Man, all that movie made me want to do is find that cavern they played in, and play more DnD.
Oh, and that humanoid monster in the alley is classic. Who needs CGI...
I haven't seen it since it was on actual t.v. 20 years ago.
I just remember the last scene with Tom Hanks and the magic coin...
/Spoiler/
[I can't believe I wrote the word 'Spoiler' for such a lame but awesome movie!]
Is that where his friends go to visit him at the youth facility/asylum. I don't remember the coin but I also haven't seen it in years. I didn't even know it was on DVD.
I wonder if Netflix has it...
I remember thinking about how cool their characters must have been and how detailed the game rules must have been because it seemed like each of their PCs took up an entire 3-ring notebook/binder!
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I remember thinking about how cool their characters must have been and how detailed the game rules must have been because it seemed like each of their PCs took up an entire 3-ring notebook/binder!
Yeah, and even more interesting is that there is all that information there yet it seems like the game has little to no mechanics! The players just say what they do and that's what happens! Freeform roleplay at its finest!
This is one movie I have not seen in a verrrry long time. If it is out on DVD then I must have it.
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This is a Classic D&D movie and it deserves a reboot. Netflix would be the best producer for such an undertaking, as of today.
and request a remake of "Mazes & Monsters " (Tom Hanks)
Netflix contact -> https://help.netflix.com/en/Recommend-A-Movie-For-Us-To-Remake
This movie resulted in my local comic book shop I frequented to stop carrying Dragon magazine. The owner of the shop believed it was a real documentary (like many, many other anti-gaming groups and individuals did) because it was based on a book of lies by writer Rona Jaffe.
Wait, I thought it was real. Didn't it happen at Michigan Statue University?
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Jaffe based her book on the story of James Egbert III, who did try to commit suicide in the steam tunnels under MSU, but failed. The D&D connection was something the detective, William Dear, seized upon as a possible cause for his death, though no actual connection between that and rpg's was ever discovered.
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Yeah, the book and this movie were both very much products of that time.
They really should stay in that time - remaking the movie would likely be a very bad idea that would confuse many people and could even turn some people against D&D.
Best to let that movie stay in the past