Dungeons & Dragons in E.T. (movie)

[grodog]

The quotation from Gary is interesting: I thought I'd heard Gary lay the blame for the no-go for using D&D in ET at the feet of the Blumes vs. him making that decision. That ring any bells to anyone else??

 

[Orius]

The game was tunnels and trolls. I think they couldn't get the rights to D&D.

But, how is that a stretch? Thats a huge amount of film time.

Is the portrayal of the kids playing realistic, basically.

Exactly. It was over my head when I first saw it in 1982, but seeing it later I knew right off it was D&D more or less (yeah, technically it was T&T, but it looks like D&D on the surface).

 

[JohnRTroy]

The quotation from Gary is interesting: I thought I'd heard Gary lay the blame for the no-go for using D&D in ET at the feet of the Blumes vs. him making that decision. That ring any bells to anyone else??

Well, he said it on the Gygax Games mailing list back in 2003.

Yahoo! Groups

 

[jaerdaph]

I think everyone is missing the obvious.

Judging by the sheer dullness and board game-like nature of the game depicted in that scene, it becomes readily apparent that E.T. clearly brought a copy of 4e back from the future and gave it to these kids to play.

 

[ExploderWizard]

I think everyone is missing the obvious.

Judging by the sheer dullness and board game-like nature of the game depicted in that scene, it becomes readily apparent that E.T. clearly brought a copy of 4e back from the future and gave it to these kids to play.

Oh noes! You went there.

Thread closure sensors activated.

Countdown initiated.

 

[renau1g]

How would you classify the OD&D Gary Gygax tribute in the recent Futurama movie (Bender's something or other, can't remember title). that was relatively mainstream and quite recent at that...

Don't forgot he was also in one episode of the show:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbLrdwZ9WhI]YouTube - D&D&F (Dungeons and Dragons and Futurama)[/ame]

 

[Gentlegamer]

I miss Gary.

 

[jaerdaph]

Oh noes! You went there.

Thread closure sensors activated.

Countdown initiated.

I'm a very bad man. It comes from my formative years spent betting on D&D in smoke-filled rooms.

 

[Umbran]

I think everyone is missing the obvious.

Apparently "the obvious" is "more edition warring".

Missing it or not, we don't need it, especially not in the holiday season. Please don't bring it back here again. Thank you.

 

[DaveyJones]

I miss Gary.

see you at GaryCon II in march? http://www.garycon.com/