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chillin'Topic: Intel on Riddick's 'Verse
Okay I think it's time to post something about Riddick's eyeshine.
Here's what we have to work with:
Pitch Black: Riddick tells Jack that he got the eyeshine done in 'a no daylight slam' for 20 kools.
In the 'Slam City' webcomic this is shown to be Ursa Luna / Slam City where the eyeshine is done by Cutter. Cutter explains how it is done when he tells Riddick that the cornea is peeled back, the eye pentrated by a laser and a 'reflecto-coat' is applied to the back of the retina.
The CoR movie Website Riddick's profile reveals that there is an operation that can be done. it is very risky, and according to Toombs most people having it done end up on the slab. Here's the direct quote:
"On or about 6004.05 subject underwent extreme surgical procedure performed at Ursa Luna Double Max Slam Facility.
.2% of recipients survive the procedure.
.005% of recipients recover vision."
Another clue comes from the 'Hunt for Riddick' webgame. In it, while on Riddick's trail the player uncovers that a Kovan freighter, the Amanjaro, was stolen from an automated Aquilan outpost by someone with what is first thought to be an illegal flake of some sort inside their eyes. Further anaylsis revealed that it is actually a 'hydro-luminescent film, surgically applied'.
And yet one cannot ignore the scene in EFBB where Shirah tells Riddick "You have been blind for too long. Your world is about to become much more colorful..."
Personally I follow my own theory. Riddick's sight is a Furyan power, enhanced through surgical means. Either Cutter did the eyeshine or Riddick got it someplace else. All I can hope for is that the various clues resolve into a single picture.