WRATH OF THE DRAGON GOD - Bad D&D Movies Part Three | Cynical Reviews
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Welcome back to Bad D&D Movies, a series in which I take a look at films of questionable quality that made use of the Dungeons & Dragons license. Next up on our list is 2005’s made-for-TV, Dungeons & Dragons 2: Wrath of the Dragon God. This is actually a direct sequel to the 2000 disaster I covered last time, set in the same universe and seeing the return of Bruce Payne as Damodar.
It was made on a much lower budget, and although it’s fair to say that it is superior to its predecessor in many respects, because it takes itself and its story far more seriously, so there’s fewer outright “funny-bad” moments.
There’s some cheese. But it’s more stale this time.
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Prolly no one seriously endorses it, it’s just that Raid pays a shit-ton. People gotta buy groceries somehow.
If you're not already familiar, you might want to check out Internet Comment Etiquette.
His take on promoting sponsors is... really out there, and they're actually some of his best episodes.
Not ever gonna' check out Raid - but wow, love the creativity and effort you put into that still.
You know, there are several channels I've unsubscribed from for advertising this cash grab garbage of a game over the past few months. Time to remove one more, I guess.
@@Riplee86 people gotto pay the bills man, especially now
Don't blame them for lacking Charisma. This was obviously a combat-centric campaign, so they all wisely made Charisma their dump stat.
Only because there was no Bard, Sorcerer, or Warlock in the party.
@@andyenglish4303 Or even a Paladin for that matter. That would've made the fights go a lot better.
I was gonna say, theres no charisma cause nobody needs it lmao. Ive made entire partys in icewind dale of just the various warrior kits, each character with charisma of 3 but everything else maxed. I like to imagine they never talk but are just super good at murder
@@oh-not-the-bees7872 ....Like Doomguy?
@@TacoEX1 no. Get out of here.
Those oils are more of a real product than Raid Casino Legends
Literally the best part of these things is seeing the way they're advertised and seeing if IH makes an impromptu appearance... Trash game is trash tho.
Ugh... Raid makes me sick... because it shows that anyone does anything for enough money.
@@LuperisNone Wow. You can't blame a guy for wanting some food on the table for his work. You get free content 24/7 on youtube by people who actually put effort into their videos just to get demonetized for saying "fuck" once, and you complain about a 30 second ad read. Of course Raid is a trash game just like pretty much all the other free games on the appstore. But shame on you for blaming him to wanting some money for all the work he puts into those videos.
For real bro
@@JustNatax3, what? You know there are many other GOOD sponsorships he could've done. Raid pays well to advertise their shitty game and I'm pretty disappointed in him because I thought he'd not make a sponsorship with them. I thought he'd show how Raid really is. But no...
Also why do YOU actually complain about ONE comment of THOUSANDS. I'm just a casual guy in the internet. You don't know me. We know some more things about CR from just watching his videos.
And don't say something like:"Well, you don't know me either so why do you bother to respond?" because you attacked me and I'm just defending myself. You could also just say that I'm... cynical.
The biggest annoyance I had with this movie, is that they bragged about how much they studied the actual source material, and then they had the black dragon breath FIRE. All their bragging went out the window at that glaring over sight. At least if the fire had been photo shopped green, then they would've been paying attention.
Fun thing, in case of Falazure, he is not a black dragon, but a dragon deity who merely takes shape of typically a white, silver or black dragon made out of "undeath and pure shadow" and like the rest of the draconic pantheon that isnt of lesser deity status, he can use any breath weapon among the dragons that can follow him (not that he would as breath weapons other than in tiamats case for obvious reason share cooldown/time between uses, as the natural breath of their avatar is always the strongest).
I just realised this was a better explanation for a character coming back to life than anything we got for Palpatine...
What the hell...
"Somehow . . . Damodar has returned."
Well, he had a mind flayer in his brain, apparently. Not sure why that would mean he can survive falling off a tower.
This film would’ve been 30 times better with willhelm screams...
Nothing but willhelm screams
Forgot to put them in. My bad!
