Dungeons & Dragons: 2. Premiering on the Sci Fi Channel on October 8th.

[Soel]

Maybe Sci Fi will show Hawk the Slayer as a lead in? I hope so!!!

 

[kolvar]

Mhm, sounds a bit like "The Gamers" with more budget and less humor (at least, it sounds as if some ideas are similar)

 

[tecnowraith]

I have notice that SciFI always does a theme each time they premerie a new movie so I am wondering which movies will be part of theme. which they have have listed already: LEVIATHAN, DEEP SHOCK, GARGANTUA, CURSE OF THE KOMODO, DRAGON FIGHTER, DRAGON STORM and KULL THE CONQUEROR. I knew they were gonna put two dragon movies on the schedule.

 

[Upper_Krust]

Hey all!

You know, I was reading the Dungeons & Dragons movie reviews over at rottentomatoes just for laughs and one of the reviewers noted that there are NO parts of the D&D movie where the heroes actually fight ANY monsters. Isn't that just bizarre in the extreme. We get to see a few dragons, but apart from those brief moments we only get to see people fighting people.

 

[AdmundfortGeographer]

You know, I was reading the Dungeons & Dragons movie reviews over at rottentomatoes just for laughs and one of the reviewers noted that there are NO parts of the D&D movie where the heroes actually fight ANY monsters. Isn't that just bizarre in the extreme. We get to see a few dragons, but apart from those brief moments we only get to see people fighting people.

Well. The review was wrong. The heroes fought a white dragon. The barbarian battled demon/gargoyles to let the character with the MacGuffin get back to the city. While maybe the didn't strike blows against any spectres (how do you do this anyway?), the cleric turned them and destroyed a bunch... do you actually have to hit a spectre to have it count as "fighting" it?

They tried battling the lich, but it soundly magically paralyzed those who came too close to it. The main fighter fellow battled the half-orc (?) aid of Damodar's.

 

[Droogie]

Ooh, that'd be cool.

The sounds of dice rolling in the background, occasional arcane mumblings and chanting, furious scribbing of pencil on paper, swords and armor clashing, pages flipping furiously, horses galloping.

Brief glimpses of a an elaborate parchment characters sheet of one of the main characters.

Shots of famous D&D artwork, everything from famous old module covers to modern iconics.

A montage of famous rulebook covers, from the old 1st Edition DMG on to the 3.5 PHB.

A shot of a twenty-sided die landing a natural 20 on a wooden table lit by candlelight.

Marvel really has a good thing with their "comic motif" openings, and future D&D movies really could have a similar thing going to establish the mood and remind people of the original medium.

Interesting idea, but I would start to feel like I'm watching a blatant 90 min. commercial for WotC, which I find kind of tacky. I'm sure this movie will drum up some business, but must we head into YuGiOh territory?

 

[ecliptic]

I hope the movie is atleast decent.

 

[Mouseferatu]

Well. The review was wrong. The heroes fought a white dragon. The barbarian battled demon/gargoyles to let the character with the MacGuffin get back to the city. While maybe the didn't strike blows against any spectres (how do you do this anyway?), the cleric turned them and destroyed a bunch... do you actually have to hit a spectre to have it count as "fighting" it?

They tried battling the lich, but it soundly magically paralyzed those who came too close to it. The main fighter fellow battled the half-orc (?) aid of Damodar's.

I could be wrong--haven't gone to Rotten Tomatoes--but I think he was talking about the first D&D movie.

 

[AdmundfortGeographer]

I could be wrong--haven't gone to Rotten Tomatoes--but I think he was talking about the first D&D movie.

Oy! If that is the case, my embarrassment knows no limit! *hangs head in shame*

 

[Upper_Krust]

Hey Eric dude!

Oy! If that is the case, my embarrassment knows no limit! *hangs head in shame*

I was indeed refering to the first D&D movie.

As for your punishment, its off to the dungeon with you, to watch the first movie for all eternity!