D&D 5E Why I Think D&DN is In Trouble

[WizarDru]

It doesn't. It is Hawk, the Slayer.

Oh, I'm afraid I'm going to have to side with Halivar on this one.

 

[Thyrwyn]

It doesn't. It is Hawk, the Slayer.

That which has been seen, can never be unseen. . .

 

[pemerton]

Considering that the written down version of those fairy tales by Grimm are only about 200 years old I don't think they are as central to western Europe as things like the Nibelungen, Beowulf, Arthur or even Herakles are.

Just so I'm clear, we're defining works post 18th-century as falling outside the umbrella of "traditional fantasy"?

I'm also puzzled by the "traditional fantasy" notion. If traditional fantasy is stories that most movie-goers have never heard of, or at best recognise of names of old stories they've heard of but never read, then I don't see that it matters much to the possible success of a D&D movie.

The type of fantasy a D&D movie would be about is on its way out as after LotR and Hobbit the interest in such movies is sated for now.

I'm with [MENTION=22779]Hussar[/MENTION] and [MENTION=17465]Wizard[/MENTION]Dru on this one. What is your evidence that there is no interest in such movies other than The Hobbit?