Who's Fucking Idea Was It To Make A Sequel...

[Guest NaturalBornThriller4:20]

Apparently it didn't matter that the original $45 million-budgeted Dungeons & Dragons only made $15 million in theaters, as Zinc Entertainment, a division of Joel Silver's Silver Pictures, will produce Dungeons & Dragons: The Sequel for an early 2004 release.

 

Variety says Zinc will produce the film with Marching Band Productions and Sweetpea Entertainment. Overseas Filmgroup will handle licensing worldwide, excluding U.S. video rights and certain territories handled by Warner Home Video.

 

Credit: ComingSoon.Net

 

Why?

 

1. It Stunk.

 

2. It Bombed.

 

3. It Sucked.

 

4. It Was Crap.

 

5. When You Have Justin Whalin As The Star Of Your Movie... YOU ARE DOING SOME WRONG!.

[Guest El Satanico]

:shrugs:

 

I care not about this

[Guest the pinjockey]

If the sequel stars:

 

Anthony Stewart Head

Nicholas Brendon

Thomas Lenk

Sarah Hagan

 

Just sitting around for an hour and a half playing D&D I am there. Otherwise forget that.

 

They couldn't even get the Wayans brother back from the first one?

[Guest godthedog]

it was my idea.

 

mine.

 

i optioned it to zinc, and got 3 million dollars.

 

sometimes it's hard for me to sleep at night, but then i just fluff up my large pile of money i sleep on, and nudge closer to one of my many beautiful ladies.

[Guest The Grand Pubah of 1620]

I know D&D started it all, but I think it sucks and I never wasted my time on the movie. Magic and Vampire were better games IMO.

[Guest razazteca]

Well Lord of the Rings made 9834791 Billion dollars at the box office and merchandising so D&D can do the same, duh.

 

It can work just as long as it is not a comedy................no Wayans Brothers need apply.

 

Justin? the guy from American Idol? Say it Aint So.

[Rendclaw 0]

this has the making of it being worse than the first movie. Hell the best part about the first movie was.... welll... errr..

 

Never mind.

[Guest razazteca]

Unless this movie has women running around in extremely tight leather costumes showing of the T&A why bother?

[Guest HollywoodSpikeJenkins]

this has the making of it being worse than the first movie. Hell the best part about the first movie was.... welll... errr..

 

Never mind.

The best part of the first one was Thora Birch out performing the whole cast, even while she was half assing it.

[Guest DrTom]

The first one was awful. Simply awful. And this is coming from someone who's played D&D since 1984. My friends and I watched and just shook our heads and laughed at all the ridiculous things in the movie. The film was IN NO WAY representative of anything that would happen in the game. If they want to shit out another one, I won't bother even renting it.

[Rendclaw 0]

this has the making of it being worse than the first movie. Hell the best part about the first movie was.... welll... errr..

 

Never mind.

The best part of the first one was Thora Birch out performing the whole cast, even while she was half assing it.

You have a point, my friend....

 

Being a player since 1981, I have to agree with Dr. Tom on this one... unless its made by those who actually *know* the game, have *played* the game, and can write a halfway decent script, I will barely twitch an ear when the trailers hit...

 

I heard somewhere that Vin Diesel and some others were going to write a D&D movie, as he was an avid gamer. If there is any truth to that, I wouldn't mind seeing something from him. Granted a lot of people can;t stand him, but I think he's a lot better actor than those who make a lot more money than he does ::coughtomcruisecoughcough::

 

The worst game-to-movie adaptation still reigns after 8 years

 

Street Fighter, with J-CVD.

 

Contenders?

[Guest Zack Malibu]

Justin? the guy from American Idol? Say it Aint So.

Uh, no dude...Justin Whalin is an actor, probably most notable for portraying a grown up Andy in Child's Play 3.

 

No resemblance to Justin "American Idol" Guarini.

[thuganomics 0]

BTW Justin Whalin's probably best known as TV's Jimmy Olsen from Lois & Clark.

 

And D & D the movie while blowing did make LOTS of money overseas. Hence, a sequel makes sense.

 

Them crazy furreiners likes them some 'Merican movies, they does!

[Guest Youth N Asia]

Unless they went all big budgety and special effects on it, then it's a waste of time.

[Guest starvenger]

The first one was awful. Simply awful. And this is coming from someone who's played D&D since 1984. My friends and I watched and just shook our heads and laughed at all the ridiculous things in the movie. The film was IN NO WAY representative of anything that would happen in the game. If they want to shit out another one, I won't bother even renting it.

I think a sequel would work if they ignore EVERYTHING that happened in the original, get a decent script, and a competent director, not some fanboy.

 

...I don't ask for TOO much change, do I?

