Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves.

Generally well liked by audiences, D&D nerds and film buffs. I watched it and enjoyed it. Some highlights:

• Good storyline with consistent characters and a well paced plot. Good acting and notable names in the cast with some newer talent too.
• Creators clearly loved their source material. Lots of world building detail if you’re into that. Good mix of both practical effects and special effects. The Paladin’s intro and the Jarnathan scene are good examples of practical effects side, and the dragon and spell casting are good examples of SFX.
• From the D&D side, you get the feel of “just a bunch of friends getting together for a tabletop adventure.” They ham up the comedy a bit. The Paladin is like a player or DMPC that joins for one session and then peaces out. Apparently even the events of the combat sequences go in initiative order.

Fun movie, would recommend.

“Hmm, maybe you’re right. Maybe I’m not good at second guessing.”

I see they’re following the Tumblr model:

• Get bought at overinflated values.
• Ban all NSFW content.
• Users leave and seek NSFW content elsewhere.
• Valuation plummets.
• “Actually, moderating NSFW is really hard you guys. We’re just going to try best efforts moderation only.”
• Sell at near total loss.
• There is still NSFW content on the platform, and the policy is used as a cudgel against LGBTQ accounts.

The people are all gone, the Langoliers just haven’t shown up yet.