Why You Should Be Supporting Dragon's Lair On Indiegogo

If you didn't know, Don Bluth, director of so many great films has an Indiegogo campaign going now for funding to create a pitch for a Dragon's Lair movie. So yes this is funding for a pitch, not an actual movie, and before you ask, they are funding most of it themselves, they just need that little extra. If you never played Dragon's Lair it's this...bizarre retro game where instead of traditional 8-bit graphics the entire thing is animated, so you're basically controlling a traditionally animated movie. It's one of the most creative and beautiful games out there...it's impossible to play and is extremely aggravating but god does it look good.

If you're interested in learning more yourself then here's the link: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/dragon-s-lair-returns

Now i'm the type of person who very rarely backs a project unless there are some great perks or if it's a project that might legitimately not get made unless people like me support it, but this is one of those projects i absolutely want to see get made no matter what. So one of the reasons why it would be excellent if this film did get made is because one: it'll be another fully 2D animated film, drawn by hand, out in theatres, something that we haven't seen in a while, at least not in full and in a wide release. If this film is a hit then it'll show studios that there is still an audience for this and the craft isn't dead which means we could see even more films in this style. But a reason even bigger than that is something more personal and that would be just getting to see another Don Bluth film. This man is one of my favourite film makers and is a huge inspiration to me. The man behind An American Tail, All Dogs Go To Heaven, Anastatia, The Secret of NIMH, The Small One, The Land Before Time-one of my all time favourite films-this is a man who never talked down to kids and never made things simple for them. He made these films that were beautiful and thought provoking but they were also dark and realistic. The answers weren't always clear and the journey wasn't always happy but they all still had that level of hope, that there is still a way for things to come out on top. The happy endings in his stories were earnt, and things weren't always made clear, lessons weren't forced down childrens throats but at the same time they never felt like they were a waste, like kids and adults can take away from these films and just feel different and feel better for watching them. When I think of art amongst animation, i don't think Studio Ghibli, I don't think Pixar, I don't even think Disney, I think Don Bluth and Gary Goldman, the two men who have made some true masterpieces in their time.

Yes he made a lot of stinkers, hell, i consider Titan A.E. to be the second worst animated film of all time but nevertheless, i never lost hope, i've always said "god, i wish this guy would come back, he needs to make more movies" and this is his chance. Taking one of his most popular projects and making it into a feature length film. This is a man who deserves this, and honest to god, i would much rather see this film get made than all of the upcoming Marvel films, i would gladly cancel them if it meant this one movie was made and it was another masterpiece. Because I need that, and i would hope i'm not alone, i hope other people remember how sad you felt when Littlefoot's mother died, or how happy you were when Feivel found his family, or how admirable you thought Mrs Brisby was because of her bravery. So if you do then please support this project and maybe, just maybe we can get another great film from a legendary film maker.

-Danny