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  • Re: D&D:Honor Among Thiev

    From fusion@VERT/CFBBS to Arelor on Wed Feb 21 15:34:00 2024
    On 20 Feb 2024, Arelor said the following...

    The main cast of characters is more "diverse" than usual and the only clearly straight white male is a loser. The film makers said it was a deliberate decision, so there is a small woke factor, but you will only notice if you go looking for it, which in this day and age is quite bearable.

    i think the reason it's good is they accidentally paralleled the old school 80s movies where the white male main character.. is a loser. ;) for it to be good propaanda, he'd have to truely ruin the story. instead it has cult classic vibes. especially because it likely wont get a sequel (victim of
    covid, endless unfortunate release dates, etc)

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  • From Arelor@VERT/PALANTIR to fusion on Thu Feb 22 17:42:00 2024
    Re: Re: D&D:Honor Among Thieves
    By: fusion to Arelor on Wed Feb 21 2024 03:34 pm

    i think the reason it's good is they accidentally paralleled the old school > use it likely wont get a sequel (victim of
    covid, endless unfortunate release dates, etc)


    I think the film didn't do well in office because fantasy in general does very poorly in office.

    Well, some fantasy DOES well in office, but it is never the heroic type. Urban fantasy used to have a decent shot at success, though.

    D&D: Honor among Thieves had many things stacked against it that had nothing todo with release dates or the status of the economy. For starters, the trailers
    I watched made it look like yet another superheroesque movie, of those people is already tired of. Then there is the fact the former Dungeon and Dragons movie was bad. No, it wasn't bad: it was a calamity only comparable to the Second World War (fun fact, I liked it, but it was horrendous nevertheless).

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