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<blockquote data-quote="OB1" data-source="post: 8225332" data-attributes="member: 6796241">[USER=7015698]@Undrave[/USER] absolutely agree that they want the movie to sell the brand merchandise (of which the books are a part of).&nbsp; Like with the MCU, their challenge is to bring the brand to a wider audience that is skeptical of the primary way the brand is currently consumed (like Comic Books for the MCU).&nbsp; The difference is that D&amp;D doesn't have a collection of proven, strong characters to pull stories from like the MCU had, so that has to come from scratch.&nbsp; And sure, people can go to streaming shows to see what D&amp;D is like, but I've got plenty of friends who I can't convince to play or to even spend an hour or two to watch a show (even now at the end of Covid, where people are running out of content to watch), but would have an easier time convincing them to go to a good action/adventure movie with Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez and Hugh Grant.&nbsp; If (and that's a big if) that movie could convince the skeptics (like the MCU did for it's characters) that D&amp;D is a fun and compelling way to spend one's afternoon, it would be a huge boon for the brand and would lead to a lot more merchandise being sold.Marvel is it's characters.&nbsp; LotR is it's books.&nbsp; D&amp;D is the game table (real or virtual).&nbsp; It needs to lean into it's brand if it want's to expand it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="OB1, post: 8225332, member: 6796241"] [USER=7015698]@Undrave[/USER] absolutely agree that they want the movie to sell the brand merchandise (of which the books are a part of). Like with the MCU, their challenge is to bring the brand to a wider audience that is skeptical of the primary way the brand is currently consumed (like Comic Books for the MCU). The difference is that D&D doesn't have a collection of proven, strong characters to pull stories from like the MCU had, so that has to come from scratch. And sure, people can go to streaming shows to see what D&D is like, but I've got plenty of friends who I can't convince to play or to even spend an hour or two to watch a show (even now at the end of Covid, where people are running out of content to watch), but would have an easier time convincing them to go to a good action/adventure movie with Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez and Hugh Grant. If (and that's a big if) that movie could convince the skeptics (like the MCU did for it's characters) that D&D is a fun and compelling way to spend one's afternoon, it would be a huge boon for the brand and would lead to a lot more merchandise being sold. Marvel is it's characters. LotR is it's books. D&D is the game table (real or virtual). It needs to lean into it's brand if it want's to expand it. [/QUOTE]

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