Garking Agreed
oh god, It was once a funny easter egg, but its so overdone nowadays I roll my eyes whenever I hear one.
Infinitely better
I literally cracked up at that poor pigeon suddenly getting yeeted out of existence. That was just so hilariously out of nowhere it looped around dumb into brilliant.
Lol essential oils for gamers? The Facebook ads really are spreading.
Foot mouse, now gamer oils, raid is amping up their ads quickly. Im pretty sure it's raid's advertiser's idea and not the youtuber's, still pretty funny, still not playing raid.
I always put on some Eau De Spawncamp in the morning ;)
@@DPedroBoh Yeah, another channel also had a "fake" ad b4 the raid ad. Its something they are doing.
@@DPedroBoh also gamer blankets that light up when you sleep lmfao
There are actually a ton of perfume oils inspired by video games, in the indie perfume scene and they smell great. Definitely would recommend it nothing as atmospheric as gamer oils, but I’ve seen musty record store, and a ton of other interesting scents. If you hate that overly floral and girly scent.
The inconsistency of the rogue staying with the party despite his lack of character is pretty accurate for dnd tbh.
Must be Chaotic Neutral.
He seemed to be a Gnome, so... Chaotic Neutral is kinda the right alignment for him, and they tend to do that.
Or rather due to bad player imagination as to WHAT kind of rogue they are playing.
My Kenku rogue, who’s only with the group because the paladin is emotionally attached to her now and she’s too scared to disappoint them:
So, my english teacher told me to keep learning while the school is closed... so here I am, following her advice :D
Good advice
👌
Honestly I do use these kinds of videos to learn how to write better 😂
The absolute BEST part of this movie is that when it debuted on SyFy, it was sponsored by Wizards of the Coast. So at each commercial break, there'd be a D&D gaming tip that would air as part of the transition from commercial to movie. One of them was "Keep the Cleric ALIVE." RIGHT BEFORE THE BATTLE WHERE THE CLERIC DIES.
"Never split the party" LEAVES WOUNDED MAGE AND THIEF BEHIND.
You were the chosen one!
You were supposed to defeat the Raid: Shadow Legends supporters, not join them!
And now look at you, a burnt up pice of meat with no legs and only one complete arm.
"Just doin' my job."
Bloody hell, this is embarrassing for him.
You do realize that he has to eat and that average ad revenues for RUclips are about 2 tenths of a penny per view, right?
@@stevegeorge6880
If youtube isnt paying well, might look into some other jobs outside the living room then.
Taking money from a shitty mobile game isn't going to get him any sympathy.
I was was so disappointed when I saw an essential oil ad but then I was only slightly disappointed when I saw the RAID ad
Right? For someone so cynical, he's peddling some real shit. I get that it's money for him, but come on. The oils were a joke, though. Which makes the ad for Raid worse, somehow.
@@adamd.5919 No, I think that's exactly in line with being cynical. Cynically exploiting the sponsor to make money?
Not to mention making an EVEN MORE ridiculous ad first, so that the blow is softened when Raid actually appears.
@@Serlith maybe. Doesn't seem that way, though. He's sticking to the script they all follow. The ironic VO doesn't change that he's peddling 🐕 💩
I was disappointed it wasn`t real :p
@Lil' Connor Peterson And the Raid people are fine with people fucking with them as long as they get exposure, so it`s basically just a source of comedy at this point ;)
The reason the sword cut through the cage is because it's a Vorpal sword. There's a deleted scene where the fighter finds the sword during the adventure. They cut the scene but left the magic sword in with no explanation of how he got it. A++ editing folks.
My Kender, character has a vorpal butter knife, as a result of frustrating, & confusing a mage in her, miscasting a vorpal spell for a paladin's sword, onto it, instead of a spell to spread butter, evenly upon a slice of bread. Sadly, the paladin's quest ended on failure, but all was not lost as the Kender, rightfully "reclaimed" the Paladin's sword, & gave it to the kind, elderly couple, as payment for their previous hospitality, of room, & board.
Oh...
Cynical Reviews has been corrupted by the Raid daemon.
We've lost another one.
