Jack Chick's Dark Dungeons Movie Trailer

[Morrus]

Many moons ago, I mentioned that there was a movie being made of Jack Chick's famous Dark Dungeons comic strip - the one which portrayed us gamers as evil devil-worshiping magic users. Anyone who knows me knows darn well I worship Doctor Who, not the devil. Anyway, that aside - there's now a trailer!

[video=youtube;jk2Pr9jXCr8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=jk2Pr9jXCr8[/video]

 

[Kramodlog]

Black Leaf, nooooooo!

This is a spoof of the comic strip, right?

Edit: From the official website it says this is not a parody, and it doesn't look like it, but is from the same companie that made the Gamers. Weird.

 

[NewJeffCT]

an all-girl gaming group? No way!

 

[Sword of Spirit]

Looked like a parody to me.

 

[Morrus]

Looked like a parody to me.

It is - kind of. The comic strip is presented seriously - no jokes or comedy or anything - but it's by people who (obviously) disagree with its message. So it's not a parody in the sense that it's comedic, just in the sense that its very existence is an absurdity. But it's played "straight".

 

[darjr]

I think the only way they could get 'permission' was to promise to play it strait. though that alone could make it hikarious

 

[Morrus]

I think the only way they could get 'permission' was to promise to play it strait. though that alone could make it hikarious

Ironically, parodies don't need permission. They are excepted under fair-use. So you only need permission if you're playing it straight.

 

[Kramodlog]

After some digging, yup, this is serious. /wink

 

[Wraith Form]

After some digging, yup, this is serious.

Seriously hot.

She can be my Dungeon Mistress any day.

 

[Umbran]

Looked like a parody to me.

To quote the makers of the film (from http://darkdungeonsthemovie.com/#updates)

Is Dark Dungeons the Movie a satire?

NO! Satire is, “a humorously exaggerated imitation.” The most classic example is Swift’s “A Modest Proposal” in which he mocks the English aristocracy indifference to the rural Irish poor by suggesting they eat Irish babies. This was an exaggeration as the English did not actually hate the Irish enough to eat their babies. By contrast, Dark Dungeons the comic shows that RPGs can lead to suicide, joining a witches coven, and real life magical powers and Dark Dungeons the movie shows exactly those same things as well. It is therefore it is NOT a satire.

Then what is Dark Dungeons the movie?

Dark Dungeons the movie is an adaptation of the comic Dark Dungeons that tries its best to stay true to the spirit and word of the source material given the limitations in adapting a comic to live-action and in expanding a 22-panel comic into an interesting and exciting motion picture. Many of the scenes and dialogue from Dark Dungeons the movie are lifted straight from the comic. While there are changes and differences between the two, JR considers these to be less than those found in many other comic-to-film adaptations. Dark Dungeons the movie is serious attempt at telling the Dark Dungeons saga in live-action format with as much drama and entertainment as the artists involved could muster.

A few other salient points:

How much money did Dark Dungeons the movie pay Jack Chick for the rights?

Jack Chick generously gave JR Ralls the right to make a movie based upon the Dark Dungeons comic book free of charge and without any request for a percentage of the films gross or net. Their is no direct financial relationship between the film and Chick Publications, Inc.

How much control over the film does Jack Chick have?

Chick Publications Inc. gave JR Ralls one stipulation: that the film must include the message, ‘Story based on “Dark Dungeons” by Jack T. Chick, LLC© 1984’. That message has been included, and otherwise, JR Ralls has complete freedom of control over the Dark Dungeons film. However, while he can make the movie however he pleases, he intends to try his best to faithfully adapt the spirit and tone of the comic to the screen given the limitations in transplanting fiction between two media and in expanding a 22 panel comic into a film.