(OT) Wachowski Brothers (Matrix) were D&D Players

[barsoomcore]

Not that we are necessarily opposed to action-movie groping.



Wait, I have an idea for a film. Gina Gershon reads Baudelaire. Nude.

Never mind...

 

[mythago]

In French!

No, I'm actually kind of tired of action-movie groping where it's "okay, you're the male lead and she's the damsel in distress, time to get nekkid."

 

[barsoomcore]

In French!

No, I'm actually kind of tired of action-movie groping where it's "okay, you're the male lead and she's the damsel in distress, time to get nekkid."

Honestly, I'm with you.

For a fun comparision, watch Mission Impossible: 2 and then Notorious, the Hitchcock film MI:2 rips off so thoroughly you'll be surprised no critic ever mentions it.

Only proves what both myself and Mrs Barsoom have been saying for a long time: film critics don't know what they're talking about.

ANYWAYS, in Notorious, the two leads don't become romantically involved until AFTER she's gone into the lair of the bad guy. We know they're hot for each other, but nothing's happened. HUGE tension. MASSIVE tension. Tension so big they named a state after it.

In MI:2, by contrast, the two leads jump in the sack the instant they meet, just about. It deflates all the tension because now the relationship has been consummated. Who cares if they get back together? All the fun comes BEFORE that.

Didn't anybody WATCH Moonlighting? Sheesh.

 

[Chain Lightning]

Doesn't surprise me at all. There's actually a lot more people in the industry that play D&D or have played it than most think. I've ran into a few over the years. I mean, yes...they're still rare and definitely a minority, but there's a quite a lot of rpg players in the industry out there. Most of them just don't think its all that big of a deal to mention. Or...don't mention it for the reasons you or I don't mention it.

 

[barsoomcore]

Doesn't surprise me at all. There's actually a lot more people in the industry that play D&D or have played it than most think. I've ran into a few over the years. I mean, yes...they're still rare and definitely a minority, but there's a quite a lot of rpg players in the industry out there. Most of them just don't think its all that big of a deal to mention. Or...don't mention it for the reasons you or I don't mention it.

What were those reasons again? I've lost my "Closet RPGer Manual".

I remember Rule One, though:

Bring a flashlight. It's hard to read dice in a closet.