He did a fucking video saying it's trash all along
I dont blame him youtube dont give shit for the content creators, raid is shit but that shit pay his bills
@@Balesart pay his bills with kiddie Lotto money. Nice.
Ya That Damn Raid game is everywhere
Everyone gave their soul to Raid lately. I would be laughing my ass off if Rerez, who reviews terrible games, would also fall for it.
You know what’s a big trend between these bad DnD movies? No Charisma Casters. It just comes to show, Charisma casters truly are the moment.
Interestingly enough, the new D&D movie features multiple Charisma casters, and is much better, so I think you’re onto something.
That f*cken bird- oh my god. I'm laughing like a maniac. I want to play a character who's whole thing is constantly pulling out tiny animate objects and small animals that 'have been friends since childhood' and yeeting them into things.
16:52 - I liked that little attention to detail. Teleporting to an unknown location you only see via scrying and are not familiar with? Yep, bodyparts getting stuck in walls that'd happen. Also she cannot teleport out. Teleport has somatic components and she cannot exactly cast it with one hand.
If I see one more Raid Shadow Legends ad, I'm going to step outside unprotected.
It is a terrible state of affairs.
You madman STOP!
Dont do it. Outside is where the majority of shadow legend advertising is and you might even be robbed by one of those who went broke and senile playing it.
I’ll do the same, but at a higher altitude.
About that Raid Shadow Legends ad
I’m not gonna judge. A mans gotta pay for his rent and groceries somehow
Emmanuel Goldstein a lot of people are giving him shit for doing that ad I’m just saying I understand
@@dylanblack8714
Agreed but a shit game is still shit
@@Raccon_Detective. Oh yeah, the game's shit, full of it. But if a person's target audience is adults, I don't really mind because adults should know it's some freemium shit so it boils down to someone getting a paycheck.
@@youtube-kit9450 So people can do whatever they want as long as they get paid for it?
@@lildink9529 Can they advertise some dumbass freemium game to a bunch of adults if it pays bills? Sure. That's all I said.
See what they should do is adapt one of the modules into a film.
Like imagine a Curse of Strahd animated film.
The Castlevania Netflix series already has a lot of D&D energy, so an animated adaptation of Curse of Strahd shouldn't be too hard to get right, provided it at least had a decent writer.
I reckon an animated series based on Tomb of Annihilation would be a lot of fun, kind of like a more mature Adventure Time. Pendleton Ward, the creator of Adventure Time, actually contributed a lot to Tomb of Annihilation, so it wouldn't be too much of a stretch either.
So basically just Dracula but with weird folklore and Lovecraftian references? Just go watch Castlevania my guy, lol
It wolud probably give a bette result indeed. But I think there might be something with licensing that explain why it never happen before. The basic right to DnD isn't that expensive so small studio can make money with a cheap movie that appeal to fanboys. Doing a Curse of Stradh or other modules would probably be way more expensive because they need the rights to DnD AND the rights to the storie they want to adapt, for which they have to pay someone to turn it into a movie script anyway. Why spend that money when you can have your writer do a generic story that would bring about the same amount of money.
Tomb of Horrors would make a great Hostel-style torture porn film
I've watched Castlevania, Curse of Strahd is just the first one I thought of.
Why do the goblins worship Juiblex? They do not have anything to gain from it since Juiblex does not seem to even acknowledge the existence of his followers. And Maglubyet (I think that is how you spell it) basically enslaved the goblins. So... why?
From my understanding of goblins and d&d their followers not leaders, so in this regard there was just picking something to follow even if it doesn't gain them anything but the comfort of having a leader Even if said leader doesn't care about them
Because Lamasthu is too naughty for screens I expect. Oh, wait, that's Pathfinder.
There is that goblin godess the sand gobbos worship, she's nice!
Maybe Juiblex doesn't, but Jubilex does acknowledge them.
@@haroldthaf Source?
I like Wrath of the Dragon God, and I've never played D&D. I do have something of soft spot for low budget movies, and I can be pretty forgiving when it comes to the budget, as long as they make some kind of effort. This movie delivers in my opinion.
