Eregon not too shabby
#1
Posted 18 December 2006 - 09:42 AM
I saw it yesterday and I thought it was really cool. My spousal unit says its totally different from the book, but I could give a fuck. I still thought it was entertaining.
#2
Posted 19 December 2006 - 01:19 PM
Come on Abbey
dish, dish I really wanna see it.
You've got to give me more than that.
dish, dish I really wanna see it.
You've got to give me more than that.
Duct tape is like the force....
There's a lightside, a darkside
and it holds everything together
There are too many people in the world...We need another plague -Dwight K. Shrute [The Office]
#3
Posted 19 December 2006 - 08:25 PM
from all accounts its star wars with dragons.
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#4
Posted 19 December 2006 - 08:38 PM
It was written by a teenager, who was selling his book at fairs and shows. The Writer's Digest story told of how one particular fellow seemed somewhat interested but passed. So the young and lanky author offered to arm-wrestle for it; he wins, the fellow buys his book. I don't think he was signed at the time either.
My Uncle David was reading Eregon a year or so ago. We talked, and he wandered on about how several names, and proper nouns were similar to what we've all heard before. One of my podcasts, this one more legitimate than most, tore into the film for not letting critics get to see it before the release.
Regardless; score one for the kid this time.
My Uncle David was reading Eregon a year or so ago. We talked, and he wandered on about how several names, and proper nouns were similar to what we've all heard before. One of my podcasts, this one more legitimate than most, tore into the film for not letting critics get to see it before the release.
Regardless; score one for the kid this time.
#5
Posted 20 December 2006 - 12:50 AM
jesus... that dude must have been pretty weak to loose an arm wrestle to 15 year old dweeb.
(I've seen the dude)
(I've seen the dude)
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#10
Posted 29 December 2006 - 02:54 PM
OT.
SPOILERS:
Eragon is about a FARM BOY who goes on an adventure to avenge his UNCLE who was killed by a corrupt EMPIRE. He is joined on this adventure by an OLD MAN (from whom he learns about a forgotten magic) who DIES AT THE END TO SAVE HIM AND HIS FRIENDS.
Basically the only difference is that it's set in Middle Earth and the protagonist wants to be a magical rider of dragons instead of a magical rider of X-Wings.
SPOILERS:
Eragon is about a FARM BOY who goes on an adventure to avenge his UNCLE who was killed by a corrupt EMPIRE. He is joined on this adventure by an OLD MAN (from whom he learns about a forgotten magic) who DIES AT THE END TO SAVE HIM AND HIS FRIENDS.
Basically the only difference is that it's set in Middle Earth and the protagonist wants to be a magical rider of dragons instead of a magical rider of X-Wings.
#12
Posted 29 December 2006 - 08:23 PM
I can't believe that the Eragon story
was allowed to be published!
That brief summary by HMC sounds
like a whole lotta copyrighting
laws being broken.
But the real question:
is the movie worth seeing.
I think it looks good
but I've definitely been wrong before.
was allowed to be published!
That brief summary by HMC sounds
like a whole lotta copyrighting
laws being broken.
But the real question:
is the movie worth seeing.
I think it looks good
but I've definitely been wrong before.
Duct tape is like the force....
There's a lightside, a darkside
and it holds everything together
There are too many people in the world...We need another plague -Dwight K. Shrute [The Office]
#14
Posted 29 December 2006 - 10:32 PM
To be fair, STAR WARS was NOT original. Please read DUNE and watch FLASH GORDON, and etc.
"I had a lot of different ideas. At one point, Luke, Leia and Ben were all going to be little people, and we did screen tests to see if we could do that." -George Lucas, in STAR WARS: the Annotated Screenplays (p197).
#15
Posted 30 December 2006 - 04:37 AM
Dune... Nobleman, taught by the Bene Gesserit, arrives on desert planet with his family... stands for nobility in every way... his house's being destroyed by another house... he flees into the desert with his mother, joins up with the local terrorist-cell, teaches them his Bene Gesserit stuff, becomes their great big leader, has visions of the future and all that...
... yeah, I think I see where you're coming from, but for some reason, Dune and Star Wars are two heavily separated things in my mind. Dune just had the better story (although the second book did its best to diminish that point).
Of course, creating a hero that goes through some drama and becomes the savior of it all is a very common plot, but that doesn't mean that Star Wars wasn't original. Many roads lead to a happy ending.
... yeah, I think I see where you're coming from, but for some reason, Dune and Star Wars are two heavily separated things in my mind. Dune just had the better story (although the second book did its best to diminish that point).
Of course, creating a hero that goes through some drama and becomes the savior of it all is a very common plot, but that doesn't mean that Star Wars wasn't original. Many roads lead to a happy ending.
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