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<blockquote data-quote="LordEntrails" data-source="post: 7731310" data-attributes="member: 6804070">It's not one or the other.I think the first priority is financial success. For the reasons I stated earlier.Second, their are going to be people in the fan base who do not like it (whatever it might be). I think their are enough opinions up thread that are mutually contradictory. Besides, D&amp;D fans are exceptionally diverse. So, some fans, regardless of the financial success or &quot;theatrical quality&quot; will be put off. A few of them will be so outraged that it will actually impact their enjoyment of the D&amp;D RPG. Realistically, only those few will care about how wronged they have been, but I'm sure they will be quiet vocal about their indignation.Since some of the fan base will be &quot;turned off&quot;, that is a separate measure than the movie's success. So, two measures that are probably only weakly related.Financial success. As stated earlier because it will result in growth of the product and market.&quot;We&quot; will never get a choice in the matter. Hasbro and WotC will get to make choices, &quot;we&quot; never will.But I agree with the thought that it does not have to be one or another. It can be a financial success and true to D&amp;D. Of course, that depends upon one's opinion on what being true is and what D&amp;D is to them. Many people on this forum think they know what D&amp;D is, most of them only know what it is to them.Heck, I don't know what D&amp;D is except to me.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="LordEntrails, post: 7731310, member: 6804070"] It's not one or the other. I think the first priority is financial success. For the reasons I stated earlier. Second, their are going to be people in the fan base who do not like it (whatever it might be). I think their are enough opinions up thread that are mutually contradictory. Besides, D&D fans are exceptionally diverse. So, some fans, regardless of the financial success or "theatrical quality" will be put off. A few of them will be so outraged that it will actually impact their enjoyment of the D&D RPG. Realistically, only those few will care about how wronged they have been, but I'm sure they will be quiet vocal about their indignation. Since some of the fan base will be "turned off", that is a separate measure than the movie's success. So, two measures that are probably only weakly related. Financial success. As stated earlier because it will result in growth of the product and market. "We" will never get a choice in the matter. Hasbro and WotC will get to make choices, "we" never will. But I agree with the thought that it does not have to be one or another. It can be a financial success and true to D&D. Of course, that depends upon one's opinion on what being true is and what D&D is to them. Many people on this forum think they know what D&D is, most of them only know what it is to them. Heck, I don't know what D&D is except to me. [/QUOTE]

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