Dungeons and Dragons 2

[tecnowraith]

Plot Summary

DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS: THE SEQUEL is based upon the highly successful role playing game, DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS. The sequel's adventure tells the story of an evil wizard who steals a black orb which controls a sleeping black dragon. An aspiring sorceress and a decorated warrior are summoned to defend the kingdom as evil forces lay waste. A battle for control of the kingdom unfolds in this classic tale of good vs. evil.

Ok so it is basicly the same plot as the first one. Magic artufact to control a creature or dragon. Um why repeat the first film plot for a sequeal? Please lets hope they change the plot for better or traditional dungeon crawl that someone mentioned.

 

[nikolai]

Ok so it is basicly the same plot as the first one. Magic artufact to control a creature or dragon. Um why repeat the first film plot for a sequeal? Please lets hope they change the plot for better or traditional dungeon crawl that someone mentioned.

I think from the writer's perspective, that given the film's title, the movie has to have (1) a dungeon and (2) a dragon, in order to meet expectations. If you're a screenwriter who hasn't a great amount of familiarity with fantasy, the "villain has a magic artifact which controls a dragon" routine is probably a natural plot choice. It lets you check the tickboxes for Quest, Powerful Artifact, Evil Wizard, Threat to the Kingdom, Dragon, etc.

I'm not that dispondent about the concept, given there's a black dragon, which is very D&Desque, and an orb of dragonkind. I'm not as familiar with D&D history as some, but this seems very old-school to me. It's the idea Dragonlance was based upon, orbs of dragonkind are one of the orginal artifacts. It may not seem all that people like us, but if you're just getting into fantasy, it probably seems quite cool.

 

[RavenProject]

Great, another year of "Ohh, you are playing Dungeons&Dragons, aren't you? Yeah, I know about that stuff. I saw the movie."

 

[Bass Puppet]

The only thing that can make this movie worse is if you get Lucas to write, produce, and direct it.

I vote that they just continue the story from "Scourging of the World".

I'm sure it'll be 100% better than this 15 million dollar trainwreck of an idea.

 

[drnuncheon]

They should just do a live-action version of Record of Lodoss War. it's got dungeons. It's got dragons. It's got epic quests, paladins, antipaladins, wise sages, mysterious witches, elves, dark elves, and a cool dwarf.

And most importantly, it doesn't suck.

J

 

[xanthiss]

Homeland D&D movie

I think they should just do the Homeland series, Drizzit would be perfect, for a main character, and has the weight and substance to carry an entire film. The secondary characters are interesting and plentiful enough. They don't need to have the typical party atmosphere to have a D&D movie. Why not go with the best character they have? A whole movie of dark elves, raids on the surface and main character tension, leading to the inevitable betrayal of his race. I smell a hit. Just my thoughts.
xanthiss

 

[LeapingShark]

Yep Xanthiss, WOTC & RASalvatore thought the same thing. Two years ago they made a deal with the Fireworks Entertainment (Andromeda/MutantX/AdventureInc/RelicHunter) to make a D&D TV series called "Forgotten Realms", followed by one or more theatrical movies called "Dark Elf" . Apparently all of those deals collapsed.

 

[Steverooo]

Ick!

From the plot synopsis at the top of the page, it sounds like Iron's character, and the young Magette, minus the dead Snails and Queen's Elf, will be back, from film one... This does not bode well, IMHO, even if new actors reprise the "older" PCs!

 

[Ranger REG]

Two years ago they made a deal with the Fireworks Entertainment (Andromeda/MutantX/AdventureInc/RelicHunter) to make a D&D TV series called "Forgotten Realms", followed by one or more theatrical movies called "Dark Elf" . Apparently all of those deals collapsed.

It's probably a good thing. I recently heard that Firework Entertainment have shut down.

 

[Green Knight]

It's probably a good thing. I recently heard that Firework Entertainment have shut down.

Yep. For those wondering what kind of job Fireworks could've done on the Forgotten Realms tv show, just check the Andromeda thread in this same forum. Andromeda was done by Fireworks, as well, and it was royally gimped by them.