Dungeons and Dragons - the movie (2005)

Posts: 28 · Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 12:30 pm

I walked down into the TV room yesterday, and my wife was watching some show on Sci Fi channel. She didnt know what it was, but said I would like it because it reminded her of all the computer games I like to play. I sat down and started watching. They started dropping words like Lich, Gem of Seeing and other names/words from the D&D world.

Me: did they just say Lich?!
Wife: I think so. do you know what that means?
Me: yea, its an undead wizard.
Wife: you really are a nerd.

I was hooked, and watched the rest of the movie. OVerall bad acting, horrible effects and it was hard to follow, but I still enjoyed myself (I usually never watch movies). Only AFTER the movie was over did I see that it was some D&D movie from 2005. I know there was an earlier D&D movie (circa 2000 ish?) that I never watched, but this was much newer.
Was this a straight to DVD type movie? A Sci Fi original?

I got me thinking that a live action weekly series based on D&D would be fuggin awesome. They could even base each episode(s) on actual modules and stuff. Theres alot of possibilities. I dont think you could ever run out of ideas for stories.

I wish I had hollywood clout.

Posts: 1117 · Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 12:38 pm

It was a Sci-Fi Channel sequel to the first movie. More info here: Dungeons & Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God

Posts: 342 · Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 1:28 pm

g026r wrote:

It was a Sci-Fi Channel sequel to the first movie. More info here: Dungeons & Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God

There was an old TV movie that was clearly D&D inspired. The effects sucked, the costumes mostly sucked, but the acting was like watching a bunch of gamers getting the chance to act out their game. It was great in a slightly awful way. There have been other TV movies of the same vein but this one really captured the game experience. I could hear the dice rolling.

One guy had a magic bow (I think), there was a thief, orc like characters, but the rest is just a vague memory. I'd love to watch it again, but I've never come across it again.

Posts: 28 · Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 1:39 pm

sounds like a movie worth watching, JZ. hopefully someone here can shed some light.

I also seem to remember some movie about D&D, though this focused on some crazy guy that took the game too far and ended up killing people and what not. Probably based on a true story.

If the Sci Fi Channel churned out "Wrath of Dragon God" style movies every couple of months, I might consider watching more TV.

Posts: 74 · Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 3:25 pm

Pennfarms wrote:

I also seem to remember some movie about D&D, though this focused on some crazy guy that took the game too far and ended up killing people and what not. Probably based on a true story.

Probably Mazes & Monsters staring everyones favorite Bosom Buddy Tom Hanks

Razz

Posts: 28 · Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 5:46 pm

I think thats it, GreyM.

I wonder if I can get my wife to queue that on Netflix? (shes the movie junkie)

Posts: 1007 · Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 6:13 pm

JZavoda wrote:

There was an old TV movie that was clearly D&D inspired. The effects sucked, the costumes mostly sucked, but the acting was like watching a bunch of gamers getting the chance to act out their game. It was great in a slightly awful way. There have been other TV movies of the same vein but this one really captured the game experience. I could hear the dice rolling.

One guy had a magic bow (I think), there was a thief, orc like characters, but the rest is just a vague memory. I'd love to watch it again, but I've never come across it again.

Hawk the Slayer!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawk_the_Slayer

Brette:)

Posts: 3999 · Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 6:42 pm

JZavoda wrote:

There was an old TV movie that was clearly D&D inspired. The effects sucked, the costumes mostly sucked, but the acting was like watching a bunch of gamers getting the chance to act out their game. It was great in a slightly awful way. There have been other TV movies of the same vein but this one really captured the game experience. I could hear the dice rolling.

One guy had a magic bow (I think), there was a thief, orc like characters, but the rest is just a vague memory. I'd love to watch it again, but I've never come across it again.

Jason,

The TV movie you are describing sounds a lot like the pilot episode for the never-produced fantasy series, Fugitive From the Empire.

Think "Heart Bow" (with exploding arrows) and bad guy with magic axe somehow keyed to a magic gauntlet. Is that right?

The series didn't get made because TV executives couldn't think of a dang thing to do with it...where to program it, how to market it, etc....

The next Saturday night, gamers across the nation were acquiring Heart Bows and green-glowing magic axes....made no difference that the series did not ever happen.

Roughly 1980 or 1981.

Who else remembers?

Posts: 342 · Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 6:58 pm

FormCritic wrote:

Jason,

The TV movie you are describing sounds a lot like the pilot episode for the never-produced fantasy series, Fugitive From the Empire.

Think "Heart Bow" (with exploding arrows) and bad guy with magic axe somehow keyed to a magic gauntlet. Is that right?

The series didn't get made because TV executives couldn't think of a dang thing to do with it...where to program it, how to market it, etc....

The next Saturday night, gamers across the nation were acquiring Heart Bows and green-glowing magic axes....made no difference that the series did not ever happen.

Roughly 1980 or 1981.

Who else remembers?

I bet that is it. Now I have to find a copy of this show somewhere.

Posts: 49 · Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 12:47 am

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082027/

Posts: 49 · Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 12:52 am

Wrath of the Dragon God wasn't "Great", by any stretch but it was 1000% times better than the first movie. Everything else (acting, effects, etc.) aside, they at least tried to tie it into D&D. Mentions of The Tomb of Horrors and The Barrier Peaks (and a few others), the Greyhawk Gods, etc. At least it seemed like they TRIED with this one.

Posts: 710 · Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 11:27 am

I quite liked the first D&D movie. I agree it was not a great movie, but if compared with the huge number of really royally mightily sucking movies I have seen in my life, the D&D movie scored quite well. When I saw the Dungeons & Dragons logo appearing on the big screen in the theatre I was in along some friends, I had literally tears in my eyes. I guess a lot of you people had tears in your eyes AFTER seeing the movie Razz

Still waiting for the second one to hit Italy by the way Rolling Eyes