The Dark Prince

After accidentally purchasing the hideous special edition of Chronicles of Riddick, I saw the original, unmutilated version for far too high a price at Target yesterday. But, for whatever strange reason, I just haven’t seen it cheaper anywhere than about $34. Anyway, being the type to waste money on things impulsively, I bought it.

The good news is the movie is just as good as it was when I saw it in the cinema, I am now much happier, since the special edition really really spoiled the movie for me. The strange thing is that the menus are all identical to that of the special edition. It’s like they’ve just poorly cut in the extra scenes (and boy have they ever cut it in poorly…), probably not even changed the chapter menus and added another disk full of content that no-one would ever watch. Still, I’m happier now, because I can watch it the way it should be.

Again, I encourage people to have a look at this film, since it really has some spark in it. I don’t know why, but it reminds me an awful lot of Dune, except that it didn’t put me to sleep, (although it did have anaesthetic effects on other people who shall remain nameless).

Oh, and for some stupid reason Game Boy Advances still haven’t come down in price, so despite the fact that the PSP is out, (for a pretty hefty price, but worth it in my opinion), the DS costs a mere $50 more than the GBA SP (and has two screens and complete backwards compatibility), it’s still ridiculously overpriced at $150. Stupid world.