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timbannock replied to the thread Ravenloft, the Movie.IMHO, a Curse of Strahd series would be really neat. You've got the various vampire spawn that have all the classic vampire weaknesses... -
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So I don’t think the budget was an issue or at least not in comparison to other similarly budgeted movies. I’m just looking for whether... -
timbannock replied to the thread Shawn Levy Provides Update on Netflix D&D Show.Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love that sequence. But I also can't deny it was expensive as heck and wasn't the necessary means of...
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timbannock replied to the thread Best practices for easy-to-run modules [+].Repeating what others have said, but maybe with my own spin... Absolutely brutal editing. Whatever words the author things are...
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State of the Mongoose 2025 Mongoose Publishing is just finishing its 24th year in business and our silver anniversary is just a year...
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timbannock replied to the thread Shawn Levy Provides Update on Netflix D&D Show.Yeah, all of that. The D&D movie was a victim of timing and over-budgeting. Strip out stuff like the Themberchaud sequence and you still...
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To be fair, that worked out badly because of the people involved, not because it could not be done.
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The reason HAT is considered a failure was it cost too much too make. (Which should serve as a warning with regards to any attempt at...
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Indeed, it stands as proof that success is based on good writing and good acting, not dredging the past. Xenk was also a good...
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Non-success by people using a pre-streaming measuring stick. The movie is 100% in the public consciousness. I remember Taylor Tomlinson...
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Honestly, the intense popularity of BG3 is a great argument for the approach Levy and company are taking: nobody had heard of any of...
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Even the non-success in the box office of Honor Among Thieves shows tens of millions of people who saw it in theaters and online, all...
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I'm so glad we got Xenk rather than Drizzt in Honor Among Thieves
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timbannock replied to the thread Shawn Levy Provides Update on Netflix D&D Show.Yeah, could be something like the typical nepotism of Hollywood writing is at play: Levy and/or his closest writer-buds just aren't the...
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timbannock replied to the thread Shawn Levy Provides Update on Netflix D&D Show.Given the apparent takeaways from Honor Among Thieves, I suspect they would do well to be pretty grounded, as well, if they are going...