Questi sono gli extra della SE uscita all'estero che saranno ovviamente tutti presenti anche nella nostra:
An Introduction by writer/director David Twohy.This lasts a couple of minutes and sees us interrupting Twohy as he watches editing taking place on the sequel The Chronicles of Riddick. For a little while he doesn’t even acknowledge our presence and I found the feature pointless and, in fact, irritating.
Johns’ Chase Log. This is an on-screen log that has bite-size diary jottings from bounty hunter Johns’ month-long hunt for Riddick. Shown in text on a sci-fi background, this is also read out by Cole Hauser who plays the character in the film. Again, there is very little substance to this and it is a dull, one-view affair bit of filler. Nothing more.
Dark Fury: Advancing the Arc. This is a look at the new animated film The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury. Again this is just promotional pap to the animated spin-off that takes place just after then events of the first film. One view stuff.
The Game Is On. This is merely an advert for the video game.
The Pitch Black Encyclopaedia. As with the Chase Log Cole Hauser narrates us through some of the terminology of the movie. Pure tedium.
The Making of Pitch Black documentary. Lasting just five minutes, this promotional fluff reveals absolutely nothing bar a couple of nice conceptual drawings. Not what we wanted for a cult film.
A View in the Dark. This is just a promotional ad for the sequel. Filmed on the set of the new movie Vin Diesel and David Twohy explore the character of Riddick. Again, this is a waste of time.
After all this wasted material we come to the two commentary tracks. And thank God for them, too. The first one has Vin Diesel, Cole Hauser and David Twohy offering scene-by-scene insights. This is worth the wait. Rich in anecdote, very funny and fact-filled as well. Who could ask for more? Diesel comes across as a very likeable guy, often quite humble.
The second commentary track features David Twohy again but this time he joined by the producer and visual effects supervisor. Obviously, this track is a lot drier and more technical, but still has time for a few jokes and anecdotes. Again, this is worth listening to.
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