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Old 07-24-2018, 05:53 PM   #41
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There were a fair few cinematic influences. The least-terrible were probably Conan the Barbarian (1982) and Conan the Destroyer (1984). I also got a few ideas from Excalibur (1981), Ladyhawke (1985), and even The Princess Bride (1987). But there's also Red Sonja (1985) . . . and even the terribleness of the likes of Hawk the Slayer (1980), Krull (1983), The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982), and The Warrior and the Sorceress (1984). You could sum it up as "1980s fantasy with muscle-bound barbarians, generic Olden Times technology, and women in cheesecake armor, with a dash of idealized chivalry and a soupçon of swashbuckling."
So while you were summing up my childhood back there, you somehow overlooked The Beastmaster (1982).


Man, the early '80s were a golden age for cheesy fantasy films.
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Old 07-25-2018, 07:03 AM   #42
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My strongest memories of Conan the Destroyer were the boulders made of spray-painted foam rubber being chucked by set techs (who were behind a screen, but backlit and therefore pretty visible), and Conan's "barbarian pants" being a pair of khaki work pants with a small animal pelt to cover the most un-barbarian zipper.

That, and a very annoying princess in need of being dropped off at the local dragons lair instead of being rescued. I could hear the GM giggling behind the GMs screen about that.
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Old 07-25-2018, 07:50 AM   #43
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Man, the early '80s were a golden age for cheesy fantasy films.
Pretty much. I think I saw all of them once and far too many of them more than once. Of course, I was born in 1967 and getting into gaming in 1979, so the timing was perfect.
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Old 07-25-2018, 09:38 AM   #44
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When I think about "dungeon crawling" movies, the first one that comes to mind is The Goonies. It's not "dungeon fantasy" in the sense that's being used here, but . . .
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Old 07-25-2018, 11:26 AM   #45
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When I think about "dungeon crawling" movies, the first one that comes to mind is The Goonies. It's not "dungeon fantasy" in the sense that's being used here, but . . .
Low Powered Dungeon Fantasy meets "Kids on Bikes" is a great way to describe Goonies.
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There were a fair few cinematic influences. The least-terrible were probably Conan the Barbarian (1982) and Conan the Destroyer (1984). I also got a few ideas from Excalibur (1981), Ladyhawke (1985), and even The Princess Bride (1987). But there's also Red Sonja (1985) . . . and even the terribleness of the likes of Hawk the Slayer (1980), Krull (1983), The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982), and The Warrior and the Sorceress (1984). You could sum it up as "1980s fantasy with muscle-bound barbarians, generic Olden Times technology, and women in cheesecake armor, with a dash of idealized chivalry and a soupçon of swashbuckling."
This is probably the funniest thing Kromm has ever written! :)
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