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<blockquote data-quote="WizarDru" data-source="post: 5558762" data-attributes="member: 151">I don't think so.&nbsp; Lord of the Rings has gone through three cycles of popularity, at least.&nbsp; The movies made so much money not because of geeks, but because of mainstream acceptance.&nbsp; If catering to nerds resulted in profits, we'd all be enjoying the sequel to Serenity right now.&nbsp; But we're not, because nerd love didn't bring the numbers to that, to Scott Pilgrim or to a host of other movies, books and TV shows.&nbsp; They can help create a tipping point, but Iron Man didn't make huge numbers on comics fans...it made huge numbers with everyone.Fantasy has always been mainstream, more or less.&nbsp; D&amp;D-inspired heroic swords &amp; sorcery fantasy, less so.&nbsp; I mean, 'Red Riding Hood' was a fantasy film and it bombed.&nbsp; But I'd wager most folks here would agree it failed because it was a not that well made Twilight knock-off that got poor reviews, regardless of its medieval village and werewolf trappings.&nbsp; And many here might not classify it as 'fantasy', even though on paper that's what it was.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WizarDru, post: 5558762, member: 151"] I don't think so. Lord of the Rings has gone through three cycles of popularity, at least. The movies made so much money not because of geeks, but because of mainstream acceptance. If catering to nerds resulted in profits, we'd all be enjoying the sequel to Serenity right now. But we're not, because nerd love didn't bring the numbers to that, to Scott Pilgrim or to a host of other movies, books and TV shows. They can help create a tipping point, but Iron Man didn't make huge numbers on comics fans...it made huge numbers with everyone. Fantasy has always been mainstream, more or less. D&D-inspired heroic swords & sorcery fantasy, less so. I mean, 'Red Riding Hood' was a fantasy film and it bombed. But I'd wager most folks here would agree it failed because it was a not that well made Twilight knock-off that got poor reviews, regardless of its medieval village and werewolf trappings. And many here might not classify it as 'fantasy', even though on paper that's what it was. [/QUOTE]

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