D&D Movie/TV Rate the D&D movie

[Parmandur]

It was #1 VoD for two weeks. It's the number 1 movie on Paramount+ in the US right now. It hasn't been released for streaming elsewhere yet.

I pre-ordered the BluRay steelbox, that seems to be doing well on DVD lists.

 

[payn]

A sequel is still possible, if it becomes a streaming and home video hit.

Possible, I guess. Its just a bummer that finally a D&D movie that doesn't suck, but doesn't generate the bucks either. The fans are cursed!

 

[Parmandur]

Possible, I guess. Its just a bummer that finally a D&D movie that doesn't suck, but doesn't generate the bucks either. The fans are cursed!

Well, I think moving from "pile of steamy poop" to "cult favorite" is a pretty cool upgrade?


Possibly the real test of the brand will be the premium streaming show: if that can be a big hit, more good multimedia is probable longterm.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Yeah, with a handful of loud exceptions, very few people would be shocked or upset if DADHAT gets a sequel. In contrast, each time a sequel to the 2020 movie was announced, it felt like a threat.

 

[Parmandur]

Alright, finally got a chance to watch this: 8/10, rock solid 4 star movie on a five point scale. It didn't revolutionize the medium or the genre, but it was consistently fun while being heartfelt and smart. Will rewarch, anon.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

Possible, I guess. Its just a bummer that finally a D&D movie that doesn't suck, but doesn't generate the bucks either. The fans are cursed!

3 GI Joe movies and none made a profit at the Threaters, and the last one outright bombed (unlike DADHAT it didn't even make its production budget back, not even close) and yet a 4th GI Joe movie is being made.

Paramount only spent $75,000,000, Hasbro funded the rest, but Paramount has Distrubution everywhere except Canada and the UK. I suspect a simular deal with GI Joe.

So Hasbro shields Paramount from failure, because Hasbro makes the money on all the merch, these movies, including Transformers, are glorified ads for Hasbro products, so Paramount keeps making movies & TV shows with Hasbro.

Also DVD, POD sales help close the gap as do subscribers to Paramount+, like if a million folks subscribe for a month because of DADHAT, that is over 5 million dollar in the month alone.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Just rewatched the movie with my dad last night (bought it via Apple). Still a solid movie, but I still feel it needed another dialogue pass.

"So I joined a faction known as the Harpers."

No one speaks that way except when they're describing their character sheet. Edgin should have said "joined an organization" or, better, just said "joined the Harpers," which he immediately describes and it's obvious he's talking about an organization from the following scenes with the uniforms and the pins and the initiation ceremony, etc. There were multiple moments like that in the script. Not enough to seriously damage the movie, but it makes me wonder what was going on that clunky dialogue was left in when other parts had obviously gotten much more polish.

The halflings are definitely too tiny, although it remains funny to me that both Holga and her ex have types.

I still think there were more "look, it's a D&D world" bits than were strictly necessary -- what was with all the freaking axe beaks, a monster no one has particularly cared about? -- but this is definitely as good as a mid-tier (so better than the most recent phase) Marvel movie, which I think is still a surprising achievement.

 

[Parmandur]

Just rewatched the movie with my dad last night (bought it via Apple). Still a solid movie, but I still feel it needed another dialogue pass.

"So I joined a faction known as the Harpers."

No one speaks that way except when they're describing their character sheet. Edgin should have said "joined an organization" or, better, just said "joined the Harpers," which he immediately describes and it's obvious he's talking about an organization from the following scenes with the uniforms and the pins and the initiation ceremony, etc. There were multiple moments like that in the script. Not enough to seriously damage the movie, but it makes me wonder what was going on that clunky dialogue was left in when other parts had obviously gotten much more polish.

The halflings are definitely too tiny, although it remains funny to me that both Holga and her ex have types.

I still think there were more "look, it's a D&D world" bits than were strictly necessary -- what was with all the freaking axe beaks, a monster no one has particularly cared about? -- but this is definitely as good as a mid-tier (so better than the most recent phase) Marvel movie, which I think is still a surprising achievement.

WotC has actually been working overtime on making the axebeaks a thing in recent years, for The Brand, in the Young Adventurer's books or yhe ABC's of D&D.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

WotC has actually been working overtime on making the axebeaks a thing in recent years, for The Brand, in the Young Adventurer's books or yhe ABC's of D&D.

I would put that energy into creating new sticky monsters, characters and settings, like they famously did with the 3E Fiend Folio, rather than trying so hard from an also ran from the 1970s. Still, non-dinosaur mega-fauna in general is cool, so I get it if someone in-house thinks they are a neat idea.

 

[Parmandur]

I would put that energy into creating new sticky monsters, characters and settings, like they famously did with the 3E Fiend Folio, rather than trying so hard from an also ran from the 1970s. Still, non-dinosaur mega-fauna in general is cool, so I get it if someone in-house thinks they are a neat idea.

Probably inspired by Square-Enix serious merchandising success with the Chocobo.