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* BadassDecay: Riddick himself notes that this resulted from his stint as the Necromongers' latest Lord Marshall, where scenes focus entirely on his life among the DeadlyDecadentCourt and suggest that his exposure to challenging conditions and action is being stifled. At one point he falls prey to an assassination attempt that only fails because the attacker missed his vitals, and later he's easily lured by the prospect of revisiting his birthworld, where he falls victim to an ambush and is left for dead at the bottom of a rock fall. This causes him to reflect that his life as an EvilOverlord has made him soft, leading him to decide he's better off on his own.
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** Shazza has proven to be quite a popular character with many wishing she hadn’t been killed off. Being played by genre icon Creator/ClaudiaBlack certainly helps.
** Creator/KeithDavid as Imam has also proven to be rather popular.

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** AwesomeAussie Shazza has proven to be quite a popular character with many wishing she hadn’t been killed off. Being played by genre icon Creator/ClaudiaBlack certainly helps.
** Creator/KeithDavid as BadassPreacher Imam has also proven to be rather popular.



* NauseaFuel: The scene where Riddick escapes captivity by painfully dislocating both of his arms. The image combined with the harsh ''popping'' sound effects is quite painful to watch.

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* NauseaFuel: The scene where Riddick escapes captivity by painfully dislocating both of his arms.parms. The image combined with the harsh ''popping'' sound effects is quite painful to watch.

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* EnsembleDarkHorse: Shazza has proven to be quite a popular character with many wishing she hadn’t been killed off. Being played by genre icon Creator/ClaudiaBlack certainly helps.

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Shazza has proven to be quite a popular character with many wishing she hadn’t been killed off. Being played by genre icon Creator/ClaudiaBlack certainly helps.
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** Riddick's comment at the end of the movie - "Tell them Riddick's dead. He died somewhere on that planet." This could be his way of saying he plans to start with a clean slate, or (as mentioned on the TearJerker page) that [[spoiler: the last of his humanity had gone bye-bye]]. Or he could simply be covering his ass so he's not a wanted man anymore.

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** Riddick's comment at the end of the movie - "Tell them Riddick's dead. He died somewhere on that planet." This could be his way of saying [[ThatManIsDead he plans to start with a clean slate, slate]], or (as mentioned on the TearJerker page) that [[spoiler: the last of his humanity had gone bye-bye]]. Or he could simply be covering his ass so he's not a wanted man anymore.
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Minor correction, as the morphine stash was Johns' that he had hidden, not anything he had stolen from the ship.


* MoralEventHorizon: Johns has two available, although which one is the true event horizon is up for debate. The first is when he steals the morphine from the crashed spaceship - he's a junkie - so Fry's friend has to die in screaming agony. The second is when he suggests Riddick kill Jack and drag her behind to put the creatures off them - he offers to keep the others off Riddick's back in exchange.

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* MoralEventHorizon: Johns has two available, although which one is already had a hefty mark against him with the true event horizon is up for debate. The first is when revelation that he steals the had kept his personal morphine from stash hidden while Owens was dying in agony and Fry believed the crashed spaceship - he's a junkie - so Fry's friend has to die ship's onboard morphine was all lost in screaming agony. The second is the crash. However, a definitive crossing comes when he suggests Riddick kill Jack and drag her behind to put the sled as bait for the creatures off them - while he offers to keep keeps the others off Riddick's back in exchange.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: This movie is this to Franchise/{{Alien}}. It's also worth mentioning that Pitch Black was based on an old script that David Twohy (the film's direct) wrote for Film/Alien3.
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* WhatAnIdiot: [[spoiler: Paris panics after the group is nearly attacked and not only cuts the groups light source power, but is killed by one the creatures himself]].
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* EnsembleDarkHorse: Shazza has proven to be quite a popular character with many wishing she hadn’t been killed off. Being played by genre icon Creator/Claudia Black certainly helps.
** Creator/Keith David as Imam has also proven to be rather popular.

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* EnsembleDarkHorse: Shazza has proven to be quite a popular character with many wishing she hadn’t been killed off. Being played by genre icon Creator/Claudia Black Creator/ClaudiaBlack certainly helps.
** Creator/Keith David Creator/KeithDavid as Imam has also proven to be rather popular.
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* EnsembleDarkHorse: Shazza has proven to be quite a popular character with many wishing she hadn’t been killed off. Being played by genre icon Claudia Black certainly helps.
** Keith David as Imam has also proven to be rather popular.

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* EnsembleDarkHorse: Shazza has proven to be quite a popular character with many wishing she hadn’t been killed off. Being played by genre icon Claudia Creator/Claudia Black certainly helps.
** Keith Creator/Keith David as Imam has also proven to be rather popular.
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* EnsembleSarkHorse: Shazza has proven to be quite a popular character with many wishing she hadn’t been killed off. Being played by genre icon Claudia Black certainly helps.

