Re: cartoons

rupert smith wrote:
>
> > If TSR were to do a 2nd edition, I would say a revamp would be a
> > good idea,
>
> you know, it occurred to me recently that SJ would make a very good
> saturday morning cartoon, in a way that many dnd settings wouldn't.
> i think we're all agreed that sailing ships in space is pretty cool ;-)
> and you could have quite a visially stunning series.
> now, if you tie in all the merchandising and spinoffs that these sorts
> of things generate, this could be a pretty good enticement for hasbro to
> ressurect SJ.

        Would you believe I honestly thought about that years ago?:)  I agree
that SJ would make a pretty cool cartoon, but it'd also make a really
decent movie, too.  Special effects have come a long way in the last ten
years (plot and acting aside, the corny special effects of shows like
Hercules, Xena, Sinbad, etc are pretty good for fairly low-budget
shows:).
        However, Hasbro seems to have a "hands-off" approach to dnd in general
and doesn't seem to have any such merchandising tie-ins in the works
right now.  That might change later, but it would probably alienate a
*LOT* of players simply because then they'd be making dnd the next
pokemon.  I certainly wouldn't want to be in Hasbro's mail room if that
happened....
        Anyways, I do think SJ could traslate into a cartoon, but probably not
well.  The PG thing would kinda kill it (how would you get illithids or
neogi into a kid's show?).  Worst, cartoons have been moving away from
drawn style to computer generated characters.  Good for robots & aliens,
absolutely horrible on humans.  Personally, I think an Anime-style
cartoon would do SJ a much better service than an american-made one.
Anyways, just my 2 coppers:)

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Night Druid