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Sunseeker
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I'm pretty sure that movie was called The Blair Witch Project.
D&D Movie/TV D&D Movie Plot Revealed
I'm pretty sure that movie was called The Blair Witch Project.
Inchoroi
Adventurer
Depressingly, if they make it a "half-real world half in-world" sort of thing, a la The Gamers: Dorkness Rising, it will flop harder than anything. They'd be best to just pretend the words "Dungeons and Dragons" don't exist, and just make a good story in a fantasy setting that resembles Forgotten Realms. They're doing a similar thing with The Bright on Netflix, which is obviously just Shadowrun: The Movie, but it looks good simply because it doesn't advertise as "Shadowrun: The Movie".
Imaculata
Hero
Then what's the point of making a D&D movie? You might as well just make a fantasy movie at that point and leave D&D out of it completely.
MechaPilot
Explorer
Honestly, apart from the Forgotten Realms bit, I agree with Inchoroi.
The D&D movies have been just awful. If they plan to make an actual fantasy action-adventure film, then they should make the whole movie without reference to it being a game, and then at most throw in an after-credits bit with the gamers around the table.
The only movies I've ever seen that did a good job of cutting between a fantasy story and the in-film "real life" people involved in telling it are The Princess Bride and The Neverending Story. Frankly, I'm just not convinced the people they have working on it are capable of doing it as well or better as either of those films did.
The point of making a D&D movie is so that Hasbro has a property it already owns that it can turn into a movie.
Personally, I think what they did with Jumanji or the D&D cartoon could work. The players, themselves, know enough about the game that they can provide knowledge about what they are facing to the audience (but maybe do it via the one character who's never played before)
Otherwise, yes, it's just a generic fantasy movie.
Personally, I think what they did with Jumanji or the D&D cartoon could work. The players, themselves, know enough about the game that they can provide knowledge about what they are facing to the audience (but maybe do it via the one character who's never played before)
Otherwise, yes, it's just a generic fantasy movie.
That's always been the issue IMO.
A fantasy world game setting accessible enough to attract a lot of gamers is really generic. D&D is derivative of LOTR, Conan, and all the other stuff that people are bought into.
The best fantasy movies with original settings are weird. Labrynth, Pan's Labrynth, Princess Bride, Neverending Story, Time Bandits.
The ones with 'generic' fantasy, like Ladyhawke, Dragonslayer, Legend, etc. have aged really poorly. They're not memorable. they're being left behind.
A 'real' D&D movie is a very odd beast. Other than Stranger Things, I'm not sure how it would ever translate.
Like I posted before, I feel like an early Peter Jackson or Gilliam-flavored absurd gory murderhobo comedy would do it justice, but it couldn't get made.
A fantasy world game setting accessible enough to attract a lot of gamers is really generic. D&D is derivative of LOTR, Conan, and all the other stuff that people are bought into.
The best fantasy movies with original settings are weird. Labrynth, Pan's Labrynth, Princess Bride, Neverending Story, Time Bandits.
The ones with 'generic' fantasy, like Ladyhawke, Dragonslayer, Legend, etc. have aged really poorly. They're not memorable. they're being left behind.
A 'real' D&D movie is a very odd beast. Other than Stranger Things, I'm not sure how it would ever translate.
Like I posted before, I feel like an early Peter Jackson or Gilliam-flavored absurd gory murderhobo comedy would do it justice, but it couldn't get made.
Imaculata
Hero
Wasn't the previous failed attempt at a D&D movie already an absurd comedy?
Yeah but that's implementation not concept. A D&D movie without its tongue firmly in its cheek is going to look ridiculously self-important IMHO.
Unless of course they show how the game is actually a vehicle for personal expression, then they can be sincere.
But to pretend that D&D is great literature brought to the screen...? Battleship all over again
LordEntrails
Hero
I thought we already knew the movie was going to be set in the Forgotten Realms and most likely Undermountain...
Agreed. Just give me an awesome fantasy action adventure movie set in a D&D setting. No need to try and be creative with some sort of juxtaposition with Players and DM.
LordEntrails
Hero
Yes it was. And it grossed $33.7 million. What was the market for hobby gaming last year... $45mil?
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