If we were to see a new and better D&D movie, what setting would you like it to be?

[Dannyalcatraz]

*sigh*

So much for my Giant Hamster-Riding Warforged Alchemists of Athas movie script.

Even though it may get optioned and greenlighted, there's no way it will make it through the editing process unscathed...

 

[hopeless]

So...?

Do we stick with the tried and true formulae of Hercules & Xena or take a gander at the likes of the Gamers movies?

I particularly liked the sequel where it shifted to and from a gaming group and their respective characters.

Should "this" be the viewpoint of the next official d&d movie?

Okay how about I ask this.

If they were going to set a movie up in this fashion suggest who the players are and their chosen characters.

For example;

The Popular Girl: Intelligent, well-liked maybe not a cheerleader but the sort guys wish was their girlfriend and the girl girls actually could talk to and not be jealous about. Her secret is that her parents divorced when she was six and her father fell out with his former in-laws so that she had to get help to cope with her pain from friends at school who have grown up and somewhat apart as you do, but she still tries to bridge the gap and gasp actually joined the group to get close to a former friend who doesn't seem to understand she's actually interested in him.

The Munchkin: There's always one right the guy who wants to be the most powerful or rather throw in problems purely out of a wish to try things out that maybe shouldn't have been bothered with.

The rule lawyer: Maybe even the dm but he tried to find his niche by running the game and whilst his storylines might not be the best he's gradually learning that having fun with friends is becoming more important than becoming the killer dm.

The wallflower: The quiet one, always prefers to stay in the background and very rarely gets involved in the game. This time I visualise him as being the one the popular girl likes and this dates back when he and her current bestfriend helped her get over her pain over her parents divorce.
Unknown to him she recently split from her "boyfriend" when she caught him dating someone else and realised she really didn't care that much about him. She has a habit of ruffling his hair when he does something good and lightly smacking him around the back of the head (The Gibbs method) when he does something wrong, which can also transfer into the game for a comedic effect.

The Actor: Sees himself/herself as there for the role rather than the game and often is the butt of problems eventually leading to comedic effects when necessary perhaps plays a bard or another class except very badly and I don't mean Paladin!

Okay storyline I picture it starting out with a dungeon setting where we meet their characters and an initial adventure where a couple of them are killed thanks to the actor leading to a switch to the games table where this player decides to walk out requiring them to look for a new player.

Movie opening titles leads into school where the wallflower is being accosted by the popular girl who has become more interested in him leading to him being bullied by her boyfriend who she tells off before trying to go after him but he's already run off leading to a conversation with her bestfriend and some of her clique who openly wonder whats she doing.

Class eventually leads in to the wallflower chatting with the munchkin which said player reveals they're searching for a new player for their group and the popular girl overhears persuading the munchkin to let her join after she reveals she used to play before her former group decided to give the game up as they became more interested in boys.

She turns up for the first session with her old character which the rules lawyer checks and allows her to use leading to their first game where hilarity insues as she easily outplays the others helping them survive the rules lawyer's latest deathtrap dungeon.

The wallflower is a little angry since he sees her invading his space and openly demans to know why she won't leave him alone and go off with her boyfriend to which she reveals she broke up with him over a month ago when she found out he was seeing other girls since she wouldn't well you know.

Okay a bit much but that should at least get a few ideas stirring I hope!

 

[Ed_Laprade]

That would probably make a good teen flick, but I sure wouldn't go see it.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Do an updated, live-action version of the D&D cartoon. Sort of.

Like the cartoon, like J. Rosenberg's Guardians of the Flame novels, and even Jumanji, do a movie in which modern, D&D playing teens/young adults fall through an interdimensional rift and become their characters.

You'd get the feel of the game, but also what it feels like to be a player...plus an uncommon dilemma.

 

[hopeless]

Okay...

Do an updated, live-action version of the D&D cartoon. Sort of.

Like the cartoon, like J. Rosenberg's Guardians of the Flame novels, and even Jumanji, do a movie in which modern, D&D playing teens/young adults fall through an interdimensional rift and become their characters.

You'd get the feel of the game, but also what it feels like to be a player...plus an uncommon dilemma.

You could always go the route of say El Hazard or the new Tenchi spin off where they find themselves stuck in another world whether by accident or not even remembering how they got there... so they run into a group of adventurers and of course being roleplayers decide to get into the scheme of things after all who wouldn't want to play a wizard for real?

Admittedly they'd also be a little more careful, I imagine a heck of a lot more scared and they'd have to keep an eye out for them... still see that as a potential anime series than a movie though!

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Flipping the script might be amusing, too. Imagine Scarnight, a dracolich, secretly opens a portal into our world, and secretly plans it's conquer. Shortly afterwards, another portal opens up, spilling a typical D&D party into our world- the party that was pursuing it.

Hmmm, I can almost hear it, as Khal-Rhys- in police custody for brandishing a sword and destruction of property (he cut a truch in half) discussing his mission at the behest of King Ghond Hynor:

Dr. Seaverman: Why this elaborate scheme with the Dimensional Portal?

Khal-Rhys: It had no choice. Its defenses were smashed. We'd won. Taking out Ghond Hynor then would make no difference- Scarnight had to wipe out his entire existence!

 

[Meatboy]

If a DnD movie were to be successful at the box office I reiterate the suggestion of using something that people know. I would say taking the Drizz't series and making a movie based on them would end up having the biggest draw. I know quite a few people who don't have anything to do DnD who read those books.
My 2 cp anyway!

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

I wonder how much Wesley Snipes would want for the job...

 

[ssampier]

What would I want in a Spelljammer movie?

1. Beautiful spelljamming ships
2. Illithids as the main foe, perhaps behind a Drow bluff (Yes, I would cast Ken Jeong as a Drow)
3. Giff
4. Giant Space Hamsters

If I had $50 mil, I would give to Danny just so I can see Giant Space Hamsters on the big screen.

With only $50 M we probably could only see the GSH, though.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

I know how to do tricks with forced perspective (and the old "iguanas in costumes" = dinosaurs stuff) & green screens.

The trick will be editing out all the white marbles when the Giff are on the screen.