Dungeons & Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God! (Updated: Oct 09/05) Spoiler Free Thread

[Truth Seeker]

KF72...I have seen that site before, and if you wish to attract more...ehm, people, just an idea thrown across. Maybe, just unarchive the messages, so *public* people can see what is being talked about.

But this is only a idea, of course. And the usual sir, good luck...I moderate two gamers sites, so I know, what it is to take care of everything, especially the colors.

 

[Knightfall]

KF72...I have seen that site before, and if you wish to attract more...ehm, people, just an idea thrown across. Maybe, just unarchive the messages, so *public* people can see what is being talked about.

I would, if I could. Unfortunately, I am not the "official" owner of the group, and my moderator status is limited to approving messages & members; inviting, adding, & banning members; as well as set auto-send options for files. I'm trying to get the owner to give me FULL access to everything, but so he/she hasn't agreed. It makes it frustrating, as I can't change my moderator privileges or change any group settings.

I sent him/her an e-mail a couple of days ago to ask for full privilages, so I'm hoping by the end of this week I'll have a firm grip on things. He/she did just increase my privilages, but only the ones memtioned above.

But this is only a idea, of course. And the usual sir, good luck...I moderate two gamers sites, so I know, what it is to take care of everything, especially the colors.

It's a good idea.

And I'm an old hat at moderating yahoo groups, I have 7 groups that I own, four of which are for my personal D&D campaign settings, and four groups I help moderate. Of course, three of those are either being passed on to other people or will likely be deleted by the end of February, as I want to concentrate on my personal groups more.

Cheers!

KF72

 

[Alzrius]

Dungeons and Dragons, the Elemental Might, is the story of Berek, a desk-bound, former adventurer who must go on a quest to save Ismir from Damodar’s revenge. Having walked the land as one of the undead for a hundred years, Damodar seeks to free the evil God of undead Dragons from his mountain prison. Together, they will decimate Ismir unless Berek and his comrades can steal the source of their power, the Orb of Falazure.

I'm going to bite the bullet and say that this actually sounds somewhat cool. At least, moreso than the first movie.

For one thing, it's interesting to me that they're bringing back not the main villain from before, but his henchman. That's a twist you don't see too often, so I like it. Not to mention the fact that I enjoy having some continuity, without it being beholden to the first film; having a returning villain with all-new heroes is a good move.

Likewise, the fact that there's actually some D&D PI in this movie can only be a good thing. At least Falazure is getting his name in the film, which is something. It's odd that they seem to be suggesting that he (assuming Falazure himself is the trapped undead dragon god) is not only trapped, but needs an orb (named after himself?) to power him, but I suppose we need to see how that works out. I'd also say it's odd that a god would work with some undead warrior (death knight?) but that seems more like the villain's hubris than a plot hole.

I'm tentatively looking forward to seeing this now.

 

[Knightfall]

Found this on Answer.com

This adds a little bit to what we know about the plot already. - KF72

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"The story continues when the evil sorcerer Damodar braves a perilous whirlwind vortex to steal the elemental black orb he declares a sinister plan of vengeance against the kingdom of Ismir. Berek, a decorated warrior, and Melora, an amateur sorceress join four heroes representing Intelligence, Wisdom, Honor and Strength to battle against Damodar's growing army of gruesome creatures, flying harpies and an ice dragon to reach a vault room holding the orb. Together, they build their own army to retrieve the orb using elemental forces to defeat Damodar before he summons the sleeping black dragon whose omnipotent evil powers could lay waste to the entire kingdom."
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Hmm, harpies and an ice dragon.

 

[Knightfall]

On a related note, another of Joel Silver's 2005 movies, House of Wax, is coming out May 6th. Steve Richards is an executive producer for House of Wax and a producer for Dungeons & Dragons 2: The Elemental Might.

Maybe we'll see a teaser trailer for D&D 2 as one of the previews for House of Wax. (Total speculation.)

Another "aside" note from IMDb, John Frank Rosenblum, who consulted on the new Dr. Who TV series is also listed as a consulting producer for D&D 2.

I'll post the complete combined details here again, next post, just as a refesher.

Cheers!

KF72

 

[Knightfall]

Dungeons & Dragons 2: The Elemental Might (2005)
Genre: Fantasy

Plot Summary: Already posted several times.

Production Notes/Status:
Status: Post-production

Cast (in credits order)
Mark Dymond .... Berek
Clemency Burton-Hill .... Melora
Bruce Payne .... Damodar

rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Steven Elder .... Dorian
Lucy Gaskell .... Ormaline
Roy Marsden .... Oberon

Directed by
Gerry Lively

Produced by
Wolfgang Esenwein .... producer
Steve Richards .... producer
John Frank Rosenblum .... consulting producer

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
Peter Fuchs .... scoring mixer
Rene Mikan .... sound mixer

Special Effects by
Michael Clifford .... special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by
David Margolis .... digital compositor
James Russell .... digital compositor

Stunts
Branislav Martinak .... stunt rigger

Other crew
Louis Elman .... adr voice casting
Paul Janossy .... first assistant camera

Production Companies
Silver Pictures [us]
Studio Hamburg WorldWide Pictures [de]
Lietuvos Kinostudija [suhh] (service providing company)

Distributors
Warner Bros. [us] (USA)
First Look Media (non-USA)
Warner Home Video [us] (2005) (USA) (all media)

Other Companies
Lietuvos Kinostudija [suhh] production services

 

[Truth Seeker]

So...it begins.

 

[Alzrius]

Well, it'll begin sometime...do we know when this releases?

 

[Truth Seeker]

Well, it'll begin sometime...do we know when this releases?

Last I saw...Russia, europe get first pickings...around October. KF72 can correct me, if that is wrong. The market overseas is more...ah, as we say...more flexible than the States.

 

[Knightfall]

Last I saw...Russia, europe get first pickings...around October. KF72 can correct me, if that is wrong. The market overseas is more...ah, as we say...more flexible than the States.

There isn't an official release date for the US, as of yet, although it does mark it as being a 2005 release. The release date for Russia is October 6^th. It is also being shown during the time period that Cannes 2005 is running, which is in May.

Later,

KF72