>>6100517My traditional fantasy obsession is really damsel in distress stuff.
>>6097769I think I can only really enjoy fantasy if there is a CHAINED MAIDEN or helpless captured princess somewhere. If you ruminate carefully upon the intrinsic metaphor of DUNGEONS and Dragons, the context naturally necessitates an implied narrative of a captive chained princess in there, it is almost obligatory.
I think without the helpless captive girl in distress, there is a noticeable loss of narrative impetus or urgency, purpose and meaning to the entire genre, the romantic yearning and fear and vulnerability and desperation, the entire emotional fulcrum of the setting is lost.
And I know modern retellings tend to transpose aspects eg male / female gender role switch the damsel in distress thing, have the girl rescue the man or do something with race or alternative sexuality the gay etc but it is never the same as the old story with the chained maiden sacrifice held captive by the evil sorceror in the dungeon before the dragon etc
pic related is the context of Eragon, I used to think this was a cringe film where Shakespeare actor Jeremy Irons disgraced himself, now I consider Eragon to be essentially the best and indeed the archetypal pinnacle Dungeons And Dragons film (and I have even endured the cinematic excruciation of that Jeremy Irons / Thora Birch actual Dungeons and Dragons 2000 version lol) Robert Carlyle relishes and revels in malice with a highly competent performance as the necromancer villain person, there is good dragon aerial fighting / swords and fireballs even if the CGI dragons deliver cringe pain-damage to your viewing eyes, the elf girl princess is super attractive, the fantasy music theme is passable not that great, so overall this film is the best we have
