New D&D Movie Announced

[Goodsport]

&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp I'm probably the only one here who sorta enjoyed Dungeon & Dragons: The Movie... in a MST3K sort of way, of course (I saw it on DVD... never saw it in the theater).

&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp And that Zoe McLellan (a.k.a. Marina) is cute!

&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp Regarding the upcoming film's producer: Is it the same Joel Silver that produced The Matrix movies?


-G

 

[Grand_Director]

D&D2: Snail's Revenge

I think WotC and Hasbro should try to gain some control over the project.

GAAA! That's the last thing that should happen.

Producer: "So, you want to gain control of this movie and have the final say throughout the entire process. And what makes you think you are qualified to do this?"

Hasbro: "We make 'My Little Pony' and 'Twister'."

WotC: "I think we learned a lot from that GE commercial."

Producer: "All right, I'm sold."

 

[Darrin Drader]

GAAA! That's the last thing that should happen.

Good or bad, I think it is the last thing that will happen.

 

[Shadowdancer]

Did anyone else notice the other press release, two items down.

Fireworks Television bought the TV rights to the "Forgotten Realms" novels. The company is already filming "A Wrinkle in Time" for ABC.

Depending on which novels they film, if any, this could be bigger news than a new D&D movie.

 

[Olive]

Fireworks Television bought the TV rights to the "Forgotten Realms" novels. The company is already filming "A Wrinkle in Time" for ABC.

Depending on which novels they film, if any, this could be bigger news than a new D&D movie.

This is old news from over a year ago (check the date on it...) Last we heard, the rights had expired... unfortunately.

 

[Shadowdancer]

D'oh!

I thought it said it was posted in '03. My bad.

 

[Fenes 2]

I rate the D&D movie as the worst film I have seen (and remember). Nothing redeemable in it.

 

[KnowTheToe]

Now, after so many people have told me how terrible it is I'm drawn to it. Perhaps a double feature with Cabin Boy is in order.

I don't think the human mind could survive this.

 

[Zhure]

Ok, I'm going down in flames here, but I sort of liked the D&D movie. It wasn't high comedy or drama, but there aren't nearly enough quality sword & sorcery type fantasy movies out there to compare it with. All of them suck rocks. The best is probably Ladyhawke, and that was what, 20 years ago?

If you list the top 20 fantasy S&S movies out there, that aren't sci-fi-based (no Star Wars), I'd be hard pressed not to include "Dungeons & Dragons." I too thought it was abysmal, but it was better than "Hawk the Slayer" and a host of other mediocre examples. Some of it's personal taste, but I hate Willow, even though I like everyone involved in it. Ron Howard once said about Willow, "No one sets out to make a bad movie..." I think the same could be said of "Dungeons & Dragons." The movie-makers misjudged their target audience, tried to include enough flashy kiddy stuff to satisfy a larger segment and wound up alienating many of the hobbyists.

Production values need to go up and writing needs to get better. Hopefully LoTR will help both of those by showing Hollywood there's money to be made in this genre.

In the meantime, I'm going to enjoy my VHS copy of "Dungeons & Dragons" as much as before and hope things get better for fantasy movies, but not mock those who at least tried to make a decent movie.

 

[Kae'Yoss]

Oh boy. We all know the 1st Axiom of Movies: The sequel's worse than the first Movie. Look at the drop in Matrix. And now think about a Sequel of D&D - The Movie. *shudder*

My opinion about the 1st Movie: What a trash. Apart from the title of the Movie, that one hasn't got anything in common with the Game: The creatures didn't behave like D&D beasts in the least, that "magic powder" was a half-hearted attempt to get material components into play... The story also seemed like a bad rip-off of Star Wars Episode 1 and had many of the plot parts that distinguish an unoriginal story. Only the dwarf had some funny moments, but that's hardly worth an hour and a half of cinematic torture.