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Lorraine Williams: Is it Time for a Reevaluation?
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<blockquote data-quote="Deset Gled" data-source="post: 8439659" data-attributes="member: 7808"><p>I understand that you're trying to discredit Soloman's statements. And I understand that he's not the most trustworthy source; I included Weis's comment on purpose. FWIW, the discussion of Cameron and Coppola being involved was also mentioned by <a href="https://archive.org/details/CinefantastiqueVol32No45Dec2000/page/n25/mode/2up" target="_blank">Allen Zeman in an interview in 2000</a>, so that part of the story has some credibility. Zeman doesn't mention Williams directly, though.</p><p></p><p>But when you say things like "Who are you going to trust? Soloman or Williams?", it's helpful to actually have both sides to compare. For all we know, Williams could corroborate the story. She might also corroborate that Soloman referred to her as "lady" and that she bought D&D for a steal because Gygax lost all his money on a coke binge. Without more info, we don't know.</p><p></p><p>What I'm trying to do is provide statements from people who worked with Lorraine Williams directly, specifically talking about her or how she ran the business. And Soloman was a person who worked with her. He's also a person not employed by TSR, which seems relevant to many of the earlier comments in this thread.</p><p></p><p>And regardless of your opinon of Soloman, all of this shows that the early history of the D&D movie license (and it's a long, sordid, confusing history) can definitely be tracked back to Williams. She was definitely involved with negotiating how Sweatpea got the rights "in perpetuity", and in ensuring that she maintained a significant amount of creative control over the project. If you want to re-evaluate Williams and her tenure at TSR, reviewing the history of the movie license should be part of it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deset Gled, post: 8439659, member: 7808"] I understand that you're trying to discredit Soloman's statements. And I understand that he's not the most trustworthy source; I included Weis's comment on purpose. FWIW, the discussion of Cameron and Coppola being involved was also mentioned by [URL='https://archive.org/details/CinefantastiqueVol32No45Dec2000/page/n25/mode/2up']Allen Zeman in an interview in 2000[/URL], so that part of the story has some credibility. Zeman doesn't mention Williams directly, though. But when you say things like "Who are you going to trust? Soloman or Williams?", it's helpful to actually have both sides to compare. For all we know, Williams could corroborate the story. She might also corroborate that Soloman referred to her as "lady" and that she bought D&D for a steal because Gygax lost all his money on a coke binge. Without more info, we don't know. What I'm trying to do is provide statements from people who worked with Lorraine Williams directly, specifically talking about her or how she ran the business. And Soloman was a person who worked with her. He's also a person not employed by TSR, which seems relevant to many of the earlier comments in this thread. And regardless of your opinon of Soloman, all of this shows that the early history of the D&D movie license (and it's a long, sordid, confusing history) can definitely be tracked back to Williams. She was definitely involved with negotiating how Sweatpea got the rights "in perpetuity", and in ensuring that she maintained a significant amount of creative control over the project. If you want to re-evaluate Williams and her tenure at TSR, reviewing the history of the movie license should be part of it. [/QUOTE]
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