Rate Dungeons & Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God (DVD Release Status: In Flux)

[Fast Learner]

I still think its pretty funny that the old cartoon series was better then these movies.

Whoof. Well, definitely a matter of opinion. I gave this movie a 6 out of 10 (with a point or two for all the named references), but there wasn't a single episode of the D&D cartoon that I'd rate above a 3.

 

[Truth Seeker]

I'm not talking about just some fantasy series. I'm talking about something distinctly D&D with all its tropes. The regular, weekly session is how campaigns tend to be run and so I think it would transfer well to television in terms of capturing the feel of D&D. Whether that distinct feel would attract enough of an audience to keep itself afloat, I don't know. But there isn't another weekly serial fantasy show on TV right now is there?

Here is a decent question for you. Considering all the geekiness and campy feel (as a example) that has been projected about the 2 films...now in the can.

What would be the presentation, how you would like it to be, to the non-D&D masses?

 

[Truth Seeker]

Surprisingly not bad. I am not ashamed of the game being associated with this movie, unlike with the first one.
One thing I like is that they kept the "Basil Exposition" moments to a minimum. For our little audience (2 neophyte gamers, 2 veterans, and 1 non-gamer), there were surprises and revelations in the action, but it all hung together. I like it that, as in Star Wars, they didn't explain the technology, they just did it, as with the repeated use of the "Gust of Wind" spell, and the Gem of True Seeing only being named the second time it was used.

So what level were these guys? I'd say about 8th.

No one here, is questioning your guilt

 

[Truth Seeker]

For those that missed it, and are now willing to give it a "look see", D&D; WotDG re-airs on SciFi Channel on Thursday, October 13th at 9pm EST and then again on November 6th at 9pm EST.

Of course, dates & times are subject to the whims of the powers-that-be at SciFi Channel.

After that, you can pick up the DVD, which comes out on November 8th. Here is the link to Amazon's listing: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000B7QCG8/104-1451119-0443149?v=glance&n=130

Current Price: $18.73 US

DVD Features:
Audio Commentary
DVD ROM Features
Documentary: ROLLING THE DICE: Adopting the Game to the Screen
Interviews: Conversation with Gary Gygax, creator of Dungeons & Dragons

KF72

I hope you are getting a percentage from this...free advertising is an old luxury of the past.

 

[Eridanis]

I was very pleasantly surprised. I only watched about 40 minutes of it (which is to say, about 19 minutes of actual film!), but it was good enough that I'll pick up the DVD when it comes out.

While the effects were cheesy and the dialog was occasionally wincing, the actors for the most part were really trying to sell it. I especailly noted the archmage character (wearing a robe of eyes straight out of the DMG).

Plus, it was really a lot of fun to see game tropes in action - seeing the rogue disabe traps, seeing a detect magic go off, etc...

And I think that a weekly TV series would work with this level of effects. Just get Kevin, or Dorian, or one of our other exemplary story hour writers to write for the series, and we'd really be able to show off what you can do using D&D as a structure.

I thought it was pretty good, all in all. Leaving LotR aside, what other sword and sorcery movie is really top-notch? This was certainly better, acting and effects-wise than the S&S films I saw in my gaming youth (cf. BEASTMASTER, LADYHAWKE, etc.)

Let's hope they make a third, perhaps straight-to-video again, and that the improvement will be just as much as the improvement from 1 to 2.

 

[Wormwood]

The best D&D movie remains "Record of the Lodoss Wars"

"Wrath of the Dragon God" is a close second.

/guiltiest pleasure since miller lite

 

[The Thayan Menace]

D&D2: 666 Thumbs Down

This movie was so thoroughly horrid, it was actually enjoyable. I had a ton of fun dogging it.

For a more detailed breakdown of my gripes, check out this link:

Lame D&Disms in D&D2​

 

[Truth Seeker]

Tone down the red, it burns!!! It burns my eyes!!!!

 

[silentspace]

It wasn't so much bad as it was really, really boring. OK, I don't know what that means. Alright, it was bad. Really, really bad. I tried watching, I really did, but everything else on TV was just so much more interesting.

 

[Just_Hal]

I DVR'd it and me and Dagger75 watched it, only saving grace was we FF through commercials and could make fun of it together.

It was like bad porn, just wanted to see the fighting and action, the writing while truer to gaming was not good and besides the lich and the ghosts he summoned during the "Indiana Jones sequence" it was fairly lame.

BUT waaaaaay better than the original. Would I watch it again? NO.
Would I watch a 3rd if they did it? YES.