Is there not enough medieval sword-and-sorcery fantasy?

Well those songs were in the Hobbit. That's why no one was singing them out loud like disney movies do.
But with LOTR, Rankin Bass wanted to make their own songs so that way it stayed a kids movie.
 
Now that you mention,,, I do think I remember the "Break the plates, thats what Bilbo Bagins hates" being written in the story. LotR I only remember that I really liked the design of Gondor and the "Bearer of the Ring" song was rather good.
 
Originally Posted by Silverstar
I love fantasy stuff, but I admit that I'm a little tired of the setting of such shows always being medieval.


Galtar and the Golden Lance, World of Quest, Smurfs, Conan and the Young Adventurers, The Legend of Zelda, Dragon's Lair, Dungeons & Dragons. (The latter 3 of course being based on video game titles.) Several RPGs have medieval or pseudo-medieval settings.
 
Originally Posted by Me
I love fantasy stuff, but I admit that I'm a little tired of the setting of such shows always being medieval.

Galtar and the Golden Lance, World of Quest, Smurfs, Conan and the Young Adventurers, The Legend of Zelda, Dragon's Lair, Dungeons & Dragons. (The latter 3 of course being based on video game titles.) Several RPGs have medieval or pseudo-medieval settings.


Yeah, what's your point? I'd just like to see a fantasy show that doesn't have a medieval setting for a change. How is the decade those shows were made in relevant?
 
The fact that they were done quite a long time ago and that we haven't really touched the medieval setting when it comes to fantasy in such a long time. We've mostly been modern or futuristic fantasy nowadays we've had 20 years to wait for a medieval setting.
 
I'd say time-frame is definately important. If we only get one or two western fantasy shows since the 80s (He-Man, W.I.T.C.H.) then you can't say it's overdone; especially when a lot of those 80s shows were...forgetable, to say the least. The only type of fantasy I might say is overplayed these days is Asian mythology, considering the glut of recent shows that involve it (Jackie Chan Adventures, Xiaolin Showdown, Ninja Turtles, Samurai Jack, Avatar, Jake Long to a degree, and so forth) but as for western-esque fantasy, it's definately a rarity; especially ones that are actually good and put effort into building their world. We got a ton of the Asian-esque shows in a few years, but what was the fantasy show before WITCH? He-Man quite a few years earlier. Before that? Er... I don't recall.
 
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