Dragon's Lair: The Movie? - Blu-ray Forum

ps3bd_owner · 11-07-2021, 12:03 PM

How come it doesn't exist? The interactive game-movies look beautiful, especially the trailers I've seen on PS3 (HD Remasters, I'd say).

I really hope they'll make one 'cause seeing that, made me want to search and watch.. except there isn't one so far.

Sorry if this is the wrong section to post.

Lee A Stewart · 11-07-2021, 12:29 PM

The animation was done by Don Bluth.

DL was a laserdisc based video game released in 1983. See section FILM:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon%27s_Lair

ps3bd_owner · 11-07-2021, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Lee A Stewart

The animation was done by Don Bluth.

DL was a laserdisc based video game released in 1983. See section FILM:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon%27s_Lair

Thank you.

Now I see there's a live action movie in the works, sigh, I would have preferred the games turned to a full feature length instead.

Mr. Bluth is one of a kind and here's hoping he makes an animated movie, still.

SilverFox84 · 11-07-2021, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by ps3bd_owner

How come it doesn't exist?

LOL, do you think the modern rabid feminists would allow Princess Daphne as she was be portrayed in today's world?

JediJones77 · 11-07-2021, 09:24 PM

There was an animated series:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon...air_(TV_series)

Monterey Jack · 11-08-2021, 01:00 AM

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Originally Posted by ps3bd_owner

How come it doesn't exist?

Hand-drawn animation is box office poison these days (sadly).

JediJones77 · 11-08-2021, 01:07 AM

How would anyone know? Disney hasn't made one in 10 years. I think a lot of old-fashioned properties like Addams Family would do better box office if hand-drawn. There's no nostalgia factor when they're done up with CGI.

Monterey Jack · 11-08-2021, 01:23 AM

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Originally Posted by JediJones77

How would anyone know? Disney hasn't made one in 10 years. I think a lot of old-fashioned properties like Addams Family would do better box office if hand-drawn. There's no nostalgia factor when they're done up with CGI.

I agree that hand-drawn animation has a nostalgic fanbase, but the last time Disney tried to bring back the old magic (Princess & The Frog), the movie tanked, despite positive reviews. Meanwhile, a year later, Tangled raked it in.

Disney knows which side of the bread is being buttered. I wish that hand-drawn animation would become "retro-cool" like vinyl and there'd be a second renaissance like back in the 90s, but no one knows how to do it anymore, and no studio wants to invest $100 million or more on something that audiences think is "old-fashioned" and quaint.

Don Bluth's Titan: A.E. tanked so badly it bankrupted Fox's animation studio.

JediJones77 · 11-08-2021, 01:54 AM

That has everything to do with the concept, characters and script. A 2D Tangled would have blown away a CGI The Princess and the Frog in box office too. Don Bluth has had a checkered history at the box office with all his films. And it's clear Titan A.E. as a story had zero want-to-see factor. Sci-fi and fantasy animation has always had major problems at the box office.

Monterey Jack · 11-08-2021, 02:28 AM

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Originally Posted by JediJones77

A 2D Tangled would have blown away a CGI The Princess and the Frog in box office too.

Uhhhh, not even close.

JediJones77 · 11-08-2021, 02:55 AM

Yep. Budget of Princess was $105 million compared to Tangled at $260 million. They never would've given Princess a high enough budget to be a CGI movie because they knew the material had limited consumer appeal. The consumer doesn't think in terms of animation style, they think in terms of what story and characters appeal to them.

ps3bd_owner · 11-08-2021, 05:24 AM

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Originally Posted by JediJones77

There was an animated series:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon...air_(TV_series)

Thanks, I'll check that out.

However, the animation looks like a Cartoon Network show (by Hanna-Barbera, after all) than a Don Bluth production so in terms of quality... It's different.

JediJones77 · 11-08-2021, 05:37 AM

It's not exactly done by Hanna-Barbera. It was a Ruby-Spears Productions series. They were founded as a competitor to Hanna-Barbera in 1977. In 1981, they were bought by Taft Broadcasting, who also owned Hanna-Barbera, but continued operating independently. Hanna-Barbera was sold to Turner in 1991, and it appears all the existing Ruby-Spears cartoons were sold off at the same time. That may be when it was decided to package all of the Ruby-Spears cartoons under the Hanna-Barbera label.

Dragon78 · 11-08-2021, 11:01 AM

Don't really care about a live action version but I do wish Don Bluth did an animated movie back in the day.

ps3bd_owner · 11-08-2021, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Dragon78

Don't really care about a live action version but I do wish Don Bluth did an animated movie back in the day.

There's this DVD boxset:

It allows you to watch it as a movie, but it feels disconnected because of the actions required by the viewer/player.

Plus, it looks pretty bad compared to the HD Remaster.

11-07-2021, 12:03 PM	#1
ps3bd_owner Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Apr 2011	Dragon's Lair: The Movie? How come it doesn't exist? The interactive game-movies look beautiful, especially the trailers I've seen on PS3 (HD Remasters, I'd say). I really hope they'll make one 'cause seeing that, made me want to search and watch.. except there isn't one so far. Sorry if this is the wrong section to post.

11-07-2021, 12:29 PM	#2
Lee A Stewart Blu-ray Baron Member since:Jan 2019 Location:Albuquerque, NM	The animation was done by Don Bluth. DL was a laserdisc based video game released in 1983. See section FILM: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon%27s_Lair

11-07-2021, 09:24 PM	#5
JediJones77 Banned Member since:Mar 2010 Location:East PA Trading Score:4	There was an animated series: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon...air_(TV_series)

11-08-2021, 01:07 AM	#7
JediJones77 Banned Member since:Mar 2010 Location:East PA Trading Score:4	How would anyone know? Disney hasn't made one in 10 years. I think a lot of old-fashioned properties like Addams Family would do better box office if hand-drawn. There's no nostalgia factor when they're done up with CGI.

11-08-2021, 01:54 AM	#9
JediJones77 Banned Member since:Mar 2010 Location:East PA Trading Score:4	That has everything to do with the concept, characters and script. A 2D Tangled would have blown away a CGI The Princess and the Frog in box office too. Don Bluth has had a checkered history at the box office with all his films. And it's clear Titan A.E. as a story had zero want-to-see factor. Sci-fi and fantasy animation has always had major problems at the box office.

11-08-2021, 02:55 AM	#11
JediJones77 Banned Member since:Mar 2010 Location:East PA Trading Score:4	Yep. Budget of Princess was $105 million compared to Tangled at $260 million. They never would've given Princess a high enough budget to be a CGI movie because they knew the material had limited consumer appeal. The consumer doesn't think in terms of animation style, they think in terms of what story and characters appeal to them.

11-08-2021, 05:37 AM	#13
JediJones77 Banned Member since:Mar 2010 Location:East PA Trading Score:4	It's not exactly done by Hanna-Barbera. It was a Ruby-Spears Productions series. They were founded as a competitor to Hanna-Barbera in 1977. In 1981, they were bought by Taft Broadcasting, who also owned Hanna-Barbera, but continued operating independently. Hanna-Barbera was sold to Turner in 1991, and it appears all the existing Ruby-Spears cartoons were sold off at the same time. That may be when it was decided to package all of the Ruby-Spears cartoons under the Hanna-Barbera label.

11-08-2021, 11:01 AM	#14
Dragon78 Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Jan 2019	Don't really care about a live action version but I do wish Don Bluth did an animated movie back in the day.

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