*Shudder*
A good thing that the time of cheaply made fantasy beat em up movies are over (by the way you forgot Sindbad).
Such films worked in the 70s with Bud Spencer and Terence Hill, but the Hercules etc. things were just awful.
Idea: D&D TV Show
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*Shudder*
A good thing that the time of cheaply made fantasy beat em up movies are over (by the way you forgot Sindbad).
Such films worked in the 70s with Bud Spencer and Terence Hill, but the Hercules etc. things were just awful.
Jadeite
Hero
There was also a similar Robin Hood show ...
Jadeite
Hero
Hey man ROAR gave a start to the actor that would eventualy give my favorite portrayal of The Joker yet...
And I think I remember a Robin Hood movie (not Kevin Costner) on Fox... but not a show. (There's a show on BBC now though.. not so great.)
"The new adventures of Robin Hood". You do not want to see it. Ignorance is strength.
Also, in a similar vein, "The Legend of William Tell"
I admit that I saw quite a few episodes of Hercules, Xena and Sindbad, but there were shows far worse, but I somehow miss all those live action and cartoon shows. Even Avatar is finished now, so I have to watch mostly anime. Not that the stuff they air in germany is any good, but thankfully there are other sources.
Considering the limited success of the D&D movie I would be surprised to see a D&D show, but in case one were created, you would probably have lots of people talking about how it totally rips of WoW ...
Show based in Eberron made vaguely similar to Firefly directed by Joss Whedon.
Really, if you want a good D&D show, you have to...well, take some of the D&D out of it. Keep the fluff, ditch some of the mechanics.
Really, if you want a good D&D show, you have to...well, take some of the D&D out of it. Keep the fluff, ditch some of the mechanics.
I hope a dnd show will never happen. It will almost certainly by underbudgeted und ridicule our hobby. Unless you spend in LoTR or Narnia fashion fantasy looks crappy.
Eh, you never know.
The Flash TV show back in the early 1990s looked great, and was one of the most expensive shows on TV at the time. Most of its budget was in special effects. It was killed due to a lot of episodes getting preempted for things like sporting events. Its hard to build an audience if you keep moving a show's slot around.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flash_(TV_series)
Supposedly, the ST:NG spent 1M per episode- again, mostly spent on special effects. Paramount gambled on nostalgia and good casting and won.
If the right studio gets behind it and the show gets a high-ranking "angel," a D&D show could look quite good indeed.
Amphimir Míriel
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Well, Xena, Hercules and Sinbad were guilty pleasures for me... If they could do a 4th edition D&D show with that quality, I would certainly watch it...
...even if we end up laughing at the rubber faced dragonborn and the wobbly tiefling horns, not to mention the silly no-blood combats involving returning shuriken the size of dinner plates and silly spiked chains
...even if we end up laughing at the rubber faced dragonborn and the wobbly tiefling horns, not to mention the silly no-blood combats involving returning shuriken the size of dinner plates and silly spiked chains
Ranger REG
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Of course. Ever since Hollywood have taken Bram Stoker's story and put it on on-screen, All Things Vampire always a foothold in the mainstream. Both good (Dracula starring Gary Oldman) and bad (Love at First Bite starring George Hamilton).
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