Honor Among Thieves’ Netflix Popularity Is A Reminder To Watch This 39-Year-Old TV Show

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves was the best on-screen D&D moment in decades, but Dungeons & Dragons fans who liked it should remember an underrated 1983 TV show. With an Honor Among Thieves sequel on the rocks, it’s a great time for Dungeons & Dragons players, viewers, and readers alike to look further afield at the variety of excellent D&D content available. Honor Among Thieves is far from the only D&D movie; Courtney Solomon directed 2000’s Dungeons & Dragons, and it had two follow-ups.

The D&D movies released in the 2000s received some negative reviews that critiqued their originality, writing, and atmosphere. Indeed, the Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves movie is far better than any D&D movie before it. However, the 1983 D&D show, which aired on Saturday mornings and targeted children, was hugely popular at the time and enjoys a revived appreciation today from adults who play the game and seek further submersion into the lore.

Honor Among Thieves Netflix Success Is A Reminder To Watch 1983’s Animated D&D Show

The 1983 Animated D&D Show Is Just As Fun As Honor Among Thieves

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves underperformed at the box office but has been dominating Netflix, proving that the 1983 D&D TV show may be just what many people are looking for. Not coincidentally, Honor Among Thieves included several Easter eggs from the 1983 D&D TV show. D&D has a lot to offer on-screen and Honor Among Thieves is only scraping the surface of this potential. The D&D animated series from the ’80s may be made for children, but it is fun and lighthearted, and carries a strong ’80s nostalgia that surely influenced the Dungeons & Dragons-toned Stranger Things. The escapist adventure series isn’t as hilarious as Honor Among Thieves, but it has its own innocent sense of humor.

Where To Watch The Animated Dungeons & Dragons Cartoon From The ’80s

You Can Watch Dungeons & Dragons Online

The Dungeons & Dragons ’80s TV show can’t be streamed on Amazon Prime Video, Netflix, Hulu, or Paramount in the USA, UK, Canada, Australia, or New Zealand. While not available on these official and globally relied-upon streaming giants, the TV show is available to watch online for free. Dungeons & Dragons can be watched on YouTube, Internet Archive, and Watch Cartoons Online, although, for the best viewing experience, D&D fans may be better off purchasing the DVD from Amazon. The TV show ran for three seasons before its cancelation, and all three seasons are available for viewing or purchase.

Unfortunately, a closer for season 3 can’t be found anywhere online, as it was never made. Anyone with D&D on their radar in the 1980s likely remembers the Satanic Panic associated with the game. Fears of the occult and satanism, sometimes stemming from religious parties, were projected onto D&D, creating media outrage. Unfortunately, the D&D cartoon from 1983 fell victim to this moral panic and was canceled before it could finish. At least, a good portion of it can tide fans over until a Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves sequel or a new Dungeons & Dragons TV show is announced.

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves is a fantasy action-comedy film based on the popular tabletop game and set in the Forgotten Realms campaign by the original creators. Chris Pine stars as a song-slinging thief named Edgin Darvis, who is hired to find a lost relic but manages to anger the wrong people along the way. With his mismatched crew, each inspired by a race and class from D&D lore, Edgin will lead his team to complete their task – and many innocent lives depend on it.

Director

Jonathan Goldstein , John Francis Daley

Release Date

March 31, 2023

Studio(s)

Paramount Pictures , Hasbro , Entertainment One

Distributor(s)

Paramount Pictures

Writers

Michael Gillio , Jonathan Goldstein , John Francis Daley

Runtime

134 Minutes

Budget

$150 Million

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