“Dungeons & Dragons,” the iconic high fantasy tabletop game, pioneered the role-playing genre of games in the late 70s and has left an immense pop cultural footprint. The opportunity of creating a complex, intricate storyline and character arcs and flexing the innovative muscle by having the chance to make the game inclusive and practically feasible with nearly limitless possibilities has contributed to its steady and ever-increasing fan following through the decades. The scope of being a fantasy role playing game allows the players to choose from a wide variety of archetypal characters, divided into twelve main categories consisting of monk, paladin, ranger, rogue, barbarian, druid, fighter, sorcerer, cleric, bard, Wizard, and warlock. When the live-action movie adaptation of “Dungeons & Dragons” was announced, fans kept a close eye on the types of characters the movie would introduce and whether they would go through their character arcs with similar zeal.
As the movie begins,...
As the movie begins,...
- 4/1/2023
- by Siddhartha Das
- Film Fugitives
In recent years, the fantasy genre has become quite the fad and is gaining unprecedented traction, especially on the small screen, be it the grandiosity of “Rings of Power,” the spin-off series of the most revered high fantasy “Lord of the Rings,” or the political intrigue of “House of the Dragon,” the prequel series of fan-favorite low fantasy “Game of Thrones.” With every major studio aiming to create a franchise using popular IPs, the choicest among them being superhero fiction, space sci-fi, and fantasy, it was about time that the legendary tabletop role-playing high fantasy game “Dungeons & Dragons” got their chance to shine in a new live-action adaptation. Wiping the slate clean by totally disconnecting from any of the former forgettable entries of the franchise, the quartet—directors John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein and writers Michael Gilio and Chris McKay—opted for an innovative, comedic approach to present...
- 3/31/2023
- by Siddhartha Das
- Film Fugitives
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