The Mwangi Expanse hardcover for Pathfinder 2E has amazing art, but the halflings in it kind of creep me out.
They don’t look like halflings to me, they look like video game characters after you unlock “Big Head” mode.
The artist is Indah Alitha, and I really dig her stuff in general, but her halflings are on the upper slopes of the uncanny valley for me. Except for this guy. This guy is fucking boss.
I think my point - and why I brought up the Big Four in the first place - is that their art is vibrant, colorful, nether too idealized nor too realistic, and fun… which are all things I want from the movie.
Absolutely. D&D (and arguably especially 5e) is inherently kind of silly. Much like classic MCU, this film needs to lean into and acknowledge that rather than trying to build it into something serious and grim. Fortunately, they’re obviously taking the humor route.
Edit: Looks at cake icon… Geez, I’ve been here 24 years??
Elmore is awesome. Not only as an artist, but a cool person. I met him in real life and told him how much of a fan I was. and he was very flattered and humble about it, and shook my hand.
I pledged to two Kickstarters for art books of his and have a collection now, it also included an original signed drawing (a line art dragon drawing). Larry is a good guy.
I met Elmore back at GenCon in 1991. I grabbed two packets of his artwork prints and the line to talk to him was much shorter than the payment line so I stood in that one instead. Then I was all starstruck to meet him and left without paying. I had to come back after I realized and be “Uh, I forgot to pay for these…”
It’s interesting to see the career progression of John Francis Daley. He started of as a child actor in Freaks and Geeks. Was an adult actor including many episodes of Bones. Now he’s writing and directing major motion pictures. He wrote and directed this movie and wrote Spider-Man: Homecoming.
Saw it at a matinee today. It was… good. Nothing great.
Definitely was what it wanted to be. A light action comedy that felt like maybe the modern versions of Jumanji or Night at the Museum?
Story was meh. Some creative action sequences. Some nice set pieces. Things funny enough to crack a smile at but not laugh out loud.
Would say it’s worth seeing. Nothing you would want to watch a second time.
Digital TV that old people watch. Like a slightly newer newspaper - you’ve probably never seen those. Basically they’re like old fashioned papyrus scrolls you see in museums, only updated versions in which words are etched by machine onto the husks of ground-up trees. Old people pore over them while eating a meal as part of a daily ritual.
Yes. Nothing you need to rush out and see. But if you’re looking for an excuse to get out of the house and want to see a movie you won’t feel like you’ve wasted your $10.
Saw it today with my family, and despite the generally positive reviews I went in with fairly low expectations. And… I thought it was great! I’m not a D&D guy so take my opinion for what it’s worth, but I thought they did a great job keeping the source material relevant and juggling a lot of competing interests – fan service, plot, action, humor, heart. It reminded me of the first Avengers, to the point where it feels like the studio explicitly asked for a Marvel knock off. Not ground breaking but an entertaining couple of hours for sure.
And at the beginning, the entire cast told me I was a hero for seeing a movie, so there’s that.
