Dragonlance trailer at Youtube at last!

[Relique du Madde]

A great Lucy Lawless quote, from her site:

I played a character called "Goldmoon," a Native American. We played around with accents awhile. I didn't know she was Native A till I got there and so didn't have time to research the accent (not many of those where I come from). More staccato! More commanding! More warm! Less disjointed! . . . Ummm, do you just want me to do Xena? Ahh, yes! That's it, do Xena! The voice is perfect! So warm, so commanding, so . . . yeah, yeah, let's get on with it.

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!

 

[WhatGravitas]

Probably both, but I'm leaning towards the suck option. This is the primary animation studio for the movie.

http://www.toonzanimationindia.com/toonz.htm

Just for laughs, look at the "Dream Witch" clip. If that's typical, I'm officially scared of Aussies now.

*blinks* Well, the website, however, looked quite nice (despite being oooooverloaded with fidgety stuff), at least compared to their vids. And "Dream Witch"? W.T.F.?

Cheers, LT.

 

[BlackMoria]

Disgraceful.

The executive producer should be offered a sword and his choice of 'second' and do the honorable thing.

 

[Oldtimer]

This is the primary animation studio for the movie.

http://www.toonzanimationindia.com/toonz.htm

India, that figures.

Yes, I work in the IT sector developing business applications. I've seen outsourcing to India first hand. It's dirt cheap and they deliver on time. That's about it. Check in your expectations at the door...

 

[megamania]

The death of Dragon and Dungeon

and now this......


DnD will never be the same again.........

 

[Bullgrit]

By chance using Firefox with Noscript?

Firefox, yes. Noscript? What's that, and how would I adjust it? And would it just turn on for no reason?

Like I said, I've looked at YouTube videos many times, even recently. I didn't do anything to change my Firefox.

Just checked: also can't see it in Netscape (wife's browser).

Bullgrit
Total Bullgrit

 

[BlackMoria]

India, that figures.

Yes, I work in the IT sector developing business applications. I've seen outsourcing to India first hand. It's dirt cheap and they deliver on time. That's about it. Check in your expectations at the door...

Yes. Look at the credit lines. It is all for kiddies. These people would have done the original D&D cartoon years ago if they were a company back then.

Don't expect Final Fantasy quality or top Japanese studio stuff.

Just another in a long line of disappointments. When did the demographics for D&D ever indicate that it was 8 to 12 yr olds that dominated the hobby or read the Dragonlance books, because that seems the age bracket the animation is targeted at.

 

[TwinBahamut]

I really don't like the animation. 99% of the time, mixing hand-drawn 2D animation and CG 3D animation doesn't work, and this case is just one more failure of that.

The only thing I can say about the trailer is that they pronounce Takhisis the same way I do, which is probably the first time ever my own pronounciation of a D&Dism matches the official one.

 

[Mad Mac]

Yes. Look at the credit lines. It is all for kiddies. These people would have done the original D&D cartoon years ago if they were a company back then.

It's worse than that. It's short runs of really obviously low budget, weak looking kid shows. If that is the best stuff they have to show on their website...

They should have taken it to a Korean studio. Avatar, Teen Titans, Justice League, and Kim Possible were all animated in Korea as I recall. If they couldn't match the budget of a modern cartoon show, they shouldn't have bothered making the movie.

Just another in a long line of disappointments. When did the demographics for D&D ever indicate that it was 8 to 12 yr olds that dominated the hobby or read the Dragonlance books, because that seems the age bracket the animation is targeted at.

Meh. Kids shows get better animation than this. Animaniacs came out in 1994 and looks better. (Granted, that show had a better budget than most. but that was 13 years ago.)

 

[Zaukrie]

Wow, no wonder the D&D brand is not as broad as it could be. First,the embarrassing D&D movie, then this? That was brutal. So bad that even their hard core fans might not buy it. Lame, lame, lame. You get what you pay for, I guess. Seriously, I couldn't believe how bad that was. I'm not sure I could be more dissappointed right now. My 11 year old was sooooo looking forward to this....