Not so much about the movie, but about a “feature” on the DVD.
I went to my friendly neighborhood video store and picked up the The Chronicles of Riddick director’s cut DVD. (I didn’t know it was special until I got it home and just before the movie started the director came on and told me.) I popped the DVD into my player and I got a menu. I can choose “Convert” or “Fight”, then I get to one of two “Main Menus”. I couldn’t get back to the “Convert” or “Fight” choice without turning the player off then back on to “re-boot” the movie. Since this was a pain in the butt, I didn’t go back and forth to make sure, but from what I could tell both “Main Menus” were the same. Different graphics, but the same choices. And the same Easter Egg. Weird.
I didn’t worry too much about it and watched the movie. Decent space movie with explosions and fights and stuff. Not bad.
At the end of the movie Riddick got the choice to “Convert” or “Fight”. Ah-ha! It’s an Alternate Ending! I re-booted the movie and jumped ahead to the ending to see what was different and it was… nothing. Both endings were the same.
So: What’s the deal with “Convert” or “Fight” before the Main Menu? Is it something I just missed and was really cool? Or just a thing and no big?
As far as I can tell, they just give you two different-looking sets of menus. This page at DVDReview.com tells you how to reach one “Easter egg”, but that’s the only one I know about.
Thanks Max. That’s what I thought at first (just two different menus). Then I thought “But why? That’s just stupid.” Eh. Just a thing. No big.
You can find the “other” Easter Egg by clicking through the menu again and again pretty much randomly (whichever one is “other” in this case since I used the same tactic both times). At least that’s how I found it. It’s the same on each menu, so why bother?
We rented it just last night and tried to figure out the difference as well; we decided “Convert” was full-screen and “Fight” was widescreen.
Then again, it was the jillelope’s birthday and we’d been drinking, so I’m not entirely certain.
Yes, I thought it was stupid too. It is also confusing in that it assumes you’ve seen the movie already, which many people (including myself at the time) had not, and it’s also completely mysterious because it doesn’t tell you anything at all, even after clicking on them. Convert what? Is this a different section? How can you know?
David Twohy, judging by his introduction, is a weirdo. I suspect that’s where this bizarre idea originates.
Cool CGI effects, though.