# Jack Chick's Dark Dungeons-The Movie!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 21, 2014, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-chicks-dark-dungeons-the-movie/688916 "2014-05-21T12:57:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-chicks-dark-dungeons-the-movie/688916/21 "2014-05-21T17:12:08Z")
From the film’s website, my favorite bits in bold: > [@](#): > > Is Dark Dungeons the movie a parody? > > NO! As JR Ralls has said many times in interviews and in his Kickstarter campaign; making a parody of Dark Dungeons was never, and is not, his intention. **A parody is “an imitation of the style of a particular artist with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect.”** The writer, director, and producers of Dark Dungeons were all in agreement that they were not doing interested in doing that. **Dark Dungeons the movie was thoroughly researched to ensure that various aspects of it could be directly shown to be influenced by Dark Dungeons the comic,** other writings of Jack Chick, and writings by other authors that he hosts on his website. It is NOT a parody. > > Is Dark Dungeons the Movie a satire? > > NO! **Satire is “a humorously exaggerated imitation.”** The most classic example is Swift’s “A Modest Proposal”, in which he mocks the English aristocracy’s indifference to the rural Irish poor by suggesting they eat Irish babies. This was an exaggeration as the English did not actually hate the Irish enough to eat their babies. By contrast, **Dark Dungeons the comic shows that RPGs can lead to suicide, joining a witches coven, and gaining real life magical powers and Dark Dungeons the movie shows exactly those same things as well.** The film adaptation does not exaggerate or alter those claims. It is NOT a satire. > > Then what is Dark Dungeons the movie? > > Dark Dungeons the movie is an adaptation of the comic Dark Dungeons that tries its best to stay true to the spirit and word of the source material given the limitations in adapting a comic to live-action and in expanding a 22-panel comic into an interesting and exciting motion picture. Many of the scenes and dialogue from Dark Dungeons the movie are lifted straight from the comic. While there are changes and differences between the two, JR considers these to be less than those found in many other comic-to-film adaptations. Dark Dungeons the movie is a serious attempt at telling the Dark Dungeons saga in live-action format with **as much drama and entertainment as the artists involved could muster.** Priceless! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-chicks-dark-dungeons-the-movie/688916/22 "2014-05-21T17:24:22Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Fully realizing of course that the source material is already considered to be over the top by most who have seen it. You couldn’t make a mockery of it and have it come out any funnier. An excellent illustration of[Poe’s Law](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe's_law) in action. The source material is so exaggerated to begin with that it would be pointless, if not impossible, to make it any sillier. ---
**Author:** ![Claverhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Claverhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claverhouse)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-chicks-dark-dungeons-the-movie/688916/23 "2014-05-21T17:43:24Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Cthulu is all that is holy, the one, the great, he who must be worshiped. And then nourished. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-chicks-dark-dungeons-the-movie/688916/24 "2014-05-21T18:00:38Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > An excellent illustration of[Poe’s Law](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe's_law) in action. The source material is so exaggerated to begin with that it would be pointless, if not impossible, to make it any sillier. Probably the same reason _MST 3000_ never tried to lampoon _Plan 9 From Outer Space_. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-chicks-dark-dungeons-the-movie/688916/25 "2014-05-21T18:12:16Z")
> [@Claverhouse](#): > > And then nourished. Ixnay on the ourishednay. Trying to lure **dougie** in.😃 ---
