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Machai
Feb 21, 2013

It says it is in 1080/60fps+ on the box, but most scenes are only 720 and 30fps at best.

The DVD is HUGE! It's like a laserdisc


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Machai
Feb 21, 2013

mind the walrus posted:

That and it played the old "hero is so manly he can literally gently caress the lesbian straight" trope without any sense of irony or winking, which is just loving retarded and inexcusable.

I'm p sure you are not actually supposed to take Riddick (the character) completely seriously. He is too macho even for his own movies.

Machai
Feb 21, 2013

Harald posted:

pitch black kind of had an interesting deptiction too, though. what with the aliens that only come out every (???) years

22years

Machai
Feb 21, 2013

Harald posted:

it's a pretty cool concept though. Like the planet only becomes dark every 22 years but there's a species adapted to exploiting that niche. And they probably spend most their lives underground where not much food is available but then once in awhile they get to come out, feast, mate etc.

I liked the glow worms. They adapted well to an environment where light means safety.

also, this:

solovyov posted:

I read it as she was lying about being a lesbian as a way of adapting to her crew and keep them off of her.

she is in a profession where the vast majority of people appear to be male and all but one of the ones we have seen are total assholes. pretending to be a lesbian is probably a necessity to help keep them off her to some degree

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