Oh yes, right, sure, of course. Conan endings rock!
I honestly liked it too at first but the second viewing proved suckage ruled.
Except for the setting. I love super far futures.
Oh and in both films, Keith David was almost criminally underused.
Keith David
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When I re-watched Pitch Black after Chronicles I had to turn it off; even the excellent plot couldn't help me overcome the B-grade status of the film (not that that is a particularly bad thing) and the total non-sequiturs of the two side-by-side: there is no way that the universe of PB is in any way shape or form recognisably remotely similar to the Chroniclies one (one PB character, with an unmistakable Australian accent, mentions that he has collected tribal artifacts from New Guinea).
Not that I can watch it very often, but CoR is pure Space Opera.