New Galactica Series

Atrocities · #1 January 24th, 2005, 01:28 PM

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Firefly was an intersting series. I liked the song they used in the lead in. To bad the series was cancelled.

Not for Long! With Serenity the Movie coming out and some peoples exclamations of "It's better than the Original Star Wars!" (which i can believe) There's a lot of hope that instead of making more movies they'll attempt a second season, and there's nothing like a succesful movie to get the Dollar signs in the Executives Eyes <img src="/threads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" />

I recall reading a review or two that said that Riddic was the best sci-fi movie since the original Star Wars, and well, it was not.

I will reserve judgement on any movie now knowning what I know now about shaddy advertising and bought off reviews. (My fingers are crossed though - but they were also crossed for wing commander and starship troops..... and again we know how those turned out.)

Starhawk · #2 January 24th, 2005, 02:03 PM

GRRRRRRRRRAAAAAARRR I liked "Chronicles of Riddick" and I want them to make that third movie so keep yur gob shut about dissing it

lol j/k

As for that movie Serenity we can only hope it's gonna be good I suppose.

Daynarr · #3 January 24th, 2005, 02:31 PM

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I recall reading a review or two that said that Riddic was the best sci-fi movie since the original Star Wars, and well, it was not.

I will reserve judgement on any movie now knowning what I know now about shaddy advertising and bought off reviews. (My fingers are crossed though - but they were also crossed for wing commander and starship troops..... and again we know how those turned out.)

Riddic IS the best sci-fi movie since Star Wars!

It's also the movie I saw most times so far.

Caduceus · #4 January 24th, 2005, 03:34 PM

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Riddic IS the best sci-fi movie since Star Wars!

It's also the movie I saw most times so far.

We need to expand your cuisine, Daynarr

Azselendor · #5 January 24th, 2005, 03:36 PM

You riddick people are nuts.

Clearly Fiddler on the Roof was the best sci-fi movie since star wars - ever.

mac5732 · #6 January 25th, 2005, 12:18 AM

Never saw Riddick, maybe I missed something.... have to ck around.

Suicide Junkie · #7 January 25th, 2005, 03:24 AM

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I recall reading a review or two that said that Riddic was the best sci-fi movie since the original Star Wars, and well, it was not.

I will reserve judgement on any movie now knowning what I know now about shaddy advertising and bought off reviews. (My fingers are crossed though - but they were also crossed for wing commander and starship troops..... and again we know how those turned out.)

You mean you didn't know that advertising is all "lies, damned lies and statistics" already??

ZeroAdunn · #8 January 25th, 2005, 04:49 AM

You know, I thoroughly enjoyed riddick. It took all these sci fi cliches (old and new) and rolled them into one batch of gimmickee goodness. I mean, the names alone drew me in, The Necromongers, The Furians, Etc... I mean, come on, how can you not love this stuff.

Makinus · #9 January 25th, 2005, 07:42 AM

Riddick is cool, but you can see that it was inspired in the Dune mini-series... (not the sons of dune, or the original Dune movie, but the Dune miniseries... i found it on DVD some time ago and bought it and it is a faithful rendition of the first Dune book from Frank Herbert)

Atrocities · #10 January 25th, 2005, 09:49 AM

Oh don't get me wrong, Riddick was a great sequal to Pitch Black which was one of the most under rated movies of year. I remember posting here about Pitch Black and recommending it to people. Riddick was a great departure from the norm and that alone made it worth seeing. However the story was convoluted and seemed more toward a video game than an actual attempt at movie making. Basically it made you take a huge leap of faith from the universe set up by pitch black to the one they showed in Riddick. In essence, the two movies are as differant from each other as Star Wars is from Ground Hog Day. The only simularity are the characters and the desire to create a franchise for Vin. (I like Vin, I think he is one of the better action / drama / talented actors to come down the pipe in many years.)

Riddick was a very stylish movie, but IMHO definatly not better than Star Wars, but worlds better than PM or AOTC.

And no, no plans for any Stargate ship sets. Although they should have made a FPS adventure game based on the series years ago. The one they have planned now is a day late and two dollars short.