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<blockquote data-quote="Ranger REG" data-source="post: 1241107" data-attributes="member: 533"><p>That's fine.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I'm not suggesting that they try to put <em>DL</em> (which I love so dearly, because they're the first fantasy trilogy I've read) on the same pedestal as Tolkien's work. All I'm asking is they lay out all the details of the world as a foundation for any filmmakers who wants to take the chance to put it on-screen in vivid colors and sounds.</p><p></p><p>Besides, the last time we let someone do a <em>D&D</em> films, it was this director Courtney Solomon putting his own stories with no foundation at all (based on one of his past gaming sessions). The only thing he adapt is pure rules and that's it. I mean crunch is good for gamers, but for audience that wants to listen to the stories, there has to be more fluff to it.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Hey, I'm just a messenger. After having gone through <em>TTT</em> Appendices DVDs that come with the Extended Edition, most of the critics have agreed that if Tolkien were alive today and turn this work to a modern-day publisher rather than 50 years ago, he wouldn't get past the front door.</p><p></p><p>But that is just there opinions. As for myself, While I love reading them, sometimes I have to skip many of the songs and poems and minor chit-chat to get to the heart of the story.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>None taken. I'm just telling you what the movie audience want, not just the hardcore genre fans. We genre fans already know the backstory, but the audience don't.</p><p></p><p>Now, I would love the <em>Dragonlance</em> films be made before my time, but if we can a very qualified director who would treat the literary works with just as much sacrosanct as Peter Jackson (fat chance on calling him again anytime soon, as the long-term <em>LOTR</em> project really took a toll on his large hobbitish body) and bring Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman to develop the races' languages (I mean in order to make them believable on-screen you gotta let them speak in their own tongue sometimes) as well as denizens of Krynn and all the details (heck bring aboard Larry Elmore and Stawicki for concept arts), it would be just as nearly as epic as <em>LOTR</em> with a strong box office success indicator.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ranger REG, post: 1241107, member: 533"] That's fine. I'm not suggesting that they try to put [i]DL[/i] (which I love so dearly, because they're the first fantasy trilogy I've read) on the same pedestal as Tolkien's work. All I'm asking is they lay out all the details of the world as a foundation for any filmmakers who wants to take the chance to put it on-screen in vivid colors and sounds. Besides, the last time we let someone do a [i]D&D[/i] films, it was this director Courtney Solomon putting his own stories with no foundation at all (based on one of his past gaming sessions). The only thing he adapt is pure rules and that's it. I mean crunch is good for gamers, but for audience that wants to listen to the stories, there has to be more fluff to it. Hey, I'm just a messenger. After having gone through [i]TTT[/i] Appendices DVDs that come with the Extended Edition, most of the critics have agreed that if Tolkien were alive today and turn this work to a modern-day publisher rather than 50 years ago, he wouldn't get past the front door. But that is just there opinions. As for myself, While I love reading them, sometimes I have to skip many of the songs and poems and minor chit-chat to get to the heart of the story. None taken. I'm just telling you what the movie audience want, not just the hardcore genre fans. We genre fans already know the backstory, but the audience don't. Now, I would love the [i]Dragonlance[/i] films be made before my time, but if we can a very qualified director who would treat the literary works with just as much sacrosanct as Peter Jackson (fat chance on calling him again anytime soon, as the long-term [i]LOTR[/i] project really took a toll on his large hobbitish body) and bring Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman to develop the races' languages (I mean in order to make them believable on-screen you gotta let them speak in their own tongue sometimes) as well as denizens of Krynn and all the details (heck bring aboard Larry Elmore and Stawicki for concept arts), it would be just as nearly as epic as [i]LOTR[/i] with a strong box office success indicator. [/QUOTE]
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