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<blockquote data-quote="WizarDru" data-source="post: 1207221" data-attributes="member: 151">A combination, to be sure, of both literature and movies...or more specifically, A movie: Rankin &amp; Bass's &quot;The Hobbit&quot;.&nbsp; I was too young to see Bakshi's version of LotR when it came out (and frankly, I'm glad for that), but &quot;The Hobbit&quot; was on TV...and it was enchanting.&nbsp; Dwarves, elves, magic swords, trolls, goblins, a city built on a lake, an ancient treasure horde and the ICONIC dragon himself, Smaug.&nbsp; I actaully came to the rest of Tolkien well after I was on my way playing D&amp;D.&nbsp; I know many guys who were my age seeing 'The Hobbit' as something of a landmark in their interest into D&amp;D.&nbsp; Having it on DVD, I can attest that it holds up well (albeit with some obvious poor foley work and some odd editing which is obvious to me as an adult, but that I missed as an 8 year-old).&nbsp;I remember saving up my allowance to get the Red Box set from the local bookstore, and the excitement of opening and reading it.&nbsp; I remember my first dungeon.&nbsp; Good Times.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WizarDru, post: 1207221, member: 151"] A combination, to be sure, of both literature and movies...or more specifically, A movie: Rankin & Bass's "The Hobbit". I was too young to see Bakshi's version of LotR when it came out (and frankly, I'm glad for that), but "The Hobbit" was on TV...and it was enchanting. Dwarves, elves, magic swords, trolls, goblins, a city built on a lake, an ancient treasure horde and the ICONIC dragon himself, Smaug. I actaully came to the rest of Tolkien well after I was on my way playing D&D. I know many guys who were my age seeing 'The Hobbit' as something of a landmark in their interest into D&D. Having it on DVD, I can attest that it holds up well (albeit with some obvious poor foley work and some odd editing which is obvious to me as an adult, but that I missed as an 8 year-old). I remember saving up my allowance to get the Red Box set from the local bookstore, and the excitement of opening and reading it. I remember my first dungeon. Good Times. [/QUOTE]

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