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

wow..some old school first edition nerds out there.

 

I started in second, and started actually building characters well right after third edition came out..

 

The movie..ye gods. Terrible, awful..worse than bad. It failed to do anything useful as a film, or even tickle my dorky rpg fancy.

[Guest Vyce]

The first one was awful. Simply awful. And this is coming from someone who's played D&D since 1984. My friends and I watched and just shook our heads and laughed at all the ridiculous things in the movie. The film was IN NO WAY representative of anything that would happen in the game. If they want to shit out another one, I won't bother even renting it.

Were there any Beholders in the film?

 

If not, then there you go.

 

Can't have a successful D&D movie without Beholders.

[Guest DrTom]

Yes, there was a Beholder in the film. And the protagonists dispatched it by throwing a fucking rock. So a Beholder, a very intelligent monster, was distracted for several minutes by the noise a thrown rock would generate? It was all downhill from there.

[Guest DrTom]

wow..some old school first edition nerds out there.

You betcha. I was only ten when I started playing, but I liked the game right away and played whenever I could. My group (me in particular) bristled at 2nd Edition for a couple years before finally adopting it. Third Edition is tremendous, as a lot of the things that crippled the 2E system have been streamlined or removed. Good job, WOTC.

[Rendclaw 0]

I started with the Basic and Expert rules, then went to 1st edition, thumbed my nose at 2nd until I actually *played* in a 2nd Ed. campaign, and I refuse to buy 3rd edition, as it would completely screw up all of my campaign work, just from coverting my NPCs.

 

I've played 3rd Ed... its a decent enough game, I just look at the prices for the rule books and I go "uh uh!"

 

For a good platform from which to spring a good D&D movie, look no further than Conan the Barbarian, with a nod to Braveheart for the graphic violence.

 

Conan may be 21 years old, but it was a great sword & sorcery flick.

 

Violence, gore, sex, and a halfway decent plot.

 

Yeah buddy.

[Guest CoreyLazarus416]

<Ogre> Nerds? NERDS!!!! </Ogre>

[Guest razazteca]

Why not build the movie around Pool of Radience or Forgotten Realms.

[Rendclaw 0]

because I am sure Ed greenwood would want an INSANE amount of money... thats why the Forgotten Realms supplements are the most expensive.

[Guest RevEvil]

They couldn't even get the Wayans brother back from the first one?

He died in the movie.

[Guest DrTom]

Why not build the movie around Pool of Radience or Forgotten Realms.

Personally, I'd like to see the first three Dragonlance books (the "Chronicles" trilogy) on the big screen. Raistlin is better than any character to come out of the Realms, including everyone's favorite dark elf.

[Rendclaw 0]

That's not a bad idea, but its too late... too bad TSR couldn't get its act together in anyway, because a halfway decent DL movie would have really launched the company... through the 80s and into the 90s, no one would take them seriously, despite rampant rumors of a D&D movie.

 

Even though its been overdone in the novels, I think a "Guardians of the Flame" style of movie would work just great... that way they could at least *JUSTIFY* the tons of modern references..

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

For a good platform from which to spring a good D&D movie, look no further than Conan the Barbarian

 

You know, after I started playing, I saw this movie on TBS after not seeing it for years, and it's totally built on your basic wizards and warriors archetypes..the powerful barbarian, the wily (if cowardly) thief, a wise mage.

 

Actually, I think that was Conan the Destroyer...

 

Conan the Barbarian had Arnold fucking up James Earl Jones, didn't it?

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

<Ogre> Nerds? NERDS!!!! </Ogre>

I thought the same thing at first.

 

I'd heard people talk about it..it sounded ghey.

I actually watched some people play..it looked ghey.

I finally played once, and it was a fucking riot. Especially if you've got some people with decent enough imagination..I can see how the old hack and slash "Tordek of the Dwarven Kingdom will slay the beast with my axe. Yay." would get tiresome.

[Rendclaw 0]

For a good platform from which to spring a good D&D movie, look no further than Conan the Barbarian

 

You know, after I started playing, I saw this movie on TBS after not seeing it for years, and it's totally built on your basic wizards and warriors archetypes..the powerful barbarian, the wily (if cowardly) thief, a wise mage.

 

Actually, I think that was Conan the Destroyer...

 

Conan the Barbarian had Arnold fucking up James Earl Jones, didn't it?

You are correct on both counts, sir.

 

While Conan the Destroyer was a decent flick, Conan the Barbarian was light-years ahead of it...

 

I guess they toned things down in Conan the Destroyer so more kids could see it.

 

:;chuckles:: I won't even mention Red Sonja, which should have been better than it was, though Sandahl Bergman playing the villainess wasn't too bad.