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Message: <blockquote data-quote="I'm A Banana" data-source="post: 6300289" data-attributes="member: 2067">You seem to be under the impression that this is zero-sum. Why would these be mutually exclusive? Just because good or better movies or shows or whatever are out there doesn't mean that there's no value in the WotC IP also being used in the same way. Just because Star Wars did the Joseph Campbell thing really well doesn't mean there's no value in every other movie that knocks off that plot structure. Just because LotR exists doesn't mean there's no value in Brave. Just because World of Warcraft exists doesn't mean there's not a market for DDO. People would give up some of their profits to use the D&D brand because it has more name recognition than Anonymous Random Fantasy Thing. It's an internationally recognized brand that signifies fantasy adventure. It also lets you use stories that people have already spent millions of dollars on -- Eberron, Planescape, the Forgotten Realms, Dragonlance. Things that have had proven success in other media streams already (videogames, novels, possibly even comic books of those D&D comics did any real sales). That's worthless?Movie studios get convinced to do more idiotic things on a daily basis. I don't see this as a particularly hard sell. No harder than the Hungry Hungry Hippos movie, anyway.</blockquote>