#QuestionOfTheDay what's a piece of media/work that you wish had been a success/more successful/more appreciated by audiences or critics/etc because it would have encouraged the development of and interest in more works in the same genre or using a specific style/technique/mechanic/etc etc

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@ami_angelwings Also, I would definitely say the Disney adaptation of Lloyd Alexander's "The Chronicles of Prydain", which Disney released as "The Black Cauldron" in 1985, and has been widely reviled ever since, even though it's not actually that bad.

Prydain was the very first fantasy series I read as a child, and Eilonwy will always be my favorite Disney princess whom Disney refuses to actually recognize as a "Disney Princess".

@gcvsa @ami_angelwings Definitely the best YA faction, I think. Certainly one of the most mature takes and an arcs for most of the characters, over the five books.

I definitely did not like the Disney movie, at the time or now. But Breadsword had an interesting take, and I’ll watch that plenty. ;-)

https://youtu.be/3rzWdJ4vB8s

The Black Cauldron - Disney's Halloween Masterpiece

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@cthellis @ami_angelwings What I mean when I say the movie isn't that bad, is that, if you are already a fan of the books, while you will undoubtedly have issues with how the movie is constructed, you already know the plot, so its disjointedness is actually easier to cope with. The movie is not entirely divorced from the books. Some years ago (pre-COVID), Disney reacquired the rights, supposedly to make a better, live action version, but nothing has come of it, yet.