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<blockquote data-quote="Remathilis" data-source="post: 6680791" data-attributes="member: 7635">I'm sorry, but when I think &quot;real world people meet fantasy world characters&quot;, I think this...<img src="http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTMzMTc2MDc1M15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMTM4ODAwMQ@@._V1_SX640_SY720_.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />That's not totally true. I also think &quot;John Carter&quot; and &quot;Captain N, the Game Master&quot;, which further doesn't elevate the cause. You can do the &quot;naive character learns about the world&quot; trope easily by setting any inexperienced character straight off the farm and into the wider world. Harry Potter does it when he's taken to Hogwarts. Luke Skywalker grows up on a backwater planet. Frodo/Bilbo live in the pastoral Shire. Will Turner is a commoner blacksmith who hasn't met a pirate in his adult life. Other times, you introduce a side character to ask all the questions; Rogue in X-Men (like Jubilee in the cartoon before her) would be a good example. Furthermore, I'm more afraid a &quot;normal dude from modern times&quot; will end up being used for comedy; a joke about Renaissance Festivals, allusions to fantasy movies/TV/books, modern day references to technology or culture, even a Monty Python quote. If the goal was to make a comedy, it might work. If the idea was to make the next LotR, its distracting and suspends disbelief. In fact, there is one movie I can think of where a modern day character goes to a fantastical medieval world full of dark magic that is widely loved, and while its a great movie, I don't think its quite what WB is looking for. And if they are, they need to hire Sam Rami and Bruce Campbell ASAP!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Remathilis, post: 6680791, member: 7635"] I'm sorry, but when I think "real world people meet fantasy world characters", I think this... [IMG]http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTMzMTc2MDc1M15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMTM4ODAwMQ@@._V1_SX640_SY720_.jpg[/IMG] That's not totally true. I also think "John Carter" and "Captain N, the Game Master", which further doesn't elevate the cause. You can do the "naive character learns about the world" trope easily by setting any inexperienced character straight off the farm and into the wider world. Harry Potter does it when he's taken to Hogwarts. Luke Skywalker grows up on a backwater planet. Frodo/Bilbo live in the pastoral Shire. Will Turner is a commoner blacksmith who hasn't met a pirate in his adult life. Other times, you introduce a side character to ask all the questions; Rogue in X-Men (like Jubilee in the cartoon before her) would be a good example. Furthermore, I'm more afraid a "normal dude from modern times" will end up being used for comedy; a joke about Renaissance Festivals, allusions to fantasy movies/TV/books, modern day references to technology or culture, even a Monty Python quote. If the goal was to make a comedy, it might work. If the idea was to make the next LotR, its distracting and suspends disbelief. In fact, there is one movie I can think of where a modern day character goes to a fantastical medieval world full of dark magic that is widely loved, and while its a great movie, I don't think its quite what WB is looking for. And if they are, they need to hire Sam Rami and Bruce Campbell ASAP! [/QUOTE]

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