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<blockquote data-quote="N'raac" data-source="post: 6680589" data-attributes="member: 6681948">I think it's more telling of licensing than anything else.&nbsp; Pick something loosely connected, then license a recognized property in the hopes of a marketing boost.&nbsp; File off the occasional D&amp;D-specific IP (like, say, Tiamat - I think there was quite a bit, but &quot;Orc&quot;, &quot;Goblin&quot;, &quot;Acrobat&quot; and &quot;Ranger&quot;, frex, aren't exactly trademark terms) and I don't think you would do a lot of damage to the cartoon.&nbsp; Intellivision released two D&amp;D cartridges, both of which had previously been developed for release with no licensed property attached to it.&nbsp; A third cartridge which was designed to hold the D&amp;D name (but didn't have a ton of connection as far as gameplay went) was ultimately released without it, after the license was lost.Had the movie been released without the D&amp;D name, it would have been another in a long line of pretty crappy fantasy/sword &amp; sorcery movies, and be long forgotten - it did not need the IP.&nbsp; Attaching the name did get more people out to see just what a stinker it was, though.&nbsp; At what point is something &quot;D&amp;D in Name Only&quot;?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="N'raac, post: 6680589, member: 6681948"] I think it's more telling of licensing than anything else. Pick something loosely connected, then license a recognized property in the hopes of a marketing boost. File off the occasional D&D-specific IP (like, say, Tiamat - I think there was quite a bit, but "Orc", "Goblin", "Acrobat" and "Ranger", frex, aren't exactly trademark terms) and I don't think you would do a lot of damage to the cartoon. Intellivision released two D&D cartridges, both of which had previously been developed for release with no licensed property attached to it. A third cartridge which was designed to hold the D&D name (but didn't have a ton of connection as far as gameplay went) was ultimately released without it, after the license was lost. Had the movie been released without the D&D name, it would have been another in a long line of pretty crappy fantasy/sword & sorcery movies, and be long forgotten - it did not need the IP. Attaching the name did get more people out to see just what a stinker it was, though. At what point is something "D&D in Name Only"? [/QUOTE]

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