T&T Viewing List

[Hogscape]

So, any recommendations for movies and TV shows with a fantasy and perhaps comedic element that might tipify the T&T world?

My suggestion would be the TV show Krod Mandoon - a British/US collaboration which I see as a cross between Blackadder and the Carry On movies!

Krod is a bumbling magic sword-weilding hero is a fantasy land with a 'party' of semi-competent followers. I won't say more - Google it for a good giggle.

[wilowisp]

Feb 11, 2010 22:02:36 GMT -5 Hogscape said:

So, any recommendations for movies and TV shows with a fantasy and perhaps comedic element that might tipify the T&T world?

My suggestion would be the TV show Krod Mandoon - a British/US collaboration which I see as a cross between Blackadder and the Carry On movies!

Krod is a bumbling magic sword-weilding hero is a fantasy land with a 'party' of semi-competent followers. I won't say more - Google it for a good giggle.

Krull is T&T fodder; so are the Conan movies (especially the second one). The Scorpion King flicks too; in fact, the whole Mummy/Van Helsing Family of movies has the right FEEL, if not time period. Actually, for FEEL, the Indiana Jones movies fit (SRs, anyone? )

[apeloverage]

Not a show, but Order of the Stick (despite being explicitly set in a universe using the d20 rules)

[Aramis of Erak]

Kull the Conqueror, REH's other big protagonist. Second: Krull, Conan.
Willow. Lots of over the top SR action.
Ice Pirates. (Yeah, I know, it's sci-fi....) Same reason as Willow.
Army of Darkness. Heck, it's just downright fun. (The RPG is cool, too.)
Princess Bride (book and movie).
Thundarr The Barbarian.

Indy and the Mummy series screams MSPE, not T&T; too much skill based specialization; that's a fine line, anyway.


Edit: Add South Park to the list. Saw the ep where the Queer Eye guys are crab people from beneath the earth. Immediately thought:
St x1/2, Con x1/2, Dex x1, IQx3/4, LKx1/2, CHx(-2), Spd x1, Wiz x1/2, AV 3d6/3

[machfront]

Good call on the Indy films!

I'm sure no one needs me to list all the fantasy and s&s movie usual suspects.
That won't stop me, though.
Besides those already listed...

The Sword & The Sorcerer (an absolute must!..as is:
Hawk the Slayer
(in fact, if you've not seen those two.....get out. Just....get out.)
Dragonslayer
Fire and Ice
Ator the Fighting Eagle -AKA: Ator the Invincible
Ator the Blade Master -AKA The Blade Master, AKA Cave Dwellers
Iron Warrior
Ator the Invincible (remake) AKA Ator III: The Hobgoblin, AKA Quest for the Mighty Sword, AKA Hobgoblin
(ya darn right I jus' listed all four Ator films. Wadda think I am? An amateur over here?)
Conquest (directed by Italian horror schlock director Lucio Fulci...yeah, baby!)
Red Sonja
The Beastmaster
Legend
The Musketeer (because of the wholly inappropriate and insane SR combat stunt combats!)
The Hobbit (Rankin-Bass 'toon, obviously)
The Lord of the Rings (Ralph Bakshi's 1978 animated version....I'm sure I don't need to list Jackson's LotR films)
The Return of the King (Bankin-Rass's cartoon)
Dungeons & Dragons (yes, really...cuz it's silly)
Dungeons & Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God (cuz it's actually pretty cool)
Deathstalker
Deathstalker II: Duel of the Titans
Deathstalker III: The Warriors from Hell
Deathstalker IV: Match of the Titans
Sorceress (1983) (seeing as they're twins...there are four things of interest in the 'film')
The Warrior and the Sorceress (David Carradine's embarrassing s&s version of Yojimbo)
Hercules (1983...yes...the Lou Ferrigno one...you've been warned...)
Trancers IV: Jack of Swords
Trancers V: Sudden Deth
(the two previous as Jack Deth is in a sword & sorcery world...but, hey...do yourself a Full Moon favor and just watch 'em all! "Jack Deth is BACK!...And he's never even been here before!" -lol-)
Wizards
Clash of the Titans
The BBC's Robin of Sherwood television show (thank the gods that's finally available a couple of years back!!! I never thought I'd see the day!)

