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<blockquote data-quote="steeldragons" data-source="post: 6159579" data-attributes="member: 92511"><p>It is funny.. @<em><strong><u><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/member.php?u=27160" target="_blank">Balesir</a></u></strong></em> ...and everyone else...that you bring up the cross media elements...fantasy/sci-fi books...led zeppelin...There was, it seems, a convergence of pulp culture at that time (late 70s-early 80s) that just happened...and how far it was planned will likely never be known...if at all...</p><p></p><p>When I came in in the early 80s and was fairly not aware of the various elements...I had read the Hobbit...I was collecting at that point (though I didn't know it) theChoose Your Own Adventure books...I had seen the Rankin-Bass<em> Hobbit</em> and <em>Return of the King</em>...STILL genius and fills me with wonder every time...plus things appearing on the<em> new thing called "cable" channel</em> HBO, like<em> Legend</em> and <em>Excalibur</em> and<em> Heavy Metal</em>...but I'm an animation junky from waaaay back. The Ralph Bakshi "Lord of the Rings" semi-pseudo-animated story...was played at my middle school (in OHIO!) so that had to be...'84-5 maybe. Though, interestingly, the movie was out in '77.</p><p></p><p>Still in the early to mid-80's you had things like He-man...the Thundercats...[dare I mention it?] the Smurfs...teams of individuals who each had separate special abilities..."New Wave" and "Punk" were edging their way into the mainstream radio...not to mention the Fleetwood Mac [Tango in the Night thoroughly fostered my interest in their earlier works] and Stevie Nicks [by herself] top hits that portrayed all kinds of mysticism and magic...the Dragonlance Chronicles began being releasing, '84...it was...a GLORIOUS time to be a gamer. </p><p></p><p>It was...another synergy, even as everyone was talkign and wondering and BUYING these things called "computers" and "word processors"...</p><p></p><p>There is something to that kind of synergy of culture...ALL culture...music, print, technology...that just creates something that can not be denied. It becomes a part of our communal/temporal [meaning, "for that time period"] mythology. It is wondrous to be swept up in. And it is wondrous to behold...even if you're not swept up in it. </p><p></p><p>I do not know...in the internet age...if that sort of convergence/synergy is possible in today's day and age anymore...I certainly hope, for D&D's sake (not necessarily WotC's) it is.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="steeldragons, post: 6159579, member: 92511"] It is funny.. @[I][B][U][URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/member.php?u=27160"]Balesir[/URL][/U][/B][/I] ...and everyone else...that you bring up the cross media elements...fantasy/sci-fi books...led zeppelin...There was, it seems, a convergence of pulp culture at that time (late 70s-early 80s) that just happened...and how far it was planned will likely never be known...if at all... When I came in in the early 80s and was fairly not aware of the various elements...I had read the Hobbit...I was collecting at that point (though I didn't know it) theChoose Your Own Adventure books...I had seen the Rankin-Bass[I] Hobbit[/I] and [I]Return of the King[/I]...STILL genius and fills me with wonder every time...plus things appearing on the[I] new thing called "cable" channel[/I] HBO, like[I] Legend[/I] and [I]Excalibur[/I] and[I] Heavy Metal[/I]...but I'm an animation junky from waaaay back. The Ralph Bakshi "Lord of the Rings" semi-pseudo-animated story...was played at my middle school (in OHIO!) so that had to be...'84-5 maybe. Though, interestingly, the movie was out in '77. Still in the early to mid-80's you had things like He-man...the Thundercats...[dare I mention it?] the Smurfs...teams of individuals who each had separate special abilities..."New Wave" and "Punk" were edging their way into the mainstream radio...not to mention the Fleetwood Mac [Tango in the Night thoroughly fostered my interest in their earlier works] and Stevie Nicks [by herself] top hits that portrayed all kinds of mysticism and magic...the Dragonlance Chronicles began being releasing, '84...it was...a GLORIOUS time to be a gamer. It was...another synergy, even as everyone was talkign and wondering and BUYING these things called "computers" and "word processors"... There is something to that kind of synergy of culture...ALL culture...music, print, technology...that just creates something that can not be denied. It becomes a part of our communal/temporal [meaning, "for that time period"] mythology. It is wondrous to be swept up in. And it is wondrous to behold...even if you're not swept up in it. I do not know...in the internet age...if that sort of convergence/synergy is possible in today's day and age anymore...I certainly hope, for D&D's sake (not necessarily WotC's) it is. [/QUOTE]
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