D&D General E. Gary Gygax auction Nov 2023

[aco175]

They're made of lead! DON'T EAT THEM!

That was half the fun of playing with them as kids. There must be a Darwin Award for eating them.

 

[Parmandur]

Weirdly tempted by the idea of owning Gygax's copies of the Isle of Apes and War Rafts of Kron

 

[Rabulias]

While I'd love to read the entirety of the 1982 D&D movie script in all its "glory," I don't think I'm up to bidding on it.

There's a review/synopsis here:

Inside the Lost 1980s Dungeons & Dragons Movie Gary Gygax Loved - The Escapist

www.escapistmagazine.com

 

[el-remmen]

I'm actually winning on a mini I don't know that I really want. Only after I bid did I remember what a PITA metal miniatures are. Especially if you have to assemble them.

I rather like metal minis. But yeah if assembly is required they can be a real pain depending on the specific mold.

 

[Sacrosanct]

There's a review/synopsis here:

Inside the Lost 1980s Dungeons & Dragons Movie Gary Gygax Loved - The Escapist

www.escapistmagazine.com

This didn't age well

"Gygax stresses that “we didn’t want to end up with the rather disastrous type of movie that Tolkien’s ring trilogy ended up with,” referring to the early animated features."

...

"The recent release of the first Arnold Schwarzenegger film Conan the Barbarian gave Gygax an example of how not to make a fantasy film: he panned it in the pages of the Dragon magazine, adding “badly done films seem more likely to destroy interest in fantasy rather than build it.”

 

[Parmandur]

This didn't age well

"Gygax stresses that “we didn’t want to end up with the rather disastrous type of movie that Tolkien’s ring trilogy ended up with,” referring to the early animated features."

...

"The recent release of the first Arnold Schwarzenegger film Conan the Barbarian gave Gygax an example of how not to make a fantasy film: he panned it in the pages of the Dragon magazine, adding “badly done films seem more likely to destroy interest in fantasy rather than build it.”

I think it's hard now to see the Schwarzenegger movies through the lend of someone who had read Conan for decades prior to it's release, but..much as I would say it I'd pretty good movie, it is a pretty big departure from Howard's characterization and style.

 

[Mannahnin]

This didn't age well

"Gygax stresses that “we didn’t want to end up with the rather disastrous type of movie that Tolkien’s ring trilogy ended up with,” referring to the early animated features."

...

"The recent release of the first Arnold Schwarzenegger film Conan the Barbarian gave Gygax an example of how not to make a fantasy film: he panned it in the pages of the Dragon magazine, adding “badly done films seem more likely to destroy interest in fantasy rather than build it.”

Yup. I think these got cited in the "reviews that didn't age well" thread over in Geek Talk & Media.

 

[Sacrosanct]

I'm sorry, that manuscript is just awful in the most unintentional comedic way

Thumbless Drobni starts to “pivot,” which throws the dragon off balance, and then “pivot harder, harder, turning in a circle,” until the dragon is lifted off the ground, “not far-but just enough to swing it like a bolo, in a circle.”

 

[Sacrosanct]

I think it's hard now to see the Schwarzenegger movies through the lend of someone who had read Conan for decades prior to it's release, but..much as I would say it I'd pretty good movie, it is a pretty big departure from Howard's characterization and style.

yeah, but even at the time Gary must have known that it grossed 4x it's budget, and made more at the box office than Tootsie, Tron, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, and Blade Runner.

He said he wanted a successful movie while lambasting what a successful fantasy movie actually was by letting his bias completely cause him to ignore the facts.

 

[DarkCrisis]

I remember last auction and how I stupidly thought I would win anything. Surely $10 for an old used pen is fair. LOL