I'd add the dozen or score or so of Musketeer films but those should be a given...and Shakespeare stuff...especially Roman Polanski's Macbeth (not any humor there...guess that's just my preference for dark stuff)

Horror and other monster flicks are always a great place to draw inspiration from.
Tremors (all of 'em)
The Relic
Mimic
The Decent (a total and dark dungeon delve)
Nosferatu
C.H.U.D.
Cloverfield (PLEASE tell me you've seen this astoundingly awesome film!!!)
The Host
The Mist (again...as a movie-geek...a must-see)
20 Million Miles to Earth (Venusian monster vs. Elephant in Roman coliseum! Fight!)
The Pit (Trogladytes and an evil teddy!)
Q - The Winged Serpent
Prophesy (1979) (take THAT Mother Nature!)

To be honest...this list could go for days, but I'm sure you can all Google "monster movies" and "b-movies" until the end of time... get some popcorn my droogs. ;D

[zanshin]

Not seen Sword and the Sorcerer or Hawk the Slayer. I'll get my coat...

[ProfGremlin]

I can't add anything to the list off the top of my head save the movie Nightbreed. Really interesting idea and could be turned into a GM adventure for either T&T or MSPE. What is below, stays below. That is the Law.

[Toad-Killer-Dog]

Well Mach has pretty much sown up the field, but here are a few of my own suggestions.

Archer: Fugitive from the Empire ( a fun 80's fantasy flick )
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa8Tlel7BPw&feature=related

Slayers ( A rollicking anime swords & sorcery series, a true classic )
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSC4nCa6Qw4

Jason & the Argonauts ( All hail Harryhausen! )
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yYeZMx1Y7U

Sinbad & the Eye of the Tiger ( Swashbuckling, a former Dr.Who and Harryhausen! )
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k27G1s0J1EI&feature=PlayList&p=034A1BE290B54EF1&index=0&playnext=1

Record of the Lodoss War ( a great anime fantasy series, now sadly out of print in the U.S. )
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2vxlZkfW-Y

Flight of Dragons ( Probably the best Western animated fantasy film from my childhood )
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ewipyp-36E&feature=related

El Cid ( My favorite Charlton Heston flick and a great epic in the old style )
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HydVhlKAAp0&feature=related

Prince of Foxes ( Tyron Power at his best )
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXL8XHpjfGI

Big Trouble in Little China ( Completely wrong period setting, completely right feel ;D )
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yM3-YO7qHs

Yojimbo ( Because I could not finish this list without Toshiro Mifune ;D )
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgswymaBuDk&feature=related

[ProfGremlin]

Jason and the Argonauts was great. The battle with the animated skeletons still stands out in my mind. You also reminded me of another one of my favorite movies - The Crimson Pirate. Depending on your game it might not be quite the right time period, though it'll fit well with Hogscapes Dark Isles setting. It has some great examples of unorthodox Saving Rolls.

[welikelasers]

Deathstalker! Man, those are some movies I haven't seen in years.

Mach- do you happen to know which Deathstalker movie had a scene where the hero was carrying the damsel in distress through the woods while talking? That scene went on forever! It took ages even when we hit the fast forward button:-)

Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger is awesome. Jane Seymour is beyond gorgeous.

[zanshin]

If we are talking Sinbad, you have to see the Golden Voyage of Sinbad, with Tom Baker (best Dr Who ever) as the villain. Great stuff.

[danhem]

Great list Machfront. I especially like that you listed the entire Ator series including "Quest for the Mighty Sword." I've been posting You Tube clips of that movie on Trollhalla today. Great minds, eh? It's probably one of the worst movies I've ever seen, but also hilarious. They definitely shot the entire thing in one take.

Hawk the Slayer was the S**t. Loved that one.

Ice Pirates! Yes! I totally forgot about that one.

[Hogscape]

This from IMDb on Hawk the Slayer... Comments please?

Some would say this film is one of the poorest ever made. They would be correct. However it is also one of the most amusing. Such classic moments as 'a bit falls off the set really obviously' and 'the baddies lair is a skanky old tent', and of course the cheesy sound effect/soundtrack make this a great movie, especially when drunk. To assist this, the Hawk the Slayer Unofficial Drinking Game is as follows: Drink when: Anyone says 'Hawk'; Anyone says 'Voltan'; Every time they show a picture for the backdrop instead of a real set; Every time they use the ridiculous electronic sound effect (first used at the start with the sword); Every time someone dies (can be limited to 3 drinks for a fight scene as its hard to keep count); Every time the crazy disco soundtrack starts up; Every time there are poor special effects; Every time there is a cheesy flashback Every time the top of the set is visible.

