Appreciate a Dragon Day

[PnP News Bot]

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Check out this new article Wizards of the Coast posted recently:

Appreciate a Dragon Day (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/4news/20080116a)

January 16 is “Appreciate a Dragon Day”. In honor of this holiday, Wizards of the Coast is encouraging D&D fans and players to celebrate in various ways, including... (More)

[tesral]

One has to have a dragon. It keeps nosy people down. Hooknose is very good about that.

[ffclubhero]

I love it! They've pulled another GW.... Shameless plugs for D&D and the new Dragonlance movie. Ha! :rolleyes:

[Farcaster]

If anyone is interested, here is a link to the DVD on Amazon: Dragonlance - Dragons Of The Autumn Twilight (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000Y7U996?ie=UTF8&tag=penandpaperga-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B000Y7U996). I hadn't heard about this movie yet. I guess it hasn't gotten a lot of press, or I simply live in a cave. One of the two. I'll definitely be ordering up a copy though.

[cplmac]

I am curious as to if the DVD will be as interesting as the book was. I really enjoyed reading the book. I actually have all three books from the trilogy. I have read on another forum that the animation is not all that great. Most of the people seem to think that due to having a limited budget to make it with, that it has gotten short changed.

[Farcaster]

I enjoyed the books as well, but it has been a very, very long time since I read them. So, I'm looking forward to experiencing the story again. Lucy Lawless ... she was Xena, was she not?

[Digital Arcanist]

Yeah she was.

I just watched the movie last night and I think it is much better than the D&D movies but it still wasn't all that great. I haven't read the Chronicles trilogy in many years as well but the movie was pretty long and hit all the plot points.

I'm looking forward to the next two movies.

[Farcaster]

Okay, I got to be real honest here. Saying it was better than the D&D movies is saying very, very little. Rocky Horror Picture Show without the audience participation is still better D&D movies. Heck, Speed 2 whips it.

[Mulsiphix]

Anybody here a fan of the D&D movies? The motion pictures that is. I almost rented Fire & Ice the other night which I think is an animated D&D movie. I forget where I read Fire & Ice was D&D related. It was just the other day too :mad:

[ffclubhero]

Is this the Fire and Ice you're talking about?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085542/plotsummary

I don't think it's D&D, but the cover art looks like Frazetta.

I thought the D&D theatrical movie was horrid, however, these chaps on youtube did a great job:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vCgcJneKm4

Hysterical.

[Mulsiphix]

I was a fan of the D&D motion picture and a very big fan of the sequal. The dragon in it was top notch. That isn't the Fire and Ice I'm talking about. I'm talking about this one: Dragons: Fire and Ice (http://www.amazon.com/Dragons-Fire-Ice/dp/B0002HODWM)

[ffclubhero]

Says those are inspired by the megablock toys. I love the dragons listed as the actors. :eek: Wonder if they were demanding....

Here's a trailer for the Dragonlance flic:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoRWG4Bnr2A

[Mulsiphix]

I just rented that tonight from RedBox. I'll watch it tomorrow and let you know if I liked it (without spilling any of the goodness it potentially holds). I haven't had the pleasure of reading the original novel though so I won't have anything to compare it against.

[Mulsiphix]

Alright I tried to watch it last night. About fifteen minutes into it I turned it off. It was that bad. It seems like they spent most of their budget on some computer animation, which is hardly noticeable, and totally bailed on having quality standard cartoon animation. The animation was bad. Low budget saturday morning cartoons on a "hole in the wall" TV station are easier to watch. The voice acting was pretty horrible. It really felt like the voice actors were reading directly from a script. The music was cutting edge probably in the early sixties.

Anybody who is a fan of the novel will either love this because it is Dragonlance or will hate it for the atrocity that was committed by creating and releasing such a poor quality product. Unless your a truly die hard fan I recommend you save yourself the sorrow and money and just pass this one up.

[ffclubhero]

Ouch! That's gotta hurt. Sorry to all you Lance fans. Maybe WOTC should appreciate their own dragons by not abusing the heck outta of 'em. :rolleyes:

[Mulsiphix]

Anybody else been courageous enough to pick this one up yet? I'd like to hear what one of you Dragonlance fans thought of it. I just wanted to add I'm a cartoon junkie. I still watch those horridly low-budget kids cartoons sometimes and I enjoy them. This movie however... I just couldn't stand it :(

[Farcaster]

Anybody else been courageous enough to pick this one up yet? I'd like to hear what one of you Dragonlance fans thought of it. I just wanted to add I'm a cartoon junkie. I still watch those horridly low-budget kids cartoons sometimes and I enjoy them. This movie however... I just couldn't stand it :(

I finally got a chance to watch this tonight. In the interest of giving a fair review, I forced myself to sit through the entire length of the movie. I have to agree 100% with what Mulsiphix said here. The animation was very, very bad. The voice acting was for the most part terrible. Although, I will give some credit to Kiefer Sutherland. There were some lines that he delivered that really rang true with how I imagine Raistlin speaking.

As to the story... It has been a long time since I read the original Dragonlance books -- probably on the order of more than fifteen years, so I don't exactly remember that much of the story. I did, however, notice that the story was abbreviated in places. That is pretty much to be expected, though, when translating any book. The Dragonlance story is basically a good one, but the poor animation and delivery absolutely killed it. Had this been my first exposure to Krynn, I doubt I would be interested in reading more, and I certainly wouldn't be interested in watching a sequel.

[nijineko]

never was a dragonlance fan. never quite got into the books. but that might be just that the authors styles don't seem to click with me. for whatever reason. ^^ i did like the irda, however. i always got the feeling that the whole idea of dragons jousting was a oneupmanship of ren fairs. the time traveling ideas were interesting, though.

on the other hand, i never really got into dark sun either. and me being a psionics fan, and all. go figure.

[tesral]

never was a dragonlance fan. never quite got into the books. but that might be just that the authors styles don't seem to click with me. for whatever reason. ^^

I've had that happen more than once. Books people raved over, but I couldn't get into that author's style. Once again the reason the bookstore has so many books.

[Mulsiphix]

I finally got a chance to watch this tonight. In the interest of giving a fair review, I forced myself to sit through the entire length of the movie. I have to agree 100% with what Mulsiphix said here. The animation was very, very bad. The voice acting was for the most part terrible.

The Dragonlance story is basically a good one, but the poor animation and delivery absolutely killed it. Had this been my first exposure to Krynn, I doubt I would be interested in reading more, and I certainly wouldn't be interested in watching a sequel.You are a stronger man than I. I commend you on your dedication to watching the entire film. Being the B-Movie fan that I am I was quit surprised at how impossible I found it to sit through more than fifteen minutes of the movie. I'm glad to hear I didn't miss out on anything though. If there was an award to give brave souls like yourself for sitting through such media, I would happily deliver it to you on bended knee. Well done Sir ;)

[tesral]

Hooknose the White did not approve of that film. I didn't get to see it. He ate the disk.


(Hooknose the White: Sanctum Guard and Movie Critic)
http://phoenixinn.iwarp.com/SS_Modeler/hooknose.jpg

[nijineko]

i consider myself warned.

[Mulsiphix]

Hooknose is adorable! I like the other stuff on the shelf as well. You have fine taste tesral. Wish I could see more of your house *wink* :p

[cplmac]

Hooknose is adorable! I like the other stuff on the shelf as well. You have fine taste tesral. Wish I could see more of your house *wink* :p


I'll second that notion!