eragon trailer

arshlevon

never read the books, but my brother keeps telling me how good they are. could be neat. i like that the dragon has feathers.

http://pdl.stream.aol.com/aol/us/moviefo...4joidfj3_dl.mov

hawken

looks like a good saturday afternoon flick, hope the battle scenes are somewhat more entertaining than Narnia. I guess a lot of the random effects in the trailer (horrible lens flare etc) were added by the trailer editors, can't imagine that sort of junk in the film.

Someone needs to put sex back into Sword & Sorcery films, what ever happened to the good old days of Conan and bare chested women?

Toomas

But... but... boobies give you R rating and you cant have that, now can you?
I hate ratings, it promotes self censoring to show your shits for bigger audience.

BTW this movie might turn out OK, even tho i dont think the "bad king" dood fits in very well and also i dont like teenager heroes. They sound like "mommy, mommy, where is my peacemaker?" and i just fucking cant take them seriously.

thnom

Looks wank. I especially didn't like the "I'm the dragon rider and I say we go"... "It's my party and you can't have a drink!" that kind of shit. Eragon looks younger than me ¬_¬

MoP

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hahaha!

Mister Sentient

The funny thing about films is that the visual FX keep getting better and better yet the narrative and characters seem to dwell in some kind of childish quagmire.

Wells

The book wasn't anything special... Its pretty much a blatant copy of every cliche'd aspect you could find in modern fantasy books, a la Jordan. In fact, parts of it read like he just replaced names. Still, I read it, so I guess they weren't horrible.

Movie looks fun.

Not bad for a fifteen year old.

ebagg

If I didn't know any better I'd say "Sci Fi channel got a bigger budget and better casting for their origin movies!" My thoughts echo what you guys are saying. Personally I'm not a fan at all of the cliche plot where "young person turns out to be "the chosen one" and beats the crap out of a much more battle hardened and experienced enemy. Hawken is right, more fantasy man boob and sorceress titty plzkthx!

rolfness

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looks like a good saturday afternoon flick, hope the battle scenes are somewhat more entertaining than Narnia. I guess a lot of the random effects in the trailer (horrible lens flare etc) were added by the trailer editors, can't imagine that sort of junk in the film.

Someone needs to put sex back into Sword & Sorcery films, what ever happened to the good old days of Conan and bare chested women?

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I second this boobies and swords work just as well as boobies and guns !!! who cares about R rated ?
Im worreid about the cheese factor in this movie..

Josh_Singh

I want a movie like that Muse Video.

wille

where is dennis quaid and sean connery?

Frank

You can't have boobies and blood in fantasy, fantasy is for kids!

So say the parents of Harry Potter fans, anyway.

Frank the Avenger

skankerzero

I tried to listen to this book at work and I couldn't make it past the first chapter.

So many generic cliches were established in that first chapter that I just had to shut it off.

It just felt like some fanboy's DnD campaign that he felt he should write up. Like DragonLance, only not as good.

As far as the trailer goes, it's taking forever to download, so I'll have to comment on it later. I fully believe the movie could be fun to watch.

Josh_Singh

I hate to say it, but it really reminds me of that Dungeons and Dragons movie that sucked ass a while back.
If you want a little sex with your fantasy, I HIGHLY recommend the Song of Ice and Fire Series by George R.R. Martin.

almighty_gir

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Looks wank. I especially didn't like the "I'm the dragon rider and I say we go"... "It's my party and you can't have a drink!" that kind of shit. Eragon looks younger than me ¬_¬

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read the books, that was actually an important line... they used it totally wrong in that trailer.

from what ive seen though, fox have completely changed a lot of major points from the books, like for example: Saphira (the dragon) only learns to breath fire at the very end of the book at the END of the battle, not before its even begun...

you never see King Galbatorix, and he has no dialogue in the books.

