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Originally posted by Qasar

I see a few posts on here from so called "long term" Dragonlance fans putting down the movie. I'm 100% certain they speak for the minority.
Its always the minority who speak with a loud and negative voice. They shouldn't be confused with the majority.
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Originally posted by basementgeek

As a rabid fan of D&D and DL, I watched DoAT with some trepidation, having been disappointed by the many Marvel movie adaptations in the past. I was fairly disappointed in this one, as well.

While the movie was entertaining, in general (especially to someone who hasn't read the DL series), the complete product left much to be desired. The animation reminded me of a budget version of The Last Unicorn (an animated movie I like very much), mixed with the very series the director was known to have made during the 1990's, Captain Planet. The vocal talents were almost wooden, like the actors were just reading lines and not emphasizing the emotions behind the words. To be honest, the voices seemed like those found in a high school production of Shakespeare. The cut scenes were a minor issue, considering the budgetary limitations and how much it costs to produce a minute of animated film, but it still seemed like a loss to the overall flavor of the movie.

Now I understand that the people involved with this movie worked hard to get it made in time and under budget. No faulting the animators, as they were chosen for their particular styles and qualities of animation. The writers were chosen and their script approved. The vocal score was recorded and approved. The fault seems to lie in both the lack of enough money, and the choices made by the top brass (the director and producers).

I, for one, would love to see another movie made of the DL series, but maybe with a different director and different animation studio. The actors can be made to rerecord their lines if they don't get them right, thereby improving the emotional quality. As for the budget, maybe we DL fans can pass the hat and offer the new movie crew a bonus they could use to make improvements.

It's worth a thought.

P.S. - Also, to be brutally honest, no book-to-movie adaptation will ever be 100% faithful, as we'd end up with something the length of an audiobook. While I might be willing to sit through 6 1/2 hours of Roger Zelazny's This Immortal, I highly doubt very many other people would be as enthusiastic.

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Originally posted by tw_fester

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Originally posted by Qasar

I see a few posts on here from so called "long term" Dragonlance fans putting down the movie. I'm 100% certain they speak for the minority.
Its always the minority who speak with a loud and negative voice. They shouldn't be confused with the majority.
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Qasar, It is good to see new blood and love out and about. I do agree here with this statement, provisionally. I find that in life (movies, books, work, etc.) it is the negative people that speak up more often and louder. I have several people at work who aren't happy unless they are yelling about something to anyone in earshot. I got the same feeling here that the majority of people complaining were trying to stir the pot or just make themselves feel important. Those of us that want to say something pro-"subject" are usually succinct and then blasted for that. It is too easy to bash, where encouragement is harder to do (that's the teacher in me talking)

There are others who can and do articulate their displeasure and criticisms in an appropriate way (example: V.D. is excellent at that when he isn't talking about his man-crush, Burt) Those are the people that are fun to argue with 'cause they don't resort to the "you suck..." comeback. You'll never convince them of the "errors" in their ways, but you'll still be friends at the end and have a beer.

On this site, if you want to take anyone serious, pro or con, check the number of posts. Any one over, say, 100 - 200 posts have been around long enough to get a good name and not be banned for trolling/flaming. If a person has less than that, you can take anything inflammatory that they say with a grain of salt. Otherwise you'll be just getting into a conversation with someone who is trying to be, as you said, "childish".

But, that is just MHO.

Stick around a continue to contribute


So...It's the old-steal-the-horse-bit again is it?
All right, let's do it...if we have to.

Mr. Horse



Besides... that dagger was Flint's.

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