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I can just see it now, we will all be looking back fondly on the days when the Dungeons and Dragons movies were considered to be the ultimate crime against Geekdom. I don't even play the game anymore and this really grinds my gears.

How...? Why...? Wha....?

oh cool... it was 'dropped'... I was scared for a second.

djphranq wrote:oh cool... it was 'dropped'... I was scared for a second.

The Emperor Protects!

Magic: The Gathering makes perfect sense as an adaptation. You have a collection of very filmable imagery and settings, and duelling wizards who summon monsters is a really straight forward movie concept.

sebster wrote:Magic: The Gathering makes perfect sense as an adaptation. You have a collection of very filmable imagery and settings, and duelling wizards who summon monsters is a really straight forward movie concept.

No doubt. I'm just kind of skeptical of the quality of adaptations.

djphranq wrote:No doubt. I'm just kind of skeptical of the quality of adaptations.

Oh, then fair enough. Most sure do suck.

I had a friend of a friend of a friend who wrote a script for a MTG movie. He thought he was going to film it himself and get all kinds of pro wrestlers to be in it. I read the first 3 pages and stopped.. something like a bunch of goth kids hanging out in a cemetary and they run into a guy named sengir who sends them back in time and turns them into wizards.

but then I guess that's not too far off from the old D&D cartoon...

The script should be based on the Homelands setting. That will get the people in the theaters!

snake wrote:

djphranq wrote:oh cool... it was 'dropped'... I was scared for a second.

The Emperor Protects!

*Looks at Battleship trailer* And craps on us from great heights...

Thank GOD! I like knowing that Dungeons and Dragons is a guilty pleasure. There is only so much room for movies like that. I mean, why else would a simple thief be able to slay an UBER Anti Paladin type?

KingCracker wrote:Thank GOD! I like knowing that Dungeons and Dragons is a guilty pleasure. There is only so much room for movies like that. I mean, why else would a simple thief be able to slay an UBER Anti Paladin type?

Because a black elf existed in that universe. The rules were already broken.

KingCracker wrote:Thank GOD! I like knowing that Dungeons and Dragons is a guilty pleasure. There is only so much room for movies like that. I mean, why else would a simple thief be able to slay an UBER Anti Paladin type?

You forget LEGEND...

KingCracker wrote:Thank GOD! I like knowing that Dungeons and Dragons is a guilty pleasure. There is only so much room for movies like that. I mean, why else would a simple thief be able to slay an UBER Anti Paladin type?

Yes, that's exactly what was wrong with that movie, and ruined what had been a really enjoyable experience up until that point.

AvatarForm wrote:

KingCracker wrote:Thank GOD! I like knowing that Dungeons and Dragons is a guilty pleasure. There is only so much room for movies like that. I mean, why else would a simple thief be able to slay an UBER Anti Paladin type?

You forget LEGEND...

No I didnt forget Legend. That movie is still pretty cool for many other reasons, but mainly because thats the BEST "Devil" ever caught on film. Hands down.


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sebster wrote:

KingCracker wrote:Thank GOD! I like knowing that Dungeons and Dragons is a guilty pleasure. There is only so much room for movies like that. I mean, why else would a simple thief be able to slay an UBER Anti Paladin type?

Yes, that's exactly what was wrong with that movie, and ruined what had been a really enjoyable experience up until that point.

Sure the movie was riddled with WTF moments. so lets just call that one the final straw? The point where you would put down the controller, pop the game otu and say, no fething way, feth you video game

sebster wrote:Magic: The Gathering makes perfect sense as an adaptation. You have a collection of very filmable imagery and settings, and duelling wizards who summon monsters is a really straight forward movie concept.

And a large store of ready-made plots vis a vis the books.

Base it on Urza and the whole weatherlight shenanigens and I'm happy. Loved the books!

No, base it on Joven and his ferrets.

No, base it on Sorin killing people.

Base it on volrath and his slivers going around and fething gak up.

I used to love slivers. Man you could make them so friggin epic

KingCracker wrote:I used to love slivers. Man you could make them so friggin epic

You could, and they all supported eachother.

Make it about Crovax :3 Or rather, the Nemesis book.. I love that book.

They are making a movie "based" on the Battleship game...

SoloFalcon1138 wrote:They are making a movie "based" on the Battleship game...

And it's going to be awesome because the aliens shoot the pegs from the game.

Make it about Jodah and his near planeswalker abilities. I loved his origins and the saga that ensued.

Make it about Champions of Kamigawa. Yeah, I went there.

Slarg232 wrote:Make it about Champions of Kamigawa. Yeah, I went there.

I agree, there needs to be a Legend of the 5 Rings movie.

Let's step it up a notch, make it about memnarch and his myr.

What about Jace? He's a pretty cool guy.