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2025/07/13 23:22:38
Subject: If someone says, "I don't watch Fantasy, but I'll give one a try..."
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Hangin' with Gork & Mork
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Conan is one my favorite films but I don't think it would be a good film to start out with unless you know that she would be sympatico with its gender and brutal survivalist politics.
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Amidst the mists and coldest frosts he thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.
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2025/07/13 23:23:15
Subject: If someone says, "I don't watch Fantasy, but I'll give one a try..."
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Just a point - don't launch into Hell Boy 2 without seeing Hellboy 1 otherwise it will feel incomplete.
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2025/07/14 00:11:43
Subject: Re:If someone says, "I don't watch Fantasy, but I'll give one a try..."
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Servoarm Flailing Magos
On the Surface of the Sun aka Florida in the Summer.
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OK, we can scratch Conan and add Warcraft.
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Just so you understand our emotionally stunted relationship. This all started when I introduced her to the Christmas classic Die Hard.
And then she introduced me to the Nicolas Cage classic Captain Corelli's Mandolin... on my Birthday.
So for her Birthday, I introduced her to the world of Kaiju films with Pacific Rim. I found it odd that she had missed seeing it in theaters. Strange, huh?
Do you see a pattern? Did you have fun on your birthday? I saw my first Taylor Swift performance on mine... in the movie Cats.
So, I found out that she's never seen a fantasy flick outside of those gawd-awful Harry Potter films, which she believes is the end-all-be-all of fantasy films.
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2025/07/14 00:15:36
Subject: If someone says, "I don't watch Fantasy, but I'll give one a try..."
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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If she can enjoy Die Hard she'll be fine with Conan - its just an 80s action flick same as Die Hard; just set in fantasy.
Also Warcraft movie was solid - its honestly a bit of a shame it didn't do better and they didn't get a sequel (or a dozen). Though I still think it would have done better if they'd made the humans CGI as well and just animated the entire thing considering that every-single-other thing in it is pretty much CGI
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This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2025/07/14 00:16:25
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2025/07/14 00:50:07
Subject: If someone says, "I don't watch Fantasy, but I'll give one a try..."
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Hangin' with Gork & Mork
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I'm not saying she can't handle Conan, I'm saying I don't think it is a good introductory film.
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Amidst the mists and coldest frosts he thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.
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2025/07/14 00:53:51
Subject: If someone says, "I don't watch Fantasy, but I'll give one a try..."
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Servoarm Flailing Magos
On the Surface of the Sun aka Florida in the Summer.
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 Ahtman wrote:I'm not saying she can't handle Conan, I'm saying I don't think it is a good introductory film.
You're probably right.
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2025/07/14 02:10:55
Subject: Re:If someone says, "I don't watch Fantasy, but I'll give one a try..."
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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What about mythological films like Jason and the Argonauts or Clash of the Titans? Or Athurian films?
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The only way we can ever solve anything is to look in the mirror and find no enemy |
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2025/07/14 02:40:22
Subject: Re:If someone says, "I don't watch Fantasy, but I'll give one a try..."
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Servoarm Flailing Magos
On the Surface of the Sun aka Florida in the Summer.
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trexmeyer wrote:What about mythological films like Jason and the Argonauts or Clash of the Titans? Or Athurian films?
Clash of the Titans was on the list... I can add Jason and the Argonauts and Excalibur.
01. Conan: The Barbarian
02. Dragonheart
03. Hellboy 2
04. In the Name of the King: A DungeonSiege Tale
05. Cave Dwellers (MST3K Version)
06. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
07. Stardust
08. The Princess Bride
09. Seventh Son
10. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
11. Dragon Slayer
12. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen.
13. Willow
14. Pan's Labyrinth
15. Hawk the Slayer
16. Labyrinth
17. Return to Oz
18. Clash of the Titans
19. Legend
20. The Dark Crystal
21. Excalibur
22. Jason and the Argonauts
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2025/07/14 05:19:50
Subject: If someone says, "I don't watch Fantasy, but I'll give one a try..."
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Legendary Master of the Chapter
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Wait. If she made you watch Cats on your birthday, I say the gloves come off. Show her Beau is Afraid. It’s more surreal than fantasy, but it does have a giant, maneating …uh, monster.
*This is a joke. Do not attempt.
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2025/07/14 10:34:16
Subject: If someone says, "I don't watch Fantasy, but I'll give one a try..."
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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My extended family all loves Labyrinth. If we introduce the film to an outsider and they don't like it, we know it is all time to point and howl like bodysnatchers.
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2025/07/14 16:10:57
Subject: If someone says, "I don't watch Fantasy, but I'll give one a try..."
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Legendary Master of the Chapter
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It came up in another thread, and I can’t believe no one remembered it here:
Big Trouble in Little China.
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2025/07/14 16:22:24
Subject: If someone says, "I don't watch Fantasy, but I'll give one a try..."
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Servoarm Flailing Magos
On the Surface of the Sun aka Florida in the Summer.
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 BobtheInquisitor wrote:It came up in another thread, and I can’t believe no one remembered it here:
Big Trouble in Little China.
I'm not sure that really is a good example if fantasy.
I've been leaning into either D&D: Honor Among Thieves* or John Boorman's Excalibur.
*I did have the urge to grab the Justin Whalen/Thora Birch/Jeremy Irons original D&D movie, but I would have to sit through it too.
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2025/07/14 17:09:28
Subject: If someone says, "I don't watch Fantasy, but I'll give one a try..."
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Battlefield Tourist
MN (Currently in WY)
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Malificent?
Boorman's Excalibur?
Mst3k- The Cave Dwellers with Ator: The Fighting Eagle?
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2025/07/15 12:56:40
Subject: Re:If someone says, "I don't watch Fantasy, but I'll give one a try..."
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Huge Bone Giant
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Maybe we should remove personal bias and let science decide, don't you all think? Just watch the movie with the cute tiefling. That's, like, the objectively correct choice.
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2025/07/15 13:49:51
Subject: If someone says, "I don't watch Fantasy, but I'll give one a try..."
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Ragin' Ork Dreadnought
Monarchy of TBD
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 Easy E wrote:Malificent?
Boorman's Excalibur?
Mst3k- The Cave Dwellers with Ator: The Fighting Eagle?
Maleficent's a good call. A subversion of a fairy tale the neophyte is familiar with would work quite well, and it has modern pacing and special effects.
And for a really random, terrible idea- get a fantasy film that has everything. Magic, powerful giants, dragons, mind controlling sorceresses, knights, Merlin, Arthur, a desperate battle on a floating castle, and Mark Wahlberg.
Transformers- The Last Knight. 
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Klawz-Ramming is a subset of citrus fruit?
Gwar- "And everyone wants a bigger Spleen!"
Mercurial wrote:
I admire your aplomb and instate you as Baron of the Seas and Lord Marshall of Privateers.
Orkeosaurus wrote:Star Trek also said we'd have X-Wings by now. We all see how that prediction turned out.
Orkeosaurus, on homophobia, the nature of homosexuality, and the greatness of George Takei.
English doesn't borrow from other languages. It follows them down dark alleyways and mugs them for loose grammar.
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2025/07/15 13:56:19
Subject: If someone says, "I don't watch Fantasy, but I'll give one a try..."
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Ridin' on a Snotling Pump Wagon
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Legend?
Legend is a good one.
Shame about Tom Cruise, but we get a lot of Tim Curry.
Krull is another solid one.
Hawk the Slayer is……of its time and budget.
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