an expanded universe with books or comics from this franchise besides the games akin to Star Wars and right now Avatar with both the Kyoshi & Yangchen duologys Hell even the James Cameron one with the same even has a bunch of comics from Dark Horse.
I think having an expanded universe would have been benfit for this franchise especially learning more and getting details about past events and characters like The Necromnger's Purge of Furyans, Riddick's relationship with Gale Revas, the backstory of Antonia Chillingsworth and her relationship with Junner, Who in the Hell is really Shirah? Hell I would loved to read a young adult novel about The Lost Years with Kyra/Jack during the 5 year gap between Dark Fury and the second movie i would imagined it would be akin to Rebel Rising by Beth Revis which was about the backstory of Jyn Erso during the gap between she was pick up by Saw as a child and her in a prison cell.
I would loved to see John's backstory explored more like the incident that made Hoxie so angry at Johns which was teases within the game but never elaborated further or his time as squad leader on Sol Lucian, Hell what is his relationship with his father anyway obvious Cole Hauser is a bit older now and De-aging is sometimes a bit controversial such as with Luke and other different franchises? But I would loved a book or a comic series with Johns as the Main character before the main events of the series?
I would have loved to explored more with the side characters especially the ones from Butcher Bay who i find really interested like Abbot, Rust, Haley (all we know about him is that he was guard before he went to prison i would like to know what did he do that made a prisoner no longer as a guard did he do something wrong or was he against Hoxie or Abbot's regime on Butcher Bay?) Jagger Valance, and Pope Joe (I really find the character fascinating and mysterious like obvious he is a preacher but i wondered what he do that got him to be in the pit with the dwellers in the first place?) I also would like to more about the characters from Assault on Dark Athena the only one that comes across to my mind is Max Dacher who i find to be interested especially his past as a ex-marine officer. The possibles are endless!
Vin Diesel as Riddick is equally hilarious, tough, sensitive, and the guy you want as your leader, or the grunt next to you, anything but the guy coming after you. He is believable.
I think part of the reason people enjoy the anti hero so much right now is, the world is a very complex place, and a lot of times we as people have to make decisions we arent proud of, to feed our kids, or just to get by. I think people can use the anti hero to rationalize their behavior and think, yeah I may have done some bad things but when the chips are down I'm a good person who does the right thing.
Holy shit who is making decisions they aren't proud of to feed their kids?? Calm down bro it's just a movie😂😂😂😂
Riddick will always be top-tier, I still remember my first time seeing Pitch Black with my dad when I was a young buck, no older than 11-12 years old. It was one of the first horror-adjacent movies I could watch without being afraid simply because I was so enthralled by Riddick as a character. Fast forward a few years to the release of Chronicles, and I was a full-fledged fan, which that film only helped to solidify. Chronicles is one of my all-time favorite movies ever, "you keep what you kill". Riddicks character arc within his Furyan roots were downright epic, and yeah you may not have liked the more heroesque style they chose at the time which is your opinion and that's fair, try not to forget that Riddick IS still a good guy and there is only so much that could be done to preserve his darker image while expanding on his deeper personality and motivations. Also, the "chosen one" idea was not just drawn out of thin air, it was actually taken from the source material (Riddick comics) and is lore-accurate to Riddicks character. I get your perspective completely but it all depends on how you frame it, personally I think they did an incredible job with the series as a whole. Lastly, Deadpool has always been a court jester type since his inception via the comics, and he's always broken the fourth wall with his signature goofball flair lol. That's not something that just happened over time, that is baked into the plot. 😂
I agree he was so cool in pitch black the coolest anti hero ever how he went back to save the others even though he didn’t have to
The hair thing, that's to show how close he can get without being noticed, he would keep it as a trophy.
Riddick evolved his latent eye shine in the dark pit of butch bay. Only Furian alpha males can have an eye shine.
15:25 They're actually space undead. Or as they call it "half dead." They're like space zombies or vampires. That's why they call the people they capture "breeders" cause they can't have children because they're undead.
I have never agreed with another human being more in my existence.... as a person who has watched all the Riddick movies more times than I can count, I don't think anyone realizes the greatness of this character.
I loved the 3rd movie very much. Don't know, why it's been so disliked. Ur literally left in a hostile planet, and u see step by step, how he works his way back to get revenge on the most dangerous people. Pure joy and badass. I enjoyed it so much and was very pleased. Best line - I got civilized....
This video gained you a follower cause BRO I just watched all these movies back to back. I LOVE THIS
Yeah. Riddick is one of my all-time favorite characters, and I wish the movie industry loved him as much as Tigon Studios did. I even read the novelization of Pitch Black and it tells about how he learned to be so fucking deadly and how he became a wanted criminal.
