02-19-2003, 01:03 AM
Hi,
It would blow LOTR out of the water, at any rate.
Why? Because of the simple linear story? Or perhaps because of the well developed word that keeps getting bits and pieces tacked on every time some DM wants to do something different.
Sorry, LotR (the book) is a masterpiece. LotR (the movies) are a not half bad effort at making the story into a movie. The Forgotten Realms don't have an iota of the thought behind them that Middle Earth does.
And the envisioned projects are always greater than what's actually been done. But when (if ever) BG or Diablo becomes a movie. look for something like D&D not LotR. Because that's about the quantity and quality of the material they have to work with. And, yes, I loved both the games. But they are *games* not novels or even novellas. They are too shallow to support a good movie. If a movie does come from either, the screen writers will have to do the whole job -- only the name will survive.
--Pete
It would blow LOTR out of the water, at any rate.
Why? Because of the simple linear story? Or perhaps because of the well developed word that keeps getting bits and pieces tacked on every time some DM wants to do something different.
Sorry, LotR (the book) is a masterpiece. LotR (the movies) are a not half bad effort at making the story into a movie. The Forgotten Realms don't have an iota of the thought behind them that Middle Earth does.
And the envisioned projects are always greater than what's actually been done. But when (if ever) BG or Diablo becomes a movie. look for something like D&D not LotR. Because that's about the quantity and quality of the material they have to work with. And, yes, I loved both the games. But they are *games* not novels or even novellas. They are too shallow to support a good movie. If a movie does come from either, the screen writers will have to do the whole job -- only the name will survive.
--Pete
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