D&D Movie/TV D&D: Honor Among Thieves Open Discussion [Full Spoilers]

[Ralif Redhammer]

I think one of the big issues with the Bradley Cooper scene is that he was a last minute replacement of the original actor and shot the scene by himself on a green screen and then was superimposed into the scene. I'd also say that in LotR, the hobbit scenes where they're mixing with big folk got a lot worse in the last film (like when they're dancing on tables after the battle of Helms Deep) when they were doing that instead of using practical lens effects.

I thought the parole board halfling (gnome? I thought I saw pointy ears), fit a lot better into her scenes, and wasn't nearly as distracting.

I missed that Bradley Cooper was a digital replacement for the original actor. That would do it.

The more Jackson's Middle-Earth movies relied on digital green screen and less on forced perspective and body-doubles, the less convincing their interactions and presence with the rest of the world became.

Agreed, the gnome felt less jarring.

 

[Seramus]

I missed that Bradley Cooper was a digital replacement for the original actor. That would do it.

It's mostly a COVID issue. They were smack in the middle of quarantine and almost nobody wanted to wait the 10 days to do the in person shoot.

The directors WANTED to do real footage + big name star, but had to pick one or the other.

 

[pukunui]

I know the attunement thing with “Elminster” was all about Simon overcoming his self-doubt, but wouldn’t it have been interesting if he’d had to face Mordenkainen since it’s Mordenkainen’s helmet?

Who would you like to see play the bald, goateed archmage?

 

[Eyes of Nine]

I know the attunement thing with “Elminster” was all about Simon overcoming his self-doubt, but wouldn’t it have been interesting if he’d had to face Mordenkainen since it’s Mordenkainen’s helmet?

Who would you like to see play the bald, goateed archmage?

Jason Alexander - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Hussar]

Jason Alexander - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

It’s a spell about nothing!!!!

 

[Seramus]

I know the attunement thing with “Elminster” was all about Simon overcoming his self-doubt, but wouldn’t it have been interesting if he’d had to face Mordenkainen since it’s Mordenkainen’s helmet?

The directors have said it's not Elminster, but they are interested in including him or one of his daughters in future films.

 

[pukunui]

The directors have said it's not Elminster, but they are interested in including him or one of his daughters in future films.

Having just watched it again, I got the sense that Simon just assumed it was his “great-great-grandfather” Elminster but the other guy never confirms or denies it. And then of course it turns out to be Simon himself (perhaps when he is older).

 

[Imaculata]

Since they never made the final episode of the cartoon, where the characters return home... and they are adults in their movie cameo... does this mean they've been trapped in the world of D&D since the 80s?

 

[Dioltach]

Since they never made the final episode of the cartoon, where the characters return home... and they are adults in their movie cameo... does this mean they've been trapped in the world of D&D since the 80s?

What's so unusual about that? I know I've been trapped in D&D since 1985.

 

[UngainlyTitan]

Since they never made the final episode of the cartoon, where the characters return home... and they are adults in their movie cameo... does this mean they've been trapped in the world of D&D since the 80s?

Absolutely