Durza, the shade, didnt use magic in the books, in the world of Eragon, knowing magic grants you the power to obliterate anyone/thing with a single word, because of this, even if you kill someone, they might destroy you with their last breath.
dueling with magic was so strict because of this, that you never use magic until you have completely dominated your opponents mind, to the point where they cannot counter. Durza and Eragon only dual in this fashion at the end of the book, the scene in the trailer is mid-story (yes they have more than one encounter).


from the looks of things, this movie isnt going to be too great, but i highly recommend the books. they have already been read more times by me in the last 2 years, than the LOTR series have in my whole life...


ps. eragon is only 15 (i think) in the books, and isnt "the chosen one", as there are more dragon eggs left, they just havent hatched at this point.

i would also like to point out, that he spends the end of the first book and much of the second, being a cripple.

i would also like to point out that i think the books rock, hard.

thnom

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Looks wank. I especially didn't like the "I'm the dragon rider and I say we go"... "It's my party and you can't have a drink!" that kind of shit. Eragon looks younger than me ¬_¬

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read the books, that was actually an important line... they used it totally wrong in that trailer.

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I don't read books without picture, which doesn't include comics

rooster

King Galbatorix? sounds like he belongs in a certain Gaul village..

almighty_gir

rofl, yeah i guess :P

the book is pretty ingenius though, has its own working language incorperated into it, which can only be said about 1 other series that i know of.

all the more impressive that the writer was only 16 when he wrote the book.

Wells

Have you read any Robert Jordan, gir?

its kind of amazingly similar, only much better in my opinion.

I'd say his books are pretty obviously written by a 15-16 year old.

almighty_gir

i havent, no. but if you can give me any recommended titles, im heading to the library tomorrow morning =]

i dont know what it is about Eragon, and Eldest, the sequal. but they both cought me so hard. even my dad and uncles love the books, i had to buy a second copy of each because i lend the first two out so much hahaha.

Wells

Well, I'd start at the beginning, Robert Jordan's The Eye of the World.

I always thought it a bit odd that the dragon in eragon had feathers, among some other features. I never felt she was described well enough.

Marcus Dublin

I'm a fantasy whore and can't get enough sword and sorcery on film good or bad so I'll be on line for this when it comes out for sure!

PS: Muse Rocks!

Marcus Dublin

Artist - Kaos Studios

aesir

sectaurs... dont go reccomending robert jordan books... first 4 or 5 might of been good.. but come on! Now he just keeps poppin em out for the cash.



George R.R. Martin is the king of fantasy books. My favorite fiction author atm.

motives

qute! may i guess that there will be sweet love between the young rider and the princess?

If we are doing recommendations i would like to name Robin Hobb and her books, for example the farseer trilogy. Kicks ass!

Mister Sentient

Now what we need is a decent screen adaption of one of Terry Pratchett's Discworld books. Possibly animated?

Wells

Haha. I know. He's only got like two more to write, though. I WILL FINISH THAT FUCKING SERIES.

George R.R. Martin certainly takes the cake, I'm still waiting for his new book, which he wrote at the same time as the last. grr.

Robin Hobb is pretty good as well. However, my suggestion for Jordan was specifically because it was a more developed version of Eragon.

almighty_gir

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qute! may i guess that there will be sweet love between the young rider and the princess?

If we are doing recommendations i would like to name Robin Hobb and her books, for example the farseer trilogy. Kicks ass!

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not really, the "princess" is an elf, who is 90 years older than him, and refuses to reciprocate :P

i picked up Eye of the world this morning, ill start reading later.

and in the book, she didnt have feathers, the auther DID describe her well enough for you to know that... looks like FOX are fucking up again.

Discworld books are some of my favorites, of all time. but i'd have to say the one series of books that i keep reading over and over without getting bored, is the Slayer series, from the Warhammer world.

the first book is pretty serious in its tone, but when you get to the second book, and both the skaven, and Snorri are introduced, they become extremely funny, as well as dark and brooding.

exerp: "it appears our lord will not be with us, after an unfortunate accident involving an arrow, and an exploding donkey".

hahaha

seantree

Gir, just read the first Gotrek Omnibus and have to say it was quite a fun read. Snorri is comical, as is the skaven society. Bunch of backstabbing little rats. Anyway, to stay on topic I'll probably check this movie out even though I have never read the books. It looks average at best.

Asherr

started reading Eragon a few hours ago. woefully amatureish at the beginning but it gets better.

Frank

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Haha. I know. He's only got like two more to write, though. I WILL FINISH THAT FUCKING SERIES.

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You know he started the series as a trilogy, right? And after the first two sold so well he's just been dragging it out, right?

Frank the Avenger

Wells

Yeah, but he put a definate number cap. After that He wants to get back to writing prequels and histories about the story. or something.

quit pissin in my cheerios