Roll for initiative, listeners, because it's time to delve Dungeons for Dragons! Two movies attempted to bring the classic table-top role playing game to the big screen, and one's a true treasure chest while the other is but a vicious mimic. Dan and Keith turn the clock back to 2000 to watch Jeremy Irons savagely, remorselessly overact in Dungeons and Dragons, then pop to just a couple of months ago for the endlessly entertaining Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. Why do they both center on thief leads? What can't Chris Pine's charisma do? How many types of overacting could the 2000 movie cram in? All this and a frank discussion of how streaming has affected the cinematic experience as a franchise levels up.
Roll for initiative, listeners, because it's time to delve Dungeons for Dragons! Two movies attempted to bring the classic table-top role playing game to the big screen, and one's a true treasure chest while the other is but a vicious mimic. Dan and Keith turn the clock back to 2000 to watch Jeremy Irons savagely, remorselessly overact in Dungeons and Dragons, then pop to just a couple of months ago for the endlessly entertaining Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. Why do they both center on thief leads? What can't Chris Pine's charisma do? How many types of overacting could the 2000 movie cram in? All this and a frank discussion of how streaming has affected the cinematic experience as a franchise levels up.