Whats up with the visor?
PDK,
kind of doubt it...but maybe they want to keep her face hidden from obvious things like maybe iris color changes and/or large nose perhaps?
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Whats up with the visor?She's playing Cobra Commander. Haven't you heard? they're merging Transformer, Forgotten Realms and GI Joe into the same MCU style world. Saves time and allow them to use all their properties in one single cinematic universe! :P
Oh, I was way off I thought this was a mash-up of M.A.S.K You know, with Rodriquez's Fast Saga experience. Chris Pine will ride the trashcan.
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Maybe it's ok, but those are far more renaissance looking costumes than medieval looking costumes. Suggests to me a lot more "court intrigue" than dungeon delving of a plot. Personally, I'm hoping for costumes which fit better in Conan than Game of Thrones when it comes to a D&D movie.
^ Sure! But that would depend on whether the movie uses an established setting or not, as well as which setting (& even 'where' in that setting).
We already know that the D&D movie is set in the Realms -- we've known this for quite some time. We have also learned that it's in the North/Sword Coast region of the setting which, despite its wild frontier nature , is more renaissance than medieval (or even sword & sorcery a la Conan) -- at least in & around the various city states of the region (feudalism etc. is not a thing in this part of the setting -- although an argument could be made for a pseudo-manoralism-type thing-maybe in some areas...maybe?).
Now, that doesn't rule out "barbarian tribal peoples" (a la Conan) as there are the Uthgart native to the region. However, if the movie mainly stays around/focuses on the cities & surrounds (with the obligatory dungeon -- maybe in the wilderness or upper Underdark if not just beneath the focus city like an Undermountain wannabe), then 'renaissance-faire' is what we'll be seeing for the most part...
<shrug>
Carry on, I guess,
--C.
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Maybe it's ok, but those are far more renaissance looking costumes than medieval looking costumes. Suggests to me a lot more "court intrigue" than dungeon delving of a plot. Personally, I'm hoping for costumes which fit better in Conan than Game of Thrones when it comes to a D&D movie.
I think Forgotten Realms has become a fair bit more Renaissance-ish post-Spellplague (even before the Spellplague they'd just developed gunpowder, if of a more limited kind), so costumes more reflecting that than the medieval fantasy norm would be welcome.
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Maybe it's ok, but those are far more renaissance looking costumes than medieval looking costumes. Suggests to me a lot more "court intrigue" than dungeon delving of a plot. Personally, I'm hoping for costumes which fit better in Conan than Game of Thrones when it comes to a D&D movie.I think Forgotten Realms has become a fair bit more Renaissance-ish post-Spellplague (even before the Spellplague they'd just developed gunpowder, if of a more limited kind), so costumes more reflecting that than the medieval fantasy norm would be welcome.
I guess that's one more thing post 4E FR that I dislike, and have been so far away from it since then that I didn't even know.
Joel,
Yeah 4e FR wasn't my favorite any more than 5th Age DL.
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Oh, I was way off I thought this was a mash-up of M.A.S.K You know, with Rodriquez's Fast Saga experience. Chris Pine will ride the trashcan.Whats up with the visor?She's playing Cobra Commander. Haven't you heard? they're merging Transformer, Forgotten Realms and GI Joe into the same MCU style world. Saves time and allow them to use all their properties in one single cinematic universe! :P
They're also pushing for Hugh Grant to put on 40 pounds and grow a grey mustache so that he can pilot the choppah... so maybe you're actually right on the money!
Why not a wizard?
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I must have missed that after all the zombie apocalypse movies...
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Why not a wizard?Because it can turn an amazing actor like Jeremy Irons into some kind of... something... the gaming community is still having nightmares over this ok? ;)
To be fair, the Jeremy Iron's role as a wizard wasn't the problem. The problem was the production values, script, and all other aspects of the first Dungeon & Dragons movie were so bad, it would have taken a wizard to fix it and make Jeremy Irons show his acting abilities in that steaming heap of otyugh dung.
I think Joel might be onto something. Also I'm pretty sure I got over Jeremy Irons in that movie mostly because I still get nightmares from other movies that sucked IE Battlefield Earth.
I also think having a wizard as a bad guy ISN'T a sign that a movie will be bad.
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In the genre a wizard is the tritest of tropes. A ancient and clever dragon would be good or maybe something extra-planar.
A dragon would be good for casual fans who might not know much about D&D. If there's no dragon, they might wonder how it qualifies as a Dungeon and Dragons movie.
I think Hugh Grant as the BBEG wizard makes sense.
There hasn't really been a glut of mainstream sword and sorcery fantasy films in the last 20 years, I don't think the audience is going to have much of an issue with a Wizard as the villain.
I agree with dirtypool. If there's been a glut of ANYTHING is undead (zombies, vampires, etc) moreso than BBEG wizards.
Apparently Benedict Cumberbatch has been added to the cast.
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I think Hugh Grant as the BBEG wizard makes sense.
Hugh Grant is playing Venger! You heard it hear first! :)
Apparently Benedict Cumberbatch has been added to the cast.
Hm. Well if true, I'm good for Hugh Grant giving some gravitas to the role. I guess we'll see.
Maybe in the next movie...
So I gather this is the plot of the film
You didn't mention the paladin. There's definitely a paladin.
QB,
I think you're deeply mistaken...
Nope. Probably more like Merchant NPC.
The scooter and face shield give Rodriguez a distinctively out-of-period feel.
How can you tell without knowing what year DR this is set in?
QB,
I'd argue with you about this, but I already know futility when I see it. I will just say No, because PAGE is the Paladin. I'm 100% sure of it. So, there you go.
Tristan,
It's his supposed super power, being right when he's not.
So about that red dragon...
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QB,
I'd argue with you about this, but I already know futility when I see it. I will just say No, because PAGE is the Paladin. I'm 100% sure of it. So, there you go.
Tristan,
It's his supposed super power, being right when he's not.
Futile? It's almost all speculation at this point, right?
There's been no press releases detailing who plays what character AFAIK.
Sophia Lillis plays Doric, a Tiefling rogue(?) sorcerer(?).
Jason Wong plays Dralas, an undead(?) something or other.
Hugh Grant plays Forge Fletcher, a human(?) no good so-n-so.
Regé-Jean Page plays ______, a human(?) paladin.
Have I missed something?
Vin Diesel as Minsc
Peter Dinklage as the Dungeon Master, the one from the old Saturday morning cartoon. ;)
Cape,
I'm good for anything Dinklage would do, especially in this movie.
How can you tell without knowing what year DR this is set in?
Because of Hasbro's involvement and their requirement for cross-brand synergy in all things, the film is almost certainly set in the current-day, post-Spellplague era of the Realms (1490s DR), where the more medieval aesthetic has given way to a somewhat more Renaissance/flintlock fantasy/even pre-steampunk kind of thing.
Hrmmm...
I prefer airships pulled by beholders....