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Wed May 08, 2013 2:41 pm
New DND Movie.... YAY?!?
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Not for sure if I'm in the right forum, but this article made me chuckle....
http://www.deadline.com/2013/05/dungeons-dragons-movie-warner-bros/
We can only hope it will be better then the gawdawful last movie.
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Wed May 08, 2013 4:03 pm
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Now that's awesome! I hope that they really produce something good. Can't wait to see/read more about it.  
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Wed May 08, 2013 10:33 pm
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Yes, promising. I doubt they are willing to put a Peter Jackson-expense into the project, but it will, hopefully, be much better than the previous attempts. Poor Jeremy Irons.  I sure appreciate his willingness to try to promote our hobby. 
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Wed May 08, 2013 11:35 pm
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It troubles me that the same producers will be on board that produced the horrible Jeremy Irons ham-fest. But the script being based on Chainmail? I must know more!!!
Having watched all the D&D movies...and there are 3 or 4? (all but one SciFi Channel products), I'm thinking that they couldn't do any worse, so I'm optimistic.
Speaking of optimism...am I alone in sensing a renewal of interest in my beloved D&D? Is it just nostalgia by old folks like me? Or is the Videodrome generation discovering the game now? (I'm out of the loop here, so I'd love to hear your thoughts on the subject - you folks that actually get to game F2F)
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Wed May 08, 2013 11:35 pm
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srry - double-posted
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Thu May 09, 2013 8:33 am
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This:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAIUf4HOgME
...is the first I've ever seen of the occasionally mentioned D&D film. Oh well.
| bugsy wrote: |
| It troubles me that the same producers will be on board that produced the horrible Jeremy Irons ham-fest... |
-Maybe they learned from their mistakes.
Oh, I do say the silliest things....
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| But the script being based on Chainmail? I must know more!!! ... |
-If it's based on the old Chainmail, it would have to be a war movie with a "wide point of view" i.e. something like a fantasy Gettysburg or A Bridge Too Far.
Last edited by jamesdglick on Thu May 09, 2013 10:45 am; edited 1 time in total
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Thu May 09, 2013 8:48 am
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| SirXaris wrote: |
| Poor Jeremy Irons. I sure appreciate his willingness to try to promote our hobby. |
Not once, but twice . . . let us not forget Eregon. 
Hat's off to Jeremy. Too bad the Producers failed him! 
Thanks for sharing that link. I don't agree with all it's points, still . . .
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Thu May 09, 2013 9:39 am
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| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAIUf4HOgME |
I'd almost forgotten how bad it was.
Honestly, though, I was more impressed with Eregon. I didn't read the books, but my kids really liked the movie and I thought it was, at least, worth seeing.
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Thu May 09, 2013 4:54 pm
Chaimail!
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Chainmail - in it's original little silvery book version was one of myb favorite games wayyyy back when. I can't even tell you how many battles were waged between Minifigs Elves, Minifigs (snout-nosed) Orcs and Ral Partha medieval levies. Nothing but good memories!
I hope that somehow they can impart some of the wide-eyed air of possibility that I felt playing Chainmail and D&D back then.
Although I've let literally hundreds of D&D sourcebooks slip through my hands since 1978, I still have one of those Minifigs Elves. Terrible mini - great memories!
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Fri May 10, 2013 8:01 pm
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| SirXaris wrote: |
| jamesdglick wrote: |
| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAIUf4HOgME |
I'd almost forgotten how bad it was.
Honestly, though, I was more impressed with Eregon. I didn't read the books, but my kids really liked the movie and I thought it was, at least, worth seeing.
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Books (as is usually the case) INFINITELY Superior....
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