I really hope you cover "The Gamers" and "The Gamers 2: Dorkness Rising" by Zombie Orpheus Entertainment. The first movie wasn't....great, but Gamers 2 is fantastic, especially for their low budget. It gets the murder-hobo, innuendo gags perfectly right, and feels like a DnD campaign.
There's a 3rd right?
I hope he covers Unicorn City eventually too; it’s more Larp related than D&D, but it’s an underrated gem!
The third one covers the Collectible Cards Game / M:GT cosmos. If you're into that its probably the best of the three Gamers movies.
I thought the Wrath of the Dragon God was actually a good movie. I was amazed at what was achieved on such a low budget.
I honestly wouldn't be surprised if the next Direct-to-DVD Dungeons & Dragons film is directed by Uwe Boll.
he made that in the name of the king movie based on the dungeon siege games
Uwe Boll's "Dungeon Siege"? IIRC he made three of those films.
(Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren, Dominic Purcell.)
:)
The 2nd ITNOTK movie in the classic trilogy features Dolph Lundgren fighting a bad CGI dragon. Highly recommended.
The first movie had Jason Statham ,Ron Pearlman , Burt Reynolds and Ray Liotta as the main villain.How did Uwe boll get all of these big named actors?
This movies not the worst critical failure I've had to sit through...
Let me guess. It's Raid: Shadow Legends.
1987MartinT that answer is better than any I could think of a couple of hours
Let me guess, you also saw the review by IGN, even though those fuckwits never even watched the movie and just wrote BS?
@@viktord2025 the only time me and ign interact is me saying 10/10 ign. I don't trust them to get the title right let alone the review
I would say Mall Cop 2 is the worst movie I ever sat through, but I walked out.
I always felt that D&D has 2 aspects to it that you would have to show, in order to catch it's true spirit. The First is obviously the game /adventure itself which is easy to make, but difficult to do well. the second is the players/table, because so much of what makes D&D memorable are the people you share it with. Closest thing Hollywood has managed successfully is "The Princess Bride", and maybe "The Neverending Story" because they both show the reader and the story. Though there is a small group that has done it quite successfully on youtube. "The Gamers: Dorkness Rising" is probably the best thing we will ever get to a D&D movie.
The best part about this movie is watching it with the D&D party audio commentary on. It's like RiffTrax with a D&D party.
I've been looking forward to this and I am not even a Dungeon and Dragons fan
They keep making these awful things? Thanks for your public service by enduring this dreck. Not all heroes wear capes o7
Well there's a telltale sign of another commander
The blessed pipe man
11:53 "..someone called Malek..."
My brain:
"Call your dogs, they can feast on your corpses!"
Blood Omen FTW!
Don't make fun of Berric's hair, he had to cut it himself during the lockdown.
The in character commentary by the iconic Barbarian, Cleric, and Rogue is the only way to watch the film.
"How can you split a gem of true seeing?"
"... With an axe?"
Is drunk one of the requirements to watch this movie?
I'm plastered watching the review and the movie looks great.... 0.o ..
Not a requirement as such, but - it helps. ;-)
I saw this on TV, and they ribbed on it during the bits flanking commercials breaks. My brother and I still quote one: "Rule #1: Always protect your cleric." They showed that right around when the cleric died. It stuck with me enough that in my first D&D one-shot, I pulled a crazy stunt to save our cleric from falling to death.
I saw this movie when it came out. When me and my DM (at the time) talked to the rest of the group about the movie, the first thing I said about Wrath of the Dragon God was "I miss the acting prowess of Marlon Wayans", and then we spent the next half hour tearing the movie a new one. It may be more faitheful to the lore of D&D, but oh dear god, does it have other problems in spades.
I laughed so hard when you suddenly changed your tone for A GOBLIN LICH AND HIS SERVANTS? A BIT MUCH FOR A RANDOM ENCOUNTER DONTCHA THINK?!?!?!
It doesn't melt glass because acids don't usually melt glass. Also, lol, "too angry to die", I love it
VioletHaynsworth Sure, but there are that do and the Rogue did say « everything ».
