My wife was bawling. I loved the simplicity of the ending. It's a kids coming of age movie.... them playing their presumably final D&D game then watching the younger kids play. The obvious callback is to Stand by Me's final line "I never had the kind of friends I had when I was 13. Jesus, does anyone"
If Prince is still alive, do they get the rights to Purple Rain?
and I'm jamming to The Trooper right now. It's been a few years, since their concert here, that I went on a Maiden kick, but you are damn right that in 1989 I was listening. Every night with my big ass wired headphones plugged into my cabinet stereo system, with turntable. ( that I foolishly gave away in 1997)