D&D Movie/TV D&D Movie Cast Plays A Game Of D&D!

Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Regé-Jean Page, Sophia Lillis, and Justice Smith played a one-shot, two-hour game of D&D before shooting started on the movie. The 30-second video, posted by Paramount Pictures, doesn't actually show the game, but the cast comments on the experience.

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[Vincent55]

You mean like Critical Role's Legend of Vox Machina?

Because that is 100% exactly what they did.

And that's great, but I like this more "traditional" movie too.

not exactly but in general, as i didn't like vox as found it very juvenile and low-brow humor but guess some like that kind of stuff. I did say "adapt to a movie" not word for word that wouldn't be interesting and honestly is the main reason i don't like vox.

 

[Greg Benage]

You want a “true D&D movie” but you want it to be “high brow”?

That’s certainly a take.

 

[Vincent55]

You want a “true D&D movie” but you want it to be “high brow”?

That’s certainly a take.

lord of the Rings was an example and D&D is based heavily on these books, or for example, Dragonlance or any number of written books based on this game are far from low brow.

 

[Greg Benage]

lord of the Rings was an example and D&D is based heavily on these books, or for example, Dragonlance or any number of written books based on this game are far from low brow.

Yeah, where's that meme about what the DM imagines the campaign will be and what the players turn it into.

 

[Iosue]

Yeah, where's that meme about what the DM imagines the campaign will be and what the players turn it into.

You know, I’ll admit that I didn’t give the 2000 D&D movie a fair shake because it was jokey and silly, when what I really wanted at that time was Lord of the Rings. (Although while I was unfair, I was ultimately right in not wasting my time.) But now, having gotten Lord of the Rings, I don’t really need it anymore. When I saw the first Guardians of the Galaxy, I thought, “This what I want in a D&D movie. A party of hyper-competent screw-ups, punching above their weight to save the world from evil, with humor, heart, and shenanigans.”

But I feel like with this movie, I got so much more. Guardians was reminiscent of D&D. Honor Among Thieves brought the game, as we play it, to life.

 

[Bayushi_seikuro]

You know, I’ll admit that I didn’t give the 2000 D&D movie a fair shake because it was jokey and silly, when what I really wanted at that time was Lord of the Rings. (Although while I was unfair, I was ultimately right in not wasting my time.) But now, having gotten Lord of the Rings, I don’t really need it anymore.

It feels a lot of people felt the same way about the LotR show on Amazon. Probably dropped in to check it out and saw it wasn't what they expected and checked out.

About the Vox Machina show, I wonder how many people tuned out after/during episode one and feel it was jokey and Bad. I told a friend to keep going because it rapidly turns in tone and subject matter pretty quickly I thought

 

[payn]

It feels a lot of people felt the same way about the LotR show on Amazon. Probably dropped in to check it out and saw it wasn't what they expected and checked out.

I just couldnt follow the plot. It just wasn't interesting, and the characters felt cliché too.

About the Vox Machina show, I wonder how many people tuned out after/during episode one and feel it was jokey and Bad. I told a friend to keep going because it rapidly turns in tone and subject matter pretty quickly I thought

Tone felt all over the place for me. Which, I can certainly see a gaming group being exactly like this. I just found the rapid change in tone from character to character to be a bit jarring. Lost interest.

 

[Stalker0]

About the Vox Machina show, I wonder how many people tuned out after/during episode one and feel it was jokey and Bad. I told a friend to keep going because it rapidly turns in tone and subject matter pretty quickly I thought

Yeah If I had to rate VM after just the first two episodes, it would have rated quite poorly to me. But it significantly improves by episodes 3 and 4

 

[Vincent55]

Yeah, where's that meme about what the DM imagines the campaign will be and what the players turn it into.

i say leave that to things like vox and such, you want to appeal to a wider audience otherwise go watch the guild videos on youtube.

 

[Pentallion]

2 hours seems awfully short for that many people at the table. Considering that and how much effort it must have taken to get it set up and learn the rules I would have thought they would go longer.

I've run one shots at conventions before. Typically 3-4 hours. 2 hrs is a bit quick. No doubt the pregens were the characters in the movie.

 

[Benjamin Olson]

Since they obviously recorded it, I would wager we'll see it eventually, even if it is a DVD bonus or heck maybe during some re-release add a showing of the game. Clearly they seemed to enjoy it

Maybe. Or maybe we just saw the salvageable seconds of a terribly unentertaining session.

My guess is that is was probably mostly just a little on the awkward side, as games with a new group with new players often are. Probably enjoyable enough for super fans who buy the blu-ray, but probably not engaging enough content to be deemed good marketing.

 

[bedir than]

Maybe. Or maybe we just saw the salvageable seconds of a terribly unentertaining session.

My guess is that is was probably mostly just a little on the awkward side, as games with a new group with new players often are. Probably enjoyable enough for super fans who buy the blu-ray, but probably not engaging enough content to be deemed good marketing.

The actors have spoken about the session quite a bit, all favorably. Those that hadn't played before said it was like acting class.

 

[Benjamin Olson]

The actors have spoken about the session quite a bit, all favorably. Those that hadn't played before said it was like acting class.

Cool. I still think that if it was compelling viewing it would have been released by now. And a D&D session can certainly be a ton of fun without being a good viewing experience. Heck, it might just have technical issues like poor sound quality on their remote DM or something.

 

[Vaalingrade]

What’s a D. V. D.?

The last means by which future generations will be able to see what media we consumed before the Second Dark Age ; so named for the absolute dearth of information preserved after that time.

 

[Eyes of Nine]

The last means by which future generations will be able to see what media we consumed before the Second Dark Age ; so named for the absolute dearth of information preserved after that time.

I mean... technically, even a d v d requires another machine with it's own set of standards to access the information contained therein. Books were the last non technology intermediated medium (not counting those who need reading glasses )