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<blockquote data-quote="NoOneofConsequence" data-source="post: 320637" data-attributes="member: 5400">Speaking personally, but saying &quot;Hey, it's a fantasy film, just 'cause it had D&amp;D on it doesn't mean it had to follow D&amp;D.&quot; is a bit like saying &quot;Hey, it's a fantasy film. Just because they called it Lord of the RIngs doesn't mean that they had to have characters called Frodo, Gandalf or Strider.&quot;Either it was a D&amp;D film or it wasn't. Deliberately making a generic fantasy film and then slapping D&amp;D on it to guaruntee sales would be unethical, at best. Now I don't think this is what happened. Frankly, I think Hollywood got hold of the material and said &quot;No, no, no. You gotta have a star, not some mish mash ensemble cast. You gotta have a black man (tokenism is alive and well). Dragons and beholders look cool but who cares if they're supposed to talk. Fans? What do they know? Once the geeks fork over their hard earned it don't matter what they think.&quot;Anyway, cynicism aside. I think DnD the movie fell foul of the classic effect of genre movies being produced by people who have little or no knowledge ro love of the genre. I'm not talking about the director here, who I understand was very passionate about the project. I'm talking about writers, producers and the like - the people who have the ability to destroy the vision of the director without even trying.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="NoOneofConsequence, post: 320637, member: 5400"] Speaking personally, but saying "Hey, it's a fantasy film, just 'cause it had D&D on it doesn't mean it had to follow D&D." is a bit like saying "Hey, it's a fantasy film. Just because they called it Lord of the RIngs doesn't mean that they had to have characters called Frodo, Gandalf or Strider." Either it was a D&D film or it wasn't. Deliberately making a generic fantasy film and then slapping D&D on it to guaruntee sales would be unethical, at best. Now I don't think this is what happened. Frankly, I think Hollywood got hold of the material and said "No, no, no. You gotta have a star, not some mish mash ensemble cast. You gotta have a black man (tokenism is alive and well). Dragons and beholders look cool but who cares if they're supposed to talk. Fans? What do they know? Once the geeks fork over their hard earned it don't matter what they think." Anyway, cynicism aside. I think DnD the movie fell foul of the classic effect of genre movies being produced by people who have little or no knowledge ro love of the genre. I'm not talking about the director here, who I understand was very passionate about the project. I'm talking about writers, producers and the like - the people who have the ability to destroy the vision of the director without even trying. [/QUOTE]

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