IGN Peeps the "Eragon" Trailer

haelohm on 05-12-2006 03:18 PM

[b]Awesome[/b]
This movie is going to be great! I loved the book and I cant wait!!

Eternity on 05-12-2006 10:23 PM

I'm still deciding which will be worse, this or Dungeon Siege.

synergyred on 05-13-2006 08:49 AM

Actually Eragon will probably be very enjoyable. The books, for what they were, were fun, easy reads. Just ignore all of the similarities to Star Wars. Or at leasst try...

knowingtoast85 on 05-13-2006 04:17 PM

I've heard terrible things about the books. Not to be facetious, but I noticed that the name "Eragon" is essentially "Dragon" with the first letter changed. I'm not sure how imaginative that is. Not to say that should reflect poorly on the rest of the books, but hey, I've heard bad things, so there.

riversong on 06-7-2006 11:59 AM

Hye. just to let u know the bokks r amazin! once u have started reading u just cant put the book down, it is just an adventure after adventure after adventure. i cant wait till the film.

dc00777 on 05-13-2006 08:03 PM

All the reviews Ive read for the book have said it rips of Lord of the Rings. Shouldnt be suprissed since the author wrote it when he was 15, at that age all aspiring writers are ripping off other peoples work.

synergyred on 05-13-2006 08:49 PM

No. It's not a rip off of Lord of the Rings. It's a rip off of Star Wars. Get your facts straight :)

dragon_fever on 05-22-2006 07:04 PM

Dude how does it rip of Star Wars. Star Wars is like wayyy into the furture and Eragon is in the Middle Ages. They don't even have cars, they aren't able to fly to other planets.

redeyedragoon5 on 05-29-2006 09:16 PM

have u ever seen star wars? as futuristic as it may seem the begining of all 6 movies start with "A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away."

mikeythatnewkoolguy on 08-24-2006 12:22 PM

[b]NOT a rip off SW. A big Rip of of LOTR[/b]
This book has NOTHING to do with SW. It has everything to do with LOTR the elves are inmortal, the dawarves love stone and live underground, Eragon sounds just like Arogon. and it is also in the middle ages fantcy area. it has no connections with SW whatsoever whoever says it does needs major mental help (i.e. dragondude).

The first book is really good and i think it will be a great movie, the second book isn't that good at all.

dc00777 on 05-13-2006 09:05 PM

LOL I wouldnt know I havent read the book and Im only going by what Entertainment Wekly said.

haelohm on 05-14-2006 12:10 AM

[b]Shutup[/b]
Unless you have read the books there is nothing you can say about this. The real reviews (NY Times, etc.) said this is an exciting read in the vein of Lord of the Rings. As for Eragon the name comes from one of the dragon riders from Anne Mcaphery's Dragon Riders series...his story is a continuation of the world she ended...these books are very good and entertaining and if you read them you would understand that.

drebay40 on 05-14-2006 09:06 AM

[b]Me too![/b]
I enjoyed the books, and am looking forward to the movie! I just hope the Saphira looks good, or the whole movie will suck.

haelohm on 05-14-2006 11:03 AM

[b]yes[/b]
fox is great with special effects so i think saphira will be awesome!!

neolights on 05-14-2006 07:01 PM

HA! Sienna Guillory! This should be gooooood.

Bane Of Anubis on 05-14-2006 08:32 PM

[b]The real reviews...[/b]
Uh oh, I smell a bit of pretension here... So he didn't rip off LOTR or SW, he ripped off AM. Good for him -- thinking outside the box. It'd be nice to have publishers for parents, wouldn't it? Oh well, hopefully it'll be entertaining.

soowhanee on 05-15-2006 12:08 AM

i haven't read the books. but apparently the kid went from school to school, selling his eragon (the novel) to support his family, since he was 15, 16? someone help me out. i got the story right, just the details wrong.

i hate rich brats who inherit literature and go to harvard and publish books instead of writing papers too, i'm just saying that that isn't the case for this one.

haelohm on 05-15-2006 03:35 PM

[b]no...[/b]
his parents are also writers and they started publishing the book under their own company until Knopf picked them up and gave them a distrubution deal....

