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<blockquote data-quote="Victim" data-source="post: 184651" data-attributes="member: 78">I don't see why people are hung up about onscreen magic.&nbsp; Spiderman looked pretty good.&nbsp; X-men didn't have that bad of effects.&nbsp; The new style martial arts movies show some spell like effects too.&nbsp; They just make a different explanation for the unnatural effects and abilities. Haste could be done.&nbsp; Matrix or The One have lots of things that are almost exactly like haste.&nbsp; The matrix also does a blur type effect too.&nbsp; And Wall of Force.Fireballs wouldn't be hard - normal action movies have been doing explosions for a long time.Jump, Expeditious Retreat, Mage Hand, Telekinesis, and Suggestion are all Jedi tricks.&nbsp; I bet that modern CGI would do killer lightning too.Etherealness was in FotR - kind of.&nbsp; Invisibility definitely was.CTHD had Fly, for almost all intents and purposes.&nbsp; Shape changing things have been done before, IIRC, so Polymorphing is in.And I don't see how a dragon would be portrayed without magic.&nbsp; The whole breath weapon thing, remember.&nbsp; Plus the fact that they fly, so flashy magic will almost have to be used by the heroes.Finally, a DnD movie can't be movie mostly for DnD players.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Victim, post: 184651, member: 78"] I don't see why people are hung up about onscreen magic. Spiderman looked pretty good. X-men didn't have that bad of effects. The new style martial arts movies show some spell like effects too. They just make a different explanation for the unnatural effects and abilities. Haste could be done. Matrix or The One have lots of things that are almost exactly like haste. The matrix also does a blur type effect too. And Wall of Force. Fireballs wouldn't be hard - normal action movies have been doing explosions for a long time. Jump, Expeditious Retreat, Mage Hand, Telekinesis, and Suggestion are all Jedi tricks. I bet that modern CGI would do killer lightning too. Etherealness was in FotR - kind of. Invisibility definitely was. CTHD had Fly, for almost all intents and purposes. Shape changing things have been done before, IIRC, so Polymorphing is in. And I don't see how a dragon would be portrayed without magic. The whole breath weapon thing, remember. Plus the fact that they fly, so flashy magic will almost have to be used by the heroes. Finally, a DnD movie can't be movie mostly for DnD players. [/QUOTE]

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