Asheras wrote on Aug 15^th, 2015 at 9:08pm:

Agreed.  But I think that the story would have to be later than that anyway, and maybe even an original story (written by Salvatore?) so that the fanbois can't complain about what was changed from the books.

mystafyi wrote on Aug 16^th, 2015 at 9:59am:


No thank you, if I wanted to watch a teen girl with a bow and arrow I'd watch the Hunger Games.

The thing everyone might be missing here is that drow elves aren't colored the same as what we call "black" or "African American" or "African".

They are black, purple, or grey-ish in coloration.  Shades of brown are not part of this.

People are talking about this in terms of real world race.  Sure Drizzt might be analogy for race relations in the real world, but he isn't a black character in print the same way Falcon or Luke Cage or (Ultimate) Nick Fury is. 

He is more akin to The Thing, Gollum, or Azog the Defiler than a black, indian, or middle eastern person.

Asheras wrote on Aug 16^th, 2015 at 1:05pm:

I don't think people are trying to relate Drow Elves to real races. I believe the discussion is around the practicalities of trying to produce a DnD movie without an Avatar/LOTR budget.
Avatar has shown what the technology is capable of, but it would be expensive.
There is far more than skin colour to work out too.  It will be the fine chiseled features, the long ears and the lavender eyes.  Also the lean muscular build and the athleticism.  Completely different to Vin Diesel's heavy muscular build as Riddick, or Hugh Jackman as Wolverine.  I think finding that physique would be challenging. 
All doable, but how much do you try to achieve in casting vs makeup and CGI.


Flav wrote on Aug 16^th, 2015 at 4:25pm:


You know, I never even noticed that until it was mentioned here and I have loved Nordic mythology for over 30 yrs.  I liked the portrayal of Heimdall - I was just glad to see the Nordic mythology come to life.
You're quite right about the mythology, but the role wasn't major and the acting/portrayal did not detract from the character.  To me it just seemed to be done right.

And that's it - u wouldn't noticed, I wouldn't mention it (whole thor comics is just inspired by norse mythology it doesnot want to be real interpretation, well n movie is just inspired by comics) - but someone has to come with idea that because drows are darkskinned they should be played by afroes and shields himself by racism bullshit. I didn't hear about any big outcry because of heidall cast aside some people find it strange - well now imagine outcry if something similar would be done with some prominent black character.


I wont mind drow played by black actor if he otherwise meet other feature expected for drow. and its imho easier to make dark makeup and some postprocessing, than modify face via cgi.

And yep u re right - better than bodybuilder type, gymnast or parkour runner would be better.

Revaulting wrote on Aug 16^th, 2015 at 7:41pm:


so are orcs, ogres, mindflayers, beholders ...we could go on:) its just because drows are qualified as monsters

All this talk reminds me that I haven't actually read any Salvatore. Where would be a good place to start?

DropBear wrote on Aug 16^th, 2015 at 8:11pm:


how about this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=K0cFLb-JmaQ#t=174

Gringo wrote on Aug 16^th, 2015 at 7:57pm:

Yes.

DropBear wrote on Aug 16^th, 2015 at 8:11pm:


Unfortunately the sainted cucumbersnatch is too hot a property at the moment to touch  some shitty dnd bi-Op

Gringo wrote on Aug 17^th, 2015 at 2:17am:


I know the action sequences in Star Trek, but I doubt he performed them.
In that specific sequence he had the hood on - could have been anyone.
I guess they could do the same with Driz'zt in a piwafwi.

I thought he played Khan well in that movie though..

Flav wrote on Aug 17^th, 2015 at 6:07am:


You're not wrong, he's a crapton of movies coming out in the next two years, as well as live theatre as Hamlet.

Jeff_Stryker wrote on Aug 17^th, 2015 at 8:02am:


FTFY