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<blockquote data-quote="humble minion" data-source="post: 8496431" data-attributes="member: 5948">There's a million terrible fantasy movies out there for people to laugh at.&nbsp; WotC (and the film studio) could very easily make another one and slap 'D&amp;D' on it and make MST3K fodder out of it for a tiny percentage of what they're spending on this thing.&nbsp; WotC badly wants D&amp;D to be seen as an increasingly mainstream hobby for 'normal' non-geek people.&nbsp; They want the film to be good enough to make people want to go try out the game, not just become fodder for internet jokes.&nbsp; A bad film is just a bad film even if the existing D&amp;D fanbase gets a few cringey-y laughs and memes out of it.&nbsp; It's not going to do what WotC wanted.&nbsp; And people like Chris Pine and the Bridgerton guy very much don't need a stinker on their CV at the 'up &amp; coming leading man' stages their careers are at either. Conversely, there's been examples of good fantasy films out there too.&nbsp; Lord of the Rings won a Best Picture Oscar nearly 20 years ago, after all (though Fellowship should have won it, rather than Return of the King, but i digress...).&nbsp; Game of Thrones was fantasy, and it was basically the biggest show on TV for years.&nbsp; Wheel of Time is getting good reviews, Harry Potter was enormous, the new Amazon Tolkien TV show is coming, along with dozens of other novel adaptations - fantasy as a genre has arrived, mainstream.&nbsp; The success or failure of a D&amp;D film will really only impact the name recognition of D&amp;D.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="humble minion, post: 8496431, member: 5948"] There's a million terrible fantasy movies out there for people to laugh at. WotC (and the film studio) could very easily make another one and slap 'D&D' on it and make MST3K fodder out of it for a tiny percentage of what they're spending on this thing. WotC badly wants D&D to be seen as an increasingly mainstream hobby for 'normal' non-geek people. They want the film to be good enough to make people want to go try out the game, not just become fodder for internet jokes. A bad film is just a bad film even if the existing D&D fanbase gets a few cringey-y laughs and memes out of it. It's not going to do what WotC wanted. And people like Chris Pine and the Bridgerton guy very much don't need a stinker on their CV at the 'up & coming leading man' stages their careers are at either. Conversely, there's been examples of good fantasy films out there too. Lord of the Rings won a Best Picture Oscar nearly 20 years ago, after all (though Fellowship should have won it, rather than Return of the King, but i digress...). Game of Thrones was fantasy, and it was basically the biggest show on TV for years. Wheel of Time is getting good reviews, Harry Potter was enormous, the new Amazon Tolkien TV show is coming, along with dozens of other novel adaptations - fantasy as a genre has arrived, mainstream. The success or failure of a D&D film will really only impact the name recognition of D&D. [/QUOTE]

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