If we were to see a new and better D&D movie, what setting would you like it to be?

[thejc]

Still think you've gotta go with a specific novel or story arc. To throw something as big and vast of a sea of material like D&D on a hollywood writers desk and try to make a movie is a much and usually translates to bad.

The comic movies have been relatively successful because they have a few things.
a budget
some star power
have stayed relatively close to the theme and personalities of the hero's(while not canon, you can totally envinsion this going down)
have marketed well across all age groups

While I have no suggestions on which novel/trilogy to use. It seems to me that simpler is better at the start. Something like Dragonlance may be to big to take all at the start. A lot of History, a lot of characters, villains. Off screen pieces. A wierd old man running around mostly insane with moments of sanity and you have no idea why mostly because you were watching things get blown up and the reptile guys getting killed.

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

Recognized by whom? There are not enough people who know what a Forgotten Realm is to make that factor into the movie's success.

It isn't gamers who buy the majority Salvatore's Forgotten Realms novels. If Salvatore was relying on the gaming public, he'd never make the NYTimes Bestseller list, but now every one of his Drizzt books does.

Of course, it still has to be a decent movie. Have you seen the Dragonlance movie? (Dragons of Autumn Twilight, straight to DVD). *shudder* It made me lose 3d10 SAN, and realize that in comparison the original D&D movie was excellent.

 

[Klaus]

I stopped watching the Dragonlance cartoon before the scarring became permanent.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

...in comparison the original D&D movie was excellent.

That comment just made ME lose 3D10SAN!

 

[TarionzCousin]

If they do make another D&D movie, it needs to have Bruce Campbell in it.

 

[NewJeffCT]

I don't think the actors are all that important, as long as you get some characters that the audience cares about, and a BBEG that the audience loves to hate. The good guys should have some chemistry together as well - the best TV shows often have a cast that has a strong chemistry.

I also don't think setting is all that important - medieval Europe with magic and monsters works fine for me. Or, it could be a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. Or, it could be a future post apocalyptic earth where monsters and magic have replaced technology.

A decent story and some good action sequences, and something original/unique in the action because of the magic and/or the monsters. Mind flayer brain-sucking works.

I wouldn't toss in a beholder just to have a beholder there...I would stick with a main villain and some similar supporting villains (meaning, having an underdark hierarchy of drow, mind flayers, duergar, aboleth, and other types, plus slaves and whatnot is too much for most people.) Maybe mind flayers and a few 'slaves' that they have. And, just make sure that the 'head' mind flayer is somebody the audience can easily identify and can hate.

I wouldn't get too complex, unless there is some sort of weekly series on SyFy.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

A good wandering monster encounter- just to show the seriousness of the situation and/or the badassness of the party in question- would be a good idea, IMHO.

As long as it makes sense, that is. No Remorhazes in the Desert of Desolation, for instance, or a Beholder wandering the sparse, idyllic woods near a small, prospering town.

 

[Janx]

If we were to see a new and better D&D movie, what setting would you like it to be?

Stun.


Kill would just raise too many questions.

 

[VGmaster9]

You know what would be pretty awesome, if someone made a D&D movie series that would have a plotline just like Star Wars.

It would start out with a group of soldiers walking through a forest trail until they're suddenly ambushed by evil soldiers, which are humans. After the attack is done, we see the villian (ala Darth Vader) with other soldiers by horses.

Then we see the hero (ala Luke Skywalker) who's a farmboy raised by foster parents. Later we see him somewhere while he's attacked by a bandit of some sort. Before the bandit could loot the hero, he runs away after seeing an old swordsman (ala Obi Wan). When they get back, the hero sees that his home is destryed and his foster parents murdered by more bandits. The hero then realizes that those aren't his real parents.

Then we see a princess (ala Leia) who lives in a kingdom. She hates doing feminine things like wearing dresses and sewing and instead wants to learn how to fight. However, she later realizes that a wedding has been arranged for her by her father. She then escapes the castle she's been living in and tries to survive while away.

The rest is up for you to decide

 

[Klaus]

You know what would be pretty awesome, if someone made a D&D movie series that would have a plotline just like Star Wars.

You mean Eragon?