**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-chicks-dark-dungeons-the-movie/688916/26 "2014-05-21T18:21:13Z")
It’s still probably better than the actual “Dungeons and Dragons” movie. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-chicks-dark-dungeons-the-movie/688916/27 "2014-05-21T18:22:13Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Probably the same reason _MST 3000_ never tried to lampoon _Plan 9 From Outer Space_. You couldn’t make a parody of _Reefer Madness_ either. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-chicks-dark-dungeons-the-movie/688916/28 "2014-05-21T18:31:57Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > Please tell me Kevin Sorbo is in it! And Kirk Cameron! ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-chicks-dark-dungeons-the-movie/688916/29 "2014-05-21T18:38:26Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > And Kirk Cameron! And a banana! ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-chicks-dark-dungeons-the-movie/688916/30 "2014-05-21T18:44:59Z")
This so has a spot in my movie collection. Right next to _Chariot of the Gods_. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-chicks-dark-dungeons-the-movie/688916/31 "2014-05-21T18:52:20Z")
For a second I thought that balding guy with the magnificent beard was Paul Giamatti. Oh well, this still looks wonderful. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-chicks-dark-dungeons-the-movie/688916/32 "2014-05-21T18:55:00Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > You couldn’t make a parody of _Reefer Madness_ either. [Some people disagreed.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jFXU9tZmUE) ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-chicks-dark-dungeons-the-movie/688916/33 "2014-05-21T19:04:55Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Probably the same reason _MST 3000_ never tried to lampoon _Plan 9 From Outer Space_. Well… they (sort of) did (sort of)… ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-chicks-dark-dungeons-the-movie/688916/34 "2014-05-21T19:38:44Z")
But just when you think RPGs are all fun and games, [something like this](http://www.katu.com/news/local/Womans-car-attacked-by-self-identified-high-elf-battling-evil-259598811.html) happens. > [@](#): > > The last thing the woman from Northeast Portland probably expected when she got up Tuesday morning was that she would be attacked by a sword-wielding elf. > … > A man dressed in chain-mail with a helmet, shield and carrying a sword and staff ran into traffic and started attacking her car. She called 911, reporting that “a pirate” was attacking her car. > … > Bass told officers that he wasn’t a pirate but a “high-elf engaged in battle with the evil Morgoth.” Save us, Jack Chick! ---
**Author:** ![Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-chicks-dark-dungeons-the-movie/688916/35 "2014-05-21T20:28:42Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > But just when you think RPGs are all fun and games, [something like this](http://www.katu.com/news/local/Womans-car-attacked-by-self-identified-high-elf-battling-evil-259598811.html) happens. Maybe she shouldn’t have worn her “Melkor rules and Manwë drools” t-shirt then. Her “The only good elf is a live Orc” bumper sticker was just icing on the cake. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-chicks-dark-dungeons-the-movie/688916/36 "2014-05-21T22:21:21Z")
Hey…she was asking for it. She dressed too provocatively. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-chicks-dark-dungeons-the-movie/688916/37 "2014-05-21T22:49:40Z")
A Jack Chick movie? HAW HAW! ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-chicks-dark-dungeons-the-movie/688916/38 "2014-05-21T23:24:50Z")
_yawn_ Wake me when the _Order of the Stick_ movie comes out . . . ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-chicks-dark-dungeons-the-movie/688916/39 "2014-05-21T23:49:27Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > But just when you think RPGs are all fun and games, [something like this](http://www.katu.com/news/local/Womans-car-attacked-by-self-identified-high-elf-battling-evil-259598811.html) happens. [Footage of the arrest.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gs2VYL-3RI') ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2014, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-chicks-dark-dungeons-the-movie/688916/40 "2014-05-22T04:10:12Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Probably the same reason _MST 3000_ never tried to lampoon _Plan 9 From Outer Space_. And with that, I think it is obligatory to link to one nice bit of Fanfiction that pictured how the crew of MST3K would riff on Dark Dungeons. > **[MST3K meets Dark Dungeons](https://www.fecundity.com/darkdung/index.html)** > > 1990's SF parody meets 1980's Jack Chick tract. A steel-cage death match of silly dogma versus wise-cracking robots! > [@](#): > > Tom: Hey. This isn’t a D&D game! Where’s all the Mt. Dew? > > Crow: And the Doritos? > > Mike: Plus, the women outnumber the men! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-chicks-dark-dungeons-the-movie/688916.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-chicks-dark-dungeons-the-movie/688916.md?page=3)