[machfront]

Argh!
I'm beyond red-faced for missing Archer: Fugitive from the Empire and especially Jason and the Argonaughts!

By the way, TKD put up creature stats for the quick and deadly Children of the Teeth (the skeletons) in a thread in the 'Critters' sub-forum a while back.

Feb 12, 2010 15:42:59 GMT -5 welikelasers said:

Mach- do you happen to know which Deathstalker movie had a scene where the hero was carrying the damsel in distress through the woods while talking? That scene went on forever! It took ages even when we hit the fast forward button:-)

Ha ha ha!!! No. Wow. I don't remember that at all. Heh. I haven't seen them in quite some time. I keep meaning to order some DVD-R bootlegs of them all (as the prices for the small run of legit DVDs have insanely skyrocketed these past few years).

Feb 12, 2010 21:06:00 GMT -5 danhem said:

Great list Machfront. I especially like that you listed the entire Ator series including "Quest for the Mighty Sword." I've been posting You Tube clips of that movie on Trollhalla today. Great minds, eh? It's probably one of the worst movies I've ever seen, but also hilarious. They definitely shot the entire thing in one take.

Ha! Indeed you did! ;D
I don't know that it's even one of the worst I've seen. I mean...I own things like Blastfighter, After the Fall of New York, Creepazoids, Star Crystal and Don't Go In The Woods....on purpose!...plus even worse besides on some of my cheap movie collections from Brentwood Entertainment and the like.

Feb 12, 2010 23:53:53 GMT -5 Hogscape said:

This from IMDb on Hawk the Slayer... Comments please?

Some would say this film is one of the poorest ever made. They would be correct. However it is also one of the most amusing. Such classic moments as 'a bit falls off the set really obviously' and 'the baddies lair is a skanky old tent', and of course the cheesy sound effect/soundtrack make this a great movie, especially when drunk. To assist this, the Hawk the Slayer Unofficial Drinking Game is as follows: Drink when: Anyone says 'Hawk'; Anyone says 'Voltan'; Every time they show a picture for the backdrop instead of a real set; Every time they use the ridiculous electronic sound effect (first used at the start with the sword); Every time someone dies (can be limited to 3 drinks for a fight scene as its hard to keep count); Every time the crazy disco soundtrack starts up; Every time there are poor special effects; Every time there is a cheesy flashback Every time the top of the set is visible.

What should one say?
Errmm....he's...right? Though I don't agree...? Does that make sense?
Clearly, this guy needs to be properly schooled. If he thinks the lovely cinematic achievement that is Hawk the Slayer is bad...then he's never seen Navy vs. the Night Monsters or Giant Spider Invasion or Time Chasers...
Someone needs their Bad Movie Barometer reset. ;D

(Though I'll also add that that drinking game would have anyone down and out in the first ten to fifteen minutes of the flick.)

[order99]

A Bad Movie Barometer Reset, eh?

Here-have a copy of Manos, Hands of Fate, that should open up the...it should solve.....um...

....no, no I just can't do it. I respect you too much. It would be like cleansing a wine-taster's palate with a mug of Everclear and Radiator Fluid. Forget I said anything, that one's for masochists who like watching their own eyes bleed...I still have the scars from ramming my face against the wall so Torgo's Theme would stop , sorry.


Let's try something a little easier to digest-find a copy of Frankenstein Island and wash it down with Rat Fink A Boo-boo...you should be enjoying Ator the Fighting Eagle and Yor, Hunter From the Future in no time! ;D


But on to better films-to me, Captain Chronos,Vampire Hunter should definitely be on the T&T viewing list. It's got:

a swashbuckling hero with intellect, skill and charm
an occult expert sidekick
traditional 'monsters' with a twist
a countryside in peril
a Horst Janson/Caroline Munro love scene
intelligent and even sympathetic villains who perform monstrous, horrible acts
fantastic stuntwork and choreography

Pity it never became the franchise Hammer was hoping for.