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<blockquote data-quote="GreyLord" data-source="post: 9364345" data-attributes="member: 4348">No, I think it's different than that, and I think that's part of why the D&amp;D movie didn't do as well as some here think it should have.1.&nbsp; It's a decent movie.&nbsp; It's a mediocre movie.&nbsp; It's not a GREAT movie as some here think.&nbsp; It's a GREAT movie to some here, but as movies go, it's not bad...but it's not great either.&nbsp; It's better than the last theatrical D&amp;D movie released...but that's not that high of a bar to meet.&nbsp; It may be the greatest D&amp;D movie ever made (with the Official D&amp;D branding on it at least)...but once again...that's not that high of a bar to meet.&nbsp; It's a decent movie, but it's not what I would term as something I would have really investigated or gone out of my way to see if it didn't have the D&amp;D branding on it and I wasn't an avid D&amp;D fan already.2.&nbsp; It's not what many people see D&amp;D as.&nbsp; They think of D&amp;D more like a Tolkien type of fantasy movie.&nbsp; In that light, The Fellowship of the Ring and the First Hobbit movie are FAR better D&amp;D movies and WHAT PEOPLE may actually expect of a D&amp;D movie...rather than what we got.&nbsp; Sure, it seems a LOT like D&amp;D to those on these forums and many who play, but the average person who's exposure to fantasy (and thus what they think a fantasy game would try to replicate) are LotR and Harry Potter...that D&amp;D movie is absolutely NOT it. Tieflings, humorous bards, and Wizards who don't wizard...really doesn't seem as much of D&amp;D fantasy to many (though it IS fantasy) as something more like a traditional epic fantasy to them.3.&nbsp; And of course, there were the fans already that boycotted the movie due to the OGL situation (which was a stupid and idiotic move to try to make just a few months/weeks before a major movie release...Hasbro/WotC should thank their lucky stars that they were blessed that they weren't sued from hell and back for that move...that move alone probably cost several tens of millions of dollars...if not more).So...a TV show that is going to be D&amp;D to an audience...probably should fill the arena of what the GENERAL public thinks of when they think of D&amp;D.&nbsp; There are a lot of Fantasy shows out already (on Amazon) like Rings of Power and Wheel of time and the Cartoon show based on the streaming group that is popular on these forums...so to compete that way...they need something that fulfills what the general public wants as the gaming groups for D&amp;D probably already have what they want.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GreyLord, post: 9364345, member: 4348"] No, I think it's different than that, and I think that's part of why the D&D movie didn't do as well as some here think it should have. 1. It's a decent movie. It's a mediocre movie. It's not a GREAT movie as some here think. It's a GREAT movie to some here, but as movies go, it's not bad...but it's not great either. It's better than the last theatrical D&D movie released...but that's not that high of a bar to meet. It may be the greatest D&D movie ever made (with the Official D&D branding on it at least)...but once again...that's not that high of a bar to meet. It's a decent movie, but it's not what I would term as something I would have really investigated or gone out of my way to see if it didn't have the D&D branding on it and I wasn't an avid D&D fan already. 2. It's not what many people see D&D as. They think of D&D more like a Tolkien type of fantasy movie. In that light, The Fellowship of the Ring and the First Hobbit movie are FAR better D&D movies and WHAT PEOPLE may actually expect of a D&D movie...rather than what we got. Sure, it seems a LOT like D&D to those on these forums and many who play, but the average person who's exposure to fantasy (and thus what they think a fantasy game would try to replicate) are LotR and Harry Potter...that D&D movie is absolutely NOT it. Tieflings, humorous bards, and Wizards who don't wizard...really doesn't seem as much of D&D fantasy to many (though it IS fantasy) as something more like a traditional epic fantasy to them. 3. And of course, there were the fans already that boycotted the movie due to the OGL situation (which was a stupid and idiotic move to try to make just a few months/weeks before a major movie release...Hasbro/WotC should thank their lucky stars that they were blessed that they weren't sued from hell and back for that move...that move alone probably cost several tens of millions of dollars...if not more). So...a TV show that is going to be D&D to an audience...probably should fill the arena of what the GENERAL public thinks of when they think of D&D. There are a lot of Fantasy shows out already (on Amazon) like Rings of Power and Wheel of time and the Cartoon show based on the streaming group that is popular on these forums...so to compete that way...they need something that fulfills what the general public wants as the gaming groups for D&D probably already have what they want. [/QUOTE]

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