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<blockquote data-quote="Dragonblade" data-source="post: 8207143" data-attributes="member: 2804">Yes, exactly!Traditional high fantasy doesn't work. D&amp;D is not Lord of the Rings. Anything they play straight is bound to be campy cheese. Which some people like, to be fair. But then to be successful beyond a niche audience it needs to lean into the Army of Darkness vibe and embrace the camp and go over the top. It must be willing to go hardcore with the comedy and the violence. Army of Darkness was Deadpool before Deadpool. Thats why it has become such a classic. And that's why I think that style is a good fit for a D&amp;D movie. Its D&amp;D, people! We always imagine we are playing Lord of the Rings but in reality we always end up playing Army of Darkness or Spaceballs. A great D&amp;D movie will capture that vibe! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> The original D&amp;D move that came out almost 20 years ago now tried to play it straight and thats also a big reason it failed. It had comedy but it was in-universe comedy that mostly fell flat. Even Guardians of the Galaxy didn't take itself seriously for the most part.You could do a Guardian's style D&amp;D movie, but you need really sharp writing, James Gunn style direction, and A-tier special effects. Granted you need that regardless. But if they try to turn a D&amp;D movie into Lord of the Rings style epic, its going to bomb. It will end up being a Uwe Boll level disaster like that awful Dungeon Seige movie, In the Name of the King. ShudderIf I'm going to laugh while watching a D&amp;D movie, I want to laugh with the movie. Not at the movie. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dragonblade, post: 8207143, member: 2804"] Yes, exactly! Traditional high fantasy doesn't work. D&D is not Lord of the Rings. Anything they play straight is bound to be campy cheese. Which some people like, to be fair. But then to be successful beyond a niche audience it needs to lean into the Army of Darkness vibe and embrace the camp and go over the top. It must be willing to go hardcore with the comedy and the violence. Army of Darkness was Deadpool before Deadpool. Thats why it has become such a classic. And that's why I think that style is a good fit for a D&D movie. Its D&D, people! We always imagine we are playing Lord of the Rings but in reality we always end up playing Army of Darkness or Spaceballs. A great D&D movie will capture that vibe! :) The original D&D move that came out almost 20 years ago now tried to play it straight and thats also a big reason it failed. It had comedy but it was in-universe comedy that mostly fell flat. Even Guardians of the Galaxy didn't take itself seriously for the most part. You could do a Guardian's style D&D movie, but you need really sharp writing, James Gunn style direction, and A-tier special effects. Granted you need that regardless. But if they try to turn a D&D movie into Lord of the Rings style epic, its going to bomb. It will end up being a Uwe Boll level disaster like that awful Dungeon Seige movie, In the Name of the King. [I]Shudder[/I] If I'm going to laugh while watching a D&D movie, I want to laugh with the movie. Not at the movie. :) [/QUOTE]

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