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[NecrosaroIII]

Looks like fun. Love the Zeppelin use.

 

[ManaByte]

I will never forget seeing the first D&D movie in a completely sold out SF theater on a Friday night.

When Tom Baker showed up, some guy in the front yelled, "OH MY GOD WHAT THE FUCK HAVE THEY DONE TO TOM?!"

 

[Kraz]

Fuck yeah.

 

[ManaByte]

Remember, Orcs and Drow aren't evil anymore.

 

[mansoor1980]

michelle rodriguez as an elf , interesting

 

[jason10mm]

It this based on Vox Machina? Maybe it's just the red haired druid chick with horns.

Looks fun. Nice to see a black dragon spitting acid as well.

 

[Trogdor1123]

That actually looks really good…

 

[PillsOff]

I am sorry but this is the stupidest thing i have ever seen

 

[SJRB]

Man that was 10000000 times better than I expected.

It seems to go for the same vibes as Thor Ragnarok, which is a neat idea for a D&D movie.

 

[NecrosaroIII]

It this based on Vox Machina? Maybe it's just the red haired druid chick with horns.

Looks fun. Nice to see a black dragon spitting acid as well.

Nope, it's Forgotten Realms. New characters. They might have riffed on it a little. At the comicon panel, they mentioned that Critical Role had a huge impact on the fanbase

 

[AJUMP23]

Looks fun and dumb.

 

[FunkMiller]

Looks like a decent kid’s fantasy film. Should do well if the story is any good.

 

[spawn]

I like how they have a mimic in the trailer

 

[Pop]

Actually looks pretty good

I'm down

 

[LordCBH]

They better have one character die and be replaced by a completely different character played by the same guy.

 

[Rest]

That looks shockingly good. Chris Pine and Michelle Rodriguez are usually pretty good.
I might have to see this.

 

[Little Mac]

 

[Rest]

They better have one character die and be replaced by a completely different character played by the same guy.

And nobody says anything.

 

[Elginer]

Love it

 

[Kimahri]

Remember, Orcs and Drow aren't evil anymore.

They are in my game. Good thing about RPGs is you're free to use or discard whatever you like.

Which makes all this push to sanitize a fantasy setting even dumber. Want orcs to be good? Go right ahead. Want evil orcs? Have evil orcs.

I don't need wizards of the coast to provide me with a diaper to play DnD.

 

[jason10mm]

They better have one character die and be replaced by a completely different character played by the same guy.

That's probably too meta but it would be cool if they somehow alluded to saving throws, natural 20s and 1s, and stuff like that without quite breaking the 4th wall.

I'm actually kinda surprised we've not seen more direct litRPG stuff where the game "rules" can be observed and exploited. I guess it tends to lean more towards computer game stuff like Free Guy, Tron, and Ready Player One.

 

[VN1X]

I have no idea what tone they are going for here but I'm definitely going to see this in the cinema. Looks like a ton of fun!

 

[Dr_Salt]

This looks pretty fun

 

[TintoConCasera]

I liked that trailer! I don't know if I'd have prefered a more serious tone but whatever, looks like a fun movie to watch.

Also, lots of d&d stuff alrrady show... Owlbear, displacer beast, black dragon and a mimic, all looking amazing! Hopefully there are more, like a Beholder, love those dudes.

 

[AJUMP23]

Do the Titlers (title writers) know there is "No Honor Among Thieves"?

 

[NecrosaroIII]

I liked that trailer! I don't know if I'd have prefered a more serious tone but whatever, looks like a fun movie to watch.

Also, lots of d&d stuff alrrady show... Owlbear, displacer beast, black dragon and a mimic, all looking amazing! Hopefully there are more, like a Beholder, love those dudes.

It's taking place in Forgotten Realms. The city they showed looked a LOT like Waterdeep. Maybe Xanather will show up?

 

[sol_bad]

Looks cool, I'm in.

 

[Tieno]

Don’t like the vibe. getting bored of these too self aware everything is jokey jokey joke movies that undermine their own stakes. This looks like one of those.

 

[ManaByte]

It's taking place in Forgotten Realms. The city they showed looked a LOT like Waterdeep. Maybe Xanather will show up?

Neverwinter.

This is the plot filed with the copyright office:

An ex-Harper turned thief escapes from prison with his partner, a female barbarian, and reunites with a no-talent wizard and a druid new to their team in an effort to rob the cheating conman who stole all their loot from the heist that landed them behind bars, and used it to install himself as the Lord of Neverwinter. Only the traitor is allied with a powerful Red Wizard who has something far more sinister in store.

