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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 6679159" data-attributes="member: 22779">This is mostly what i'm talking about.&nbsp; Anything Joss Whedon isn't terribly playing it straight.&nbsp; It might not be 4th wall breaking, but, Buffy is comedy.&nbsp; Again, I'll ask, would you expect a D&amp;D movie to be like a Christopher Nolan movie - dark and pretty darn grim, or would you expect Sam Raimi - pretty light hearted and bright?I think people are drastically overestimating the cultural insensitivity of Drizz't Do'urden.&nbsp; Remember, he's the good guy.&nbsp; Sure, there's these black skinned bad guys too, but, they're black.&nbsp; As in actually black, not a colour you find in nature.&nbsp; Banking on the popularity of the character, I think you could likely get away with a lot.&nbsp; Heck, if you can have Conan movies, which are based on a HELL of a lot more insensitive material than Drizz't novels, I think we can get over having black colored characters.Me, I'm hoping for a rollicking adventure, fun and funny.&nbsp; Like the Guardians of the Galaxy movie.&nbsp; I don't want D&amp;D to go the way of DC movies and TV where everything is done is blacks and browns and every movie is this portentious, pretentious film that takes the matter way too seriously.&nbsp; I want the D&amp;D movies to be in the vein of Indiana Jones, Star Wars, heck, Transformers and, as someone mentioned, Fast and Furious.&nbsp; High adventure, lots of explosions and monsters.&nbsp; Spectacle.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 6679159, member: 22779"] This is mostly what i'm talking about. Anything Joss Whedon isn't terribly playing it straight. It might not be 4th wall breaking, but, Buffy is comedy. Again, I'll ask, would you expect a D&D movie to be like a Christopher Nolan movie - dark and pretty darn grim, or would you expect Sam Raimi - pretty light hearted and bright? I think people are drastically overestimating the cultural insensitivity of Drizz't Do'urden. Remember, he's [u]the good guy[/u]. Sure, there's these black skinned bad guys too, but, they're black. As in actually black, not a colour you find in nature. Banking on the popularity of the character, I think you could likely get away with a lot. Heck, if you can have Conan movies, which are based on a HELL of a lot more insensitive material than Drizz't novels, I think we can get over having black colored characters. Me, I'm hoping for a rollicking adventure, fun and funny. Like the Guardians of the Galaxy movie. I don't want D&D to go the way of DC movies and TV where everything is done is blacks and browns and every movie is this portentious, pretentious film that takes the matter way too seriously. I want the D&D movies to be in the vein of Indiana Jones, Star Wars, heck, Transformers and, as someone mentioned, Fast and Furious. High adventure, lots of explosions and monsters. Spectacle. [/QUOTE]

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