Mazes and Monsters - Tom Hanks Freaks Out

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A clip from an early TV Movie starring a young Tom Hanks, in which his fascination with Role-Playing Games leads him down the toboggan ride to insanity.

One thing you'll notice here is that, while the material is the worst sort of sensationalist panic-mongering, Hanks is actually pretty damned good even in this early performance. He's a great guy and this is not meant to make fun of him.

However, seeing a respected actor perform truly laughable material is always good for a chuckle. One viewing and you'll quickly see that his Oscars for "Philadelphia" and "Forrest Gump" were just to make up for how this performance was shamefully overlooked.

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Mazes and Monsters - Tom Hanks Freaks Out

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  • Whatever you say, ...

    Whatever you say, but the name's "Robyn".

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  • I recall reading " ...

    I recall reading "Hobgoblin" too. Not a good story, but it sounded like a pretty intriguing card-based game system. Still, if you don't have to explain the actual game mechanics, it's easy to make anything sound interesting. Like the map shown in M&M. Beautiful, but you'd never be able to play any game that required you to map things that detailed. After all, RPGs are for psychotics, not OCDs...right Ms. Jaffe?

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  • Dude totally lost ...

    Dude totally lost initiative while he was busy wetting his pants. Tom: hallucinations are like dogs, they can smell fear. Next time, reach down and find a pair and make a called shot to the bugger's head.

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  • That monster ...

    That monster must've had like 2 hit points

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  • the easiest to ...

    the easiest to defeat monster in DND history...

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