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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mistwell" data-source="post: 9064200" data-attributes="member: 2525">I would very much like for you to describe your experience or objective dataset you have access to which backs up your claim that you "realize" how hard or easy it is to make that figure better than others here.You've been stating a level of expertise for months now on this topic, without every stating why your claim has merit for your level of expertise. It sure seems like "I read some stuff on the internet which everyone has access to" is your level of expertise.Which is not itself a knock, but it becomes a real hard knock when you go around telling others things like "I don't think you realize [what I realize]" about a set of facts where we all have the same data you have.We have PEOPLE WITH ACTUAL KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE, AND ACCESS TO DATA YOU DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO who state in published vetted and professionally edited articles for actual, revenue generating publications that are well respected in the industry who as a matter of routine have disagreed with your views on this topic (see below for another example *). That does not in itself make them right and you wrong, but it does absolutely bring into question why you keep telling others things which imply you simply "know better" than everyone who disagrees with you on this topic. Why do you know better? What's your actual professional background in this which give you the confidence to tell others they just don't understand this topic as well as you do?* Another example. Screenrant, which is a professional revenue generating publication, in an article written by Shawn S. Lealos who is an industry professional and has been for years writing in that industry about 1200 articles, and Dalton Norman another industry professional for many years having written about 1000 articles in that industry, states on June 14, 2023, "The success of Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves has made a sequel possible" and "The overwhelming success of Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves has certainly warranted a sequel." They mention streaming is likely the key to a sequel, and that both John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein seem very happy with what they are seeing. They are up for a sequel or different D&D movie. The article also mentions something which hasn't been talked about much here: the legal hurdles they had to overcome to make this movie were significant, a lot had to be untangled (and it's unclear if any of those costs are in the production budget) and another movie is more likely because that knot of legal issues were untangled and the investment in the ability to even make a D&D movie was meaningful. </blockquote>

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