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tempestuously) wrote2007-04-02 04:41 pm
tempestuously) wrote2007-04-02 04:41 pm
My fantasy iz pasted on yay
I'm such a freak. I had to dredge through my archives at work and noticed one of the file cabinets had a Pizza Hut sticker and promptly stole it. It's now on my work desk. Nobody knows!
I saw Eragon last night. I'm miffed that my father had to cut into my precious RP time to make me sit through that drek. My only consolation is the knowledge that if something that derivative and unfeeling could be published and made into a movie, my chances of publishing Psychosis are good as any, provided I ever get it finished. I could not connect with a single character, not even the dragon, who I assume was supposed to be bitchy cool and ended up just plain bitchy. I spent the entire movie pointing out which movie/story provided which scene and exactly what was going to happen. I can only hope the book's pacing was better than the first half of the movie because that was just bad. This movie gets a D - from me and only for the badass dragon at the end. I waited that whole movie to see a badass dragon. Also, it's completely unfair that if a Rider dies so does his dragon, but if a dragon dies his Rider is A-OK. I'm sure this is to provide angst, but I just think the dragon's are getting shafted here. I could have also done without the stupid names, the randomly inserted made-up language and the main girl. The main girl was just a waste of space, more so than the rest of the cast, and that's a feat. To be fair, I liked the dragon telepathy though. I'm a sucker for communicating with animals through telepathy. But F- for the cheesy pop song at the end. It's a fantasy, you morons!
I should have just rented Happy Feet three times instead of getting anything else this weekend.
I saw Eragon last night. I'm miffed that my father had to cut into my precious RP time to make me sit through that drek. My only consolation is the knowledge that if something that derivative and unfeeling could be published and made into a movie, my chances of publishing Psychosis are good as any, provided I ever get it finished. I could not connect with a single character, not even the dragon, who I assume was supposed to be bitchy cool and ended up just plain bitchy. I spent the entire movie pointing out which movie/story provided which scene and exactly what was going to happen. I can only hope the book's pacing was better than the first half of the movie because that was just bad. This movie gets a D - from me and only for the badass dragon at the end. I waited that whole movie to see a badass dragon. Also, it's completely unfair that if a Rider dies so does his dragon, but if a dragon dies his Rider is A-OK. I'm sure this is to provide angst, but I just think the dragon's are getting shafted here. I could have also done without the stupid names, the randomly inserted made-up language and the main girl. The main girl was just a waste of space, more so than the rest of the cast, and that's a feat. To be fair, I liked the dragon telepathy though. I'm a sucker for communicating with animals through telepathy. But F- for the cheesy pop song at the end. It's a fantasy, you morons!
I should have just rented Happy Feet three times instead of getting anything else this weekend.
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And yes, I agree the dragon-master death thing is completely arbitrary. What sane sentient creature would possibly agree to such a deal? The dragons are so powerful, they can just say "No more of these stinkin' humans" and go hang out in caves and no one would do anything. They're not DOGS, dude.
I'm waiting for Peter Jackson's Temeraire stuff for my Dragon Awesome kicks. Now THAT was a good book.