# Dungeon Siege coming to the Movie Screen **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 27, 2007, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dungeon-siege-coming-to-the-movie-screen/393868 "2007-02-27T13:45:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dungeon-siege-coming-to-the-movie-screen/393868/1 "2007-02-27T13:45:54Z")
Wow, as much as I really like Jason Statham (for some reason I always want to put an r in his name Stratham) and although I did enjoy playing Dungeon Siege, I just can’t imagine this is going to be any good. OK, I’m still gonna see it. But … Wow. It has some names in it too. Some of them bigger than others, but very many of them recognizable. ``` Jason Statham ... Farmer John Rhys-Davies ... Merick (as John Rhys Davies) Ray Liotta ... Gallian Matthew Lillard ... Duke Fallow Leelee Sobieski ... Muriella Burt Reynolds ... King Konreid Ron Perlman ... Norick ``` What do you think? Worth a look? ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dungeon-siege-coming-to-the-movie-screen/393868/2 "2007-02-27T13:50:01Z")
I can’t even stand the game… definitely won’t bother watching the movie. Well, OK. I may watch it if they have Keanu doing Brad. ---
**Author:** ![Honesty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f04885/32.png) [@Honesty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honesty)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dungeon-siege-coming-to-the-movie-screen/393868/3 "2007-02-27T13:51:35Z")
[QUOTE=Khadaji] Wow, as much as I really like Jason Statham (for some reason I always want to put an r in his name Stratham) and although I did enjoy playing Dungeon Siege, I just can’t imagine this is going to be any good. OK, I’m still gonna see it. But … Wow. It has some names in it too. Some of them bigger than others, but very many of them recognizable. ``` Jason Statham ... Farmer John Rhys-Davies ... Merick (as John Rhys Davies) Ray Liotta ... Gallian Matthew Lillard ... Duke Fallow Leelee Sobieski ... Muriella Burt Reynolds ... King Konreid Ron Perlman ... Norick ``` What do you think? Worth a look? [/QUOTE] I don’t know, I thought the game was absolutely horrid. It seems after Diablo II, all future hack-and-slashers are just poor imitators. If they can muster enough CGI, they might make the movie watchable. Maybe. ---
**Author:** ![Menocchio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Menocchio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Menocchio)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dungeon-siege-coming-to-the-movie-screen/393868/4 "2007-02-27T14:24:17Z")
It’s directed by Uwe Boll. Uwe Boll. The man makes Ed Wood look good. The man who’s previous film was adapted from a campy game about a vampire killing Nazis, and got rid of all the Nazis. This isn’t a Great Debate. It isn’t even a debate. This film will suck as surely as the sun will rise tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dungeon-siege-coming-to-the-movie-screen/393868/5 "2007-02-27T15:34:07Z")
**Moderator’s Note:** Moving to Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dungeon-siege-coming-to-the-movie-screen/393868/6 "2007-02-27T15:57:13Z")
Wow, he wants to make \*damn \*sure this one doesn’t turn a profit, doesn’t he? I’ll probably rent it for the MST3K value of it. ---
**Author:** ![essell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/34f0e0/32.png) [@essell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/essell)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dungeon-siege-coming-to-the-movie-screen/393868/7 "2007-02-27T16:03:54Z")
[QUOTE=Menocchio] … a campy game about a vampire killing Nazis, and got rid of all the Nazis… [/QUOTE] Actually I think she was a Dhampir. Show some respect! 😉 The film may have been naff, but the game was great. ---
**Author:** ![Burrido](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Burrido](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Burrido)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dungeon-siege-coming-to-the-movie-screen/393868/8 "2007-02-27T16:04:17Z")
I actually liked the game. However, Uwe Boll, hell no. ---
**Author:** ![Yeeter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/96bed5/32.png) [@Yeeter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeeter)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dungeon-siege-coming-to-the-movie-screen/393868/9 "2007-02-27T16:15:18Z")
Not to sidetrack here, I think this is related, how does Uwe Boll keep getting to do movies? Is he making money on the crap he is churning out? Everything he touches is pure garbage. I fear that the Dungeon Siege movie will be very bad, and I’m fairly certain I will not go see it. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dungeon-siege-coming-to-the-movie-screen/393868/10 "2007-02-27T16:17:38Z")
[QUOTE=MEBuckner] **Moderator’s Note:** Moving to Cafe Society. [/QUOTE] Man, I don’t know how/why I keep doing that. I certainly meant for it to be in Cafe. This is like the third time in the last 6 weeks I have put a Cafe Society post in Great Debates. I will try to do better… ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dungeon-siege-coming-to-the-movie-screen/393868/11 "2007-02-27T16:23:06Z")
[QUOTE=Burrido] However, Uwe Boll, hell no. [/QUOTE] Careful. You know he likes to strap on boxing gloves and beat up his critics, right? ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dungeon-siege-coming-to-the-movie-screen/393868/12 "2007-02-27T16:25:28Z")
