Mystery Man
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As long as Courtney Solomon stayed at least 500 yards away of the filiming of this movie it can't help but be better.
Dungeons & Dragons: 2. Premiering on the Sci Fi Channel on October 8th.
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Lonely Tylenol
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All I need to know is this: They're not putting any Wayanses in it, are they?
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Adventurer
From IMDB (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0406728/fullcredits):
Directed by
Gerry Lively
Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Robert Kimmel
Brian Rudnick
Cast (in credits order)
Mark Dymond .... Berek
Clemency Burton-Hill .... Melora
Bruce Payne .... Damodar
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ellie Chidzley .... Lux
Steven Elder .... Dorian
Lucy Gaskell .... Ormaline
Roy Marsden .... Oberon
Tim Stern .... Nim
Produced by
Alexandra Bouillon .... associate producer
Wolfgang Esenwein .... producer
Cindi Rice .... consulting producer
Steve Richards .... producer
John Frank Rosenblum .... consulting producer
Original Music by
David Julyan
Dana Niu (additional music)
Cinematography by
Igor Meglic
Casting by
Gillian Hawser
Production Management
Arturas Dvinelis .... production manager
Milda Leipute .... unit manager
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Neil Tuohy .... first assistant director
Sound Department
Gareth Bull .... sound re-recording mixer
Peter Fuchs .... scoring mixer
Daniel Goganian .... sound designer
Rene Mikan .... sound mixer
Special Effects by
Michael Clifford .... special effects coordinator
Visual Effects by
Vania Alban-Zapata .... digital effects artist
Robin Aristorenas .... visual effects supervisor
Stephen Bender .... visual effects coordinator
Gary J. Brown .... visual effects supervisor
Graham Cristie .... digital effects artist
Katja Hollmann .... digital lab supervisor: Lipsync Post
Julian Johnson-Mortimer .... creature designer and creator
Diego Vazquez Lozano .... digital compositor
David Margolis .... digital compositor
James Russell .... digital compositor
Stunts
Branislav Martinak .... stunt rigger
Other crew
Louis Elman .... adr voice casting
Julio Ferrario .... title designer: main titles
Pamela B. Green .... main title producer
Paul Janossy .... first assistant camera
Kevin Phelan .... head of post-production: Lip Sync Post
Directed by
Gerry Lively
Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Robert Kimmel
Brian Rudnick
Cast (in credits order)
Mark Dymond .... Berek
Clemency Burton-Hill .... Melora
Bruce Payne .... Damodar
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ellie Chidzley .... Lux
Steven Elder .... Dorian
Lucy Gaskell .... Ormaline
Roy Marsden .... Oberon
Tim Stern .... Nim
Produced by
Alexandra Bouillon .... associate producer
Wolfgang Esenwein .... producer
Cindi Rice .... consulting producer
Steve Richards .... producer
John Frank Rosenblum .... consulting producer
Original Music by
David Julyan
Dana Niu (additional music)
Cinematography by
Igor Meglic
Casting by
Gillian Hawser
Production Management
Arturas Dvinelis .... production manager
Milda Leipute .... unit manager
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Neil Tuohy .... first assistant director
Sound Department
Gareth Bull .... sound re-recording mixer
Peter Fuchs .... scoring mixer
Daniel Goganian .... sound designer
Rene Mikan .... sound mixer
Special Effects by
Michael Clifford .... special effects coordinator
Visual Effects by
Vania Alban-Zapata .... digital effects artist
Robin Aristorenas .... visual effects supervisor
Stephen Bender .... visual effects coordinator
Gary J. Brown .... visual effects supervisor
Graham Cristie .... digital effects artist
Katja Hollmann .... digital lab supervisor: Lipsync Post
Julian Johnson-Mortimer .... creature designer and creator
Diego Vazquez Lozano .... digital compositor
David Margolis .... digital compositor
James Russell .... digital compositor
Stunts
Branislav Martinak .... stunt rigger
Other crew
Louis Elman .... adr voice casting
Julio Ferrario .... title designer: main titles
Pamela B. Green .... main title producer
Paul Janossy .... first assistant camera
Kevin Phelan .... head of post-production: Lip Sync Post
AdmundfortGeographer
Getting lost in fantasy maps
After a viewing of the "screener's copy" out and about... I noted these D&Disms throughout the movie. So... possible spoilers!
Some of the spells cast...
Some magic items used...
References to D&D history
D&D miscellanea...
I might have missed a few things... but all in all, very full of D&D!
