You should never support the scumbags at Hasbro/WOTC if you are into tabletop games

  • BigFig@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Has a 7.2/10 and 91% Tomato score. Profited over 50 million dollars. Hardly a tank

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      2 months ago

      It’s a great movie, the best movie yet to come out under the Dungeons and Dragons name. However:

      The film made $93 million domestically, which is not good compared to the $150 million budget. Luckily, its worldwide total was $208.2 million, but with marketing costs, it is likely the film did not break even.

      https://movieweb.com/dungeons-and-dragons-sequel-unlikely/

      It’s often difficult to identify why a film didn’t perform well, but fan anger over the licensing changes likely contributed, e.g. see: https://screenrant.com/dungeons-dragons-honor-among-thieves-box-office-bomb-reason/

      The movie could have been a huge hit instead of just maybe breaking even. Trying to rip off the core fans right before it came out was a dumb idea.

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        2 months ago

        fan anger over the licensing changes likely contributed

        I know that is the specific reason why I haven’t seen it and still intend specifically never to.

        (Ok, to be fair I was going to end my Hasbro boycott and see it when they backpedaled and did the dual OGL/Creative Commons thing, but then they pulled the MTG Pinkerton bullshit and that made it clear Hasbro had learned less than nothing from the OGL 1.1 blowback.)

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          2 months ago

          You can borrow the DVD from the library or buy it second-hand if you don’t want Hasbro/WoC to get your money. Even if you’ve moved on to Pathfinder or something else, it’s still a lot of fun.

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            2 months ago

            I mean, borrowing the DVD from the library will make it unavailable for someone else who might want to watch it, which might incentivize them to buy a copy. Also, if it’s always checked out and unavailable when people go to try to check it out, it may increase hype/enthusiasm about it. Buying it second-hand would have similar consequences.

            I might pirate it if I can get a chance. Doing so a) wouldn’t reduce supply of copies of it in ways that might incentivize others to purchase a copy or stream it on Paramount+ or whatever and b) kindof feels like a slap in the face of Hasbro of the sort I don’t mind delivering.

            I’m fully aware of how petty this all comes across, but, man, thoroughly fuck Hasbro. What a shitty company. Don’t underestimate just how much I hate them. Lol.

            • Rolando@lemmy.world
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              2 months ago

              No, it doesn’t sound petty to spend your money carefully. I hope things get better with D&D.

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      2 months ago

      Can I just use this opportunity to say that, while I enjoyed the movie, I spent the entire time waiting for the bard to use magic and it never happened? Because that really annoyed me. Don’t call yourself a D&D movie and then have a bard that can’t do magic. But somehow has a lute made of steel.