Dungeons and Dragons 2

[nikolai]

Some Random D&D II links:

A D&D Sequel?

Despite the first film's lackluster performance at the box office, there's been talk of a sequel to Dungeons & Dragons for some time now – maybe they feel guilty about how the first film turned out...

http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/504/504476p1.html

Dungeons & Dragons Dares a Second Quest

Dungeons & Dragons came out in 2000, after a long fantasy drought at the cinema. It was to be a sort of appetizer for The Lord of the Rings, but the movie unfortunately fell far short of expectations... ...Solomon's own Sweetpea Entertainment will be involved with production. Solomon has made no other films since Dungeons & Dragons.

http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/410/410032p1.html

 

[Zappo]

I'm actually looking forward to it. I'm afraid that if they made a muppets movie and called it "D&D" I would still look forward to it. Hopefully, though, this is going to be better than the first (if anything, because I don't know how it could be worse).

 

[Chimera]

I'm actually looking forward to it. I'm afraid that if they made a muppets movie and called it "D&D" I would still look forward to it. Hopefully, though, this is going to be better than the first (if anything, because I don't know how it could be worse).

Kermit the Paladin, Miss Piggie the Monk ("Haiiiiyaaah!"), Gonzo the Thief...

Gotta fit the Swedish Chef...er, Cleric in there somewhere.

And a sure sign of the times that, buried in this thread, were the hints of an argument over whether including Raise Dead in the movie would be cheapening the character deaths... Yeah, yeah, can't have that.

 

[WanderingMonster]

I'm actually looking forward to it. I'm afraid that if they made a muppets movie and called it "D&D" I would still look forward to it.

They called it The Dark Crystal. Rent it. It's cool.

 

[Zappo]

They called it The Dark Crystal. Rent it. It's cool.

Did so. It is.

Though I was mostly referring to an unsatiable desire to see the D&D brand on something, anything, that reaches the mainstream. I hope this movie doesn't suck too hard.

 

[Mercule]

I think there is very little chance they'll start fresh with this one but hopefully they'll use a non-rubber axe this time around and maybe they can add some random ninja attacks to the film.

That makes me think that they'd do okay if they turned it into a live-action 8-bit Theatre. At least that way, we'd know it was supposed to be silly.

 

[Ranger REG]

Though I was mostly referring to an unsatiable desire to see the D&D brand on something, anything, that reaches the mainstream. I hope this movie doesn't suck too hard.

Well, it's a good thing I came to the point in my life where I really do not care if the mainstream give a fig. Either they cross over to our side or they can go take a flying leap -- along with those plastic-coated pop girls and shrink-wrapped boy bands -- into the cultural abyss.

 

[Salcor]

I believe that if they are going to do another DnD movie they need to do either the Crystal Shard or the some of the Dragonlance books. Those stories are have a lot of support from nongamers. Just get with Salvatore or Weis and Hickman have them write the screenplay to do it right. I think it could be a good movie, but if you need a good director. Hopefully they will do something like this.


Salcor

 

[Ranger REG]

Actually, it would be nice if they do a Greyhawk movie. (The Temple of Elemental Evil?) As long there is an actual dungeon with a "party" (cast of characters) that is composed of the more known PC race.

 

[johnsemlak]

Actually, it would be nice if they do a Greyhawk movie. (The Temple of Elemental Evil?) As long there is an actual dungeon with a "party" (cast of characters) that is composed of the more known PC race.

I'd love to see that myself, but I'm afraid that many classic modules have poor possibliitys for a movie storyline. The very confined location is the main problem. ToEE is laregly a dungeon crawl through the, well, ToEE. Similar story with Against the Giants. I'd love to see a movie based on it, but really, a movie taking place at the three giant lairs would be very hard to develop. Now, the D1-3 series has more possibilites I think...