Like many gamers my age I have had a "complicated" relationship with the Dungeons & Dragons cartoon of the 80s. At the time I thought it was stupid. But as I got older I came to appreciate it for what it really was. My kids LOVED it, especially my youngest son. I bought the boxed set that came out with the D&D 3.0 stats and it was a great blast.
So the whole Internet has been abuzz when these pictures start coming out.
A cosplay group? A new movie!? A Netflix series??
Nope. It's a Brazilian car commercial for the new Renault Outsider!
I have to admit. Tiamat looks freaking awesome here, and they really captured the feel of the characters. I swear that Eric and Diana looked like they walked right out of the cartoon and into this commercial.
My orginal DM just said on Facebook that they must have had a bigger budget for this 1 minute 45 second TV spot than the first D&D movie. I am inclined to believe that.
AND now thanks to Renault we know how the story ends.
Now maybe Paizo can team up with Nissan for a Pathfinder commercial?
I don't think I've ever been happier watching a commercial than when I saw this one this morning. Manly tears might have been shed. I heard on another video about this that the D&D cartoon was a huge hit in Brazil.
ReplyDeleteOf COURSE, Diana is the driver.
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Fan-fricking-tastic.
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