We watched two and a quarter episodes of Kindred: the Embarrassment last night - I tried to warn her that it was Bad bad, not entertaining bad.... But she had to find out for herself.
Which led to two conversations - one was a fairly deep discussion about Goth music, and why she has (mostly) gotten out of it. (Summing up - bad Goth music is still bad music - the Goth music that I picked up for her was good Goth music, but still good music. Morthound and Dresden Dolls would be good even if they weren't playing Goth.)
(I am not a huge fan of Goth... but it used to be a part of her life.)
I guess one of the triggers there was that Abney Park had gone from being a Goth band to being a steampunk band- but she still liked their music. (She actually likes their steampunk MORE than she did their Goth. It's fun.)
The other discussion was less deep, but... what tabletop games have been turned into either movies or TV shows, and are any good?
D&D movies... bad. Hours out of my life that I will never get back.
Dragonlance - I was amazed that it could be worse than the live action D&D movies, but it was. Much worse.
D&D Saturday Morning TV show... bad. (Not good bad, but at least it was mockably bad.
)Pathfinder - Burnt Offerings stage production by the daVinci Middle School... ... ... from what I have heard was actually really good. (And a bunch of the Paizo staff bought tickets to see it....) http://www.livingdice.com/3017/paizos-p ... tage-play/
The Gamers - dumb, but fun dumb. Knowingly dumb fun -
- they put up the entire movie to advertise the sequel... but now I can't find the official version. Made me laugh.
Pretty sure that the official one is still there... somewhere.... (Writing on a borrowed tablet... and hating it....)Midnight Chronicles - from a d20 RPG setting... bad, but I give it bonus points for being an attempt to capture the feel of the setting - and, again, the full movie has been put online by the production company -
- Picture Middle Earth if Sauron had won. A much more honest attempt than any of the D&D movies.
Mazes & Monsters - Tom Hanks will show how Dungeons & Dragons is evil....
Dark Dungeons - you've read the Chick tract, now see the movie! (Brought to you by some of the same folks that made The Gamers - dumb, dumb, dumb, fun. :lol: )
The Truth about Dungeons & Dragons by The Dead Alewives... as acted by the characters from the computer game Summoner?
There's a reason that this is a classic.
(The original audio sketch is longer... but a demon asking for Mountain Dew always brings a smile to my lips.)A kind of sad attempt was made for a Simon & Simon episode.
So, what am I missing?
The Auld Grump