Jack Chick's Dark Dungeons Movie Trailer

[Xethreau]

JR Ralls, a few questions!
- Is this / are you guys on Twitter?
- To what degree are the characters and, dare I say, lines from the comic retained in the film?

As a side note, I am really excited about the theoretical hashtags #blackleafisdead #andwekilledher

 

[L. Gabriel Gonda]

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[Janx]

Let's cut to the chase shall we.

In practical terms, Jack Chick hated D&D. he thought it was evil, satanic and led it's players to bad ends.

You guys are making a movie exactly like his comic as best as you can, in the spirit of that comic.

Therefore, what are the writer/director's position on D&D, given that they are giving Jack Chick's views a new voice.

 

[Kramodlog]

Let's cut to the chase shall we.

In practical terms, Jack Chick hated D&D. he thought it was evil, satanic and led it's players to bad ends.

You guys are making a movie exactly like his comic as best as you can, in the spirit of that comic.

Therefore, what are the writer/director's position on D&D, given that they are giving Jack Chick's views a new voice.

Tone is also important, not just text.

Context is also important. In the trailer the "What can go wrong?" comment is rather well placed, don't you say? Deadpan humor seems to be the norm here.

Not a first degree kind of film.

 

[L. Gabriel Gonda]

The director's job is to execute the script, in this case an excellent screenplay written by JR Ralls. The writer, producers, and I were all in agreement that we'd be translating the comic as sincerely as possible, and letting the views presented therein stand on their own.

The film is not quite finished yet, but based on the rough cut, and some test screenings, I think we achieved our intent. It's up to the audience to interpret as they will.

I'm a professional. I would never let my views on D&D influence my dedication to my work.

 

[Zander]

Please disregard my message asking if anyone had a mint condition of Jack Chick's Dark Dungeons comic for sale.

 

[L. Gabriel Gonda]

You can buy them on Chick's website.

 

[Zander]

You can buy them on Chick's website.

Thanks, Gabriel

They used not to sell them in small quantities, but now they do. So I just ordered a few.

Thanks again,

Zander

 

[NewJeffCT]

You can buy them on Chick's website.

I'm guessing you can't buy the ones with the MS3TK comments added in there?

 

[DMZ2112]

an all-girl gaming group? No way!

This was always my favorite part of the old Chick tract. Verisimilitude fail.

...With all respect to female gamers, of course. I'm sure this has happened somewhere, at some time, in the history of the game. I do know a few female D&D players. It's just that the emphasis in that sentence is world-crackingly heavy on the word few.