Escape to the Movies: Dungeons & Dragons
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I remember reading somewhere, in a column, someone saying "most D&D campaigns are more like Conan the Destroyer than Conan the Barbarian."
Unfortunately, I agree...
But I consider Conan the Barbarian a great movie, and Excalibur, from around the same time, is a favorite. As far as I understood, these two movies are what spawned the legions of 80's copy-cats.
And tho' it is not a movie, I am hoping Martin's Game of Thrones series coming to HBO will make up for all the fantasy = magic = no need for logic or internal consistency or quality of any kind mindsets we've seen.
Before you tell me that's not like d&d, I was given the first book of the series because it reminded him of our campaign.
ps:
She was supposed to be hot - for adolescent boys.
Unfortunately, I agree...
But I consider Conan the Barbarian a great movie, and Excalibur, from around the same time, is a favorite. As far as I understood, these two movies are what spawned the legions of 80's copy-cats.
And tho' it is not a movie, I am hoping Martin's Game of Thrones series coming to HBO will make up for all the fantasy = magic = no need for logic or internal consistency or quality of any kind mindsets we've seen.
Before you tell me that's not like d&d, I was given the first book of the series because it reminded him of our campaign.
ps:
well :RTR said:
But after all, Diana was the required chainmail-bikini clad ( it was fur, but still ) red sonja/ Xena etc character.Wiki said:
She was supposed to be hot - for adolescent boys.
A new D&D movie would probably do horribly. There are just too many factors to consider.
1. Campaign setting. It makes a big difference. Forgotten Realms is the most...um...pedestrian of settings but as others have pointed out many more exist. I'd prefer Eberron, for its newb status, or Ravenloft, for its lack of a core story.
2. Timeframe. I'm referring to the time within the setting. Each setting has its own history and each era has its heroes and villains. For example, a Dragonlance movie about the Age of Dreams would be vastly different than a movie about the Age of Despair or the Age of Mortals.
3. Characters. It would be so easy to just use characters that already exist but that runs the risk of pissing people off and some movies need a cult start before it really takes off at the box office. Drizzt is the most bankable character to the guy who has never read a FR book or played a campaign but Erevis Cale would probably make for a more interesting main character.
4. Budget. If you're going to make a D&D movie do it right. Plenty of bad movies get big budgets(I'm looking at you The Last Airbender) Also, its been proven that people will pay to remake something that has already been released in one form or another(i.e. Japanese horror remakes, Let The Right One In, Hulk, etc...).
5. Fan Service(the non-sexy kind). If you're going to make a serious D&D movie then fan service is a given. But I hate constant, overt fan service. I want to see the movie with some fellow D&D players and have each of us take away a different little moment that resonated with us as players. I do enjoy campy romps but I could just watch The Guild or Unforgetten Realms for that sort of thing. For free.
1. Campaign setting. It makes a big difference. Forgotten Realms is the most...um...pedestrian of settings but as others have pointed out many more exist. I'd prefer Eberron, for its newb status, or Ravenloft, for its lack of a core story.
2. Timeframe. I'm referring to the time within the setting. Each setting has its own history and each era has its heroes and villains. For example, a Dragonlance movie about the Age of Dreams would be vastly different than a movie about the Age of Despair or the Age of Mortals.
3. Characters. It would be so easy to just use characters that already exist but that runs the risk of pissing people off and some movies need a cult start before it really takes off at the box office. Drizzt is the most bankable character to the guy who has never read a FR book or played a campaign but Erevis Cale would probably make for a more interesting main character.
4. Budget. If you're going to make a D&D movie do it right. Plenty of bad movies get big budgets(I'm looking at you The Last Airbender) Also, its been proven that people will pay to remake something that has already been released in one form or another(i.e. Japanese horror remakes, Let The Right One In, Hulk, etc...).
