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From: Justisaur <justisaur@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Mass Effect @Amazon
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 08:16:49 -0800
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On 11/11/2024 3:34 AM, JAB wrote:
> On 09/11/2024 01:38, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
>> On Fri, 8 Nov 2024 06:42:09 -0500, DotNettie <DotN@noaddress.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Saw this at Slashdot. Hope it happens.
>>>
>>> https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/24/11/08/0024209/mass- 
>>> effect-tv-series-is-in-the-works-at-amazon? 
>>> utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
>>
>> I mean, I think people here can already deduce my take on it. As much
>> as I loved the first game (and had fun with the rest), the idea of
>> them dragging out the IP just does not excite me. For gods sake, just
>> create something new! Not everything has to be a mass-market
>> multi-media franchise!
>>
>> And before you get too excited about the TV show, I'd like to remind
>> you that for every "Fallout" we get a "Halo" or "Mortal Kombat:
>> Conquest". More often than note, Hollywood mangles beloved IPs so be
>> careful what you wish for.
>>
> 
> I rather enjoyed the D&D film and felt that a lot of the negative 
> comments where more based on the new version of the OGL from WotC than 
> the film itself. I'm not a big fan of D&D but I know enough to get the 
> jokes and its portrayal of TT RPG's in that for all their lofty 
> aspirations that often degenerate into slapstick humour - yep lets spend 
> five minutes discussing the best way to revisit the town and speak to 
> Dr. Perry again. Then a suggestion comes up, they do have phones in 
> 1920's CoC you know.
> 
> Saying that my better half who knows nothing about D&D also very much 
> enjoyed it although it probably helped that Chris Pine was in it!

D&D's not a video game, and they just created something new loosely 
using the Forgotten Realms setting.  I'd be more impressed if they 
managed to bring one of the books to the screen successfully. 
Dragonlance, or one of the FR books. Still even that's not as impressive 
as a much higher percentage of books have been brought to screen 
successfully than video games.  Or I suppose like for like would be 
Neverwinter Nights or Baldur's Gate (A BG3 movie I could see being 
really good, although much more likely they'd ruin it.)

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