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* EnsembleSarkHorse: EnsembleDarkHorse: Shazza has proven to be quite a popular character with many wishing she hadn’t been killed off. Being played by genre icon Claudia Black certainly helps.
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* EsembleDarkHorse: Shazza has proven to be quite a popular character with many wishing she hadn’t been killed off. Being played by genre icon Claudia Black certainly helps.

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* EsembleDarkHorse: *EnsembleSarkHorse: Shazza has proven to be quite a popular character with many wishing she hadn’t been killed off. Being played by genre icon Claudia Black certainly helps.
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* EsembleDarkHorse: Shazza has proven to be quite a popular character with many wishing she hadn’t been killed off. Being played by genre icon Claudia Black certainly helps.
** Keith David as Imam has also proven to be rather popular.
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* FanNickname: The flying nocturnal monsters are never named. "Bioraptor" and "Demon" are sometimes used by fans to identify them. Some old-school gamers like to call them "grues" (a deadly enemy from the ''VideoGame/{{Zork}}'' series that only attacks in complete darkness).
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* NightmareFuel: Stranded on a deserted planet inhabited by swarms of horrific flying nocturnal aliens that can smell your blood and track you by movement, just in time for a solar eclipse. Hope you're not afraid of the dark.
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**** However, the contradiction to this is his "not for me" response. Carolyn already stated she would die for the others (during Riddick's character test of her) and wasn't going to die for him (when she finds him injured and is trying to get him up). If he had stabbed her, even instinctively, he wouldn't have reacted the way he did.

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*** The standard interpretation is that [[spoiler:Fry went back to save Riddick, and then suddenly gets stabbed by one of the aliens, who then drags her off to her doom.]]
*** This is re-enforced and toyed with in the Director's Cut of the film. When the stab happens, both Riddick and Carolyn react to it, as if both had been stabbed and making it seem like it could have been either one who had been stabbed. That is until Carolyn is finally pulled away.

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*** The standard interpretation is that [[spoiler:Fry went back to save Riddick, and then suddenly gets stabbed by one of the aliens, who then drags her off to her doom.]]
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]] This is re-enforced and toyed with in the Director's Cut of the film. When [[spoiler:When the stab happens, both Riddick and Carolyn react to it, as if both had been stabbed and making it seem like it could have been either one who had been stabbed. That is until Carolyn is finally pulled away.]]
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*** The second interpretation is that [[spoiler:it was in fact ''Riddick'' who stabbed her, sacrificing her to save himself. The alien then detected her wound (they go off on blood), and drags her off to her doom. What supports this particular viewing is Riddick's knife being in just the right place for such a move, the look of remorse on his face after it happens, and his hardcore survival instincts.]]

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*** The second interpretation is that [[spoiler:it was in fact ''Riddick'' who stabbed her, sacrificing her to save himself. The alien then detected her wound (they go off on blood), and drags her off to her doom. What supports Details that support this particular viewing is are Riddick's knife being in just the right place spot for such a move, it, the remorseful look of remorse on his face after it happens, and his hardcore survival instincts.]]

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** There is a much-debated alternative character interpretation of Riddick in the scene of [[spoiler:Carolyn Fry's death.]]

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** Was Riddick really going to abandon Fry and the others in favor of saving himself? Or was he pretending to as a way of testing Fry's character to see if she was as selfish as he is by joining him in abandoning them? The fact that Riddick actually changes his mind and decides to help Fry and the others possibly suggest the latter.
** There is also a much-debated alternative character interpretation of Riddick in the scene of [[spoiler:Carolyn Fry's death.]]
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* SpiritualSuccessor: This movie is this to Franchise/{{Alien}}. It's also worth mentioning that Pitch Black was based on an old script that David Twohy (the film's direct) wrote for film/Alien3.

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* SpiritualSuccessor: This movie is this to Franchise/{{Alien}}. It's also worth mentioning that Pitch Black was based on an old script that David Twohy (the film's direct) wrote for film/Alien3.Film/Alien3.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: This movie is this to Franchise/{{Alien}}. It's also worth mentioning that Pitch Black was based on an old script that David Twohy (the film's direct) wrote for film/Alien3 while.

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* SpiritualSuccessor: This movie is this to Franchise/{{Alien}}. It's also worth mentioning that Pitch Black was based on an old script that David Twohy (the film's direct) wrote for film/Alien3 while.film/Alien3.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: This movie is this to Franchise/{{Alien}}. It's also worth mentioning that Pitch Black was based on an old script that David Twohy (the film's direct) wrote for film/Alien3 while.
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**** This is re-enforced and toyed with in the Director's Cut of the film. When the stab happens, both Riddick and Carolyn react to it, as if both had been stabbed and making it seem like it could have been either one who had been stabbed. That is until Carolyn is finally pulled away.
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