The Lizard
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I'm halfway through the Dark Elf trilogy right now btw, and it is indeed much better than the Icewind Dale Trilogy so far. Very cool.
That-Guy said:It would also be cool if they came out with a Marvel vs. Capcom type tournament game with fantasy characters, like Forgotten Realms vs. The Lord of the Rings or something. I know it would never happen, but just imagine Drizzt vs. Aragorn, or Sauron vs. Errtu.
The Lizard said:I'm halfway through the Dark Elf trilogy right now btw, and it is indeed much better than the Icewind Dale Trilogy so far. Very cool.
The Phantom said:I'm not too sure about an FR v.s. LOTR game. Drizzt would freaking dice Aragorn. And Sauron wouldn't even have to wink to kill Errtu. But I think the best thing for a Drizzt game to happen is to continue have Drizzt as an unlockable or playable character in games. And not just fantasy games. I mean it would be hilarious to play as Drizzt instead of Sam Fisher in a Splinter Cell game. The badguys wouldn't even have time to offer any information. But this way even mainstream gamers will see Drizzt Do'Urden and wonder who the heck is this guy. They might go to the books and or the comic. But I think the idea I'm trying to convey is there needs to be a way for gamers to be introduced to Drizzt, but not formally, so when a full on Drizzt Do'Urden/Companions of the Hall game is made, it wouldn't be totally unknown.
Drizzt Do'Urden is such an awesome fantasy character, he just needs more exposure. But RAS is a freaking genious for having created him, I mean he's just so modedrn that people need to know about him. I just love the concept of a "dark elf" and how racism is dealt with in the books (a subject very uncommon in Fantasy).
I haven't read the comic books. Are they any good? And when is that dang Wheel of Time comic book coming out?
Who would you pick for Wulfgar. He's a very hard character to cast, because he's not as simple as people would imagine him at first glance. He's very, very complex, and the only thing that came to mind was Brandon Routh. But he can't be too old, because he has to fall in love with Cattie Brie, in the classic romantic sense. But I think Brandon Routh would be awesome in the role. He's buff, he looks like him, and he could probably play "semi-tortured" pretty well. His biggest scenes will most likely be when he thinks his been betrayed, or whenever on of his loved ones appear to fall in battle.Brandon Routh couldn't be more wrong for Wulfgar
Peter MacNichol as Regis?
Alexis Bledel as Cattie Brie...Ok, I'll buy it, and not a bad choice. I like Caviezel as Drizzt, and he'd definitely rock the house and bring a strong nobility to the character; However, I don't see him and Bledel with on-screen chemistry together. He's quite a bit older than she is, and this would throw a wrench in their romantic relationship that's illustrated in other novels.
Salvatore's novels based on these characters would definitely be a major hit in the theatres, but a fantasy trilogy of this level has to be done right, and I'm really not sure anyone short of Jackson, Ridley Scott, or maybe Wolfgang Peterson could do the job justice.
Collin Farrel would be cool. I've only seen Pearce in the Time Machine, which probably isn't the best movie to be looking at for his abilities. And I haven't heard of Olivier Martinez. For Entreri imagine a guy who's so frighteningly scary that just having the audience watching a scene alone with him would make everyone feel uneasy. This guy isn't Mr. Rogers, I can tell you that. And at the same time I want to see that cockyness and sarcasm come out fluently intertwined, especially when he's fighting Drizzt.Artemis Entreri is a tough individual to cast. Olivier Martinez would be an interesting choice for the role as would either Colin Farell or even Guy Pearce.
The Phantom said:That's the thing, most people go for those kind of Directors, but Icewind Dale is not a Lord of the Rings type of movie. It's much more personal then that. It is about a small group of people in a vast world.
The only problem I have with starting the movies off with DET is that you could have probelms introducing the Dark Elves to the audience, and that is the people who've never even heard of Dark Elves or Menzobarrenzen. You'd need a human connection at least in the beginning. I think if they were to do DET as a movie trilogy, they'd have to begin sort of like how Interview of the Vampire began. Have Drizzt Do'urden begin telling the story to some bard-thief and then go into the actual story of it all.The Lizard said:Even though Icewind Dale is less epic in its scope than LOTR, there are still a lot of LOTR-type events and imagery in it. and I think it would be seen as somewhat derivative on the big screen. Better to start with the Dark Elf trilogy IMO.
The Phantom said:The only problem I have with starting the movies off with DET is that you could have probelms introducing the Dark Elves to the audience, and that is the people who've never even heard of Dark Elves or Menzobarrenzen. You'd need a human connection at least in the beginning. I think if they were to do DET as a movie trilogy, they'd have to begin sort of like how Interview of the Vampire began. Have Drizzt Do'urden begin telling the story to some bard-thief and then go into the actual story of it all.
What I mean by the Icewind Dale Trilogy not being like LOTR, is that in LOTR it is about a great struggle to save the world. Icewind Dale is on a smaller scale of storytelling. The first book is about defending this small town. The second book is about Bruenor restoring claim to his rightful thrown. And the third book is all about rescuing Regis for the greedy palms of Pasha Pook (my fav of the three books). You see unlike LOTR, the Icewind Dale trilogy is about heroics on a more personal level. It's about heroes fighting for what they love, and is less about saving the world. That is why I think people would enjoy Icewind Dale more than LOTR. Think about it. The only time you could really see what Icewind Dale would feel like LOTR as a movie is near the end of Fellowship of the Ring and probably all of the Aragorn/Gimli/Legolas scenes in Two Towers, that's because that is when the characters were fighting for what they wanted, and audiences connect to heroes that fight more for what they love instead of being the altruistic hero that fights to save the world. But I do agree that the visual quality of an Icewind Dale movie would probably be similar to Lord of the Rings, with Harry Potter and Conan thrown into the mix.
The Lizard said:Of course, there are plenty of elements in the IDT that are not at all like LOTR, such as Drizzt's Guenhywver cat, the ice dragon, the crazy wizarding family (which now seems Harry Potter-esque), the golem, Artemis Entreri, and the intrigue with the thieves' guild. However, it would still take some serious retooling of the story to avoid obvious LOTR similarities in a movie version of the IDT.