This small screen adaptation of the timeless novel from Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman tells the story of Tanis Half-Elven and his cadre of friends in their quest to find the Disks of Mishakal and stop the Dark Goddess Takhisis from taking over the world of Krynn.
Tanis Half-Elven, voiced by Michael Rosenbaum (Lex Luthor of Smallville fame), is a man trying to come to grips with being, as the book claimed it "half of two things, and all of nothing". He is half-elf and half-human, being accepted by neither and distrusted by both races.
Tanis and his friends Caramon Majere (Rino Romano), Raistlin Majere (Kiefer Sutherland), Sturm Brightblade (Marc Worden), Flint Fireforge (Fred Tatasciore), and Tasslehoff Burrfoot (Jason Marsden), have reunited in the town of Solace after five years, where all spent their time finding themselves and their way in the world. Returning to Solace, they find their friend Tika Waylan (Michelle Trachtenberg) to be all grown up and the new owner of the Inn most of them grew up in. At the inn, they meet Goldmoon (Lucy Lawless) and Riverwind (Phil LaMarr) of the Que-shu tribe of barbarians out of the north. Goldmoon comes to Solace bearing the fabled Blue Crystal Staff. After a rousing tale by the old wizard known only as Fizban the Fabulous, they are accosted by a 'church official', who is accidentally thrown into the hearth by Riverwind and set aflame. Fizban snatches the Blue Crystal Staff away from Goldmoon, striking the official down and magically healing him with the staff's mystical powers... this sets forth a chain of events that remains remarkably faithful to the book, yet still compressed enough to remain within the 90 minute time span.
Semi-decent animation and a few corny lines of dialogue as well as okay delivery are the only things separating this from being a 10.
Dragons of Autumn Twilight - 9/10.
Tanis Half-Elven, voiced by Michael Rosenbaum (Lex Luthor of Smallville fame), is a man trying to come to grips with being, as the book claimed it "half of two things, and all of nothing". He is half-elf and half-human, being accepted by neither and distrusted by both races.
Tanis and his friends Caramon Majere (Rino Romano), Raistlin Majere (Kiefer Sutherland), Sturm Brightblade (Marc Worden), Flint Fireforge (Fred Tatasciore), and Tasslehoff Burrfoot (Jason Marsden), have reunited in the town of Solace after five years, where all spent their time finding themselves and their way in the world. Returning to Solace, they find their friend Tika Waylan (Michelle Trachtenberg) to be all grown up and the new owner of the Inn most of them grew up in. At the inn, they meet Goldmoon (Lucy Lawless) and Riverwind (Phil LaMarr) of the Que-shu tribe of barbarians out of the north. Goldmoon comes to Solace bearing the fabled Blue Crystal Staff. After a rousing tale by the old wizard known only as Fizban the Fabulous, they are accosted by a 'church official', who is accidentally thrown into the hearth by Riverwind and set aflame. Fizban snatches the Blue Crystal Staff away from Goldmoon, striking the official down and magically healing him with the staff's mystical powers... this sets forth a chain of events that remains remarkably faithful to the book, yet still compressed enough to remain within the 90 minute time span.
Semi-decent animation and a few corny lines of dialogue as well as okay delivery are the only things separating this from being a 10.
Dragons of Autumn Twilight - 9/10.