D&D Movie/TV Bridgerton Star Regé-Jean Page Joins D&D Movie

Morrus · Feb 17, 2021

doctorbadwolf said:
Considering the number of people of color in Britain at that time and earlier (vastly more than you probably think), the number of common folk raised into the gentry in that time and earlier, it’s not historically ignorant at all.

If one caste is one ethnicity, and another ethnicity cannot enter that caste even though members of the first ethnicity can move from one to the other, that is racism. The end.

Gradine said:
The Yellow Wallpaper is indeed very good, though it would be remiss to recommend it without pointing out that Gilman was pants-on-head racist, like at a "Lovecraft-might-ask-her-to-dial-it-back-a-bit" level

e: This is not to say that The Yellow Wallpaper demonstrates any of that racism, which I realize I might have implied while alluding to Lovecraft.

I’ll repeat my above warning to drop this subject. This thread is about the D&D movie, not a general treatise on racism.

bedir than · Feb 17, 2021

Mistwell said:
Does there need to be a distinction of character classes in the game? Does it need a call-out to class and race and sub-class and feats and ability scores and such to be a good D&D movie?

While it is unnecessary for the movie to be good, I'm certain that the RPG side of the project will want to be able to stat up the adventuring party. Having Wizards consult on the project I would expect we see characters that are typical of the core classes.
Having actual Hollywood writers means we are unlikely to see those descriptions called out specifically unless through some kind of meta or humorous shout.

I also expect that the party concept will lean into Crawford's phrase "a diverse group is a strong group." We should expect that to be represented in the who of the characters, the what of the characters, etc

robus · Feb 17, 2021

BookTenTiger said:
Also I think I'm in the minority for this one, but I would love it if the movie had a framing device in which all these celebrities, playing themselves, were gathering together for a casual D&D game at one of their houses. Start the movie with them catching up, ordering pizza (I'll give you my Wand of Magic Missile if we can have anchovies on the pizza!), sharing baby pictures... And then the movie ends with them looking forward to next week's game!

100% - I've posited the best way to run a series of D&D movies is to have each movie have the same primary cast but playing a different role and campaign in each movie. Would be a great way to keep things fresh (and a good reference to the reality of actual D&D play).

Actually I don't think it should start off in the real world. I think this "it was all a game" would be a great post-credits scene and an excellent way to foreshadow the next movie.

Enevhar Aldarion · Feb 17, 2021

robus said:
Actually I don't think it should start off in the real world. I think this "it was all a game" would be a great post-credits scene and an excellent way to foreshadow the next movie.

No, it needs to be a real movie about real characters, not some split thing like that. And every single reference in the movie to some in-game mechanic will just make it worse and worse.

Also, I agree with the people who said this movie needs a real title ASAP, so that everyone will stop calling it the D&D movie and people can stop acting like it will be a movie similar to Critical Role or other streaming groups.

BookTenTiger · Feb 17, 2021

Enevhar Aldarion said:
No, it needs to be a real movie about real characters, not some split thing like that. And every single reference in the movie to some in-game mechanic will just make it worse and worse.

Also, I agree with the people who said this movie needs a real title ASAP, so that everyone will stop calling it the D&D movie and people can stop acting like it will be a movie similar to Critical Role or other streaming groups.

The movie doesn't "need" to be one way or the other. If I were creating it, the movie would be one thing, if you were creating it then it would be another.

To me, the perfect D&D movie would be like The Princess Bride. That movie is both an adventure story and a movie about why we love adventure stories. My perfect D&D movie would be a fantasy story and a movie about why we love fantasy, framed by a bunch of players playing D&D.

ART! · Feb 17, 2021

I guess I just want a rip-roaring tale and a good time.

I imagine a group drawn together by fate who really, really don't get along at first, but who learn to be a very effective team by the end. It'd be really cute if one or more of them get involved because of a notice posted on a wall calling for adventurers, or a mysterious stranger at an inn.

Oofta · Feb 17, 2021

Mistwell said:
Does there need to be a distinction of character classes in the game? Does it need a call-out to class and race and sub-class and feats and ability scores and such to be a good D&D movie?

I mean, if a character throws a fireball and fights with a sword and heals someone with a spell and rages and casts a ritual and turns undead and backstabs someone and changes shape into an animal, will people freak out that it's too many class abilities stuffed into one character for a D&D movie?

I think I alluded this on the other D&D movie, but I do think the screenwriters and producers should know what class the protagonists are. Implement the look and feel of the classes without ever discussing the implementation.

So have a cleric or paladin that heals people. Have a wizard that does magic missile and in a longer fight starts relying on fire bolt. Make the movie an homage to the game without ever revealing the ruleset; no "magic dust".

On the other hand character sheets in the post-credit scenes could be humorous.

Gradine · Feb 17, 2021

We have quite a few successful examples of what a D&D movie should look like, they just need to be updated with the genre trappings. Guardians if the Galaxy, the better Fast and Furious movies, the new Jumanjis...

Oofta · Feb 17, 2021

Gradine said:
We have quite a few successful examples of what a D&D should look like, they just need to be updated with the genre trappings. Guardians if the Galaxy, the better Fast and Furious movies...

There were "better" F&F Movies?