Okay, I know there's probably someone out there that's said it before, but seriously, three words: Sigil film noir. You know it would work, you know it could happen, and best of all, they kept it in every edition, so it still exists in the new D&D. So I'll say it again. Sigil film noir. Big city, corrupt rulership, insane people...there's your D&D movie. And the best part is, if handled right, it could have crossover appeal in that people don't need to know much about the setting to enjoy the film. So there's the D&D movie for you.
Escape to the Movies: Dungeons & Dragons
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All of the things you mentioned that will b made before this atleast had some plot to follow. The only D&D thing i could see hollywood latching onto would be something like Drizt or another forgotten realms book. which hey it could work.
Math in DnD too hard? Really? *facepalm*
Behind my (dusty) Dungeon Master's screen I can say Dungeons and Dragons has a lot less to do with mathematical equations than with accounting. Still my favorite part of it was the worldbuilding. To me DnD is siting by a campfire telling stories taken to the next level.
I say we don't need a DnD movie, at best we could do with a movie set in one of the more popular settings like Forgotten Realms but still... the biggest problem is that pen and paper roleplaying is still pretty much as fringe as it was before videogames went mainstream. So yeah, want it or not, a WoW movie is a lot more likely than a DnD movie.
Behind my (dusty) Dungeon Master's screen I can say Dungeons and Dragons has a lot less to do with mathematical equations than with accounting. Still my favorite part of it was the worldbuilding. To me DnD is siting by a campfire telling stories taken to the next level.
I say we don't need a DnD movie, at best we could do with a movie set in one of the more popular settings like Forgotten Realms but still... the biggest problem is that pen and paper roleplaying is still pretty much as fringe as it was before videogames went mainstream. So yeah, want it or not, a WoW movie is a lot more likely than a DnD movie.
Im a Big DnD guy. Ive played alot, and ive DM'ed alot. The newer versions of the system are not as math heavy as the orginal version of the game. I prefer 3.5 myself.
Anyway, Wrath of the Dragon God, the one made for SyFi, was actualy a decent film (and a perfect DnD adaptation when compared to the movie that was actualy in theaters)
They actualy based characters in the 'Dragon God,' off of images of characters from some of the books. Anyone who's played DnD arround the time of that movie, could actualy tell what classes the characters were also.
You should actualy watch it, its a good adaptation of DnD.
Anyway, Wrath of the Dragon God, the one made for SyFi, was actualy a decent film (and a perfect DnD adaptation when compared to the movie that was actualy in theaters)
They actualy based characters in the 'Dragon God,' off of images of characters from some of the books. Anyone who's played DnD arround the time of that movie, could actualy tell what classes the characters were also.
You should actualy watch it, its a good adaptation of DnD.
My attempt at a bit of a sideswipe via humor. What I was referring to was Bob's defensive and almost apologetic review of an absolutely horrific piece of stinking cinema DOA off the chopping block (Airbender) and then calling out ol' Riddick later on. I was merely being sarcastic, through in all honesty I could never in a gazillion years fathom how anyone could blast CoR while defending an unmitigated stinker such as TLA.pyro42 said:
Yeah, we'll probably see a World of Warcraft movie before we'll see a decent D&D movie, but here's the catch: Will we see a good WoW movie before we see a decent D&D movie? Given the track record for adaptations of video games to movies (which is what, maybe 1% actually being decent and none of them are from the RPG genre), I hold all doubts.
As far as I can see, there is one glaringly obvious problem with a D&D movie: D&D doesn't have a story. The books are really just a set of rules for how to come up with a story of your own. Really, the only ways I can think of to make a D&D movie, or at least a goodish one, would be to either just make up a fantasy story and sort of say "This is D&D. We promise!" or to make it more about D&D in the way that The Social Network was about Facebook than the way that Halo novels (I hope there's never ever ever going to be a movie made about those, and if there already is one, I'm going to pretend there isn't) are about Halo.
Anyway, the thing about D&D is that it doesn't have one specific story. Yes, it has a whole fleshed-out mythology, but it's really meant to be more of a jumping-off point for a Dungeon Master to write his own story. Theoretically, you could use the d20 system, but not use any races, classes, skills, feats, spells, etc. that Wizards of the Coast provides. It's really more of a way of telling a story than a story. To be honest, it would actually make sense to see a WoW movie before a D&D movie, because WoW actually has a specific, singular plot (or so I've been assured by people who play a lot more than me).
So anyway, yeah, thanks for reading this far. As a special treat for you for not getting bored by my odd internal monologue that somehow made it through my fingers to the internet via a keyboard, I say Obey the Wombat Overlords. <angry yet non-threatening fist-shake>OBEY!</angry yet non-threatening fist-shake> Ohandbythewaythiswebsiteisawesomeyaykthxbai.
Anyway, the thing about D&D is that it doesn't have one specific story. Yes, it has a whole fleshed-out mythology, but it's really meant to be more of a jumping-off point for a Dungeon Master to write his own story. Theoretically, you could use the d20 system, but not use any races, classes, skills, feats, spells, etc. that Wizards of the Coast provides. It's really more of a way of telling a story than a story. To be honest, it would actually make sense to see a WoW movie before a D&D movie, because WoW actually has a specific, singular plot (or so I've been assured by people who play a lot more than me).
So anyway, yeah, thanks for reading this far. As a special treat for you for not getting bored by my odd internal monologue that somehow made it through my fingers to the internet via a keyboard, I say Obey the Wombat Overlords. <angry yet non-threatening fist-shake>OBEY!</angry yet non-threatening fist-shake> Ohandbythewaythiswebsiteisawesomeyaykthxbai.
I know this thread is old, but I have fund something you might like. A good D&D movie has already been made, just not very well-know. Its a independent movie called the Gamers, and its sequel (which is now my 3rd favorite movie, almost beating Lord of the Rings Return of the King) The Gamers 2: The Dorkness Rising. In my opinion, this two films are what your looking for. Both are about a group of players playing D&D while they also act out all the scenes. You can find both in full on YouTube, but I have seen the dvds, but for the life of me, I cannot get ahold of.
Oh wow, I remember D&D! My mother used to play it all the time, sometimes we got to play too, though I never really understood it. Loved the idea that you could create characters and fight monsters, and the guy with all the rules, who tells you what to do, had all these secret things he kept hidden behind a board, dunno what he had, charts and maps maybe? Hell, D&D might be nerdy but at least your interacting with real people...
This may sound off-topic - and/or braindead obvious -, but would it be a reasonable assumption to say that MovieBob's review and this assessment applies for making movies based on tabletop RPG's in general? [e.g. the World of Darkness games]SurrealSadi said:
Reason why this movie concept will never work from the point of view of a DnD player. First, the unfamiliar masses will never care about this franchise save for the few like you who are curious, but not involved. Second, nothing Hollywood can produce will come close to as entertaining as any game we have around the table. This is not about spectacle, this is about immersion and imagination.
I understand that Gygax's influence on the genre makes DnD a big deal for games, but I honestly just don't see a movie coming out of it. The major issue is teh lack of a coherent storyline - DnD seems to me more of a game style than movie material.
You say a WoW movie coming out first would be just wrong, but while I'm not a fan of WoW, surely it's kind of the same thing? It's a DnD-inspired world with specific (and translateable) stories take place.
You say a WoW movie coming out first would be just wrong, but while I'm not a fan of WoW, surely it's kind of the same thing? It's a DnD-inspired world with specific (and translateable) stories take place.
You should really watch the Dungeons and Dragons episode of "Community". That show is really underrated, and that's one of their best episodes.