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<blockquote data-quote="slobster" data-source="post: 7985619" data-attributes="member: 6693711">I'm curious if the D&amp;D movie will go the route of being essentially a general fantasy movie with some D&amp;D names and set decorations and tropes, or if it will do something that brings in the actual tabletop game into the movie as something to be directly commented on and portrayed.The former seems to be the one most people are expecting, and what they did with the last batch of D&amp;D movies. Nothing wrong with it, really, although in some ways I think that inventing a new fantasy world and making a movie about it is no more D&amp;D than just making a brand new fantasy IP entirely, other than the name on the poster. Of course if they chose to adapt a storyline from FR or Dragonlance or something that would be a different story, but then it would be less a general D&amp;D movie and more an adaptation of some specific novels or something.Going the latter route (having the game of D&amp;D actually feature in the film somehow in addition to all the fantasy stuff) sounds kind of goofy, and could certainly be, but my point of comparison wouldn't be the animated D&amp;D series (which did the whole D&amp;D players sucked into their own campaign) but something more like the LEGO movie, which somehow managed the balancing act of making a movie about a beloved childhood toy where the fact that it was a toy was a vital in-universe fact that touched on nostalgia, while still telling a satisfying story in its own right.All that said, I won't be very surprised at all if the movie ends up just being a random fantasy adventure rollick, plus one of the weapons is called a Holy Avenger, they fight a Mindflayer in the second act as a random mook, and the main character's quirky mentor is named Bigby. I'm still a sucker for random fun adventure movies, so I could&nbsp; still enjoy it.Also, best D&amp;D movie is Princess Bride.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="slobster, post: 7985619, member: 6693711"] I'm curious if the D&D movie will go the route of being essentially a general fantasy movie with some D&D names and set decorations and tropes, or if it will do something that brings in the actual tabletop game into the movie as something to be directly commented on and portrayed. The former seems to be the one most people are expecting, and what they did with the last batch of D&D movies. Nothing wrong with it, really, although in some ways I think that inventing a new fantasy world and making a movie about it is no more D&D than just making a brand new fantasy IP entirely, other than the name on the poster. Of course if they chose to adapt a storyline from FR or Dragonlance or something that would be a different story, but then it would be less a general D&D movie and more an adaptation of some specific novels or something. Going the latter route (having the game of D&D actually feature in the film somehow in addition to all the fantasy stuff) sounds kind of goofy, and could certainly be, but my point of comparison wouldn't be the animated D&D series (which did the whole D&D players sucked into their own campaign) but something more like the LEGO movie, which somehow managed the balancing act of making a movie about a beloved childhood toy where the fact that it was a toy was a vital in-universe fact that touched on nostalgia, while still telling a satisfying story in its own right. All that said, I won't be very surprised at all if the movie ends up just being a random fantasy adventure rollick, plus one of the weapons is called a Holy Avenger, they fight a Mindflayer in the second act as a random mook, and the main character's quirky mentor is named Bigby. I'm still a sucker for random fun adventure movies, so I could still enjoy it. Also, best D&D movie is Princess Bride. [/QUOTE]

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