It was a fun movie to watch. And definitely better than the first, IMO.
"Temple of Obad-Hai" (The cleric of the "party" is from the temple)
"Juiblex" (named as being once worshipped by a dead guy)
"Colossal Black Dragon", said by main character after he found evidence it slept beneath a mountain near the kingdom.
"The Night Dragon", also a reference to the damn big black dragon.
"Drow", a corpse of one was hung upside down in an abbatoir, being drained of blood to be used as a component in Damodar's ointment that was treating his undeath condition.
"Goblins of Kurtul", never see one, but the village of this tribe of goblins is explored by the "party".
"Lich", (pronounced to sound like "itch") there is a lich who allies with Damodar.
"Spectre", brought forward by the Lich to take down the party who invaded the lich's necropolis inadvertantly.
"Purple Worm", the acid of one of these guys was used by the rogue to melt a lock on a chest found in the goblin shaman's hut. The flask of this was thrown at the...
White Dragon (?) Not named as such, but a dragon with a seemingly mottled white and dark scaly hide ambushed the party in the goblin's abandoned village and it was using a breath weapon that froze everything.
Air Elemental (?) Not names as such, but a just-larger-than man-sized whirling tornadic spiral of wind led a group of mages to a secret door.
"Darkmantle", bunches of these dropped onto the "party" exploring the tomb of the dead guy who worshipped Juiblex.
Lizardmen (?), not named as such, but the credits did list "Lizard Shaman", but some lizard headed, robed spellcasters healed Damodar by regenerating his arm.
Gargoyles (?), I may be mistaken, but creatures that looked like gargoyles chased down the escaping heroes. I think these are the winged sillouetted things in the upper left corner of the movie poster folks have seen.
"Juiblex" (named as being once worshipped by a dead guy)
"Colossal Black Dragon", said by main character after he found evidence it slept beneath a mountain near the kingdom.
"The Night Dragon", also a reference to the damn big black dragon.
"Drow", a corpse of one was hung upside down in an abbatoir, being drained of blood to be used as a component in Damodar's ointment that was treating his undeath condition.
"Goblins of Kurtul", never see one, but the village of this tribe of goblins is explored by the "party".
"Lich", (pronounced to sound like "itch") there is a lich who allies with Damodar.
"Spectre", brought forward by the Lich to take down the party who invaded the lich's necropolis inadvertantly.
"Purple Worm", the acid of one of these guys was used by the rogue to melt a lock on a chest found in the goblin shaman's hut. The flask of this was thrown at the...
White Dragon (?) Not named as such, but a dragon with a seemingly mottled white and dark scaly hide ambushed the party in the goblin's abandoned village and it was using a breath weapon that froze everything.
Air Elemental (?) Not names as such, but a just-larger-than man-sized whirling tornadic spiral of wind led a group of mages to a secret door.
"Darkmantle", bunches of these dropped onto the "party" exploring the tomb of the dead guy who worshipped Juiblex.
Lizardmen (?), not named as such, but the credits did list "Lizard Shaman", but some lizard headed, robed spellcasters healed Damodar by regenerating his arm.
Gargoyles (?), I may be mistaken, but creatures that looked like gargoyles chased down the escaping heroes. I think these are the winged sillouetted things in the upper left corner of the movie poster folks have seen.
Some of the spells cast...
Gust of Wind, a spell was cast that blew a cloud of poison gas away into nothing
"Vision"
"Discern Location"
"Teleport", elven wizard mentioned she prepared two, one there and one back. When asked why not just teleport there right away instead of walking all the way there, she mentioned without having seen where to go she could misteleport by miles.
Summon Monster (?), a spell was cast to summon the magmin, who proceeded to scamper around torching scrolls, books, and all sorts of wooden things in the library.
"Detect Magic"
Hold Person (?), dunno what it was, but the lich cast a spell that wrapped one of the "party" members in a greenish-yellowish aura, paralyzed.
Dispel Magic (?), the elf wizard cast a spell that made the invisible tomb entrance visible.
"Vision"
"Discern Location"
"Teleport", elven wizard mentioned she prepared two, one there and one back. When asked why not just teleport there right away instead of walking all the way there, she mentioned without having seen where to go she could misteleport by miles.
Summon Monster (?), a spell was cast to summon the magmin, who proceeded to scamper around torching scrolls, books, and all sorts of wooden things in the library.
