People are still suggesting movies and TV shows for me to tackle once DMotR has concluded. There is nothing wrong with saying “such-and-such would be hilarious”, but I want to point out that such suggestions are futile: The next comic is already underway. That ship has sailed, we’re going full steam, and we’re not stopping until we hit an iceberg. (Or I get bored.)
I just hate to see people flailing away, trying to influence the direction of the next comic when it’s too late to do anything about it. So, speculate your heart out, but please don’t be disappointed when I don’t follow your suggestion.
I wouldn’t have any appointments.”
– TMBG
Silent Hill 2 Plot Analysis
A long-form analysis on one of the greatest horror games ever made.
Quakecon Keynote 2013 Annotated
An interesting but technically dense talk about gaming technology. I translate it for the non-coders.
Silent Hill Turbo HD II
I was trying to make fun of how Silent Hill had lost its way but I ended up making fun of fighting games. Whatever.
The Gameplay is the Story
Some advice to game developers on how to stop ruining good stories with bad cutscenes.
Best. Plot Twist. Ever.
Few people remember BioWare's Jade Empire, but it had a unique setting and a really well-executed plot twist.
Hehe, 1st post! I think!
I’ve been reading DMoTR for about a year now, and I think its awesome….so awesome, in fact, that i’m guessing it won’t realli matter which particular TV show or movie you choose to base it on, because seeing how you’ve done on this webcomic, it will turn out great! :D
Blade Runner! Blade Runner!
Oh hell, maybe I’ll have to do it myself
I was only teasing when I suggested the Bourne trilogy yesterday. The Intarweb is not a medium well-suited to irony.
As long as you point out the URL and RSS feed for the new strip…
Hmmm, I just can’t see how the movie “Titanic” is going to make for a D&D-based web comic — but I trust you in whatever decision you make… :) Whatever you have chosen, I’m sure it will be funny!
Damnit. Now I have to flail about guessing what the source will be for the next one.
And start taking bets!
SO! A cookie on it being the Matrix. Any takers? You can match my bet, or raise. All currencies accepted.
Bet it’s Dave’s Star wars campaign… Unless Merry/Pippin’s old player still has a copy of Mechwarrior in his car…
My guess goes to Firefly/Serendipity. It seems to beg for a d20 treatment, and I’ve never even seen the program! :)
Considering Shamus has already mentioned his concerns about the possibilities presented should any who claim ownership find his comic… I have not since held any beliefs that his next comic would be screenshots of any recent movie or show. Should it happen anyway, I’m sure I’ll be pleasantly surprized. In any case, I am curious what will come, and am looking forward to it. DMotR has been a fun ride, and I dread the day it must come to an end.
The Turkish Star Wars knock-off, right? Right? :) Show what a *really* bad DM can do with a misunderstanding of a basic plot.
I had always figured Barney Miller was next in the queue, but I could be wrong. Sanford and Son? Are You Being Served?
Actually, you could cut out the middleman and do a Monty Python and the Holy Grail webcomic.
I thought a version of Firefly in which all the characters act like Traveller players would be good, until I realised it’s been done, and it was called Firefly.
I have a pretty good hunch as to what it will be. I am his brother and I know how he thinks. But I won’t say anything for fear of being right, and spoiling the surprise.
If I did ruin it I suppose I would be “a wicked little critter”
TMBG
“That ship has sailed, we're going full steam, and we're not stopping until we hit an iceberg.”
So it’s going to be Titanic?
Fickle, I see your cookie and raise you a banana. I think it’ll be the Serenity storyline, with “quests” from Firefly; mostly because Shamus is such a fan, but also because it’d be truely ruling to see it as a D&D campaign!
You’re all wrong. He’s not going to do a screencap parody where he pretends a movie is a roleplaying game, he’s going to do a screencap parody of the Dungeons & Dragons movie and pretend its got acting, or a script…
(Oh wait. Guess they did that in the original.)
I understand that you have started the DM of the Teletubbies comic.. I didn’t know you were telling everone so.. I hope you’ve tackled that issue you had with Poe’s sexuality… I’m sure you’ve handled it with taste and dignity.
wicked little critter, eh.. you tell too much, friend brother.
@Ryan — The Firefly movie was called “Serenity,” not “Serendipity,” which, IIRC, was a chick-flick with John Cusack and Kate Beckensale. Not great role-playing fodder.
@Dave — It was Tinky Winky who had loafers of questionable lightness. Po is happily married to Zoe from Sesame Street. They’re currently expecting their second muppet.
@Shamus — Are you saying that there’s no possibility of talking you out of your current project to begin what we want to see?!?! Geez, what do we pay you for, anyway? We want to see a comic based on Whose Line is it Anyway? and we want it as soon as DMotR ends, and don’t show me any screen caps of Drew Carey (unless it’s farce like you wanted to use the cap of Leggylass from that pirate thing he did). We want the original British version with Clive Anderson and that stuck up John somebody.
I’m thinking it will be a Bunnies & Burrows RPG campaign of Jurrasic Park. I’m almost positive. Sorry to spoil it. ;-)
For my part, I don’t care what story you do! I’m just THRILLED you’re going to do another project after DMotR and I’m sure it will be BRILLIANT!!
Glad you will continue to provide the humor so that I may stay sane for another day. Looking forward to your next project.
