Things we'd like to see in the new D&D movie
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Eternalknight
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jdavis said:
Complete with Tiamat, Dungeon master, and the evil wizard (what was his name?)? Sold!
Mathew_Freeman
Adventurer
This is the best thing I've read in this thread. Possibly the best thing I've read all day.
Although I'm not a big fan of D&D's current default settings, I'd still like to see a D&D movie use what makes D&D's worlds and 'feel' distinctive relative to other fantasy settings. The blending of Tolkienesque high fantasy with sword & sorcery low fantasy (where else do you get buxom elf paladinesses in revealing plate armour?), flashy magic and a weird blend of monsters. Something like the Neverwinter Nights game does a good job of this, IMO. Maybe set it in the Forgotten Realms (as Greyhawk seems to be effectively dead in 3e), use eg the Red Wizards of Thay as antagonists, and have cameos for FR bigwigs like Elminster & the Seven Sisters.
Jeremy
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I'd like to see---something I'm not ashamed of.
A story-centric movie. Not a gimmick or effects related movie.
Subject matter that is respected or at least taken somewhat seriously. Humor will be found no matter what, there is no reason to make something campy to get extra laughs.
A movie marketed at intelligent viewers.
No name dropping or cameos to jar me from a movie into a spectacle.
As few known actors and actresses as possible. People who are hungry for a part and will invest themselves in it. Use the money on better dialogue and plot.
No more stock one-dimensional characters that can be renamed to thier gimmick. People with problems that win and lose and cope and hope.
No melodrama or camp.
An antagonist given just as much forethought as the protagonists. Someone with motivations and his own pathos that is not just a meglomaniacal rule the world or destroy it knock off.
Magic.
A talented fight choreographer.
A story-centric movie. Not a gimmick or effects related movie.
Subject matter that is respected or at least taken somewhat seriously. Humor will be found no matter what, there is no reason to make something campy to get extra laughs.
A movie marketed at intelligent viewers.
No name dropping or cameos to jar me from a movie into a spectacle.
As few known actors and actresses as possible. People who are hungry for a part and will invest themselves in it. Use the money on better dialogue and plot.
No more stock one-dimensional characters that can be renamed to thier gimmick. People with problems that win and lose and cope and hope.
No melodrama or camp.
An antagonist given just as much forethought as the protagonists. Someone with motivations and his own pathos that is not just a meglomaniacal rule the world or destroy it knock off.
Magic.
A talented fight choreographer.
jdavis
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Eternalknight said:
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Green Knight
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What the hell was that thing, anyway? I can't sit through the movie for more than 5 minutes at a time, so I never found out. All I know is that every time I see it I feel a burning desire to change the channel.
Anyway, I agree with a previous poster who said that QUALITY was important. Above all else, make a GOOD movie.
Having said that, here're a couple of things which I would personally like to see, but at the end of the day aren't important in the slightest.
1) A well-rounded 6 member party. At least a Fighter, Cleric, Rogue and Wizard, with two other classes. I'd prefer a Paladin and a Bard. If I had my way, the cast would look like this.
Male Human Paladin - Typical knight in shining armor. Something which fantasy movies have been sorely lacking in. And personally, I'd love to see a Paladin as the lead character.
Male Half-Orc Fighter - A disciplined and consumate warrior, not some savage barbarian. Think something along the lines of a Roman Centurion. A civilized warrior, except he's got grotesque features. Also has a burning hatred of Orcs.
Female Human Cleric - Wearing heavy armor and armed with a mace and crossbow. No robes and no chainmail bikini.
Female Elf Rogue - I almost put down "Female Elf Fighter (Archer), but then I realized that that'd just be a female Legolas. Point is, I want to see an elf that plays up the chaotic nature of elves, not a vulcan under a different name.
Male Elf Bard - Not fond of half-elves, myself, so I'd prefer a full elf.
Male Dwarf Wizard - Want to have an original Dwarf? Best way to do that is to make him a Wizard. And not as comic relief, so no bumbling wizard, here.
I'd also like to see some of the class special abilities played up. Like the Paladins' Detect Evil. I'd like to see what it is the Paladin sees when he uses the power.
2) Use a pre-existing world. Don't make one up. The bright side of that will be that they'll then be able to use that worlds' name for the movie title, and not Dungeons & Dragons, a name which has undoubtedly left a bad taste in the mouths of people after the last movie. I'd personally prefer Forgotten Realms, but that's just me.
3) I agree with a previous poster who said "No world saving". Keep it small. If the movie's any good and there's demand for a sequel, THEN you can up the stakes. But if you save the world in the first movie, where do you go from there? And if you want to play up the "dungeon" aspect of the world, then maybe have it involve a rescue mission in a dungeon (Unlike the D&D movie, which had the most pointless dungeon scene. Unless I missed something, of course. Like I said, before, I can't bear to watch it for more than 5 minutes at a time), so long as the person being rescued isn't a king, queen, prince, or princess. Assuming Forgotten Realms as the setting, how about setting it in the Dalelands? Have the Drow as the bad guys. Using the "Magnificent Seven" formula, the PC's have to protect one of the smaller and weaker Dales from Drow raids out of Cormanthyr, perhaps having to descend into the Underdark to save captured prisoners from the Dale who've been sold into slavery.
4) NO cameos! Unless the movie is centered around a character from a published world, then no cameos. I don't want to see Drizzt running around in the background. And I ESPECIALLY don't want to see Elminster. Nevermind that he's just a Gandalf clone, and would be recognized as such by movie-goers.
5) As another poster pointed out, NO CAMP!!! I absolutely LOATHE camp, which is why I could never stand to watch Hercules or Xena. It's possible to be funny WITHOUT being campy.
That's all I got for now. At the end of the day, though, so long as the movie is a quality movie all around, with good characters, a good plot, good acting, direction, etc, I really don't care about the specifics.
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