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Loved this film!

posted 15 years ago by breakthemadness
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I have to admit, I wasn't expecting much, but I was blown away by how hysterical this movie was. Had to pause the DVD a few times cause I was laughing so hard

:)

"Be afraid, be very afraid."

[–] fmeftl 15 years ago

"You have no power here!"

*lightning bolt to bard*

"As if killing the bard impresses us!"

[–] breakthemadness 15 years ago

"Can I steal it?"

"Well, considering it's the church's most prized possession, and it's guarded by several paladins in the room, that would probably be suicide. Go right ahead!"

"Be afraid, be very afraid."

[–] Zan-tastic 15 years ago

"What do you have against peasants, murderous trollop?"

"Just a general, all-purpose loathing."

Do not cast your P.E.A.R.L.s before swine

[–] mr_greylon 15 years ago

Watching this movie was like my nostalgia had been filmed. Each stereotype, including the GM who wants to be a RPG designer, I've played with many times.

I fully intend to show this with past gamer friends and see if they recognize the same stereotypical culprits.

If you buy a ticket for a remake, you are the problem, not Hollywood.

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[–] mr_greylon 15 years ago

I don't know how well it plays to non-gamers, or to those who have only played online, but I think most tabletop RPGers will love it.

Yeah, I don't think people unfamiliar with what was being lampooned would enjoy this movie much. Thinking back, if I didn't know the tabletop culture, this flick would've been subpar to me.

The online folk? I would think they would get it. While online MMOG's don't really have the stereotypes mocked in TGDR (player vs character knowledge, what's that?), they have their own cadre of boneheads which are similar. I think they can relate. Gold farmers, griefers, leet speakers, over obsessive group leaders, noobs, etc.

If you buy a ticket for a remake, you are the problem, not Hollywood.

[–] joel_connelly 15 years ago

To be honest i have NEVER played D'n'D tabletop (or any tabletop rpg for that matter) the only thing that comes close is playing Neverwinter Nights 1&2 on PC but i understood pretty much all of the memes, really it was a gem for the budget they were on and the acting wasn't that bad.

[–] streganona26 15 years ago

I got sooooo many laughs from this movie--loved it! I definitely recognized a lot of situations and personalities from my past gaming experience.

"I know drug-real from real-real!" Beef in Phantom of the Paradise

[–] mutantenemeny 14 years ago

Quick, hide behind the pile of dead bards!

I laughed so hard I had to stop the movie to recover... and my wife looked at me like I was from Mars. god I miss gaming.

"Happiness is a warm gun." The Beatles
"No touching guns." River ~ Firefly

[–] tsuobachi 14 years ago

Yeah, it was awesome. I just about died from laughing so hard. There's something so cynical about most people I meet, and I always think back to my gaming days as the time when most of the people I knew were intelligent, fun, and genuinely decent human beings. This was a big trip down memory lane for me.

"Heineken? *beep* That Sh*t--Pabst Blue Ribbon!"

[–] thevikinglord 14 years ago

Loved it!!!totally figured i was gonna turn it off after 5 min...just goes to show good story telling over rides gotta make up for a bad script special effects any day of the week.can't wait for the sequel.

[–] pragmatic_nate 14 years ago

Every time the guy playing the bard died.

"How many of those do you have?"

"Fifty"

[–] TheFatDruidofNacyl 14 years ago

That was my favorite part, also how they kept tricking the Paladin.

The name is Stephen and I'm male.
Fear me, Love me, do as I say, and I'll be your slave.

[–] jcush21 12 years ago

Look Sir Osric, an evildoer!

WHAT!!!

I didn't see any...

He's over there!