The Elf from the D&D Movie is NOT A DROW!

[mooby]

Why do people assume she is?

I have a dragon mag lying around somewhere that says she's supposed to be a halfelf, but they dont go over that in the movie.

 

[KenM]

I think people think that because the acctress that played her has darker skin. I never thought she was a drow.

 

[Ranger REG]

That's weird. Because that same actress have a recurring role on The District. She plays the MPD's PR person. She has a much lighter skin tone now.

 

[Eternalknight]

Why do people assume she is?

I have a dragon mag lying around somewhere that says she's supposed to be a halfelf, but they dont go over that in the movie.

Bugging the hell out of you too, hey?

 

[jdavis]

Why do people assume she is?

I have a dragon mag lying around somewhere that says she's supposed to be a halfelf, but they dont go over that in the movie.

Oh I don't think she is a Drow, I don't think that the people who made the movie even knew what a Drow is. I just don't think the people making the movie had a clue what they were doing (the elves all used crossbows for pete's sake) or that that would cause any confusion (or outright laughter at their lack of understanding that that might cause some confusion).

Of course I think you answered your own question when you said they didn't go over that in the movie. It was probably put into Dragon magazine after the movie was finished and somebody with some actual D&D knowledge realized the mistake. All they had to do was call her a half elf instead of a elf in the movie and then there is no confusion, so why didn't they? Why did they have random blue and purple people running around in the movie? Did anyone on the set even research the topic before they set out to do a movie on it?

 

[Azlan]

I'm tired of seeing movies about the heroes saving the world or the whole friggin' universe. What I'd like to see is something heroic on a much smaller scale, like in the movie, The Seven Samurai (remade by Hollywood as the Magnificent Seven).

Oh, and I'm tired of movies where a great prophecy or a secret prince/king/godling is integral to the plot. And, please, no more fantasy or sci-fi movies that involve a council or senate.



I'd like a D&D movie to have a party of seasoned adventurers who are brought together to save a village or town. However, rather than fortifying the town and fighting off a horde of orcs or something, the adventurers go into a dungeon to retrieve something or to set the people free or whatever. The head honcho of the dungeon should be something else beside some over-acting human megalomaniac; he (or she) should be an intelligent monster such as a dragon or a lich or a beholder.

The adventurers - i.e. the main characters - should have a representative of all of the most basic core classes and races: a paladin (human), a ranger (elf), a fighter (dwarf), a cleric (human), a wizard (half-elf), and a rogue (halfling).

 

[Olive]

Re: Re: The Elf from the D&D Movie is NOT A DROW!

It was probably put into Dragon magazine after the movie was finished and somebody with some actual D&D knowledge realized the mistake. All they had to do was call her a half elf instead of a elf in the movie and then there is no confusion, so why didn't they? Why did they have random blue and purple people running around in the movie? Did anyone on the set even research the topic before they set out to do a movie on it?

dude.... it's a hone brew!!! house rules and stuff.

 

[Greyhawk_DM]

Either way it is acknowledged by most that the movie was crap.
Any links from the movie to actual D&D have to be viewed with some caution.
There is a reason why the movie sucked and the above discrepency just illustrates that point.

 

[jdavis]

Re: Re: Re: The Elf from the D&D Movie is NOT A DROW!

dude.... it's a hone brew!!! house rules and stuff.

So it was actually D20 the movie?

 

[Alzrius]

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So it was actually D20 the movie?

If so, they should immediately cease and desist in making any more copies of it until they get rid of the short beholder scenes; those monsters were removed from the SRD after all.