Review of the Dragonlance DVD at Newsarama!

[Ogrork the Mighty]

With all the hype surrounding the LotR movies, there must be something seriously wrong with the Dragonlance Chronicles for a studio not to take a chance on it. They made Pathfinder and Dungeon Siege for Jimminy Crickets sake!

 

[PeterGirvan]

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[PeterGirvan]

I also played a game with George Strayton. He was the writer of the script i think. I think that better artists could have been used and a stronger art style utilized. Actually i'm pretty bumbed about the art.

George Strayton is a dynamite writer, D&D player and all-around good fellow and I was happy to buy the Dragonlance DVD to support his work. I'm not sure that the rest of the production showcased his efforts in the best light but the spirit is adhered to--and that could have easily gone the way of all too-many adaptations.

 

[Pyrex]

*gets the dvd from netflix & watches it*

Ugh. That was awful.

It was like running into an old friend you haven't seen since high-school only to subsequently watch him get beaten and mugged.

 

[frankthedm]

Tried to like it. Horrid 2d animation meets medioce 3d animation was just ug.

the faces on the gobbos...

And was there any reason for the fanservice?

 

[qstor]

And while the CGI still sucks (at least it is better than in the Trailer), I really liked all the other things, like the non-CGI Animation, the Voices, Story, Soundtrack, etc. so all in all I really enjoyed it and can recomend it (als long as you are not too critical about the CGI).

I think the non CGI animation was bad but overall it wouldn't say it was a steaming pile of crap. I think it was OK. The voices were good. I would rather have had a good animation version like Justice League or something with the voices they used.

Mike

 

[David Howery]

I don't really want to see this, but I'm not sure I could if I did. I saw it on sale at one place in town, for one day only (apparently, they only had 4-5 copies, and found buyers for them)... the local Blockbuster doesn't have it...

 

[apoptosis]

Saw it this morning on On Demand.

I wanted it to be even mediocre but it was really bad. The mixture of 2D and 3D animation made it look like the old peanut butter/chocolate commercial. I feel like the two developers are crying "you got CGI in my cartoon" "no you got a cartoon in my CGI).

The story didnt not seem a good as when read the books (i am worried to ever read the books again though).

Frankly it seemed a pretty poor job with some bigger names (which was surprising)