Escape from Butcher Bay and Dark Athena are two of my favorite games, and I’m gonna have to get them on computer since the controllers for 360 just aren’t as sensitive. I don’t know how I was so good at it. lol.
Thank you fornshowing a shot with the animated movie, moat people dont know or acknowledge it exists
He's angry most of the time, he's sad, he's depressed, he's really really dark.
Am... Am I The Punisher?
You nailed it. We ALL fall short of the Glory of God and need help. The anti hero is EXACTLY what you say, but I'm gonna say it in a diff way. We want to do what we want without judgement or consequence. Anti hero gets away with that and rewarded. It's the opposite of what or who we need. Great observation my guy.
Riddick only crime is that a trailer scene wasn't in chronicles of Riddick
I’d say the next step for Riddick would be to go full on Dead Space with cosmic horror mutations, that make even the Necromongers realize how much the fked up.
Absolutely love Riddick. The ultimate survivalist
Escape From Butcher Bay and Assault on Dark Athena were probably the best mediums for Riddick, but ironically they needed prior knowledge of the films to be truly effective. If you didn't know who Riddick was beforehand, the impact would have been lessened.
Cole Hauser was the peak human. He was baseline human [I think] and dehydrated and off drugs, and he still went toe to toe against Riddick.
I think movies like this should finish with a miniseries on Netflix. It would give more depth to the backstory and development of the character and I must say. I REALLY liked his look in the 2nd film with the beard. He looked dope.
You basically relayed my exact thoughts on this subject.
Hell yeah. Been waiting for your take on Riddick.
"Three things you could have done better.
First, you took the job.
Second, you came light. A three-man crew for me? F*ckin insulting.
Third, and this is the worst..."
[Toombs reaches for the gun rack but...]
Riddick continues: "Empty gun rack."
Riddick with his Furian speed moves too fast for the Bounty hunter to react, he grabs and slams the other mans' head in the ship's roof.
Then he throws him out the open hatch into a long drop in the snow and takes the ship stranding the team hunting him on a desolate planet.
goated
Beo when shorty said "flawless" i lost it 😂😂
Man gouged a dudes heart out with a tea cup
Riddick and Blade are my 2 favorite anti-hero.
Riddick is so underrated! I remember the movie with him, as well as a video game about him.
I remember being in elementary school when I see “pitch black”. My childhood installed Riddick as a permanent badass. His “anti hero” is a tier of its own on top.
If you ask me it’s like comedy back in the day. You bring comedy back then into today’s standard you get cancelled no matter how funny it is.
found your channel yesterday and i can safely say im loving the content. even if i were to not agree with certain points im still entertained. this video however i completely agree with. riddick made my childhood a bit more awesome
They guy who plays Johns is in Mr Inbetween and he has an amazing character and they give him spac to act and add lib. If people love Anti Heroes, then Mr Inbetween is the show for you.
No I didn't forget this guy I grew up watching him
I completely agree, i loved the Riddick movies.
I grew up on Riddick dude! First time I saw pitch black and he just resets his dislocated elbow without making a sound, so cool, especially to an 8 year old boy 😂 then a few years later Chronicles came out and I loved it just as much, idgaf what anyone and to say I still think thats a badass movie!
I wouldn't say it's a chosen one but the one to end the load marshal that has a knock on effect of moving the necros on and delaying their world ending... He's not actually stopping their mission only putting it on hold.
Peter Stormare is hilarious, he never has unfunny dialogue in any project he's in
The video game was extremely good too. You need to see it. It’s a jam. People don’t talk about the chronicles of Riddick. The video game is super good.
Dude took like 5 HORSE TRANQUILIZERS, to be subdued. And even then he wasn't out immediately
I think the necromonger situation is absolute perfection because it shows who he is he is not a prisoner who stays bound, he said fuck your plot I'm dipping and it wasn't until he had no choice because they took the one person he still gave a fuck about
I say "you keep what you kill" to my buddies even to this day when I play fortnite with them XD love the Riddick trilogy
I think anti-heroes have 2 things that make them more popular. They emit an evil aura at some point which we can all identify with. They also have an aura of redemption at some point. They sacrifice. In a different way. Then heroes. Heros live up to an ideal. Anti-heroes capture an ideal that would be more appropriate to real life.
The Purifier scene where he monologues and walks out into the sun is fuckin' dope.
Riddick! The man John Wick never heard of 😂
John Wick and Riddick have the most impenetrable plot armor.
I remember playing Escape From Butcher Bay and Assault on Dark Athena back in the day; this character is so damn cool.
You can find them online for free, legally, by the way. They're abandonware.
the great thing in this serie is that there is no hero just a bunch of villans and assholes going after each other.
