Today I watched Eragon, the extremely cliché unjustifiedly high-budget fantasy schlock, combining Harry Potter with Lord of the Rings to make a movie with the worst title ever. It wasn't as bad as I was hoping - no Dungeons and Dragons, more on a par with the Chronicles of Narnia movie had it been based on a third-generation hackjob rip-off of the most popular Narnia book. Eragon, a humble farmboy quite satisfied with his lot in life, magically becomes a hero of the realm for no good reason, and a dragon-rider. Next month's overbudget movie - a sci-fi movie about Tpaceship, a humble computer programmer quite satisfied with his lot in life, magically becoming a hero of the solar system for no good reason, and a spaceship-pilot.
Mind, I'm not saying there's anything wrong with third-generation hackjob rip-offs of well known books - I'd rather read Sword of Shannara than Lord of the Rings, and I think it would make a better movie. And I preferred Eragon to the Lord of the Rings trilogy, though that might change if and when Eragon becomes the scheduled trilogy. The comparison is worth making though, because though I preferred Eragon, anyone who liked the Lord of the Rings trilogy will look upon Eragon as a pale shadow. Because it is. Oh no, watch out, an... Org? Ourc? I don't know what they were called, but it was uncannily similar to orc whatever it was.
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