New D&D Movie....did angry gamers forget their anger toward WotC/Hasbro?

GhostNinja · April 07, 2023, 08:53:38 AM

Quote from: weirdguy564 on April 06, 2023, 05:47:26 PM
Now, if we could get Jerry Bruckheimer off the couch and make that Palladium Rifts movie they optioned off of Palladium Books years ago, then I'll get interested. Right now they're just squatters with the rights to make a movie. And I know that's almost always what happens, but it still sucks to never get a movie of your favorite IP's like Rifts, or many other IP's.

I wonder if he still has the rights to it or have the expired. Depending on the contract he still may have them or not. If he sat on them and let them expire that that's stupid and just gave Kevin free money (though I am not sure how much he would have gotten for it).

Correct me if I am wrong but I heard Kevin S. was submitting ideas for the movie and I "think" he even wanted to write it. I could be wrong.

GamerforHire · April 07, 2023, 09:12:31 AM

The new Transformers movie is due out soon, and the commercials for it made me think, "What if the D&D movie was made by Michael Bay, as in all-in move by Hasbro to cash in on the D&D intellectual property?" A Bay-led movie on D&D is really funny to think about, if you let your mind wander.

Batjon · April 07, 2023, 10:46:04 AM

Add to this the new WotC controversy of removing half-races from the game because they are "problematic." Bye bye Half-Elves, Half-Orcs, etc.

Batjon · April 07, 2023, 10:50:59 AM

Quote from: GamerforHire on April 07, 2023, 09:12:31 AM
The new Transformers movie is due out soon, and the commercials for it made me think, "What if the D&D movie was made by Michael Bay, as in all-in move by Hasbro to cash in on the D&D intellectual property?" A Bay-led movie on D&D is really funny to think about, if you let your mind wander.

I'm somehow imagining in my head Christopher Walken saying "Guess what! I've got a fever, and the only prescription is more EXPLOSIONS!"

GhostNinja · April 07, 2023, 01:34:51 PM

Quote from: Batjon on April 07, 2023, 10:46:04 AM
Add to this the new WotC controversy of removing half-races from the game because they are "problematic." Bye bye Half-Elves, Half-Orcs, etc.

It's weird that they said it's "Racist". Do they explain how it is racist? Did I missing something?

hedgehobbit · April 07, 2023, 02:19:51 PM

Quote from: mightybrain on April 06, 2023, 07:59:01 PM
One thing I noticed is that the film characters (for the most part) seem to fit together better as a party, than any 5e D&D game equivalents you can create. Neither the bard character, nor the druid character, appear to have or use any spells at all in the film. But this only serves to leave that role clear for the sorcerer. <snip> It's interesting that the screenwriters noticed this where the game designers didn't. But I guess the game designers were trying to emulate genre heroes with each class separately rather than thinking about them in terms of their role within a group.

When designing classes for an RPG, it is important that none of the character classes become mandatory. So each class will often be able to replicate another class on a limited basis (Paladins heal, wizards can magically unlock things). But when making a movie, it is more important to have clearly defined characters so this isn't a benefit. Plus, in a movie the entire adventure is written specifically for the characters in the movie so any limitations in the party line up just turn into plot points.

Grognard GM · April 07, 2023, 03:15:40 PM

One doesn't want Bruckheimer or Bay for a D&D movie, one wants John Boorman or John Milius. Imagine a D&D movie that looked like the art plates from AD&D 2e.

GeekyBugle · April 07, 2023, 04:17:57 PM

Quote from: Grognard GM on April 07, 2023, 03:15:40 PM
One doesn't want Bruckheimer or Bay for a D&D movie, one wants John Boorman or John Milius. Imagine a D&D movie that looked like the art plates from AD&D 2e.

Nah, you want Miguel Galindo + Jaime Jimenez Pons https://www.filmaffinity.com/mx/film781977.html

Thor's Nads · April 07, 2023, 11:30:21 PM

Quote from: hedgehobbit on April 04, 2023, 08:06:26 PM
I followed the OGL outrage fairly closely, and the number I heard being stated was that 70,000 people were mad enough to cancel their D&D Beyond membership. If those people had all bought tickets to the movie, that would have been $700,000 in box office.

Yeah, but it's not just 70,000 right? That's 70k people and the people they didn't bring with them, and the family & friends they told to stay away from the movie.

That still might not add up to the 100's of millions that movie needs to make money, but it's not nothing.

Zalman · April 08, 2023, 08:13:13 AM

Quote from: Thor's Nads on April 07, 2023, 11:30:21 PM
Quote from: hedgehobbit on April 04, 2023, 08:06:26 PM
I followed the OGL outrage fairly closely, and the number I heard being stated was that 70,000 people were mad enough to cancel their D&D Beyond membership. If those people had all bought tickets to the movie, that would have been $700,000 in box office.

Yeah, but it's not just 70,000 right? That's 70k people and the people they didn't bring with them, and the family & friends they told to stay away from the movie.

That still might not add up to the 100's of millions that movie needs to make money, but it's not nothing.

It's also not like every person who was thinking about seeing the movie has a D&D Beyond subscription to cancel in the first place. I know dozens of people who have seen this movie who have never heard of D&D Beyond.