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Yes, and it’s common in most film versions of the Iliad because, after all, the Greeks are invading and Hector is heroic. In the...

I would rather have a long Ravenloft adventure than a short comparability patch - which I don’t think is necessary. And Gryphon Hill...

Similarly, "doom" here is an archaicism, meaning more generally "decree" or "administrative decision", but Tolkien knew to a modern...

The dwarves also lost Ered Mithrin in the north to a cold dragon.. The elves forged a number of lesser rings that were not tainted by...

I always read that passage as a literal log with eyes. Gollum hanging onto a floating log with his eyes just above the log in an effort...

Not an error, just a bit of an archaic prose flourish.

The Troy movie did toy with the idea that the Greeks are the bad guys, actually.

Yeah, great show that!

It's certainly not a patch on the classic retelling.

My partner and I have always joked about Barovia being a snow globe, so I appreciate this picture regardless of if it’s hinting at anything.

No one is suggesting it collapsed their plans for the whole year, that’s absurd. But it is a reasonable guess that, given in previous...

I mean, that's totally fair. Choosing between dated bits that need replacing and core traits that need preserving is an artistic...

I guess that is going to depend on which bits you actually like, and how that aligns with modern tastes.

Many tables in the early days mooshed together original with Advanced. Many rules in Advanced were dropped or not noticed. Gary...

Was Baldur's Gate "creative destruction?" Its development was done during the previous franchise model, but the shift away from...