Eragon trailer *A better dragonheart* (1 Viewer)

[Nate Anderson]

Okay, as someone who is actually reading the book the movie is based on, I can say that, yeah, there is a strong influence from LOTR on the story, but I would HARDLY call it a rip-off...the plots are very different. I say give it a chance before dimissing it...

 

[Adam_S]

in terms of names, he ripped off the name Arya from George R R Martin who has a badass little girl called, Arya.

I'll voice my support for A Song of Ice and Fire as well, consistently the best writing today in any genre... well Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell and Shadow of the Wind were equally well written.

I think its funny the latest trailer cuts out ALL dialogue. But then listening to the first trailer I understand why, if you actually have to hear people saying such lines you can't help but burst out laughing.

I mean, what evil dictator DOESN'T tell his underlings what he's afraid of? geesh.

 

[Garrett Lundy]

I was hoping the "silent" trailer implied a foriegn film. Dragons that smoke cigarettes and sleep around with other dragons that have accents is a sure-fire recipe for big box-office returns.

 

[Gabriel>P]

That would be because the story belongs to Lucas.

The film doesn't just rip-off LOTR. That is mainly in the characters names and places. The books themselves directly read as if it was the OT Star Wars.

Book 1 reads just like A New Hope and the second just like Empire. Except the kid can't write so it isn't even 1/10th as fun as the original stories it completely and utterly rips-off.

 

[Sean Laughter]

Gabriel beat me to it, but yeah, basically Eragon's names = LOTR and Eragon's Story = Star Wars.

Basically, the entire Eragon exercise was a publicity stunt to grab a bunch of "youngest author ever" headlines (and I'm not sure if that's even true) as a way to get a push for promotion and selling the book to the kiddies. Unfortunately, everyone saw how well that worked and we've had quite a few of these "buy this book, a 12 year old wrote it!!" stunts recently - of course, one of them is caught up in possible plagiarism charges now, haha!!

 

[Nate Anderson]

Yeah, even I noticed that... but I'm enjoying it anyway...for now.

 

[Chuck Mayer]

GL invented the "heroes journey" template?

I was unaware that it did not exist prior to 1977. This is no defense of Eragon, which is clearly a SW rip, but let's not pretend GL (and Tolkien, and Heinlein, and...) didn't "borrow" from numerous different sources himself, many of which predated Star Wars by centuries.

 

[Rutgar]

True. But it had damn good music.

I read Dragon Riders of Pern when I was kid. But I really don't remember anything about it. I suppose it's a rip-off of LOTR's. But it's an OLD rip-off of LOTR's and if anything, Star Wars ripped DRoP off. The first book was written in 1968.

 

[Josh.C]

All I know is that I am very stoked to see this movie. The trailor looks great, and I am the world's biggest sucker for a "Dragon" flick. I usually love these kinds of movies, and the shots on the trailer look outstanding.

And imo if you are going to rip off ideas from another movie, LOTR is a pretty good one to pick. I for one never got enough LOTR, and anything that even remotely reminds me of its greatness will be a welcomed experience in my book. WE WANT THE HOBBIT!!!

I will definitely give Eragon a viewing on opening weekend.