D&D Movie/TV D&D: Honor Among Thieves Open Discussion [Full Spoilers]

[Ralif Redhammer]

I think one of the big issues with the Bradley Cooper scene is that he was a last minute replacement of the original actor and shot the scene by himself on a green screen and then was superimposed into the scene. I'd also say that in LotR, the hobbit scenes where they're mixing with big folk got a lot worse in the last film (like when they're dancing on tables after the battle of Helms Deep) when they were doing that instead of using practical lens effects.

I thought the parole board halfling (gnome? I thought I saw pointy ears), fit a lot better into her scenes, and wasn't nearly as distracting.

I missed that Bradley Cooper was a digital replacement for the original actor. That would do it.

The more Jackson's Middle-Earth movies relied on digital green screen and less on forced perspective and body-doubles, the less convincing their interactions and presence with the rest of the world became.

Agreed, the gnome felt less jarring.

 

[Seramus]

I missed that Bradley Cooper was a digital replacement for the original actor. That would do it.

It's mostly a COVID issue. They were smack in the middle of quarantine and almost nobody wanted to wait the 10 days to do the in person shoot.

The directors WANTED to do real footage + big name star, but had to pick one or the other.

 

[pukunui]

I know the attunement thing with “Elminster” was all about Simon overcoming his self-doubt, but wouldn’t it have been interesting if he’d had to face Mordenkainen since it’s Mordenkainen’s helmet?

Who would you like to see play the bald, goateed archmage?

 

[Eyes of Nine]

I know the attunement thing with “Elminster” was all about Simon overcoming his self-doubt, but wouldn’t it have been interesting if he’d had to face Mordenkainen since it’s Mordenkainen’s helmet?

Who would you like to see play the bald, goateed archmage?

Jason Alexander - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Hussar]

Jason Alexander - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

It’s a spell about nothing!!!!

 

[Seramus]

I know the attunement thing with “Elminster” was all about Simon overcoming his self-doubt, but wouldn’t it have been interesting if he’d had to face Mordenkainen since it’s Mordenkainen’s helmet?

The directors have said it's not Elminster, but they are interested in including him or one of his daughters in future films.

 

[pukunui]

The directors have said it's not Elminster, but they are interested in including him or one of his daughters in future films.

Having just watched it again, I got the sense that Simon just assumed it was his “great-great-grandfather” Elminster but the other guy never confirms or denies it. And then of course it turns out to be Simon himself (perhaps when he is older).

 

[Imaculata]

Since they never made the final episode of the cartoon, where the characters return home... and they are adults in their movie cameo... does this mean they've been trapped in the world of D&D since the 80s?

 

[Dioltach]

Since they never made the final episode of the cartoon, where the characters return home... and they are adults in their movie cameo... does this mean they've been trapped in the world of D&D since the 80s?

What's so unusual about that? I know I've been trapped in D&D since 1985.

 

[UngainlyTitan]

Since they never made the final episode of the cartoon, where the characters return home... and they are adults in their movie cameo... does this mean they've been trapped in the world of D&D since the 80s?

Absolutely

 

[Arakhor]

I'd take a punt that, like Narnia, if they ever return home to Earth, they will return to their previous ages.

 

[Deadstop]

I'd take a punt that, like Narnia, if they ever return home to Earth, they will return to their previous ages.

Then one hopes they also return to the 80s, shortly after they left, not forty years later.

 

[DarkCrisis]

Since they never made the final episode of the cartoon, where the characters return home... and they are adults in their movie cameo... does this mean they've been trapped in the world of D&D since the 80s?

In the original script they have the option to go home after "defeating" Venger and his master but choose to keep adventuring (apparently to other worlds). In the fan animated and voiced version of that script (found on Youtube and its excellent) they all decide to go home except for one of them.

 

[Dire Bare]

Then one hopes they also return to the 80s, shortly after they left, not forty years later.

I don't know, that could make for an interesting story!

A bunch of teenagers from the 80s, stuck in the 2020s. They would then try to get back to the "realms of Dungeons & Dragons" where things make sense!!

 

[UngainlyTitan]

I don't know, that could make for an interesting story!

A bunch of teenagers from the 80s, stuck in the 2020s. They would then try to get back to the "realms of Dungeons & Dragons" where things make sense!!

Could make for decent TV

 

[Deadstop]

I don't know, that could make for an interesting story!

A bunch of teenagers from the 80s, stuck in the 2020s. They would then try to get back to the "realms of Dungeons & Dragons" where things make sense!!

Heh. The culture shock would be hilarious, though one could also play up the personal tragedy. Any other friends or siblings who didn't go to the amusement park with the gang would be middle-aged, possibly with teenagers of their own. Parents would be elderly or even dead. And of course, the kids themselves are a notable missing-persons cold case (that probably has whole podcasts about it in the 2020s). The ride that can potentially get them back to the Realm was probably closed with extreme prejudice after six kids just up and vanished in the middle of it -- and if not, surely it's been scrapped or remodeled in the decades since.

And of course, after forty years, they likely have strong connections in the fantasy world to get back to as well. Even spouses, kids, and/or grandkids.

 

[Birmy]

Heh. The culture shock would be hilarious, though one could also play up the personal tragedy. Any other friends or siblings who didn't go to the amusement park with the gang would be middle-aged, possibly with teenagers of their own. Parents would be elderly or even dead. And of course, the kids themselves are a notable missing-persons cold case (that probably has whole podcasts about it in the 2020s). The ride that can potentially get them back to the Realm was probably closed with extreme prejudice after six kids just up and vanished in the middle of it -- and if not, surely it's been scrapped or remodeled in the decades since.

There's a comic book series called DIE (with an associated RPG whose crowdfunding is about to ship) that basically functions on this premise.

 

[Eyes of Nine]

I was sort of serious with the Jason Alexander as Mordenkainen, but over the past day I've been thinking about it, and I actually think he'd make a better Volo...

 

[Mirrorrorrim]

Am I crazy, or does the Volo portrait use Paul Scheer as the model?

 

[Devilbass]

Am I crazy, or does the Volo portrait use Paul Scheer as the model?

Hahahaha,

I was 100% thinking the same thing.