[QUOTE=Menocchio] It’s directed by Uwe Boll. Uwe Boll. The man makes Ed Wood look good. The man who’s previous film was adapted from a campy game about a vampire killing Nazis, and got rid of all the Nazis. This isn’t a Great Debate. It isn’t even a debate. This film will suck as surely as the sun will rise tomorrow. [/QUOTE] Uwe Boll is my favorite bad director–I’ve gotten a lot of mst3k-style mileage out of his movies. I’m probably going to catch this one in the theaters, if it’s in them long enough for me to do so. 😃 I predict it to be awful in a truly epic way. Ever since we saw the trailer for the first time, my friends and I have been looking forward to it. Hated the game, by the way. If I had a choice between watching paint dry for several hours and playing Dungeon Siege, the paint would win every time. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dungeon-siege-coming-to-the-movie-screen/393868/13 "2007-02-27T16:49:06Z")
I worked as a tester on Dungeon Siege a couple of years ago. I know this has nothing to do with anything, but I just wanted everyone to know this. Look at me! Look at me! I’m important! ---
**Author:** ![flight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbce88/32.png) [@flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flight)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dungeon-siege-coming-to-the-movie-screen/393868/14 "2007-02-27T17:09:58Z")
[QUOTE=Yeeter] Not to sidetrack here, I think this is related, how does Uwe Boll keep getting to do movies? Is he making money on the crap he is churning out? Everything he touches is pure garbage. I fear that the Dungeon Siege movie will be very bad, and I’m fairly certain I will not go see it. [/QUOTE] It is a tax scam. [ > [@](#): > > But crucially, the bizarre tax laws in Germany mean that any wealthy Germans who invest in a movie can write-off the production cost, delay paying their taxes and generally reduce their tax burden. When you disseminate all the boring legal business law surrounding it the bottom line is this – the German investors in a movie only pay tax on any RETURNS the movie makes, their investment is 100% deductible, so the minute the movie makes a profit, said investor has to start paying tax. Plus the investors can actually borrow money to put towards investment and write that off too. Assuming you’re a sharp enough businessman you have a potential goldmine in the making; a way to make money from investing in bad movies… ]([http://www.cinemablend.com/features/Uwe-Boll-Money-For-Nothing-209.html](http://www.cinemablend.com/features/Uwe-Boll-Money-For-Nothing-209.html)) ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dungeon-siege-coming-to-the-movie-screen/393868/15 "2007-02-27T17:11:45Z")
[QUOTE=Yeeter] Not to sidetrack here, I think this is related, how does Uwe Boll keep getting to do movies? Is he making money on the crap he is churning out? [/QUOTE] Him personally, yes. As I understand it, Arcane German tax loopholes mean his (German) investors get to write a lot of tax off when a movie flops, which is why they keep giving him money. Some of that goes to his salary, so I’m sure he does OK. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dungeon-siege-coming-to-the-movie-screen/393868/16 "2007-02-27T17:27:20Z")
[QUOTE=slortar] Ever since we saw the trailer for the first time, my friends and I have been looking forward to it. [/QUOTE] [Link for the uninitiated](http://www.themovieblog.com/archives/2005/11/dungeon_siege_trailer_online.html). Burt Reynolds in a helmet! Matt Lillard with crazy eyes! Ray Liotta and the medieval blowdry! Yeah, it’s going to suck. But it has that… certain… _something…_ about it… ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dungeon-siege-coming-to-the-movie-screen/393868/17 "2007-02-27T17:28:27Z")
[QUOTE=MrDibble] Him personally, yes. As I understand it, Arcane German tax loopholes mean his (German) investors get to write a lot of tax off when a movie flops, which is why they keep giving him money. Some of that goes to his salary, so I’m sure he does OK. [/QUOTE] I mean, how far does this go? I’ve got a video camera. -FrL- ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dungeon-siege-coming-to-the-movie-screen/393868/18 "2007-02-27T17:33:23Z")
[QUOTE=Frylock] I mean, how far does this go? I’ve got a video camera. -FrL- [/QUOTE] I’ve got some cash and a decent credit rating. ANd I always wanted to prove I could act in the Late Late Late show. ---
**Author:** ![Menocchio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Menocchio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Menocchio)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dungeon-siege-coming-to-the-movie-screen/393868/19 "2007-02-27T17:56:32Z")
They closed that loophole, btw, but he already had several films done or almost done by that point. The man’s actually a minor genius when it comes to financing and making low-budget independent films. He also has a talent for getting relatively good names by working through holes in their schedules. It’s a shame he has no artistic integrity whatsoever, or he’d work with some writers and directors with actual talent, and help put some really good movies out there. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2007, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dungeon-siege-coming-to-the-movie-screen/393868/20 "2007-02-28T02:09:24Z")
Does this mean the movie adaptation of _Postal 2_ is gonna suck, as well? Bummer. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dungeon-siege-coming-to-the-movie-screen/393868.md?page=2)