Which of these two directors would you choose for the next D&D Movie?

[Rune]

I really don't think Peter Jackson would enjoy doing a D&D movie. He has said that he hates wizards with cheezy, flashy, cliched special effects, prefering subtle magics. D&D is just too high-magic for that. There's no way you can do magic missles and fireballs without being cliched.

 

[Xeriar]

His directorial skill is NOT in question. Let's be very clear: The question is: "Which of these two directors would you choose to direct the next D&D movie?"

I would choose Courtney Solomon. It seems like you want to answer a different question. I'm not suggesting that I think he WILL (in fact I specifically said I thought he wouldn't), nor am I saying I think he did such a great job that he's perfectly suited. I'm saying I would rather see him direct the next D&D film than Peter Jackson.

I can't be WRONG about that. I do think it. Saying he's a crappy director or doesn't make a profit (nothing the slightest bit cynical about it) is totally beside the point. You're not going to convince me that REALLY I want PJ to direct the next film.

I do think that the D&D movie was entertaining and showed flashes of humour, emotion and talent and got thoroughly trashed for failings that weren't really germane to the value of the film. But that's okay. I like a lot of films that don't make much money. And I like lots of blockbusters. None of which has anything to do with the discussion at hand.

I would pick Courtney Solomon over Peter Jackson, that's all I'm saying.

I would personally pick Sam Raimi, but that may just be me.

As for Courtney, I don't know if he realizes what he did wrong in his first movie. If he does, good, if not, I would not care to see another movie made by the man.

 

[Rune]

I'd watch (and probably enjoy) a Sam Raimi D&D movie.

 

[Flexor the Mighty!]

The entire cast and crew of the D&D movie should be punished for the hour and half they ripped from so many people lives. I and others could have watched paint dry instead of wasting precious time on that "movie". I feel like I was robbed.

 

[Tiefling]

Courtney Solomon may have tried his darndest, but he sucks.

And I agree with Furn. Blade Runner was definitely one of the most boring movies I've ever watched. Why so many people worship it is beyond me.

 

[Rune]

And I agree with Furn. Blade Runner was definitely one of the most boring movies I've ever watched. Why so many people worship it is beyond me.

Maybe it's like jazz; some people just don't get it.

 

[barsoomcore]

*Just gives up beating head against rock*

Yes, a Sam Raimi D&D movie would be tons of fun. With Bruce Campbell as the bad guy, of course. Ash, fifteen years later.

 

[Xeriar]

Courtney Solomon may have tried his darndest, but he sucks.

And I agree with Furn. Blade Runner was definitely one of the most boring movies I've ever watched. Why so many people worship it is beyond me.

Blade Runner has a kind of dark, subtle humor. For example, Deckard talks about the sheer number of pictures many replicants have, but seems oblivious to all the ones around his piano.

The same is true watching his pupils as he flies into the city in the openning scene. There is a lot of internal symbolism regarding eyes, actually... "Nothing the god of biomechanics would forgive me for."

As someone who has dabbled with neural networks, that scene really struck a chord with me. Would I think of an AI as my child? Probably. What if... everything I could do for them just wasn't enough, and they killed me for it...

 

[Dr Midnight]

Maybe it's like jazz; some people just don't get it.

I think it's like jazz; some people try perhaps a little too hard to PROJECT that there's something you're not "getting" if you don't llike it.

 

[Kugar]

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