D&D Movie/TV (Yet another) D&D Movie Speculation thread.

[Nebulous]

To be a success the D&D movie has to look good, have decent trailers, and be entertaining enough that people tell their friends to see it and it builds decent buzz.
How do you do this? You do what Thor: Ragnarok did. You make it look entertaining and fun.

This is the goal of every trailer for every movie every made. Have you seen the critical buzz about Captain Marvel? The internet is BASHING the next big marvel tentpole movie based on how poor the trailers have been. I can't say if it's a bad movie or not, but based on the million dollar trailers, I'm not inclined to watch it.

To be fair, I hated the early Ragnarok trailers, but when I saw it, it become my top 5 Marvel films.

 

[Jester David]

This is the goal of every trailer for every movie every made. Have you seen the critical buzz about Captain Marvel? The internet is BASHING the next big marvel tentpole movie based on how poor the trailers have been. I can't say if it's a bad movie or not, but based on the million dollar trailers, I'm not inclined to watch it.

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Are we on the same internet? The reaction to Captain Marvel was almost overwhelmingly positive. The first trailer was excellent. (And the like vs dislike rating on YouTube is nice.)
The composite shot of her standing was amazing.

 

[Parmandur]

Well, if we want to keep drow, there's always ye olde Eberron—where drow are not necessarily evil, aren't necessarily matriarchal, and Lolth isn't a thing.

Yet are still cursed jungle savages....

 

[Paul Farquhar]

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Are we on the same internet? The reaction to Captain Marvel was almost overwhelmingly positive. The first trailer was excellent. (And the like vs dislike rating on YouTube is nice.)
The composite shot of her standing was amazing.

I have to agree, the responses I saw to the Captain Marvel trailer where positive to the point of hysteria.

Maybe we are all experiencing the "echo chamber" effect?

 

[Pauln6]

Yet are still cursed jungle savages....

With a crap load of patriarchal societies out there, I'd be reluctant to hamstring the one matriarchal society on the books. Troll wives were stated to be more powerful than males and exactly how many of those have we ever seen.

Whether a species is a mono-culture or not depends entirely on the plot but don't fret about featuring an evil drow assassin or priestess. Being bad feels so good and I guarantee they will develop a fan base.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

With a crap load of patriarchal societies out there, I'd be reluctant to hamstring the one matriarchal society on the books. Troll wives were stated to be more powerful than males and exactly how many of those have we ever seen.

Whether a species is a mono-culture or not depends entirely on the plot but don't fret about featuring an evil drow assassin or priestess. Being bad feels so good and I guarantee they will develop a fan base.

I think you are missing the point. It doesn't matter if drow are evil or not. What matters is this: If drow are portrayed by white actors, the Left will be up in arms because it is denying jobs to black actors (and "whitewashing" if the drow are some other colour). If you cast a black actor as a drow, the Right will be up in arms because their features are not angular enough.

There is only one way to avoid annoying half the population of the USA: Don't have any drow. The fact that this would make it a better movie anyway is just a bonus.

 

[generic]

There is only one way to avoid annoying half the population of the USA: Don't have any drow. The fact that this would make it a better movie anyway is just a bonus.

Has the conversation already shifted back to this again?

Side note:

I agree that we don't necessarily need Drow, but I have to admit that I do love them.

 

[OB1]

Having just seen Aquaman, and been blown away by it, my new hope is that they get James Wan to direct the movie. Between his ability to direct a large adventuring party (Fast & Furious), his skill with tension and world building (Conjuring franchise) and the absolutely epic fantasy scale and adventure of Aquaman, I’m positive he could make a D&D movie work.

Aquaman had every reason to be terrible and instead is one of the best comic book movies in years (though Into The Spiderverse is a close second) and easily the best Fantasy movie of the decade.

The only problem is Wan is under contract with Warner Bros, so I’m not sure he could take on a Paramount produced picture.

 

[Guest 6801328]

Here's my speculation: any movie that starts with the intriguing, inspired premise of "recognizably based on D&D" will be, at best, a C-grade movie.

Probably even worse than books with the same premise.

Caveat: the only possible exception is if it's a movie about people who play D&D. Stranger Things and The Guild showed how that concept can work.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Has the conversation already shifted back to this again?

Which proves the point, the only way to avoid a movie sh*tstorm is to avoid any hint of drow at all costs.