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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Upper_Krust" data-source="post: 4089882" data-attributes="member: 326">Howdy DM-Rocco! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Good luck with that, been a bit busy myself...then again I am always busy. You must hate the Indiana Jones, Star Wars and Pirates of the Caribbean movies then?  I haven't actually seen that yet, although from the trailer it seems more a kind of over-the-top movie with nods to Japanese Anime or Video Games.Saw the first episode, it was interesting, but I need to see more to form an opinion.I certainly didn't make it clear enough, apologies for that. Agreed. As I state at the top of my synopsis, a fantasy movie needs to be played more seriously to be taken seriously. That would extend to the armour and weapons.It certainly isn't something I would want overplayed.The latter title is meaningless, the casual moviegoer has no conception of Bloodstone, but they'll have an idea what a tomb is and what horrors are.Also Throne of Bloodstone isn't the most iconic adventure and other than featuring Orcus has no bearing on my synopsis.  Irrelevant, we are not making the module into a movie. We are making a D&D movie that uses elements from the module.  Debatable. 'Start simple' to me means televison show, or direct-to-dvd movie. Thats all well and good, but I am trying to design a D&D Action-Adventure Fantasy Blockbuster. Correct. I am using the name, the villain and the tomb itself (each D&D movie needs a Dungeon). Beyond that the module is irrelevant for our purposes, though some of the Tomb's traps and Monsters (the Skeletal Tomb Guardian for instance) may appear.Is this the "Flames on Optimus" debate all over again?  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> So the (single handed) defeat of the Balrog, (single handed) defeat of a Dragon and Witch King and (single handed) defeat of an Oliphant by LotR characters had ENWorlders up in arms did they? As far as I am concerned the characters would be about 13-15th-level (In terms of 3rd Edition that is). The heroes would be notably weaker than the villains but through teamwork, sacrifice and a bit of luck would win through. I hadn't planned for any of them to necessarily become epic or a god in any of the movies. Though if 14th (average) in the first movie, maybe they would be about 2 levels higher in each sequel.With the exception of the hobbits, none of the fellowship seemed to level-up over the course of the trilogy because they were all seasoned adventurers.In the context of both stories I don't think Orcus is necessarily more powerful than the Balrog from LotR. If by epic you mean epic spectacle (as opposed to something 21st-level and counting) then I agree.  Hadn't thought of sending a proposal to Scott, but now that you mention it maybe I should tidy things up a bit, flesh it out a bit more and send it to him, you never know your luck. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />Thanks, glad you think it has potential. I always consider myself a designer first and writer second, so its nice to get an opposed viewpoint. While the inevitable comparisons would happen, I am not trying to make the next Lord of the Rings, I am trying to make the next Dungeons & Dragons movie. If every fantasy movie has to be the next Lord of the Rings then you may as well just shoot yourself in the head rather than try.While I love the Lord of the Rings movies, I do think their long running time drags a bit too long. I'd be more likely to pop in one of the Conan dvds for my quick self-contained fantasy fix than have to set aside 10 hours to watch the Rings trilogy.Also its worth pointing out that D&D is more fantastical than Middle-Earth. Its high fantasy, where the heroes all have magic items. To that extent the D&D movie should be more brash and in a way D&D probably has more in common with Star Wars than Lord of the Rings (in terms of feel), at least thats the way I would want to represent it.</blockquote>

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