Now it's dark on 05-17-2006 08:04 AM

I couldn't get passed the first book. It was retarded.

redeyedragoon5 on 05-29-2006 09:18 PM

[b]Dont know what ur all talking about[/b]
the two books out so far (Eragon and Eldest) are amazing. great stories. keep u interested. never really read much sci fi b4 this, but its a great book. Also, Anne Mcaphery praised the books, so i dont c how he could have ripped her off.

randomidity on 07-17-2006 12:24 PM

[b]An Educated Rant[/b]
Okay, this is being written by two people who have read the books several times and got so tired of all the bs we had to say something.
A) the only similarity to Star Wars is that both Luke and Eragon are orphans... which isn't much. and yes I have watched Star Wars several times
B)yes it is an epic fanasty and in the same genre as LOTR, but not a rip, almost all epic fantasy can be broken down to a basic level withouit much difference, which takes the soul out of a book
C) it's not sci-fi
D) it's not a rip of Anne McCaffrey, nor a continuation. Yes Eragon is a Dragon Rider, but he doesn't fight Thread and the dragons were NOT genetically engineered from firelizards. Yes we've read AM too. Also her books take place on PERN not Alagaesia.
E) For those that say it's a rip from AM and SW: They do not contain elves or dwarves or magic.
That is all, we hope you have learned something, and stop listening to rumors when you don't know anything about the subject that you write or speak of.

Seth_Willson13 on 09-14-2006 05:16 PM

[b]Clarification[/b]
First off, I am excited about this movie, loved the books, and I have high hopes for the movie though i'm a bit worried about the experience of the director, but we'll see.

Second if you have not read the books to not read anymore, because there may be some parts of the book I mention....

Still with me? Good, to those who say it's a lord of the rings rip off, Eragon has the standard immortal graceful elves, and the stone dwelling dwarves almost ALL fantasy stories have, they've been that way for ages. Long before Lord of the Rings have those fantasy story aspects been true.

Now to the people who say it is not a Star Wars rip off, in most regards no it is not, it does have A LOT of similar story points though. Here is the spoiler part.... First off Eragon and Luke were both orphans yes, however Eragon was also taught by a former member of a group now wiped out by the only KNOWN survivor. So Eragon was trained by Brom, who was a dragon rider, and the dragon riders were destroyed by Galbitrox. In Star Wars, Luke is trained by obi wan, one of the last living Jedi, and the jedi order was destroyed by the Vader, who he himself was a former member, and just like Galbitrox Vader gained power in his organization very quickly.

Brom also dies, like obi wan, because like obi wan brom's death is needed for Eragon to fully develop in his abilities. Eragon has a great natural ability in magic like luke does with the force, though they share similar story, they are not a rip off, but they are not different in those respects either.

Amulius on 10-29-2006 02:46 PM

[b]I may see it[/b]
I'm not sure.

I mean, I've already seen Star Wars, and Eragon is essentially Star Wars but in a medieval fantasy setting.

A_Redthorn on 12-15-2006 03:04 PM

[b]ok-[/b]
It's not a rip of anything.

Old quote from an amazing author, HG Wells:
"Good authors borrow, great authors STEAL."

What the hell do you think inspiration is?
That said, Lucas ruined a lot of good plot devices for everyone.
Now you can't have a family relationship revealed without it being a "Luke... I am your father..." moment. And yes, there is one in the second book, just substitute brother for father... but the plot device is as old as literature is. Hell, older.
You can't have a mentor from an old and fallen order wtihout it being an Obi-Wan or a Yoda (of which there is one of each in the first and second books)... especially if he dies or similar. But again, the idea is old.

It's kinda like how no one can write about love in the midst of conflict anymore without someone calling it a Romeo and Juliet rip. It's frankly stupid how that happens, but it does.

LotR rip, my arse. If having elves and dwarves makes something a LotR rip, Wizards of the Coast owes Tolkein some serious cash for DnD, as does every major fantasy author EVER.

That said, even if this is Star Wars with dragons and magic... I frankly have to say that SW fan as I am, that Paolini did a better job with the plot than Lucas ever did. Frankly, Lucas is about as bad a writer as they come. He had a great vision, but he didn't do it as well as it could have been done... it was successful precisely because when he did it, it was revolutionary- it was a new concept (not really- once again- since people have been writing about rebellions against evil empires and a hero arising from out of nowhere for... oh, well... ever.)... but it was a new concept to most people. And one that hooked people.
I don't think Eragon is a SW rip, or any thing else for that matter- perhaps inspired by, perhaps incidentally similar to... but it is it's own story, and even were it a rip, I'd still like it because it's even better still than the original was.