Riddick has been one of my fav character of all time sine I first watched Pitch Black like 23-24 years ago. I like the series so much I even bothered to buy them on Blu-Ray in the digital age. Also played through the Escape from Butcher Bay game, really frikkin' good game.
He is up there as one of my fav characters across media, along Kain(from Legacy of Kain video games), Darth Bane(mostly from the titular book trilogy and famous Rule of Two creator in Star Wars), Venom(comics) and Spawn(comics).
//Karl Urban was also amazing as Dredd. Need more of him in that, stat.
///Btw, they retconned out the shinejob already in Chronicles of Riddick. Jack/Keira complains that she could not find one to do it anywhere. And in the game it's a power that awakens when Riddick desperately needs it.
So it being a genetic thing among Furyans has been around since way back then.
fun fact: in the punisher max comics Frank has a child witha soldier that helped him at some point, i forgot her name, she dies to a landmine and in other story and frank discovers she had a kid and it's his after he saver the kid from barracuda and gives the kid to the legal guardian, the woman's sister, and tells her to tell the child a lie and that her father died.
Frank literaly rejects the call to redemption.
Chronicles was my fav! I enjoyed the the more sci fi stuff
John wick picks up a pencil
Riddick "a pencil?" *Grabs a metal coffee cup, impales an assassin with it.
In terms of archetype I'd categorize Riddick as more of a villain or anti-villain.
He is a serial killer who has escaped from not one but two max security installations, two space stations filled with mercs and has killed a great number of people.
He isn't a hero... His goals may align with certain heroic feats but he almost always acts in self interest..
And remember Jon’s you keep a strong spine. What a send off to a great series
the new Riddick movie plot will be that he has turned gay and the women are the good guys now
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Probably. I’m pretty sure Luke was at this point. Dude kissed his sister and spent his life alone drinking green gue the rest of his life.
I COMPLETELY 1000% agree with you bro, people sleep on Riddick now days and it legit pisses me off 😂
Neo has the power of Yuen Woo Ping on his side, and you can't beat that ever
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looked for your riddick review sense you mentioned you would be making one in the Fast and furious one. GOod stuff
The death battle suggestion between Riddick vs Predator sounds silly, but honestly would be a good fight. Sounds silly on paper until you start to compare their strengths and tactics.
Yes I agree. Hollywood has become so freakin predictable with half measure anti-heroes and sympathetic vallains that they try so hard to make you forgive and care about. Bring back evil villains who don't give a fk. Riddick is a beast because he does whatever the fk he wants.
I love that he respects integrity and bravery above even skill.
Pitch Black is what I know Vin from.
Escape from butcher bay. Blew me away playing it for the first time when it came out. Good times. Richard B. Riddick is one of the most underrated anti-hero’s of all time. Every moment in a Riddick movie can go from 1-100 in 5 seconds.
“Are you afraid of the dark? The light…
Hurts my eyes.”
You're not overstating Riddick at all.
"Where's Jons?"
"Which half?"
Puff one to that❤
Totally agree Riddick has been my favorite Anti-Hero since I first watched the series. They should definitely spend like a good 1/3 of the 4th film in the Under-Verse and try to make their own cool spirit world, have a fight between Riddick and Vakko, maybe also see Jack/Kira again? Or the other dead characters from past movies, there's a lot they could do there. Only thing I disagree with is the Furya storyline I think it would be cool for Riddick to find at least a few other Furyian survivors and they don't need to have the eye shine only Alpha Furyians get that so just write it that Riddick is the only Alpha Furyian around. I have faith that David Twohy and Vin won't let the 4th film be dragged down by bullshit they love the character way too much for that.
Also, I've been saying Riddick vs Predator is the PERFECT match up for years so glad to hear other people say the same.
I FUCKING LOVVVVEEEEDD Riddick. I Watch Chronicles of Riddick at least once a year
Ive been waiting patiently for the next film
What a great video!
I've watched the movies countless times, even though they are average, Riddick makes it worthwhile!
And the fact that the movie has a space vibe to it is even better!
Riddick is that one players PC that makes the DM's eyes roll into the back of their head.
The first think that got me hooked on Riddick was the dialog from Pitch Black in the intro on the ship. That really set the tone. Dark Fury is a dope ass animated movie. Both the games were good too. Hands down for me Riddick is a great character.
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and she's BUYING IT
an absolute badass, i wonder if we will ever see good Riddick movies again...
You mentioned he might have a long-lost daughter in the new movie, and I agree. I bet they are going to do a passing of the mantle thing so they can reboot the story. I hate the idea, but you know it's going to happen. If the movie does well, they will run with more sequels, and if it flops, they will drop it dead.
No, no, no. A bad azz warrior doesn't pass his ' legacy ' to a daughter. He passes it to a SON, who can grow up strong, like him.
Female lead narrative is what's killing society, and Hollywood.😮