But we are just nitpicking here, it’s pretty obvious the Rogue is using a hyperbole.
That ad is obnoxious. I hope they paid you a lot for it.
The sad part is, they do pay a lot. At least a grand from what i've seen from youtubers who refused. Kinda hard to decline when you have bills to pay and youtube itself dont pay shit anymore.
I heard that in some cases they offer even 5000$ for an add. Hard to refuse such offer when RUclips demonetize your videos but you still have bills to pay and need to put food on the table.
@Cringe Commander Yeah that's very cynical of him... oh wait, that actually checks out.
@@DPedroBoh Vinesauce Vinny said they offered way more than a grand. A "very tempting number", but they keep calling him the wrong name because they bot his site. Vinesauce is about a dozen or so streamers working under.a common banner; he gets called every name on the list EXCEPT Vinny. So he refuses to ever work with them.
@@Jaksio That's a fat stack of scratch, ngl. 60K a year if you only do one a month.
17:07 oh god that caught me off guard
made me audibly chuckle
the words "crocodile shaman" are two that I did not know that I needed together
3:21 Welcome to movies in the 2000s
11:43 ROUCH! Talk about Vicious Mockery!
12:42 Murderhobos: Running away? Is that when I use Power Word backwards like a Pink Floyd record?
13:14 ... burn?
15:13 SLUR! PORN! OBSCENE! PROFANE! CURSE! RATED NC-17! THOT! BARBRA STREISAND!
16:15 It's Rule 0: GM fiat
16:24 ... Han So-Old in Carbonite!
18:05 For a mage, she sure wants that cleric multiclass BAD!
18:32 His line should've been "ight imma fuck off..."
I love how you describe the story in game terms. That's how I approach all movies. Yet I can't help but to feel that any D&D movie trying to be epic will fall victim to overusing everything in every splatbook under the sun, overloading the story with too much D&Dness, most of which has no sense of wonder, just stats and convoluted lore.
7:11 "Notice how I used a clip with a dude holding a ruby to his eye when I said: 'let's take a closer look'? Damn, I am good at this editing stuff."
This is the reason I checked out this series - I'd completely forgotten this movie until I saw this thumbnail, but I remember when I saw it my friends who played D&D said it was way better than the first movie.
Same for me! I watched the first and second DnD films with my friend who's way more experienced in DnD than I am, and we both agreed that while the sequel is more faithful to the game and gets stuff correct to the point it seems like the people behind it actually played the game before, the original film is so enjoyably bad, (despite having almost nothing to do with the game) especially Jeremy Irons hamming it up the whole time! 🤣
I once described watching this movie as like eating a REALLY cheap hot dog. By the end you're just so happy it didn't make you vomit that you couldn't remember if it was any good.
Internet historian and cynical reviews in one.... 👌
The mage Mallora looks like the girl from that cinematic gem "Damn, sea vampires"
The best part of this movie is the DvD commentary from actual DnD characters. I'm serious.
'Sorry D&D was boring this week guys'- -Jelloapocalypse- Director of this movie
"But I liked playing... Elf Wizard. And that part when the Goblin Lich fucked off was epic!"
The funniest thing in my opinion is that goblins dont worship juibilex but worship maglubiyet, juibilex is the ooze demon lord
so they fecked it up even more
Not gonna lie: the barbarian and the wizard are kind of hot.
It's a bit of a trope that TV movies use generically hot people to draw audiences.
If the movie was just the wizard an barbarian casting the smut spell on each other, I'd have no problem with it.
Oh indeed.
CJ looking for ways to advertise sarcastically to make a living
I approve
I saw this year's ago with a friend, both of us life-long D&D players, and we were both so satisfied with their treatment of the material that neither of us cared about it's many faults. I totally recommend this for any hardcore roleplayer.
These D&D movie reviews have become MY FAVORITE subject on YT, then you add in an Internet Historian cameo?! You've seriously done it this time you mad man.
