He'll be a stereotypical Half-Elf brainy wizard and with too many books and with spectacles, too.
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Last heard it sounded like he's playing a former Harper chasing after the person who got him jailed though I hope there's been more on this since then!
He will play a rogue, then a monk, then a fighter and then a wizard, never acknowledging the precious class other then to say, I needed to try something new.
Or he will be called Fargrim the Wise, die and in the next scene appear as Clargrim the brave brother of Fargrim.
I recall reading an article that said something about him being a thief (or former thief) who teams up with a barbarian played by Michelle Rodriquez, so unless that's changed it sounds like he's a rogue. Possibly mixed with some fighter training to justify heroic action hero status because Hollywood. I just hope they don't do something like the original D&D movie and suddenly give the low level rogue a magic sword to go fight the big bad like he's suddenly a knight in shining armor or some crap. Actually, I hope they don't do anything remotely similar to anything from that movie of sparkly dumbshit and bad stereotypical nerd jokes that had the D&D branding slapped on it. Having recognizable names on the cast is a hopeful sign, but as much as I like Rodriguez and want to father her lovechild she has been in some rather bad movies as well as good ones...
Street Fighter blew a huge amount of its budget getting Jean-Claude Van Damme (who in turn spent most of his pay on cocaine). The director hoped his fame would be a draw for the movie, but instead what ended up happening was that they didn't have enough money left to hire proper fight coordinators or do the special effects they wanted.
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"Canon" is what's factual to D&D lore. "Cannon" is what you're going to be shot with if you keep getting the word wrong.
Street Fighter blew a huge amount of its budget getting Jean-Claude Van Damme (who in turn spent most of his pay on cocaine). The director hoped his fame would be a draw for the movie, but instead what ended up happening was that they didn't have enough money left to hire proper fight coordinators or do the special effects they wanted.
That's on the producers. It's a balancing act though: without a big name to try and draw a larger audience, it's hard to justify a big budget regardless of what it's spent on. They could make the movie look better by working with unknowns and diverting budget to effects and whatnot and hope word of mouth would sell enough tickets to generate a profit, but that's generally not how it works out. This was the problem with John Carter: massive budget, good movie for the genre, well produced too, but no names to draw a crowd and consequently a financial failure. Without a big draw, a big budget is likely to result in a big loss.
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Street Fighter blew a huge amount of its budget getting Jean-Claude Van Damme (who in turn spent most of his pay on cocaine). The director hoped his fame would be a draw for the movie, but instead what ended up happening was that they didn't have enough money left to hire proper fight coordinators or do the special effects they wanted.
Yet the best part of the Street Fighter movie was Raul Julia hamming up the most glorious cornball performance in the history of camp acting while he was literally dying. And that wouldn't have came out nearly as well as it did if not for Van Damme and his unapologetically bad acting to play off of. There's a reason that film is called "the best bad movie of all time."
Street Fighter blew a huge amount of its budget getting Jean-Claude Van Damme (who in turn spent most of his pay on cocaine). The director hoped his fame would be a draw for the movie, but instead what ended up happening was that they didn't have enough money left to hire proper fight coordinators or do the special effects they wanted.
That's on the producers. It's a balancing act though: without a big name to try and draw a larger audience, it's hard to justify a big budget regardless of what it's spent on. They could make the movie look better by working with unknowns and diverting budget to effects and whatnot and hope word of mouth would sell enough tickets to generate a profit, but that's generally not how it works out. This was the problem with John Carter: massive budget, good movie for the genre, well produced too, but no names to draw a crowd and consequently a financial failure. Without a big draw, a big budget is likely to result in a big loss.
I think John Carter's failure was due more to the fact that Disney barely bothered with an advertising campaign for the film than a lack of big-name actors.
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Find your own truth, choose your enemies carefully, and never deal with a dragon.
"Canon" is what's factual to D&D lore. "Cannon" is what you're going to be shot with if you keep getting the word wrong.
Street Fighter blew a huge amount of its budget getting Jean-Claude Van Damme (who in turn spent most of his pay on cocaine). The director hoped his fame would be a draw for the movie, but instead what ended up happening was that they didn't have enough money left to hire proper fight coordinators or do the special effects they wanted.
That's on the producers. It's a balancing act though: without a big name to try and draw a larger audience, it's hard to justify a big budget regardless of what it's spent on. They could make the movie look better by working with unknowns and diverting budget to effects and whatnot and hope word of mouth would sell enough tickets to generate a profit, but that's generally not how it works out. This was the problem with John Carter: massive budget, good movie for the genre, well produced too, but no names to draw a crowd and consequently a financial failure. Without a big draw, a big budget is likely to result in a big loss.
I think John Carter's failure was due more to the fact that Disney barely bothered with an advertising campaign for the film than a lack of big-name actors.
