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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DMZ2112" data-source="post: 8900421" data-attributes="member: 78752">I can't help but feel like you've got this backward.  Wizards Corporate has got to be watching the growth of their multimedia empire way more closely than they are watching the books.  D&D Beyond has an inflated presence on the balance sheets because they just spent All The Money on it and expect it to return that investment, but -- and reasonable minds could disagree -- I would not expect a physical book boycott to even register with them.  At the very least, not until oneD&D launches.Honestly, I have hopes for this film for one reason.  Years ago, I went into Star Trek expecting to be annoyed and disappointed, and then I got to the series of scenes early on where McCoy vaccinates Kirk against something alien and virulent and Kirk develops a severe allergic reaction.  Laughed my ass off.  I still sit a bit lopsided.  Nearly made up for the rest of the script.  Karl Urban's contribution to that bit can't be overstated, but Pine sells it.  Don't mistake me -- I know exactly what that was, and why it happened so early in the movie.  It's not so much anything more than Urban and Pine doing their best Kelley and Shatner impressions.  But I gave up on Hollywood a long time ago.  That is all I want from this movie, for it to be honest with the source material and slapstick funny (and not at the expense of dwarves).  I have zero interest in the idea of a D&D drama.To contradict the words of the inestimable Damodar, "This is absolutely a game."</blockquote>

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