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what do 'kids these days' think fantasy looks like?

Started by Age of Fable, May 10, 2008, 12:54:42 PM

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TonyLB

#30
May 13, 2008, 09:16:28 AM
On the original question:  I'm surprised nobody has yet mentioned Avatar: The Last Airbender.

Man, I can only hope that "kids these days" think of fantasy as being as rich and nuanced as Avatar.  I'm a huge fan :D
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May 13, 2008, 02:01:32 PM
Quote from: TonyLBOn the original question:  I'm surprised nobody has yet mentioned Avatar: The Last Airbender.

Man, I can only hope that "kids these days" think of fantasy as being as rich and nuanced as Avatar.  I'm a huge fan :D

Avatar is brilliant, and from what I understand has been very successful.

Its also really the next step of the anime-craze, with the western world taking anime and remaking it in a western mold (ironically, given Avatar's very "eastern" setting).

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May 13, 2008, 02:07:37 PM
Quote from: ColonelHardissonRegardless, they seem to be making an effort to distinguish halflings from hobbits even more in recent years. The legal issue was resolved by TSR not referring to them as "hobbits" in their game books. Maybe with the movies so successful so recently, they want to head-off any possible appearance of infringement. :shrug:
Or maybe it's just an organic outgrowth of wanting to expand their own vision and their own identity, without just being a Lord of the Rings rip-off. I don't have a periscope inside their heads; I'm only presenting a possiblity.
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May 13, 2008, 04:09:13 PM
Quote from: EngineOr maybe it's just an organic outgrowth of wanting to expand their own vision and their own identity, without just being a Lord of the Rings rip-off. I don't have a periscope inside their heads; I'm only presenting a possiblity.

IMHO the job of a role-playing game isn't to rip off Lord of the Rings, or to avoid ripping it off - it's to give other people the tools to rip it off or not rip it off.
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