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<blockquote data-quote="GX.Sigma" data-source="post: 6268614" data-attributes="member: 6690511">I haven't experienced Dragonlance except by watching the animated movie. It was pretty terrible. It wasn't just the animation (it was actually better than I expected); it seemed like it was written by someone who didn't understand the basics of storytelling. It reminded me The Crystal Shard, which was similarly amateurish. The characters were just stereotypes with no characterization or humanity, and I couldn't empathize or care about any of them. The plot was predictable, had no real twists or complications (&quot;Hey, let's do a thing...&quot; and then they go do the thing and it's over). A lot of elements seemed like a ripoff of Lord of the Rings (even with a half-elf <s>ranger</s> fighter as the party leader? Come on). I said to my girlfriend at the time, &quot;This is the kind of thing where the book could be better, but probably not by much.&quot;My question for all you Dragonlance fans is... Are the books better?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GX.Sigma, post: 6268614, member: 6690511"] I haven't experienced Dragonlance except by watching the animated movie. It was pretty terrible. It wasn't just the animation (it was actually better than I expected); it seemed like it was written by someone who didn't understand the basics of storytelling. It reminded me [I]The Crystal Shard[/I], which was similarly amateurish. The characters were just stereotypes with no characterization or humanity, and I couldn't empathize or care about any of them. The plot was predictable, had no real twists or complications ("Hey, let's do a thing..." and then they go do the thing and it's over). A lot of elements seemed like a ripoff of [I]Lord of the Rings[/I] (even with a half-elf [s]ranger[/s] fighter as the party leader? Come on). I said to my girlfriend at the time, "This is the kind of thing where the book could be better, but probably not by much." My question for all you Dragonlance fans is... Are the books better? [/QUOTE]

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