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Post by Malcadon on May 21, 2014 5:29:14 GMT -6
Well, the trailer is out. It looks weird and funny. Folks might think that this is might be some form of shameless Christian propaganda, but it notes that Great Cthulhu is vary much real, so if it is, they just invalidate themselves. Oops!  For those that never " AR-PEE-GEE!!!" before, role-playing games are big drunken frat-parties, where the magic is real, and your subconscious makes imaginary harm real, because... Well..? The Lawnmower Man was scientifically accurate or something!  It sounds fun!  So, would anyone be interested in seeing it? |
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2014 5:32:10 GMT -6
My interest is piqued!  |
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Post by oakesspalding on May 21, 2014 6:20:58 GMT -6
Fantastic!
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Post by Porphyre on May 21, 2014 12:15:29 GMT -6
Isn't that some kind of stealth parody?
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Post by kesher on May 21, 2014 13:39:21 GMT -6
"LET'S RPG!!"
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Post by Malcadon on May 21, 2014 13:56:17 GMT -6
Isn't that some kind of stealth parody? Quit likely. If I remember correctly, this movie was the end product of a big Kickstarter campaign. Even though the producers said it was serious business, I got the impression that is was going to be a stealth parody and they assumed that most role-players could tell out-of-hand. It would be funny if the end result would become outright Poe's Law on Chick and Kirk Cameron-type viewers. And still, to my knowledge, Jack Chick signed away his rights to Dark Dungeons, so he would to be unable to contest the movie's production or release if he objected to it in any way. By the way, has anyone seen the movie Zero Charisma yet? |
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Post by jacar on May 21, 2014 14:43:10 GMT -6
Isn't that some kind of stealth parody? Nope. The producer/creator only had to take the content line by line and produce a "serious" treatment of Chick's work. The end result merely outlines how ridiculous his assertions were to the point of being comical. |
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Post by machpants on May 21, 2014 16:36:32 GMT -6
Yeah it is very clever. By doing the comic into a movie and treating the comic as a serious and true source material it highlights the total stupidity and ridiculousness of the original 'work'. Of course I am sure it will also be used by some as Chick intended, shown to kids in religious groups to illustrate the dangers of D&D.
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Post by oakesspalding on May 21, 2014 22:41:16 GMT -6
For me, satire is funniest when it's equal opportunity. Alexander Payne-Election, Citizen Ruth, Sideways, About Schmidt, the Descendants, Nebraska-does this almost perfectly. And to make it even richer he has some sort of affection for almost everyone on all sides. Otherwise, satire can appear mean or descend into mere agitprop. The preview of Dark Dungeons makes it look like it skewers everyone, including RPG players themselves-not too hard, obviously.  Has anyone here seen Fellowship of the Dice? It mixes a very funny but cuttingly on-target fictional story about an ongoing RPG group with (what appear to be) non-fiction documentary style clips of cool/weird/funny RPG players being interviewed at conventions. |
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2014 23:15:38 GMT -6
The best camp is played with a totally straight face. This may be the best I've seen since Max von Sydow as Ming the Merciless.
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Post by rredmond on May 25, 2014 7:52:10 GMT -6
Total bizarre. I love it.
The frat party just needs a Cyrus in there screaming "RPG... Can you dig it!!!!!!!!!"
--Ron--
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Post by The Semi-Retired Gamer on May 26, 2014 13:16:24 GMT -6
I gotta see this!
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Post by killianred on Jun 23, 2014 9:27:36 GMT -6
By the way, has anyone seen the movie Zero Charisma yet? I hope this doesn't count as necroing, I don't come here very often. yes, I did see "Zero charisma" and liked it. Had some funny parts, and I thought the guy did a great job portraying quite a few people I know, in different ways. |
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Post by rredmond on Jun 23, 2014 14:20:58 GMT -6
Casting Raise Thread is frowned upon?? Hope not I've done it once or twice. Still haven't seen that movie - will definitely try to! Btw your forum name makes me thirsty.  --Ron-- |
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Post by killianred on Jun 23, 2014 15:21:08 GMT -6
Well, I didn't know how people would feel about posting on a thread a month old. I guess that isn't TOO old KillianRed was the name of my very first PC. Was the first name I could think of! |
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Post by Finarvyn on Jun 23, 2014 18:10:47 GMT -6
Nah. Bring back old threads all you like! |
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Post by Malcadon on Jun 24, 2014 1:07:24 GMT -6
I hope this doesn't count as necroing, I don't come here very often. yes, I did see "Zero charisma" and liked it. Had some funny parts, and I thought the guy did a great job portraying quite a few people I know, in different ways. I have no issue with such necromancy. I do that a lot!  Its good to hear that it is good. I have been meaning to check it out, but I have been forgetting to do so. |
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Post by coffee on Jun 24, 2014 5:35:58 GMT -6
This isn't one of those stuffy, rules-bound forums where you can't raise an old thread. I've seen people comment on threads that were four years old! If you have something to add, go ahead and add it.
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Post by Vile Traveller on Jun 25, 2014 0:33:25 GMT -6
The old ones are the best! |
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Post by jmccann on Jun 25, 2014 22:03:24 GMT -6
I don't understand a lot of forums' resistance to writing to old threads. It makes more sense to update an old thread on a topic than to create a new one. I think it has something to do with the short attention spans of kids these days.
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Post by bea on Jun 25, 2014 23:17:45 GMT -6
Any news on the movie yet? Does it have a release date?
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Post by Malcadon on Aug 20, 2014 5:59:50 GMT -6
I was at a retro-movie review site, That Guy with the Glasses, where two reviewers were given access to a screening of Dark Dungeons, and they spend ten-plus minutes talking about the movie. They don't give too much away, and they give their views form a gamers' prospective. They both agree that it was funny and brilliant. From what was said, its a parody of the track that did not go overboard to make fun of the source material, as the tracks tend to be silly and outlandish on their own right. If you want to see it, you can stream it here. They seem to have a pay-what-you-like pricing, hoping to get some funding for more indie film projects. Oh, and while looking for info about the film's production, I found this little gem called THAC0: The Movie. (I do not think its related to the people who made Dark Dungeon, but its still worth checking out.) |
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Post by coffee on Aug 20, 2014 8:09:19 GMT -6
Oh, and while looking for info about the film's production, I found this little gem called THAC0: The Movie. (I do not think its related to the people who made Dark Dungeon, but its still worth checking out.) Also check out this thread for more on THAC0. |
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For those that never "AR-PEE-GEE!!!" before, role-playing games are big drunken frat-parties, where the magic is real, and your subconscious makes imaginary harm real, because... Well..? The Lawnmower Man was scientifically accurate or something! 
So, would anyone be interested in seeing it?