"Detect Magic"
Hold Person (?), dunno what it was, but the lich cast a spell that wrapped one of the "party" members in a greenish-yellowish aura, paralyzed.
Dispel Magic (?), the elf wizard cast a spell that made the invisible tomb entrance visible.
Some magic items used...
Wand or staff with "Lightning Bolt", elf wizard cast repeated lightning bolts, apparantly right from a stick held in her hands.
Ring of the Ram, (found with the detect magic spell in the goblin shaman's hut) the translucent ram's head appearing at the ring and shooting out to smack a target.
Gem of "True Seeing", used by the rogue to spot magically concealed things, such as the entrance to the tomb of the Juiblex worshipping dead guy. Even a reference to it not being able to reveal "mundanely concealed" things.
Ring of the Ram, (found with the detect magic spell in the goblin shaman's hut) the translucent ram's head appearing at the ring and shooting out to smack a target.
Gem of "True Seeing", used by the rogue to spot magically concealed things, such as the entrance to the tomb of the Juiblex worshipping dead guy. Even a reference to it not being able to reveal "mundanely concealed" things.
References to D&D history
"Ghost Tower of Inverness", main character said he once explored it.
"Barrier Peaks", asked what was it like by barbarian woman to the rogue.
"Shrine of the Kuo Toa", referred to by rogue when trying to come up with solutions to a puzzle-lock to gain entrance to tomb.
"Barrier Peaks", asked what was it like by barbarian woman to the rogue.
"Shrine of the Kuo Toa", referred to by rogue when trying to come up with solutions to a puzzle-lock to gain entrance to tomb.
D&D miscellanea...
Example of "elven senses", as elven wizard noticed a hollow spot behind a wall.
"Teleport" mishap, the elven wizard cast a teleport spell into Damodar's lair, having only seen the destination through a scrying, got herself partly stuck in a wall. You get a glimpse of main character about to lop her arm off (because it is now part of the wall) as the Party then teleports straight back to the temple of Obad Hai for healing.
Bluff skill (?), the rogue insists no one look while he is going to use his ancient rogue guild secrets to operate a complex device, and then promptly just yanks a switch when no one looks.
Barbarian rage, its barely controllable fury, and the exhaustion when rage ends.
Clerical undead turning, as cleric of Obad Hai destroys bunches of spectres (but not all) with holy symbol held aloft.
Half-orc, in the beginning credits as the camera scans over sheets of parchments. the words "half-orc" are written next to a sketching of a ... half-orc. Not certain if the assistant to Damodar is a half-orc, it's never said, but it looks like it might be.
"Teleport" mishap, the elven wizard cast a teleport spell into Damodar's lair, having only seen the destination through a scrying, got herself partly stuck in a wall. You get a glimpse of main character about to lop her arm off (because it is now part of the wall) as the Party then teleports straight back to the temple of Obad Hai for healing.
Bluff skill (?), the rogue insists no one look while he is going to use his ancient rogue guild secrets to operate a complex device, and then promptly just yanks a switch when no one looks.
Barbarian rage, its barely controllable fury, and the exhaustion when rage ends.
Clerical undead turning, as cleric of Obad Hai destroys bunches of spectres (but not all) with holy symbol held aloft.
Half-orc, in the beginning credits as the camera scans over sheets of parchments. the words "half-orc" are written next to a sketching of a ... half-orc. Not certain if the assistant to Damodar is a half-orc, it's never said, but it looks like it might be.
I might have missed a few things... but all in all, very full of D&D!
It was a fun movie to watch. And definitely better than the first, IMO.
Fast Learner
First Post
Agreed that it was better than the first, and you caught the same things I was going to mention.
I think you're wrong about one monster... I think it was
, not
. Based on their appearance and on how tough they were, I don't think they were the latter.
I think you're wrong about one monster... I think it was
some kind of demons that chased the party
gargoyles
Upper_Krust
Legend
Thanks for the list of cool features Eric! The movie is sounding better and better, really looking forward to seeing it now. 
Bill Muench
First Post
Fast Learner said:
Didn't they specifically refer to them as
harpies
I disliked how they always referred to spells by their proper name. For example
"they're casting a discern location spell". How hard would it have been to say "they're casting a spell to discern his location"? Maybe it's just me.
wingsandsword
Legend
That's how I always hear it around the gaming table:Bill Muench said:
In-character, players (in my experience) typically say: "They're casting Detect Magic (for example) instead of They are casting a spell to detect the presence of Magic. Spells are typically referred to by their proper names, and the movie held that true.