Oh boy, a cameo of the famous Shadow Man! (he lost his wife in a plane crash)
How hard is it to record a few games of D&D that start with all new characters, decide which is most entertaining, convert it into a script, and add some flair? Hell, if you are going cheesy, you could just steal the OutsideXbox adventures, the fact that the players are clueless about how they are supposed to play means the adventure tends to go off the rails in a way that would ensure the film was unpredictable (unless you watch OXbox).
But this is exactly why Record of Lodoss War is awful garbage
@@RealWeaponXI the OVA and LN is great ,what are you talking about? the anime sucks for sure but that's hardly the fault of the story
Because your average D&D campaign is fun to play but would make a terrible movie. I mean almost all video game movies suffer from not being able to translate fun gameplay into a fun film
Please consider covering Record of Lodoss War at some point! It's literally Japanese Dungeons and Dragons!
You know, I could really go for some rule 34, action between Deedlit, & Pirotess, while rewatching the intimate, love scene, between Griffith, & Casca, of Beserk, right now.
Really? It's just like every other fantasy anime, nothing special. I have seen a hundred that are exactly the same. Just stealing the classic elf/dwarf/medieval kingdoms with magic tropes does not make it D&D.
The villain just makes me think of a love child between Voldemort and Solas, his orb from the movie, and the DA Origins reference in the video isn't helping
Oh there's a mental image I wasn't prepared for.
Dude this was childhood movie. I watched it twice as it was, but every time there after i watched it with the preduser or directer's commentary and that was the best thing about it. A lot of the stuff you point out is stuff the commentary said. Plus the three who did the commentary did it character as their D&D characters. a Halfling Rouge, a half-orc Barbarian, and a Human Cleric.
Holy shit you got an Internet Historian cameo
My boy’s moving up in the world
I’m so proud
When I saw this, I thought that the main city really got a downgrade from the first movie. Since it takes place long after the first movie, I can only presume that the wealth and power of the kingdom became less than before. Either that, or the city in question is a different one. Though I wonder why the king lives there. Either he is visiting or the place where the royalty lives was changed.
I refuse to acknowledge any and all criticisms for this gem of film making and legendary acting.
“Just look at this absolute unit”
I don't know, for me the movie is worth the watch for the barbarian alone.
Dungeons & Dragons 4 is apparently coming out. I heard it's set in the Forgotten Realms (finally!) Though it's still produced by Courtney Solomon. It will simply be called Dungeons & Dragons or possibly Chainmail.
I don’t hold the RAID: Microtransaction legends ad against you because we all gotta eat and they’re the Bloomburg of tablet games, but boy is it sheeet and hopefully they’ll be the worst sponsor you have. Props for some self-awareness and gags.
I remember this movie was released in cinemas here in Mexico. Actually, I went to watch it and I like it (it havent aged well since)
I clicked so fast, cause I thought this was about roasting the Game Of Thrones show runners, but this is a happy surprise.
Raid ad starts,
King Crimson!!!
I was sold just with Shadow's man cameo
If I may suggest a D&D movie for this review series I suggest Dark Dungeons which is based on a comic on how evil the game is made by people who played D&D. The movie is accurate to the comic it self and it’s very funny. I highly recommend it.
I've never seen such a long and in depth wiki for an actor I've barely ever heard of....
Just found these the other day. Loving the channel! You need to also find a movie called “Skullduggery”. For an idea of what your in for, see Spoony’s review of it.
Wait, why'd the Wizard cast Smite? Isn't that a Paladin spell? Also the main point of Melora's arc is that she seeks to combine Arcane and Divine Magic together... but couldn't she just multiclass into Cleric then? I know that's probably not exactly what she'd want but still, it's at least something.
I've played a couple mystic Theurges in my time.
Mixing arcane and divine usually isn't worth it. Too many main stats, and you're still casting 1 spell per turn. You're just being a not as good wizard or not as good cleric each turn.
But it sure is thematic for a cleric of a god of magic.
she doesn't actually cast "smite" she's using a "Ring of the ram", the activation word just happens to be Smite.
As far as the multi-classing, i'd have to double check the 3.0 rules(what this is based on) but that's pretty much what she is at the end.
