Recent content by nevin

They did and they were mostly successful. Shame DC can't learn from that.

no but they effectively own Dr who. multiple groups I'm talking about and Strange New worlds is the oddity among star trek shows and movies over the last 15 years. Maybe they've learned thier lesson maybe not. We'll see. The big studios are really bad about getting mad over a series doing...

I think it's been so successful because it went back to it's originial premise and stuck to it's original premises on scifi.

Yea but I just want a superhero movie where the superhero has challenges, maybe a few ethical dilemma's and then does the right thing. All this watchmen dark, do we really need them stuff is fine for that genre not for Marvel or DC. IMO anyway.

fair enough. I'll amend my statement to Disney and the studios are strongly trying to Stars wars'ify doctor who, and Star Trek. My statement was far too broad. There are other sci fi IP's that have stayed true to thier Scifi .

I bleed sci-fi. And the Directors of several of the Star Wars movies are on record saying they want a more star wars style star trek universe. . Sci Fi shows only work well when if they operate within the fictional science they use. When the writers can just take a strand of the Universal...

The superman willing to do whatever it takes to save lives gives me hope that the old DC verse is dead. The trailer seems to be keeping the dark right in the human condition where it should be. . But I'm not getting excited till I see the movie. Gunn gives me hope. but they've screwed up...

It's even simpler than that. There has been a strong movement by all the studios to "Star Warsify" all sci-fi because they want a simple special effects driven model instead of good writing and consistent stories that stick to their own internal rules. Thus the mess of the current Dr. Who...

as long as we aren't calling story reactions to what the players do DM railroading. I suspect a few of the strong reaction here are some DM's may have been accused of railroading when they simply laid out a story that had natural consequences (both good and bad) for players actions.

but most sandboxes are little places that match your description connected by railroads. That's gotten even worse with the advent of MMO"s. I see more and more games designed that way by young people that grew up playing MMO's and can't fathom it being wide open. But again if the players are...

1. We weren't talking about you we were talking about DM's who might not have the skills or time to improvise. 2. There is something wrong with a group of players that doesn't understand the DM's time constraints and causes game stops like that. If it's Ocassional then fine stuff happens but...

I pointed out how I interpreted your comments. As I've said several times I think we are arguing about a tiny amount of games and that more players willingly get on the railroad than not. A new DM pulling out a Module generally runs the railroad because they have nothing else to go on or do...

You forgot 1B - The players got on the railroad by choice and are happy to go there. I'd even argue that most railroad games are that way. I've said it before. I know lots of players that love the railroad. I don't usually play with them or DM them but for this subset of D&D players a...

I do think some in these forums forget that the Sandbox may not be a railroad but it is very much the railroad station. It feels like absolute freedom but it's more like a gorrilla cage. Go too far and you'll hit the glass walls.

why do you assume the DM railroad is being authoritarian? I've seen many a game where the DM had an hour or so to come up with a game and literally had no other place to go if they players decided to "rewrite the game". Not all DM's are good at improv. Not all DM's are experienced. I've...