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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Loincloth of Armour" data-source="post: 3847581" data-attributes="member: 28201">QF extreme TOne thing people who green-light projects don't seem to realize (no matter how many times it comes back to bite them), is that fantasy and science fantasy-type science fiction must not look cheap.  They're already hoaky in many ways, but fantasy and pulp sf are primarily visual things.  It's trying to tap into our imagination.  We want to see sword fights, we want to see magic duels between wizards just as much as we want to see starships throwing laser barrages at each other.  If you are not willing to spend the money necessary to make fantasy look good, then don't try.  All you will do is embarrass yourself and make the fans more jaded and angry.Peter Jackson understood this.  The people who create Avatar: the Last Airbender understand this.  Good storytelling will keep people coming back, but when you're creating a fantasy world for us to visit, it must look good.I know some people don't like anime-style.  No one is saying the movie should have been big eyes, small mouth... but at least Korean and Japanese studios have the experience with motion of characters, colour plattes, integration of backgrounds and other technical expertise to make animated movies look good.  The best CGI/animated mix I've seen has been from a Korean movie.  In the end, it appears the holders of the Dragonlance license were faced with 3 choices: 1) produce a movie for a limited budget and use that budget to get 'name' voice actors, 2) risk a larger investment and get better visuals, 3) or not produce a movie at all.As a genre, fantasy has had far too many people choose the first option.</blockquote>

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