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Should the D&D Movie Been Serious or Not Called D&D?
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<blockquote data-quote="Henadic Theologian" data-source="post: 9043309" data-attributes="member: 7030526"><p>Your forgetting that Hasbro and Paramount split the budget 50/50, but distrubution is split in Paramount favour by alot.</p><p></p><p> I suspect Hasbro has the same deal with Paramount on GI Joe and those movie never made a profit at the box office, yet a 4th one is still coming.</p><p></p><p> Hasbro does this before first and foremost because these movies are giant ad campaigns, they can put any loss on their tax returns, but then make a seperate fortune on MtG cards (DADHAT secret Lair which as far as I know made them millions), tie in toys like stuff animals, action figures, nerf, video game stuff, DVD sales, etc..., and just as importantly its an opportunity to expand the current customer base vastly, which could lead to millions of more D&D sales for stuff like the PHB.</p><p></p><p>anyways I'm already on the record as saying having D&D in the title was a mistake, it should have been Forgotten Realms: Honor Among Thieves, sounds way cooler and you'd have had way better sales. D&D is a game system, not a setting, and that alone I think mislead folks on what kind of movie this was about.</p><p></p><p> I think besides the 8 episode series coming they should take a note from CR and focus on Anime series, its way to get as fantastical as you want at an affordable budget, and build a broader fandom over time. Think of the Nu Trek model post Discovery.</p><p></p><p> And yes the emasculate comment hurt the movie, the consumer in 2023 is proving to be much easier to upset shallow we say unfortunately.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Henadic Theologian, post: 9043309, member: 7030526"] Your forgetting that Hasbro and Paramount split the budget 50/50, but distrubution is split in Paramount favour by alot. I suspect Hasbro has the same deal with Paramount on GI Joe and those movie never made a profit at the box office, yet a 4th one is still coming. Hasbro does this before first and foremost because these movies are giant ad campaigns, they can put any loss on their tax returns, but then make a seperate fortune on MtG cards (DADHAT secret Lair which as far as I know made them millions), tie in toys like stuff animals, action figures, nerf, video game stuff, DVD sales, etc..., and just as importantly its an opportunity to expand the current customer base vastly, which could lead to millions of more D&D sales for stuff like the PHB. anyways I'm already on the record as saying having D&D in the title was a mistake, it should have been Forgotten Realms: Honor Among Thieves, sounds way cooler and you'd have had way better sales. D&D is a game system, not a setting, and that alone I think mislead folks on what kind of movie this was about. I think besides the 8 episode series coming they should take a note from CR and focus on Anime series, its way to get as fantastical as you want at an affordable budget, and build a broader fandom over time. Think of the Nu Trek model post Discovery. And yes the emasculate comment hurt the movie, the consumer in 2023 is proving to be much easier to upset shallow we say unfortunately. [/QUOTE]
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