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To Eragon or Not To Eragon
Apr. 3rd, 2010 01:52 pmTonight's SyFy Saturday movie is Eragon.
Havingsuffered throughread the book, I can tell you that not only is it Star Wars With Dragons, it is badly written Star Wars With Dragons.
But here's what makes my ambivalence about whether or not to watch the movie so ridiculous:
a) I've been watching craptastic SciFi/SyFy Originals every week for years now, so it's not like I have taste.
b) I'm 99.9% sure that the movie is going to be better than the book because how could it not be?
c) If nothing else, the special effects are going to be better than your average SyFy Original.
d) If I hadn't read the book, and someone described this movie as "Star Wars with dragons", I'd be intrigued and want to see it.
And yet. And yet, I have this animosity/antipathy towards the entire notion of the thing because in case I wasn't clear, the book is terrible, not so bad it's awesome, not oh it's just that the story/characters weren't appealing to me (I'm looking at you, Children of Men), just flat out bad, and like, seriously, the complete and totally blatant Star Wars ripping off is appalling.
Which leaves me back where I started: To Watch (and of course, to mock mercilessly)? Or Not To Watch (and potentially save myself some rage)?
ETA: I neglected to mention that it's got my most hated trope ever: the Orphan-White-Boy-Child-With-Special-Powers-And-A-Big-Honkin-Destiny
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But here's what makes my ambivalence about whether or not to watch the movie so ridiculous:
a) I've been watching craptastic SciFi/SyFy Originals every week for years now, so it's not like I have taste.
b) I'm 99.9% sure that the movie is going to be better than the book because how could it not be?
c) If nothing else, the special effects are going to be better than your average SyFy Original.
d) If I hadn't read the book, and someone described this movie as "Star Wars with dragons", I'd be intrigued and want to see it.
And yet. And yet, I have this animosity/antipathy towards the entire notion of the thing because in case I wasn't clear, the book is terrible, not so bad it's awesome, not oh it's just that the story/characters weren't appealing to me (I'm looking at you, Children of Men), just flat out bad, and like, seriously, the complete and totally blatant Star Wars ripping off is appalling.
Which leaves me back where I started: To Watch (and of course, to mock mercilessly)? Or Not To Watch (and potentially save myself some rage)?
ETA: I neglected to mention that it's got my most hated trope ever: the Orphan-White-Boy-Child-With-Special-Powers-And-A-Big-Honkin-Destiny
