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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DM-Rocco" data-source="post: 3633630" data-attributes="member: 14451">Director Bryan Singer 1st & 2nd x-men director (I think Peter Jackson might do okay since he managed Lord of the Rings, but I think he is a little high brow now and such a project is beneath him.  Ang lee did a good job on crouching tiger hidden dragon, so I think he can handle an action/drama/fantasy, but for me, he ruined the Hulk.  I think Bryan Singer is a good balance between the two)Storyline I would say the Dragonlance saga (trash the horrible cartoon in the works, I know it is, I've seen pictures and heard sound bites, and make it a live action, full budget fantasy fest.  It is the most well known story line in D&D history, it is well written and has a great flow of events that could keep the audience going without feeling like a roller coaster.  For the record, I never go see movies that are advertised as a non-stop roller coaster ride from beginning to end.)Writer Me of course, well, okay, Tracy Hickman and Margy, I guess they'll doCast This would really take too long to get into here.  At least since I am killing time at work.  I'd have to give it some serious thought, but I would have Kiefer Sutherland do the voice of Raistlin no matter who played him, that was a wise choice.  Format I would prefer Live action with a CGI mix, or a complete CGI movie, but only if they held true to either the real world look and feel or absorbed the drawing stylings of Larry Elmore (something the current project did not do) as it was he who brought the project to life for many readers.  The current project looks more like Ghostbusters than anything from D&D.  What were you thinking in hiring Will Meugniot to direct?  You get what you pay for.  Just don't blame the fans when this movie tanks too.  I'll support D&D and WOTC and go see it to say I have, but from what I have seen so far, it blows.  Producer Same as the writers, they have the feel for the story, pay them what they want and let them run with itEffects house WETA, unless Peter Jackson has to direct it, then ILM, but only if either doesn't go nuts (ie Like Count DuKu, in Revenge of the Sith, doing a flip in the air rather than walk down stairs or glide down with menace like Darth Vader in The Empire Strikes Back.  Just because you can do something, doesn't mean you should.  Less is often more.)Studio  Whichever one understands that money needs to be spent and that if done in a proper manner with minimal interference, they will make money in return.Budget  You would most likely need $100,000,000 per movie at the least and would have to film all three at the same time to save on production costs.  Whatever they spend, they need more money going into things like wardrobe and weapons.  Every movie they have done so far looks like a remake of the Flintstones than a good and proper D&D movie.  All the weapons look stupid and clunky.  Movies are all about the suspension of disbelief.  If you look at a weapon and think it is made of foam, you will not take the film seriously.  Same with poor acting, bad directing, stupid story lines, over the top special effects (and also really cheesy ones too) atrocious wardrobes and unfortunate editing.  If you can't make a real Dragon Lance Trilogy for $300,000,000 with good quality, then something is fundamentally wrong with you and don't even bother.</blockquote>

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