Comments on: Dungeons & Dragons 3

By: Rodger

Rodger — Sat, 08 Oct 2005 07:52:38 +0000

perhaps if you all knew the deep shit that the TSR people had to make a DND movie, you might appreciate the first movie more, sure Peter Jackson set a very high standard but that was because he understood that if there was ever going to be a Lord of the Rings, it HAD TO BE an Epic.

and he would never get the funding to make 3 Movies, he had to make all three at ones as if it were one big Movie.

the DnD movie however, this was not the original story put up by the Team at TSR in the 80’s. Gary Gygax, one of the founding creators of DND for those our there that don’t know, had a DND Movie in the making in the 1980’s, but due to corporate politics that movie was shelved due to an internal power struggle which would have seen any old fans of the game loose thier beloved game, the fact that we finaly saw ANY DnD movie should be applauded. as for the weak making of the 1st film,

I suggest you stop expecting the very best very every thing, we all know the bum rap that DND people get, why would you expect the movie world to be any different, if that is not good enough, then stop whining and get out there and do a better job yourself.

I for one appreciate the time and effort that went into the first movie, and look forward to any other movies that may follow.

and I hope that DND sees a run the likes of which has not been seen since the 007Bond movies.

By: Jack

Jack — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 01:20:50 +0000

I Just watched the DnD sequel today and thought it was far supperior to the first one, the story line is more in depth and has alot more emotion to it. There is very little comedy in it, and after the devastation Snails brought to the movie i was pleased about this. Damodar is far more believeabe, and the main characters are far more diverse. The magic was great although it could have had a better budget for speacial effects, This is a muct for all DnD fans and if the third is more of the same then i cant wait, but a bigger budget would be good. Although A druid in the party was a miss. The rogue and barbarian interactions were great.

By: Ian

Ian — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 04:42:03 +0000

I’ve seen DnD 2 movie, its much better than the first pile of garbage, I’d say its about time all the DnD cliches made it into a film, and they do here.

Yes, it’s rather low budget, but the dragons are great, and if you ask me its a fun movie for DnD lovers..

Personally, I thought it was a plesant surprise.

By: MechoPower

MechoPower — Wed, 31 Aug 2005 20:46:30 +0000

I havent been an avid D&D player since high school cause I joined the military and never had time again…however, I still remember the weekends spent playing…it was a lot of fun. Most people dont like this sort of thing or they bad mouth cause they dont understand the mental capacity it takes to play games like these…you have to have an awesome imagination and split second decision making abilities. For all of you bad mouthing this shit…go take a look in the mirror and tell what it is you do that is so constructive and exciting. I guess being a couch potato is better than actually using your brain for some of you. About the movies…the first one was terrible and should be banned…they could have done so much better and had way better actors. I hope for number 2 and 3 they actually put time and thought into the plot and find someone who can portray the characters like they need to be portrayed and not make a f*#$ing love story out of it.

By: Rj

Rj — Wed, 31 Aug 2005 19:16:10 +0000

I’ve been an avid D&D player for 10 years this october, and me and my all my buddies are psyched for the movie, excellent characters, a plot that could use a little work, but there were some good actors. HOW COULD THEY SCREW IT UP SO BADLY? Seriously, there was shit in that movie that I have never even seen in a D&D books, and I mean I’m a loser, grade A loser. Me and my friends sat there and calculating what level and class each character was, and the DC’s of each thing they did, its doesn’t get much lower than that, but we did it. And I am welcoming the second and third movie, ya know. I’m a video game player and I’ve played plenty of games that were bad but some of the sequals were pretty good. So I have high hopes, my hopes are extremely high for a Dragonlance movie. Robert Deniro soooo should be Raistilin.

By: tankpark

tankpark — Wed, 31 Aug 2005 13:04:47 +0000

The film is crap, but then so is roll playing games so what did you expect.

By: √®¬£¬¥ √•¬Å‚Ä∞ √®¬ª‚Äô

√®¬£¬¥ √•¬Å‚Ä∞ √®¬ª‚Äô — Tue, 30 Aug 2005 21:08:48 +0000

Lug– calling someone else sad because they roleplay instead of watch TV all the time is just lame. I don’t play D&D now, but that’s just because it’s hard finding a group.

Everyone else– You have to understand that these people are business executives who get their hands on a property and have to make money on it somehow. They don’t have to do a great job, they just have to keep costs lower than the sales they’ll automatically get from the D&D name. It’s only when someone with vision and a love of what they’re presenting come along that you get things like Peter Jackson’s Ring trilogy.

On the off chance that the producer of the D&D movies reads this and cares, no offence intended if you really did the best you could. But it really was a disappointment.

By: Dack

Dack — Thu, 28 Apr 2005 07:32:27 +0000

I lvoe DnD it is badass but hey im still a kid whta i dont get is that all theses great moives are coming out that ARE MAKING TONS OF MONEY AND THERE ALL BASED ON COMIC BOOKS AND NOVELS AND THE DnD moive makers are the onlying idiots not following the program istead they kkep scraping up crap off there boots of stupidty and dumbing it into film.

By: lug

lug — Sun, 06 Mar 2005 03:48:57 +0000

“I do play D&D and I’m not a kid, I play it with a group that ranges from the ages of 20 – 35 with a table of 4 – 6 players every week,”

rob, you’re so sad. you’re life must suck so bad. anyone older than 20 playing dnd should check themselve into a mental hospital.

By: Rob

Rob — Sat, 05 Feb 2005 16:18:19 +0000

I do play D&D and I’m not a kid, I play it with a group that ranges from the ages of 20 – 35 with a table of 4 – 6 players every week, and All of us look at the first movie in horror. It SUCKS, i mean geesh the Realms is there, You don’t have to do Dritz novels (though Salv has written a number of good books) you also have the Eliminster books, the Harpers books, The city books, Hey what about the Gods War? Or the Forsaken House or any of the Realms novels.. Or for that matter the Dragon Lance, Planescape etc etc Novels.. Why Do these morons keep allowing shitty movies when there is so much good stuff out there?

Something tells me they really really musta rolled bad on the actors selection, Hasbro needs to be given a nice +5 Crappywritter, Produce and Directors Bane with truestrike cast on it… then once they use it cut sick with some hell balls, followed by some nice Prismatic Sprays and just for the Heck of it, nuke the area with a few Fireballs or even better Disinigrates while there at it…. and leave a Mighty Iron Gollem there to STOP em ever being raised!

By: Dave Arneson

Dave Arneson — Thu, 16 Dec 2004 22:29:28 +0000

You might want to wait until there is some hard news about the plot or (Gasp!) Actually talk to someone that has actually seen the movie.

By: PJ

PJ — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 05:30:18 +0000

I think it is horrid that they are doing a second movie. I would hope we would see maybe a Forgotten realms or a Dragon Lance inspired movie. Ray Parks as Drizzt Do’Urden? We all know he has the moves and wouldn’t mind wearing make up. Any one have the movie actors guild phone book….