 

[DeceptiveAlarm]

Don’t like the vibe. getting bored of these too self aware everything is jokey jokey joke movies that undermine their own stakes. This looks like one of those.

I don't think it looks bad and I'll watch it. I agree though with the jokes. I would like it better with a more serious vibe. Too many movies do this shtick at this point.

 

[NecrosaroIII]

Neverwinter.

This is the plot filed with the copyright office:

Nice. Love me some Neverwinter. Even better.

 

[Vyse]

Looks good to me. I don’t mind dipping into some humor, but for the love of god don’t go full Thor Love and Thunder.

 

[Batiman]

I’m starting to really enjoy these cheesy blockbusters nowadays. I even liked jungle cruise and the new Jurassic world…… I’m not sure why but this seems like something I’ll enjoy even though it looks so stupid.

 

[Mossybrew]

Looks promising, could be a fun popcorn flick.

 

[Pagusas]

huge Chris Pine fan, so i’ll see it, even though the D&D name turns me off.

 

[bender]

I will never forget seeing the first D&D movie in a completely sold out SF theater on a Friday night.

When Tom Baker showed up, some guy in the front yelled, "OH MY GOD WHAT THE FUCK HAVE THEY DONE TO TOM?!"

There is a line in that movie that goes something like "friends, it is now time to act" to which I shouted out, "no, that was 45 minutes ago". Good times.

 

[The_hunter]

Too much of a superhero movie vibe for me.

 

[BadBurger]

I wish the tone were more serious, but it's got enough of a Forgotten Realms feel for me, and I am happy the party has a druid.

They jumped into a gelatinous cube. Not a great idea.

 

[Catphish]

Hrm.

I like the production values. Nice visuals. Always nice to see fantasy worlds and characters come alive like that, but..

I hope the Zeppelin track isn't indicative of the soundtrack. We already have A Knight's Tale. And I prefer my D&D fantasy to sport the expected dialects and accents. I don't like when fantasy uses modern, everyday characterization. The whole point of fantasy is to, you know, escape the everyday.

Also, of all the Zeppelin tracks they could have chosen, they chose that? Not feelin it.

Anyway, I'll keep an eye on it, but will probably wait for word of mouth before I get too excited.

 

[Revolutionary]

No Jeremy Irons, no sale.

 

[Konnor]

Way, way too much comedy. I'm getting sick and tired of the Disney recipe

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

FEED THE FORMULA TO THE MASSES!!

 

[bronk]

Oh nice some more dog shit

 

[Soltype]

Glad to see so much levity, I was afraid they'd make a movie that took the lore seriously.

 

[EviLore]

Looks fun.

 

[bitbydeath]

Don’t like the vibe. getting bored of these too self aware everything is jokey jokey joke movies that undermine their own stakes. This looks like one of those.

I disagree, having jokes adds to the realism for me.

 

[ultrazilla]

As soon as the Led Zeppelin music started, all my enthusiasm went out the door.

Fuck Hollywood.

 

[Trazyn the Infinite]

Don’t like the vibe. getting bored of these too self aware everything is jokey jokey joke movies that undermine their own stakes. This looks like one of those.

I have never seen a game of D&D where people don’t joke around and have fun. There is no party in the world that is super serious all the time, even during super serious events. Heck, games based in and around the D&D worlds have always had lighthearted elements. Baldur’s Gate, PlaneScape: Torment, Legends of Drizzt, etc.

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

I have never seen a game of D&D where people don’t joke around and have fun. There is no party in the world that is super serious all the time, even during super serious events. Heck, games based in and around the D&D worlds have always had lighthearted elements. Baldur’s Gate, PlaneScape: Torment, Legends of Drizzt, etc.

Man I remember Reading Ths Dark Elf Trilogy and The Icewind Dale Trilogy by R A Salvatore in Highschool. Such great books. Would love a live action adaptation of those books

 

[Trazyn the Infinite]

Man I remember Reading Ths Dark Elf Trilogy and The Icewind Dale Trilogy by R A Salvatore in Highschool. Such great books. Would love a live action adaptation of those books

Same! Sadly I don’t think we would ever see a Dark Elf trilogy given today’s cultural climate. The murderous, psychotic, and blatantly chaotic evil matriarchal Menzoberranzan would not be accepted. Plus, correct me if I am wrong, didn’t Wizards of the Coast outright change the history/lore of the Dark Elves to not be evil aligned? Same with orcs in an effort to appease racists who assumed other people were racist?