Riddick is an original character. The movie Pitch Black was the first time he appeared. He wasn’t based on a comic book, a novel, or a video game.
Many people might already know this, but when I first found out it blew my mind. So often it seems that there are no more original ideas Hollywood, especially in science fiction and super heroes. Because lets face it, this guy is a super hero. So even though the former murderous criminal turned antihero has been done a few times, I think the universe has benifited from his creation.
So he’s built like Vin Diesel but sound even smoother and smokier. He’s got former military looking leggings and boots, a bodybuilder tank and those cool post-punk goggles. And although I’m no optometrist but I’d guess they were designed to look like military sunglasses from a dark future. Dark is a big theme in the whole Riddick series.
Which brings me to the reason for the glasses. He wears them because of his perma-night-vision, coupled with the fact that they look awesome. And while I feel like there have been other characters with night vision, Riddick is unique in that he got it done as a cosmetic surgery in a cavernous jail system to keep from getting shanked. Yeah, he’s that hardcore. And as a result, his eye balls have that cool silver color.
And it’s been announced that Riddick 3 in in the works.
