Re: [HOE] DnD movie, way [OT] was Junker Stuff

[Brett Dixon <balance@tubas.net>]

On Friday, November 15, 2002, at 10:15  AM, Dan Sulin wrote:
> Whats really funny is listening to the directors Audio Commentary and 
> realizing that the guy was actually proud of that piece of crap.  I 
> mean it was just so bad.
> Of course the movies way more entertaining when watching with my 
> friends commentaries.  And getting to see a Wayans brother thrown of a 
> castle wall isn't a bad thing :)

Offhand, I think it's a syndrome that many movies made from a niche 
source like RPGs, popular series, etc suffer from.  The creators don't 
understand the source and the fans, and assume that the stereotypical 
rabid fanboy gamer is everything there ever has been, and made a movie 
for that when even most rabid fanboy gamers have at least a portion of 
their being that wants believable, well-done plots and acting in 
addition to kick-ass fight scenes and quotable lines.

Peter Jackson seems to understand this, even though he's taking his 
share of abuse for the cuts to keep each LotR movie down to three 
hours...