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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 5692195" data-attributes="member: 22779">Let's take TV, just for a second.&nbsp; I watched the second season of Legend of the Seeker tonight.&nbsp; I watched Lost through it's entire run.&nbsp; I'm watching Warehouse 13 tomorrow night.&nbsp; Andromeda, Battlestar Gallactica, Stargate (at one point THREE concurrently running shows), Buffy, Firefly, Fringe and that's just what's on my Japanese TV.And, look at the movies you named.&nbsp; When I said B grade movies, that's pretty much what you listed.&nbsp; Deathstalker?&nbsp; Conan?&nbsp; Time Bandits?&nbsp; Krull?&nbsp; Sure, I LOVE those movies.&nbsp; But, I'm a geek of a certain age.&nbsp; OF COURSE I love those movies.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />But, compare to what you get now.&nbsp; Harry Potter features top of the line actors.&nbsp; Real A list people.&nbsp; Lord of the Rings has some pretty serious names.&nbsp; Even things like Disney's The Wizard's Apprentice has Nicholas Cage in it.&nbsp; Never mind the Pirates of the Carribean movies.&nbsp; I love 80's fantasy movies.&nbsp; I do.&nbsp; But, I'm under no illusions as to how bad they really are, and how outside of mainstream.Why not?&nbsp; And I'm honestly curious about this.&nbsp; Like I said, you've got healthy, strong growing online communities.&nbsp; You've got one company that's growing like gangbusters (Paizo) producing a version of D&amp;D.&nbsp; The other big one is still doing pretty well from appearances - the DDI seems to be pretty successful.&nbsp; Convention attendance is up to record numbers.&nbsp; We have Facebook apps for D&amp;D coming.&nbsp; Outside of D&amp;D, the Underworld movies seem to have done pretty well.&nbsp; D&amp;D and other gaming fiction seems to be healthy and easy to find.Heck, I see Forgotten Realms fiction translated into Japanese at the local bookstore (R A Salvatore stuff mostly) and I live in the back end of nowhere in Japan.So, why do you think the hobby is shrinking?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 5692195, member: 22779"] Let's take TV, just for a second. I watched the second season of Legend of the Seeker tonight. I watched Lost through it's entire run. I'm watching Warehouse 13 tomorrow night. Andromeda, Battlestar Gallactica, Stargate (at one point THREE concurrently running shows), Buffy, Firefly, Fringe and that's just what's on my Japanese TV. And, look at the movies you named. When I said B grade movies, that's pretty much what you listed. Deathstalker? Conan? Time Bandits? Krull? Sure, I LOVE those movies. But, I'm a geek of a certain age. OF COURSE I love those movies. :D But, compare to what you get now. Harry Potter features top of the line actors. Real A list people. Lord of the Rings has some pretty serious names. Even things like Disney's The Wizard's Apprentice has Nicholas Cage in it. Never mind the Pirates of the Carribean movies. I love 80's fantasy movies. I do. But, I'm under no illusions as to how bad they really are, and how outside of mainstream. Why not? And I'm honestly curious about this. Like I said, you've got healthy, strong growing online communities. You've got one company that's growing like gangbusters (Paizo) producing a version of D&D. The other big one is still doing pretty well from appearances - the DDI seems to be pretty successful. Convention attendance is up to record numbers. We have Facebook apps for D&D coming. Outside of D&D, the Underworld movies seem to have done pretty well. D&D and other gaming fiction seems to be healthy and easy to find. Heck, I see Forgotten Realms fiction translated into Japanese at the local bookstore (R A Salvatore stuff mostly) and I live in the back end of nowhere in Japan. So, why do you think the hobby is shrinking? [/QUOTE]

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