D&D Movie/TV D&D: Honor Among Thieves Superbowl Spot

The Superbowl commercial for the upcoming movie Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves has been released in advance. The movie comes out on March 31st.

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[Henadic Theologian]

Szazz Tam is top ten, at least.

I'd say top five, possibly top, he did almost destroy the entire multiverse once to create his own version, only Shar is really competition for most dangerous evil.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

Also, I gather the villain is, ultimately, Thay? Thay makes a really solid case for greatest perennial evil on Faerun. There have been more acute threats throughout history, and certainly bigger, more existential or metaphysical threats, but Thay is just kind of always there, chugging away in the background, still handcrafting traditional hickory smoked evil the way your grandpa liked it.

Szazz Tam once almost destroyed the entire D&D multiverse using his Dread Rings, to create his own, using magics forbidden to even the Gods, and in his failure wrecked a huge part of previously lovely (if evil) Thay and triggering a religious and political civil war in Thay and made a deal with Bane to boot.

 

[LordEntrails]

So did I miss it?

 

[jerryrice4949]

So did I miss it?

I didn’t see it. Was this all a marketing ploy?

 

[bedir than]

I didn’t see it. Was this all a marketing ploy?

it was about thirty minutes prior to the kick, i think. I was putting groceries away

 

[toucanbuzz]

I watched the game from 15 minutes before kickoff to the end, it wasn't on during the game itself, so it wasn't aired as a Superbowl ad. With a cursory internet glance, a clickbait website listed "superbowl movie trailers" and made conjecture of what could be aired, including listing the D&D movie and several that didn't get aired. Another site linked to them as a source, and so it went.

 

[bedir than]

I watched the game from 15 minutes before kickoff to the end, it wasn't on during the game itself, so it wasn't aired as a Superbowl ad. With a cursory internet glance, a clickbait website listed "superbowl movie trailers" and made conjecture of what could be aired, including listing the D&D movie and several that didn't get aired. Another site linked to them as a source, and so it went.

well, not quite.

The official DnD Movie Twitter account referred to the advert that way. It was just in pregame and some, but not all of the ad trackers, consider those when doing Super Bowl ad reviews (CBS does, Ad Week doesn't)

 

[Eyes of Nine]

it was about thirty minutes prior to the kick, i think. I was putting groceries away

that explains why I didn't see it - I was driving to the super bowl party

I was the youngest person at said party, I would have loved to have heard what people thought of that ad...

 

[Retreater]

I was the youngest person at said party, I would have loved to have heard what people thought of that ad..

My father is a sports ball fan in his 70s, and this is how he sees all fantasy and sci-fi...

 

[OB1]

I saw the 30 second spot about 15 minutes before kickoff and then a 15 second spot in the first quarter. The two full length trailers are now up to 31M views combined on YouTube, but it doesn't look like they got much of a bump from the SB commercial.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

I saw the 30 second spot about 15 minutes before kickoff and then a 15 second spot in the first quarter. The two full length trailers are now up to 31M views combined on YouTube, but it doesn't look like they got much of a bump from the SB commercial.

It's misleading because folks see it in different places, apparently months ago the movie's official twitter meaned the trailer had been viewed over 100 million times.

 

[Mad_Jack]

My father is a sports ball fan in his 70s, and this is how he sees all fantasy and sci-fi...
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I'd watch that movie... In fact, I think I have, several different times, lol.

 

[MarkB]

My father is a sports ball fan in his 70s, and this is how he sees all fantasy and sci-fi...
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They're taking the ewoks to Isengard!

 

[darjr]

They're taking the ewoks to Isengard!

Resistance is futile!

 

[AstroCat]

This still looks embarrassingly bad, no way I'd see this in the theater. Eventually streaming somewhere...

 

[Eyes of Nine]

This still looks embarrassingly bad, no way I'd see this in the theater. Eventually streaming somewhere...

If by bad you mean AMAZING! I agree with you

May actually brave a covid-filled (assumed) theater to see it

 

[Staffan]

Made me look.

I see he's making moves on Ben Affleck's territory.

 

[Morrus]

Greenwood must be over the moon that the world he created in a notebook for his own stories is not only the flagship D&D world but also now a major motion picture

Well, he's probably not getting a cut of the movie's proceeds.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I see he's making moves on Ben Affleck's territory.

Dunkin' Donuts?

 

[Staffan]

Dunkin' Donuts?

Jimmy Kimmel. Who, as we know, is bleeping Ben Affleck.