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MarkNorfolk wrote:

 warboss wrote:
Wow... that dragon right before the mimic (1:23 in the link above) looks really really rough as CGI... like 2003 rough. Wow.

Is this still planned as a theatrical release?

didn't seem that bad to me - besides I think it's an animated statue - I believe you can see it motionless as the party make their way through a city square.

Yes, it is an animated statue as seen at 1:20 in the new trailer...

I'm really glad that's the case. I'm still not a fan of the humor though for the longevity of this film. It's hard to believe but IIRC the first D&D film and the first LOTR film came out within a year of each other and there was a wide gulf between the quality of them.

It'll be interesting to see how much of an impact Hasbro/WotC messing around with the OGL ends up having on the performance of this film, if any.

*watches 2nd trailer*

Did Joss Whedon write this?

This is absolutely a Guardian of the Galaxy movie and I can’t wait.

Yep. Looking forward to it.

Ah. A 'questions' gag. I wonder if they'll dig up the Sending spell and screw up the 25 word limit on that as a bonus trope.
Oh, my sides. We are laughing, aren't we?

They used a Led Zeppelin song about alternative lovin. Kind of an odd choice if you ask me.

 Adeptekon wrote:
They used a Led Zeppelin song about alternative lovin. Kind of an odd choice if you ask me.

'But James Gunn put so much classic music in the Guardians movies and we're doing the same thing why won't you go see our movie?!'

Them probably because this project looks more and more like a shameless imitation of other popular films as it goes on...

Does that make it a more accurate representation of DnD or less XD

Man, people here have no sense of humour. This movie looks like a blast. Not every film has to be some profound statement on the human condition.

Nah, I used to be a DnD snob, but I've converted to WH.

I mean Battle of Evermore vs Whole lotta love? I'm sticking with odd factor, but I get people think it's cool.

 creeping-deth87 wrote:
Man, people here have no sense of humour. This movie looks like a blast. Not every film has to be some profound statement on the human condition.

Lot of assumptions in them three sentences

I feel a bit sorry for the mage/elf in that clip - kinda feels a bit outclassed/inexperienced acting wise; but could be just the scene he's setup in that moment.


Displacer Beast in combat looks fun!

 LordofHats wrote:

 creeping-deth87 wrote:
Man, people here have no sense of humour. This movie looks like a blast. Not every film has to be some profound statement on the human condition.

Lot of assumptions in them three sentences

Hey, somebody clearly enjoyed Your Highness and is excited for more...

But frankly this looks like a movie made by people who don't understand D+D for people who don't like D+D.

I did get a chuckle out of the owl bear flopping around like a fish.

 Azreal13 wrote:

 LordofHats wrote:

 creeping-deth87 wrote:
Man, people here have no sense of humour. This movie looks like a blast. Not every film has to be some profound statement on the human condition.

Lot of assumptions in them three sentences

Hey, somebody clearly enjoyed Your Highness and is excited for more...

But frankly this looks like a movie made by people who don't understand D+D for people who don't like D+D.

I'm not unimpressed that not a lick of the film seems inspired by anything but the idea 'people like this, and this, and this, so we'll do this, and this, and this.'

Maybe I'm wrong but I ain't paying to find out and I'm more than happy to mock the promotions that only seem to reinforce the idea that this is the movie to see if you like Guardians of the Galaxy so much you want a discount version.

Geek media being converted into mass-media for non-Geeks is par for the course and I'm not one to rant about it much. I'm just also not much interested in it XD

All the fans trying to be positive as the inevitability that it really isn't slowly gathers momentum breaks my heart a little though.

It's like Homer when the suckling pig gets loose.

"It's still good! It's still good!"

Some of us just prefer to save the depression until after the thing releases and we can see it

Then you must waste a lot of time on blatantly gak product.

Well I've seen 3 mins of cobbled together clips from the film so its hard to give a full judgement call on just a fragment of the film. But yeah I'd rather see the whole thing or a good chunk before passing final judgement.

I've seen trailers that looked awesome and the film turned out poor; I've seen dull trailers to an awesome film; I've seen films others hate that I like and vis versa.

I don't see the harm in that?
I mean heck "true DnD" is often a bit of a vague term if you consider that DnD can be formal story books; comics; adventures; super silly all the way to deep and detailed. Even the RPG itself is insanely variable from silly to sane to bonkers to one off to super serious.

If it turns out as a semi fun romp of light jokes and humour with some neat action scenes and such and isn't trying to take itself too seriously but not too insultingly stupidly at the same time then it could be good fun for entertainment.

Or it could be utter dross. As I said above I've already a bit of a reservation regarding the apparent acting skill of the mage/elf characters.

 creeping-deth87 wrote:
Man, people here have no sense of humour. This movie looks like a blast. Not every film has to be some profound statement on the human condition.

They don't have to reuse old jokes, either. The 'you have 3 (5) questions, but you waste them on bad phrasing' is a cliche of 20th century fairy tale retellings. It could have worked with one wasted question. Four of them just portrays the protagonists as idiots. And then the trailer implies that it doesn't even matter, they'll just dig up the next corpse and do it again. So the whole cliched joke is undercut immediately.

The movie looks like they're checking off lists. And it somehow gets worse about that with each trailer.

There's a lot of D&D media these days. That they're for some reason trying to relearn the lesson from the first D&D movie gakshow is baffling. Get some good actors, wrap a semi-decent story around a couple familiar tent-posts and namedrop a few locations.

The 2nd trailer is somewhat a mix of flat humor and cringe ...and 'whole lota love' again, no score yet.

Though now that I think of it I could see this a new format for on going DnD series.

 creeping-deth87 wrote:
Man, people here have no sense of humour. This movie looks like a blast. Not every film has to be some profound statement on the human condition.

Yep. Doesn't have to the best thing ever to be fun.

Voss wrote:

They don't have to reuse old jokes, either. The 'you have 3 (5) questions, but you waste them on bad phrasing' is a cliche of 20th century fairy tale retellings. It could have worked with one wasted question. Four of them just portrays the protagonists as idiots.

So.... pretty accurate to what goes on in many actual games.
Including the one I'm playing in atm.

ccs wrote:


So.... pretty accurate to what goes on in many actual games.
Including the one I'm playing in atm.

Yeah this is what I was referring to, but said better. I could see this being a thing, party dynamics as part of blending the player experience with fantasy.

Its stupid because its supposed to be isn't exactly compelling.

I am perfectly entertained by intentionally stupid so long as it’s well done stupid. I thought the last Thor got Too stupid in a lot of places for example, while Guardians is a more appropriate amount of stupid. Yes, Marvel movies are my metric.

 AduroT wrote:
I am perfectly entertained by intentionally stupid so long as it’s well done stupid. I thought the last Thor got Too stupid in a lot of places for example, while Guardians is a more appropriate amount of stupid. Yes, Marvel movies are my metric.

It depends a lot on context and tone. Futurama would be eye wateringly bad if it didn't have its tongue so thoroughly rammed into its cheek every waking moment. If the Toxic Avenger didn't play horrible special effects so straight, it wouldn't be anywhere near as funny.

You know what? I thought that was very funny.