After all the series has done with Star Trek over the years, this is the best they could come up with for a feature length D&D/Tolkien spoof? The use of the d12 as an artifact of power is the only inspired conceit in the story. Most of the jokes in Cornwood are arbitrary, unpointed. Worst of all the writers fall back on a tired Star Wars parody for the climax. Really? You couldn't come up with anything D&D related? One gets the sense the writers simply lacked familiarity with both Middle Earth lore and gaming culture. There was however promise in the peace-and-love centaur sequence...Perhaps a better story would revolve around the philosophical conflict between gamers of the hippy-dippy-crystal-faerie-dragon-figurine-art-fair variety and those who dip their swords in heavy-metal-hack-and-slash.
As usual Zoidberg is reliable for laughs no matter what else is happening.
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