So it’s based on Titanic?
[Shamus] I would like to congratulate you on the fact that for the vast majority of the time you’ve been putting out DMotR you’ve actually achieved the three comics a week schedule you set yourself. Finding the time alone would daunt me, but then to put up with all the “not funny this week” crapola or the “let’s (you) do something else next” horseshirt and still get it to press on time is outstanding.
The only other D&D webcomic I read promises a three a week schedule but rarely hits the mark these days.
Just thought I’d say, is all.
Steve
Whatever it is, I’ll be happy to see it once it starts ^_^ not that I want DMotR to be over any faster, either… ^_~
Surely its an anime movie, lots of fodder there.
I’d like to see a ‘where are they now’ strip. As in –
The next campaign Leggylass’s player played in was obviously this totally goofy magical pirate campaign.
The next campaign Aragormless’s player was in was supposed to be a Western, and he brought his Western character sheet, but it turned out to be a pulp-action horseback Sahara race.
Well lets see… it needs to be a movie series with at least 3 instalments to give it length and something relatively popular. Shrek right?
roxysteve,
so you read Order of the Stick, too?
Shamus,
props for quoting ‘Snowball in Hell.’ It’s a great song.
He never stated that it would be a screencap comic. It could be a drawn webcomic or something else. Although I’d prefer another screencap webcomic.
I’m all for the titanic D&D webcomic. I bet you can get some nice jokes out of the whole necklace thing. And the ship ought to have plenty of NPCs on it for comedy gold.
What I want to know is…will next comic have the same ‘players’ in it?
I’m still pulling for the X-Men trilogy with the characters playing Mutants and Masterminds. You get the characters arguing about the rules and the source material. They have to upgrade from 1e to 2e between the first and second films. You get to have a couple of girls/women playing. The players making fun of the GM for his bad Patrick Stewart impression. And you have that just deplorable third film that I think was written by a guy who gave his seven-year-old nephews an niece some action figures then wrote down everything they said. I think it would be a blast.
But Fickle’s suggestion of the Matrix is intriguing…
I have a feeling that though DMotR is so great, that we won’t be seeing a repeat. You could take any movie and make it funny in a similar manner. As funny as DMotR, I just can’t fathom yet (trying to dig out of a pit of blasphemy). I’m sure it will be funny, though. Can’t wait.
Howabout something with a more modern feel. Like Miami Heat, the TV show.
My guess, based on your previous posts, is that you’re doing a star trek send up.
The next comic is already under construction? Hmm…
I wonder if it will follow Dave’s Star Wars campaign…
If we are running a book, I’ll place my money on
the Buffy/angel series… There’s a lot of mateiral there…characters are generally the same from start to finish (some look a little older)
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I know what it iiiiis!
Personally, shamus, I hope you choose not to do a comic based on screencaps from film or TV. Obviously you’re great at it, but you deserve to earn off of your work, and I hope that you have partnered with an artist, or found some open-source medium for artwork that will allow you to profit from your hard work.
What’s with the Teenage Mutant Big Giants’s quotes.
What’s that you say, Shamus, you are taking suggestions for your next webcomic? GREAT! Here’s my list, in order of preference. I’m certain you’ll pick one of these:
Star Wars
Star Trek
Star Search
Re-scanned Richie Rich Comics
An original comic based on production stills of wildlife documentaries.
Ben-Hur the movie as a FATAL RPG campaign.
The plot of 300, but with your own photographs of lunch meats as characters and sets. Uhm, and more funny.
Wizard of Oz as a First Person Shooter.
I hope you’ve found an artist to partner with or are doing original visuals of your own too. You’re so good at this.
I just hope it is something I am familiar with with so I can appreciate all the ins and outs.
Hit an iceburg got me thinking Titanic also, then I realized that the movie’s too short. Thinking what else you could mean…
I look forward to enjoying your upcoming DM of the Love Boat.
Uh, Titanic’s too short? In what accelerated multiverse?
Well, let’s see here… LotR, extended editions, have a combined running time of 11+ hours. Titanic is only about 3 hours. So yes, by comparison, Titanic is too short. :)
The next campaign Leggylass's player played in was obviously this totally goofy magical pirate campaign.
The next campaign Aragormless's player was in was supposed to be a Western, and he brought his Western character sheet, but it turned out to be a pulp-action horseback Sahara race.
That would be great. I’d love to see a where-are-they-now post in the future, if Shamus’s next project (which is sure to be awesome!) doesn’t include the same roleplayers.
Wow, that Sahara horse race movie really sucked.
Well.. I suppose you haven’t all heard.. The players are making the Teletubbies their PCs.. and they are either entering the world of Pokemon.. or Gremlins.. poor Dipsy!
I’m so happy there _will_ be a follow-up to DMOTR (every episode of which continues to be a high point of my day) that I don’t really care what it’s going to be. I’m sure it will be hilarious. I also wish that I could properly express exactly how much I appreciate your efforts, Shamus. Heck, I’d pay good money to read this stuff! (Oops… you didn’t hear me say that! )
If you do have a whole domain to your next comic, may I suggest that you add a forum to the site?
An free and customisable one can be found at http://www.phpbb.com, and I think would be quite popular with the comic, as then there can be some longer ranging discussions of stuff.
Cheers.