tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post110886341141527908..comments2024-03-18T08:38:01.678+00:00Comments on The Life And Opinions of Andrew Rilstone: How movies workUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post-1110013751562449572005-03-05T09:09:00.000+00:002005-03-05T09:09:00.000+00:00No, the "Dungeons and Dragons" movie didn't have t...No, the "Dungeons and Dragons" movie didn't have the budget to do the height-wrangling mojo that Peter Jackson worked, and John Rhys-Davies is a big fella, not dwarfish at all. Elwood, who I think was the dwarf character (I'm guessing here), was played by <A HREF="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0034305/" REL="nofollow">Lee Arenberg</A>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post-1109638989964802602005-03-01T01:03:00.000+00:002005-03-01T01:03:00.000+00:00I guess what ultimately irritated me most about th...I guess what ultimately irritated me most about the movie was how it was stereotyped so horribly by modern D&D. I mean, D&D was supposed to be influenced by LotR, not the other way around.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post-1108982958491545972005-02-21T10:49:00.000+00:002005-02-21T10:49:00.000+00:00I'm sure that skateboarding elves who indulge in p...I'm sure that skateboarding elves who indulge in poorly-rendered "Raiders Of The Lost Ark" oliphaunt hi-jackings and looking like Sophie Aldred on a bad day are exactly what J R R would've wanted.Ken Shinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15870226994924357329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post-1108906461996679002005-02-20T13:34:00.000+00:002005-02-20T13:34:00.000+00:00The quote amused me. No particular significance be...The quote amused me. No particular significance beyond that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post-1108894955056553542005-02-20T10:22:00.000+00:002005-02-20T10:22:00.000+00:00Movie directors are more concerned with doing thei...Movie directors are more concerned with doing their best to make what they think are good movies than with remaining perfectly faithful to some source material or another. What a shock.<br /><br />I'm tempted to ask why the hell it should be otherwise, but, well, some litetal-minded dolt might answer the question.<br /><br />-- <br />Phil MastersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com