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<blockquote data-quote="barsoomcore" data-source="post: 900581" data-attributes="member: 812">Sure. He's a DM.People suggesting that he hang himself or whatever are being excessively cruel, I think. You didn't like the film, fine. But you're talking about a real person. You wouldn't say something like that to his face, I'm sure.Having read interviews with him and spent a couple of hours listening to his commentary on the movie, I can say that he certainly comes across as a guy who honestly and truly wanted to make a great fantasy movie.Okay, so he failed. But give me an honest effort over crassly commercial cash grabs any day. He strikes me as a guy who honestly loves the game, loves the genre and through a wild combination of circumstance, chutzpah and hard work got himself the rights to the Dungeons and Dragons movies. And then he got one made. Good for him.Yeah, it was pretty lame. It felt like my first ten homebrew campaigns, is what it felt like. Watching that movie reminded me of a million afternoons and evenings spent with my friends, trying to recreate the stories we read of Aragorn, Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser, and Conan. We failed, too. But god, we had fun.I have a soft spot for the D&amp;D movie, I admit it. I don't think I'd like some flashy, slick, over-produced film purporting to be D&amp;D. D&amp;D is about homebrewy goodness, warts and all. It's about imagination and excitement, not special effects and pretty cinematography. It's about TRYING. Not succeeding, just trying.And what I sense in every frame of the D&amp;D movie is just how hard everyone is trying. They fail, no question. But sometimes failure is more fun. Or at least it seems more appropriate, somehow.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="barsoomcore, post: 900581, member: 812"] Sure. He's a DM. People suggesting that he hang himself or whatever are being excessively cruel, I think. You didn't like the film, fine. But you're talking about a real person. You wouldn't say something like that to his face, I'm sure. Having read interviews with him and spent a couple of hours listening to his commentary on the movie, I can say that he certainly comes across as a guy who honestly and truly wanted to make a great fantasy movie. Okay, so he failed. But give me an honest effort over crassly commercial cash grabs any day. He strikes me as a guy who honestly loves the game, loves the genre and through a wild combination of circumstance, chutzpah and hard work got himself the rights to the Dungeons and Dragons movies. And then he got one made. Good for him. Yeah, it was pretty lame. It felt like my first ten homebrew campaigns, is what it felt like. Watching that movie reminded me of a million afternoons and evenings spent with my friends, trying to recreate the stories we read of Aragorn, Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser, and Conan. We failed, too. But god, we had fun. I have a soft spot for the D&D movie, I admit it. I don't think I'd like some flashy, slick, over-produced film purporting to be D&D. D&D is about homebrewy goodness, warts and all. It's about imagination and excitement, not special effects and pretty cinematography. It's about TRYING. Not succeeding, just trying. And what I sense in every frame of the D&D movie is just how hard everyone is trying. They fail, no question. But sometimes failure is more fun. Or at least it seems more appropriate, somehow. [/QUOTE]

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