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fiercebunny) wrote2006-06-16 01:17 pm
fiercebunny) wrote2006-06-16 01:17 pm
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Why I Don't RPG
Oh, I had the most awesome find in the Walmart dvd bin the other day. It was this ancient tv movie from the ‘80's called Mazes and Monsters. I remember seeing it ages ago when I was just a wee thing and had been wanting to see it again so I was overjoyed to find it, for $5 no less. Anyway, it stars Tom Hanks as this college kid named Robbie who plays a Dungeon & Dragons style game. This came out back during D&D's heyday when parents and newscasters were concerned that it would turn kids onto Satanism. Anyway, Tom Hanks transfers to a new college and meets some new friends who pressure him into gaming rather than letting him concentrate on studying. He tries to turn them down, but there's a gamer chick, so he totally gives in, in hopes of getting laid. Then they do lots of gaming; they light hundreds of candles because they totally have to get the atmosphere down. Then they decide to be even more hardcore and rpg in a cave with costumes they bummed off the drama department. So of course, Tom Hanks totally loses his grip on reality and flips out. Even though the gamer chick is now ready to get laid, Tom Hanks thinks he's really his holy man character from the game and has to stay celibate. That's just the first sign of crazy, though. Eventually, he disappears and the cops get involved, but eventually his friends figure out he's booked it out of town an is now in NYC. They track him down at the World Trade Center, which Tom Hanks is about to jump off of because he mistook it for Tolkien's Two Towers.
Slightly Less Crazy Gamer Friends: Don't do it, Robbie!
Tom Hanks:It's okay, guys. I can fly!
Slightly Less Crazy Gamer Friends: No! You don't have enough points!
Bwa-ha-ha! It gets even better at the end when his friends come to visit him and Tom Hanks looks like he's dressed for a game of tennis (white shirt, white shorts), but totally thinks he's still in D&D land. "And that's the day when we gave up all hope and Robbie was lost to us forever."
I admit I wasn't paying that much attention while it was playing (I was painting ma dollieh and there's only so much grainy 80's video one can take), but I think Tom Hanks may have shanked a homeless guy. I'll have to watch it again someday.
Slightly Less Crazy Gamer Friends: Don't do it, Robbie!
Tom Hanks:It's okay, guys. I can fly!
Slightly Less Crazy Gamer Friends: No! You don't have enough points!
Bwa-ha-ha! It gets even better at the end when his friends come to visit him and Tom Hanks looks like he's dressed for a game of tennis (white shirt, white shorts), but totally thinks he's still in D&D land. "And that's the day when we gave up all hope and Robbie was lost to us forever."
I admit I wasn't paying that much attention while it was playing (I was painting ma dollieh and there's only so much grainy 80's video one can take), but I think Tom Hanks may have shanked a homeless guy. I'll have to watch it again someday.