There is a whole Podcast about the failure of John Carter, the key thing was marketing but also, there is a suggestion that the purchase of Starwars around the same time as final editing was taking place meant that Disney lost interest. The whole point of John Carter for them was to have a sci fi property that could compete with Starwars, it was the only genre they didn't have a strong IP for, but then they actually bought Starwars and so no longer needed an independant IP of there own and so lost interest in the franchise.
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What kind of character do you think Chris Pine is going to play? I am going to guess handsome fighter or paladin.
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It’s going to be a fighter I’d guess.
He's going to play against type and be a spoony bard.
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"Canon" is what's factual to D&D lore. "Cannon" is what you're going to be shot with if you keep getting the word wrong.
Fighter or Rogue, IMO.
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He'll be a stereotypical Half-Elf brainy wizard and with too many books and with spectacles, too.
Human. Male. Possibly. Don't be a divider.
My characters' backgrounds are written like instruction manuals rather than stories. My opinion and preferences don't mean you're wrong.
I am 99.7603% convinced that the digital dice are messing with me. I roll high when nobody's looking and low when anyone else can see.🎲
“It's a bit early to be thinking about an epitaph. No?” will be my epitaph.
Any update on this?
Last heard it sounded like he's playing a former Harper chasing after the person who got him jailed though I hope there's been more on this since then!
He will play a rogue, then a monk, then a fighter and then a wizard, never acknowledging the precious class other then to say, I needed to try something new.
Or he will be called Fargrim the Wise, die and in the next scene appear as Clargrim the brave brother of Fargrim.
I recall reading an article that said something about him being a thief (or former thief) who teams up with a barbarian played by Michelle Rodriquez, so unless that's changed it sounds like he's a rogue. Possibly mixed with some fighter training to justify heroic action hero status because Hollywood. I just hope they don't do something like the original D&D movie and suddenly give the low level rogue a magic sword to go fight the big bad like he's suddenly a knight in shining armor or some crap. Actually, I hope they don't do anything remotely similar to anything from that movie of sparkly dumbshit and bad stereotypical nerd jokes that had the D&D branding slapped on it. Having recognizable names on the cast is a hopeful sign, but as much as I like Rodriguez and want to father her lovechild she has been in some rather bad movies as well as good ones...
The original D&D movie had recognizable names in it. Didn't help.
Find your own truth, choose your enemies carefully, and never deal with a dragon.
"Canon" is what's factual to D&D lore. "Cannon" is what you're going to be shot with if you keep getting the word wrong.
Dude I just saw the trailer for Chris Pine in The Contractor. The man can do no wrong, bro.
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Find your own truth, choose your enemies carefully, and never deal with a dragon.
"Canon" is what's factual to D&D lore. "Cannon" is what you're going to be shot with if you keep getting the word wrong.
Bigger names typically warrant a bigger budget and more promotion. That doesn't always suffice, but it does help.
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Street Fighter blew a huge amount of its budget getting Jean-Claude Van Damme (who in turn spent most of his pay on cocaine). The director hoped his fame would be a draw for the movie, but instead what ended up happening was that they didn't have enough money left to hire proper fight coordinators or do the special effects they wanted.
Find your own truth, choose your enemies carefully, and never deal with a dragon.
"Canon" is what's factual to D&D lore. "Cannon" is what you're going to be shot with if you keep getting the word wrong.
That's on the producers. It's a balancing act though: without a big name to try and draw a larger audience, it's hard to justify a big budget regardless of what it's spent on. They could make the movie look better by working with unknowns and diverting budget to effects and whatnot and hope word of mouth would sell enough tickets to generate a profit, but that's generally not how it works out. This was the problem with John Carter: massive budget, good movie for the genre, well produced too, but no names to draw a crowd and consequently a financial failure. Without a big draw, a big budget is likely to result in a big loss.
Want to start playing but don't have anyone to play with? You can try these options: [link].
Yet the best part of the Street Fighter movie was Raul Julia hamming up the most glorious cornball performance in the history of camp acting while he was literally dying. And that wouldn't have came out nearly as well as it did if not for Van Damme and his unapologetically bad acting to play off of. There's a reason that film is called "the best bad movie of all time."
I think John Carter's failure was due more to the fact that Disney barely bothered with an advertising campaign for the film than a lack of big-name actors.
Find your own truth, choose your enemies carefully, and never deal with a dragon.
"Canon" is what's factual to D&D lore. "Cannon" is what you're going to be shot with if you keep getting the word wrong.
There is a whole Podcast about the failure of John Carter, the key thing was marketing but also, there is a suggestion that the purchase of Starwars around the same time as final editing was taking place meant that Disney lost interest. The whole point of John Carter for them was to have a sci fi property that could compete with Starwars, it was the only genre they didn't have a strong IP for, but then they actually bought Starwars and so no longer needed an independant IP of there own and so lost interest in the franchise.