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"Rasmus Keil" <rasmus@kongkeil.dk> skrev i en meddelelse
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> I just saw a fantasy movie that I thought I should warn you about. If
you're
> a D&D fan, stay far away from it. I can't remember the title exactly. It
was
> Sword of the Rings, or Lord of the Spring, or something like that.
> Apparently based on some book or other. Whatever.
>
>
> First off, the movie is full of creatures which are just clear rip-offs of
> halflings (mostly 2nd Edition halflings -- right down to their furry feet)
> called hobbits. One of these hobbits gets embroiled into the plot because
he
> ends up with a magic ring. It's sort of a ring of invisibility, but really
> it's a ring of etherealness. Anyway, along comes this weed-smokin' wizard
> (with long beard and pointy hat -- like we haven't seen that before) and
the
> next thing you know, the hobbit gets into a whole big story with rangers,
> elves, dwarves, and wraiths. The ranger is even introduced as a shadowy,
> cloaked figure in a tavern. Could they steal more from D&D? I mean, if
this
> movie had come before the game, you'd say that the whole foundation of
> Dungeons & Dragons was based on this movie. Or the books that the movie
was
> based on (not that I've ever heard of them).
>
>
> Anyway, there's a bunch of fights with orcs (which gets pretty boring -- I
> mean, why don't they throw in some goblins, hobgoblins, kobolds, gnolls,
> ogres, ogrillons, norkers, xvarts, lizardfolk, or troglodytes for some
> variety?) that serve some trite dark lord -- why do these stories all have
> some dark lord that wants to take over the world? It's like there's one
> story that they all universally pay homage to. I don't know.
>
>
> Yeah, there are some okay bits around some big chasms and stairs. But did
> the wizard ever cast fly to help his friends? Nope. Not once. He even
falls
> to his doom -- unless he had feather fall prepared, that is -- in the big
> fight with a type VI demon. I'm pretty sure they called it a balor. Of
> course, the demon will just teleport without error away before it hits
> bottom. Did anyone put any thought into this story? It didn't seem like
it.
>
>
> And the ending. Come on. Did they defeat the bad guy? Nope. How about some
> closure? I dunno, they're probably setting it all up for some sequel.
Sword
> of the Rings II -- mark my words. If this movie is successful, the writers
> will probably scramble to put together the sequel's plot. I bet they'll
get
> it out fast, too. I predict within a year. It doesn't take long to slap
> something like this together, I'm sure.
>
>
> (Yes, everything in this rant is a lie. I absolutely adored this movie.
How
> could I not? Merry Christmas!)
>
>