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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DMZ2112" data-source="post: 6298067" data-attributes="member: 78752">I'll call into question a different aspect of the OP's position: that of the universal appeal of Marvel or DC.I would agree that most people know who Spiderman is.  I think the perception that most people have a /fondness/ for Spiderman is an illusion borne of being part of the geek community.  And the further you dig into the Marvel canon (and you don't have to dig far), even the familiarity most people have with the material evaporates.I think Batman and Superman are a different case -- I do think everyone is at least fond of the idea of Batman and Superman, if not the details of their particular incarnations, because they have been successful "multimedia" concepts for a long time.  Everyone my age remembers Christopher Reeve and Michael Keaton.  But in the case of DC that curve representing loss of familiarity over canon-depth is even steeper.  I think maybe two in ten people could name the whole JLA, tops.  And after that, nothing.My point is that I don't think D&D needs to be beloved to pull this off.  It is known, and that is a good start.  I'm not saying that it will be an automatic success, just that it doesn't necessarily need anything more than what Marvel had -- a media blitz, a capable screenwriter, and a handful of relatable characters.EDIT: Oh, yeah, and investment capital.  A metric giga-pantload of investment capital.</blockquote>