Depending on how much of a prick the DM wants to be, multi-classing can be a major PIA and potentially an adventure unto itself. Kinda like what she does in the movie.
It's not just about adding a line to a character sheet.
Your American accent is adorable! It started out pretty good and by the end went heavy Texan! ❤
10:06 this is a fairly specific reference, but that hooded being to the right looks exactly like the half-ascended form of Anubis from Stargate: SG-1
Same robe. This was a Scyfi channel original movie.
@@Lowlightt damn near identical effect for the face too
*Finds Ancient Black Dragon*
*Forces Dragon’s eye open*
And the Darwin award goes to...
I love how your voice sound like your hobbies consists of extreme sports during the promo lmao.
I thought this was good when I first saw it (far better than the first) and it still remains a guilty pleasure for me. If you want a good D&D movie then I highly recommend the Gamers 2: Dorkness Rising. It has less of a budget but is a far better representation of the game and its players.
Would love to see you review the 80's dungeon and dragons cartoon.
Also on steam you might like to check out the rpg drakensang games.
I had a dragon obsession for years and I would ask my mother to get me anything and everything related to dragons. This was one of the movies that I ended up getting, just to see the dragons. I had no idea what Dungeons and Dragons was, and was just confused the entire movie.
That internet historian cameo was awesome
This movie is notable to me simply because the main character has the exact same name as my very first D&D character.
Bruce Payne's delivery is a lot easier to take if you imagine he's doing his best Vincent Price...and actually doing a not bad job!
Hey, I remember this one too. Damn good memories these movies have given me.
Me seeing all the human fighters oh so you are all starters
humberto rodriguez I legitimately cant play as anything other then human tbh
Can you kindly go fuck yourself? You don't need to be a flying purple elf to be interesting, people can make interesting characters even if they choose the most bland combination and picking something different won't automatically make you character a good one.
@@phelps6205 Be nice. He has no personality, so he has to make up for it with looks.
I think the main downfall of the D&D movies from their inception is that they are based off of the PHB/prewritten adventures rather than any real campaign. The material in those books is supposed to be bare bones so that DMs and players can build onto it. So then if you just take that at face value you’re just gonna get some boring, lifeless, half baked characters in a generic world that has tons of holes that were meant to be filled by a DM but weren’t.
Great review! Can't wait to hear your thoughts about D&D: The Book of Vile Darkness - I actually liked this one! Not a masterpiece by any mean, but a solid 4/5 for the story. However, I need to watch it again to refresh my memory of it.
Being Lithuanian myself, I was enjoying to see Lithuanian cast, 8:17 that bald guy on the left, then his guy, who's offering for a duel, 10:00 this guy you said, that movie needs him more, and bunch of others :D
Dungeons & Dragons- the element- I mean Gamer- Did I say Gamer Oils? I meant Raid: Sha- Oh right, right, the Wrath of the Dragon King.
Yay?
I remember watching this when I was much younger and I think the Barbarian woman had a really weird effect on my development if you watch my meaning.
Be careful what you let your kids watch, literally anything can make them develop fetishes and tastes as an adult.
what are you going to blame that on before tv existed? lmfao all those fetishes and tastes existed before television.
@Lydia deetz I was being silly dude. Facetious even.
For dnd, I always try to do like a regular game and it ends up being something like a mafia flick or something now
Melora is pretty much the exact stereotype of the spellcaster who thinks they can solve everything with fire spells.
Did they have black dragon breathing fire?
sure did, cause acid wouldn't be as cool.
I remember watching this on TV once as a kid, not knowing what the hell I was looking at.
Okay I don't really play FTP games - but that ad was gold. As a copywriter who does marketing professionally, you get an A+ for that.
I really hope you talk about the tom Hanks one ... that will be ecstatic 😆
I am still stuck on gamer oil 😂😂😂 that was amazing!
It’s cheesy but I loved this movie as a kid.
It’s what helped make me the nerd I am today.
It has a certain level of charm. I like it. Cheese and all
I love how he really hammed up that ad. Pay your bills man, I'm not mad.