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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 6679109" data-attributes="member: 22779"><p>There's been four Terry Pratchett movies that are all well received. We had, between the two of them, about a dozen years of Hercules and Xena. Never minding shows like Firefly and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Fantasy that doesn't take itself too seriously? Yeah, there's a pretty long list of successful franchises for that. I mean, even the Harry Potter movies had a fair bit of comedy in them. And, really, it's not like Conan took itself that seriously. </p><p></p><p>Oh, and The Princess Bride and Stardust would both like to have a word with you. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p>I'd actually go so far to say that anything that's branded as D&D needs to be pretty light hearted. Would anyone go into a D&D movie and expect Game of Thrones? Would you expect a D&D movie to be closer to Nolan's Batman or to Raimi's Spider Man? I'm thinking the latter would capture D&D much, much better.</p><p></p><p>Classic quest stuff. Heck, you could use Isle of Dread as a basis. Group of adventurers head to the fantasy island (minus the midget) and take on weird fantasy stuff like brain eating fish people. That might be too Pirates of the Caribbean though. Heck, the Baldur's Gate series had a pretty strong story and would fit nicely into Forgotten Realms. Might make a great starting place.</p><p></p><p>Honestly, even Rise of Tiamat would be a fantastic starting place. Imagine the opening scene - the party, traveling along the road on horseback, crests the rise to see a town being assaulted by a dragon and its followers. The party then gets entangled in a plot to open the gate for Tiamat and have to battle dragons and cultists along the way to seal the portal. What's wrong with that for a movie plot?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 6679109, member: 22779"] There's been four Terry Pratchett movies that are all well received. We had, between the two of them, about a dozen years of Hercules and Xena. Never minding shows like Firefly and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Fantasy that doesn't take itself too seriously? Yeah, there's a pretty long list of successful franchises for that. I mean, even the Harry Potter movies had a fair bit of comedy in them. And, really, it's not like Conan took itself that seriously. Oh, and The Princess Bride and Stardust would both like to have a word with you. :D I'd actually go so far to say that anything that's branded as D&D needs to be pretty light hearted. Would anyone go into a D&D movie and expect Game of Thrones? Would you expect a D&D movie to be closer to Nolan's Batman or to Raimi's Spider Man? I'm thinking the latter would capture D&D much, much better. Classic quest stuff. Heck, you could use Isle of Dread as a basis. Group of adventurers head to the fantasy island (minus the midget) and take on weird fantasy stuff like brain eating fish people. That might be too Pirates of the Caribbean though. Heck, the Baldur's Gate series had a pretty strong story and would fit nicely into Forgotten Realms. Might make a great starting place. Honestly, even Rise of Tiamat would be a fantastic starting place. Imagine the opening scene - the party, traveling along the road on horseback, crests the rise to see a town being assaulted by a dragon and its followers. The party then gets entangled in a plot to open the gate for Tiamat and have to battle dragons and cultists along the way to seal the portal. What's wrong with that for a movie plot? [/QUOTE]
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