Vaalingrade
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D&D Movie/TV D&D Movie Hit or Flop?
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Zardnaar
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GotG being GotG is fine.
Most movies sorta copying the formula these days not doing so well.
Notice the biggest fantasy show atm is serious in tone?
Kurotowa
Legend
There's nothing wrong with HAT's tone. When people watch it they enjoy it. That's why good word of mouth is driving its high streaming numbers. What killed the theater run was partly that it didn't have an easy marketing hook to drive a big opening weekend, and partly that it opened a week before the juggernaut that was The Super Mario Bros Movie so it had no room to pick up steam over time.
You can't do much about the former when the whole idea is to promote a niche hobby to a larger audience, and the latter is just something that happens and there's no helping it. At least streaming means HAT is getting a second chance at an audience instead of fading away to be a cult classic.
You can't do much about the former when the whole idea is to promote a niche hobby to a larger audience, and the latter is just something that happens and there's no helping it. At least streaming means HAT is getting a second chance at an audience instead of fading away to be a cult classic.
Vaalingrade
Legend
Is it fine or is it tired. Choose one.
And it's pretty bad, much like its parent series.
No one else is trying enjoyable fantasy at all right now unless you count Good Omens, because television follows books by about 5 years and is still in the rot and sadness dross that followed GoT destroying the fantasy genre for a few years.
Zardnaar
Legend
You need to use imho more.
GotG being GotG is fine.
Copying it you're the knock off with out popular two parts before pt 3 and without characters people care about.
In a different genre we're all recent success (recent 20 odd years) have been serious in tone.
Vaalingrade
Legend
Where was this idea 85 pages ago?
Zardnaar
Legend
I've been looking at the numbers I even specified this in my OP.
And I've been very up front that I doibtvwe will hey a sequel any time soon is exactly that. If a serial is announced tomorrow I would own it and say my opinion was wrong it's no big deal for me.
People may not want to hear the facts about D&D bombing but it's what we're looking at by any conceivable metric. But streaming is a cop out go to excuse these days.
And then I get accused of an agenda. Beats me what that is. I've directly stated BG3 seems a big hit based on what we know. If it was a pile of crap I would say that as well but it seems to be doing gang busters. Well done BG3.
Zardnaar
Legend
Probably House of the Dragon. Well regarded might be more accurate. WoT and RoP not that well regarded Witcher seems a mess I haven't seen season 3 though.
Willows dead, Shadow and Bone is very good, Sandman was also good.
FrogReaver
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I think the 25 million impairment for hasbro shows a sizable loss for the movie. If I recall hasbro only paid half the movie cost? So loses from the movie probably were closer to 50 mil. That said the structure seems to keep d&d tabletop gaming, d&d computer gaming and d&d toys/collectibles separate. I would think streaming rights if the movie are included though and most of those deals are probably done.
So it’s still hard to say the true net impact of the movie net on everything. So I don’t think the argument is completely laid to rest, but the facts are definitely supporting @Zardnaar’s position so far. Theatre, VOD and Streaming didnt cover costs. 25 mil loss for hasbro, but some of that can be offset by toys and tabletop sales increases. Maybe doubtful all of it will be?
So it’s still hard to say the true net impact of the movie net on everything. So I don’t think the argument is completely laid to rest, but the facts are definitely supporting @Zardnaar’s position so far. Theatre, VOD and Streaming didnt cover costs. 25 mil loss for hasbro, but some of that can be offset by toys and tabletop sales increases. Maybe doubtful all of it will be?
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