⚔️ How ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ Defies A Tired Hollywood Trend

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How ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ Defies a Tired Hollywood Trend: “There's Another Side to the Fantasy Genre”

We're living in a new golden age of fantasy. Every studio and streamer wants their own Game of Thrones success story, with Prime Video, Netflix, and even Disney+ trying to cash in on the fantasy craze. And yet, more often than not, these fantasy TV shows or movies end up all feeling kind of the same, with a dark and gritty story that's more dark fantasy than high fantasy.

All the constantly brooding characters, and plots full of betrayals and political scheming don’t leave much room for laughs. This all ends with Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves.

Inverse spoke with directors and co-writers Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley about capturing the wildly different tones found in many D&D campaigns, Regé-Jean Page's scene-stealing paladin, and using tabletop campaigns to prepare actors for their new roles.

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The living room was a very different place before apps. TVs used to ship with more than one physical switch or button, you frequently needed a receiver if you wanted to use multiple home theater appliances at once, and juggling all of the various components of your living room usually fell to a remote.

The universal remote, with its programmable buttons and routines, was the savior of complicated setups, but one that, thanks to streaming boxes, the rise of streaming services, and the mass adoption of smart TVs, doesn’t really have much of a place in most homes in 2023.

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The ‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ Stunts That Raise the Bar For Action Movies Forever

The Baba Yaga’s latest killing spree is bloodier and more badass than anything he’s done before. But how was John Wick’s latest barrage of mayhem actually pulled off on camera?

In an interview with Inverse, stunt coordinators Scott Rogers and Stephen Dunlevy break down three of the biggest stunts in John Wick: Chapter 4. We know what you’re thinking: Only three? It was hard to narrow it down, but based on what we learned from the guys who pulled them off, you won’t watch these scenes the same way again.

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