5. Fan Service(the non-sexy kind). If you're going to make a serious D&D movie then fan service is a given. But I hate constant, overt fan service. I want to see the movie with some fellow D&D players and have each of us take away a different little moment that resonated with us as players. I do enjoy campy romps but I could just watch The Guild or Unforgetten Realms for that sort of thing. For free.
It would be awesome if someone could tell me what the movie referenced at 3:25 is, I've scene scenes somewhere and I reeeally want to watch it but I can't remember the name
I suggest you checkout, though either download or purchase; Gamers and Gamers 2 Dorkness Rising. Yes they aren't Hollywood movies, but to my friends and I they are the definitive D&D movies.
They need to do a movie about Drizzt Do'Urden, he exists in the D&D Universe and is essentially the most badass fantasy character in history.
I'm sorry but you're wrong. So very wrong.GamesB2 said:
So very very very very very very very very wrong.
Pitch Black was fun though.
Well, I suppose if you really wanted to get into the spirit of a dungeons and dragons adventure that combined a group of adventurers together, it would almost take a very particular cast to do it well. I mean, if you were going to do it right, you'd have to invoke some beloved semantics of geekdom... like getting James Earl Jones to play the antagonist, as we'll always be a bit thrilled by the 'Vader voice'. Maybe Sandahl Bergman to play an amazonian fighter... ooh ooh, and Arnold Schwarzenegger could play a barbarian named Conan.
Oh, wait.
Oh, wait.
Im pretty sure i saw some very good D&D movies... hmmmm.... it eludes me.... AH!! it was called Lord of something, it had to do whit a ring, it has wizards, dwarves, elves, princesses, orcs, an evil lord, yep quite good D&D movies.
(and YES i was being ironic, and I KNOW the books of LOTR came out before the D&D game)
(and YES i was being ironic, and I KNOW the books of LOTR came out before the D&D game)
You know if you like old school RPGs but hate the math, you should look into Savage Worlds. I've Game Mastered for nearly three decades now, and have run numerous systems. I've never seen an RPG which packs more bang for the buck. It's flexible, simple and the basic rule book (which is all you need to run a game) costs $10.00. Best of all, if you have a good GM it a very math-light system.
Dhamon Grimwulf, Elminster, The Simbul(and the rest of the Seven Sisters!), Raistlin Majere, Wulfgar, Mina, and Erevis Cale would like a word with you. Those are just from Dragonlance and Forgotten Realms. Eberron undoubtedly has many more amazing heroes and villains. Drizzt is only as famous as he is because he's a Drow. Otherwise he's a Gary Stu with scimitars and rather dull. The Hunter's Blade series opened my eyes to how utterly fail Drizzt really is.TitenSxull said:
It is not that Bob is wrong. At least this time around. I agree with him and believe me, I would much rather see a movie about D&D than Warcraft. But I have been playing Minis for about 4 years (fuck you, 4th edition) and I have to tell you, there are soooooooooooooooooooo many storylines to follow. There's the Ravenloft setting, Forgotten Realms, the normal setting with the Mountains of Celestia and the Nine Hells, Mechanus, Demonweb Pits, the Astral Plane, the world of Faerun during Spellplague and the Time Of Troubles....
And along with them, there are sooooooooooooooooooooo many characters to follow. Besides the obvious ones already mentioned, like Drizzt, there is Van Richten, Vlaakith the XVIII, Raistlin Majere, General Bel, the liberation of Drows from the clutches of the Mind Flayers, the Seven Sisters, Mordekainen the mage, Mystra and Syric...
You cannot please everyone. I would prefer if it was a story of its own and then we had new minis based on them or something.
And along with them, there are sooooooooooooooooooooo many characters to follow. Besides the obvious ones already mentioned, like Drizzt, there is Van Richten, Vlaakith the XVIII, Raistlin Majere, General Bel, the liberation of Drows from the clutches of the Mind Flayers, the Seven Sisters, Mordekainen the mage, Mystra and Syric...
You cannot please everyone. I would prefer if it was a story of its own and then we had new minis based on them or something.