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What world/concepts would make for a good D&D movie?
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Templetroll
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I think Dragonlance could be the best as a trilogy. A Drizzt movie could be great as a solo; the Crystal Shard showed really cool things with magic and characters. they could do the Drizzt trilogy later if they wanted.
Greyhawk would be fantastic if they did Tomb of Horrors - Two groups arrive at the same time. The one group have attitude and say they are going in first. The second, they can watch
IT would have some cool special effects,
Birthright would be entertaining since I really enjoyed that world. I would think that any storyline could fit in there. I'd love to see them do the goblin king trying to hold his place together with pressure from the various forces around them. A tv show might be reasonable if based in the Imperial city; they could go anywhere in the world each week. Fantasy Mission: Impossible, anyone?
I could see Eberron from the view of fantasy Bladerunner; fantasy noir.
Greyhawk would be fantastic if they did Tomb of Horrors - Two groups arrive at the same time. The one group have attitude and say they are going in first. The second, they can watch
as the first gets chewed up by that entrance corridor and then have a couple jump into that mouth on the wall. The remainder decide to ask and join the other group. They work their way through, then those first guys leave after they "kill the lich" easily. The group lets them go and then reenters the dungeon.
especially with the demilich trapping the souls.
Birthright would be entertaining since I really enjoyed that world. I would think that any storyline could fit in there. I'd love to see them do the goblin king trying to hold his place together with pressure from the various forces around them. A tv show might be reasonable if based in the Imperial city; they could go anywhere in the world each week. Fantasy Mission: Impossible, anyone?
I could see Eberron from the view of fantasy Bladerunner; fantasy noir.
mhacdebhandia
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I voted for Dragonlance, because it's got the established plotline and suits the established at-least-three-movies standard that Hollywood seems to operate within these days, especially where geek flicks are concerned. The main problem is twofold: it's way too Tolkienesque, and it's way too expensive to do well (without the cachet of the Lord of the Rings name to justify the expense).
I voted for Spelljammer, because I think it would actually be a very entertainingly weird thing to see what they'd make of it. A simple story focusing on the hunt for the Spelljammer, for example, or a condensing of the central storyline of the uneven Cloakmaster Cycle of novels into a single story - basically, concentrate on the quest to find out exactly what the hell the cloak is and what it's for - could be pretty entertaining, and space is cheaper than Middle Earth or Ansalon.
Finally, I voted for Planescape, despite the fact that it would never work. I would actually be pretty interested in an ongoing television series set in Sigil, since the lower expectations of television visuals would mean that they could do without flashy effects and concentrate heavily on set design and visual mood. You could even get away with doing the various planar inhabitants with physical suits and puppets like in The Dark Crystal - because, of course, skeksi are vrocks - Labyrinth, or Farscape. Plus it lets you have a Star Trek-style "location of the week" if you want, simply by running off through a portal, and they can be even weirder without worrying even a tiny bit about scientific accuracy.
I voted for Spelljammer, because I think it would actually be a very entertainingly weird thing to see what they'd make of it. A simple story focusing on the hunt for the Spelljammer, for example, or a condensing of the central storyline of the uneven Cloakmaster Cycle of novels into a single story - basically, concentrate on the quest to find out exactly what the hell the cloak is and what it's for - could be pretty entertaining, and space is cheaper than Middle Earth or Ansalon.
Finally, I voted for Planescape, despite the fact that it would never work. I would actually be pretty interested in an ongoing television series set in Sigil, since the lower expectations of television visuals would mean that they could do without flashy effects and concentrate heavily on set design and visual mood. You could even get away with doing the various planar inhabitants with physical suits and puppets like in The Dark Crystal - because, of course, skeksi are vrocks - Labyrinth, or Farscape. Plus it lets you have a Star Trek-style "location of the week" if you want, simply by running off through a portal, and they can be even weirder without worrying even a tiny bit about scientific accuracy.
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