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Genis
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 Posted - 07 Aug 2006 : 03:10:11
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Don't you think they should make a movie about things like the drizzt books...or a dragonlance movie "not animated" or something...i think a forgotten realms or dragonlance movie would go over real well with the public if they made it right...i think theres a goldmine that those movie producers and whatnot need to tap into...i mean if they made a forgotten realms movie...that gave the books juctice it would make TONS of money....and it would make me happy...or a dragonlance movie without being animated like the one they are making as we speak...speaking of which anyone know anything about the Eragon movie there making? I like the book but i think its cheap that Eragon already gets a movie and forgotten realms hasnt gotten one yet...thats crap....i cant wait tho...but stil...anyways the point is that dragonlance or forgotte realms needs a movie badly...
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
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Posted - 07 Aug 2006 : 03:22:10
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Don't you think they should make a movie about things like the drizzt books...or a dragonlance movie "not animated" or something...
Why not? Animation can be very artful. And trust me, buddy, you are NOT the first person to call for a Drizzt picture.
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ispeaking of which anyone know anything about the Eragon movie there making?
I haven't heard much about it lately. Anyway, I didn't think Eragon was a great book and I don't expect the movie (when it comes out) to be that great either. |
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Genis
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Posted - 07 Aug 2006 : 03:26:00
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| Well animated is good i know but im just afraid it wont do the books justice...and i know im not the first to suggest a drizzt movie....but still...I WANT ONE....and you didnt think eragon was good?...thats too bad...i mean i admit it wasnt R.A. Salvatore but i though it was ok...and the movie is being handled by some pretty good directors and whatnot...i mean the screenplay dude for the movie did the jurasic parks so i mean its not like they have a half ass team working on the movie...but i suppose if you didnt like the book you probably wont like the movie |
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GothicDan
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Posted - 07 Aug 2006 : 03:30:24
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and you didnt think eragon was good?...thats too bad...i mean i admit it wasnt R.A. Salvatore but i though it was ok
Did you just use RAS as a sort of paragon of fantasy literature?
*Boggle*
I love Forgotten Realms too much to ever want it to be a movie. I already dislike many novels because they offer such a small, author-biased interpretation of an aspect of the Realms. (We see this in RAS fans, who seem to deify him and think that anything he says cannot possibly be wrong or not Realmsian.)
It will work for Dragonlance because it was created with a single, fairly linear, yet still interesting storyline in mind in the first place. Not so with FR. |
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Genis
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Posted - 07 Aug 2006 : 03:32:43
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| I might have yes....i think Salvatores newer books are awesome...so for me he is indead a "paragon" at this point in time |
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Genis
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Posted - 07 Aug 2006 : 03:34:57
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| Yeah but even if you think they might mess it up a little bit...you dont want to actually see a fight between Drizzt and Artemis?...or Wulfgar and Tree Block Breaker?...i mean its almost to irresistable of an idea to not want for me... |
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GothicDan
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Posted - 07 Aug 2006 : 03:37:33
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I really, really do not like RAS's works.
The most recent Dragonlance book has had about half a dozen fight scenes, each of which lasted all of half a page.
And I'm loving it. :)
My favorite authors include Jacqueline Carey, George RR Martin, China Mieville, and Michael Moorcock. |
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Genis
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Posted - 07 Aug 2006 : 03:39:45
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| you dont like RAS? thats too bad...and yeah dragonlance doesnt have nearly as many fight scenes....but thats why forgotten realms would kinda be cool because they have tons and it would be like an action movie for us nerds...and George RR Martin is good...i just started reading him because my cousin suggested it...you ever read any Dean Koontz? i mean its not reallt fantasy but im just curious |
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GothicDan
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Posted - 07 Aug 2006 : 03:46:24
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I haven't read any Dean Koontz, no.
And I always considered the non-action things to be nerdier, don't you? I mean, 'action' is sports and the military and fighting.. How nerdy is violence?
RAS's books just feel incredibly juvenile. And considering his typical target audience range, age-wise, that's not being offensive, merely truthful. |
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"That attitude should be stomped on, whenever and wherever it's encountered, because it makes people holding such views bad citizens, not just bad roleplayers (considering D&D was structured as a 'forced cooperation' game, and although successive editions are pointing it more and more towards a me-first, min-max game, the drift away from 'we all need each other to succeed' will at some point make it 'no longer' D&D)." - ED GREENWOOD |
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Genis
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Posted - 07 Aug 2006 : 03:49:57
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| i know non-action is nerdier but i mean like an action movie that nerds cn be like...YES..instead of action movies with sex and fist fights that might scare and or confuse the average nerd...baically a fantasy action movie would be easier to relate to with nerds loll |
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
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Posted - 07 Aug 2006 : 03:50:51
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Originally posted by Genis
and you didnt think eragon was good?...thats too bad...i mean i admit it wasnt R.A. Salvatore but i though it was ok...
Right...it wasn't horrible but it wasn't good either. It was just OK, and quite overlong for such a basic story. And for the record, I don't consider RAS's novels to be masterworks either.
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but i suppose if you didnt like the book you probably wont like the movie
It's quite possible I'd like the movie better than the book, especially since it probably won't feature Paolini's obsession with adverbs (esp. to dress up the word "said", because "said" is so plain), and prose that relentlessly described things that weren't necessary to the story. I'll like the movie if the director is better at making films than Christopher Paolini is at writing books. |
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GothicDan
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Posted - 07 Aug 2006 : 03:53:16
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| Rino.. <3 |
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
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Posted - 07 Aug 2006 : 03:53:34
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Originally posted by Genis
Yeah but even if you think they might mess it up a little bit...you dont want to actually see a fight between Drizzt and Artemis?...or Wulfgar and Tree Block Breaker?...i mean its almost to irresistable of an idea to not want for me...
That's fine.  I just don't feel the same way (I'm not itching to see those fights on the big screen). |
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
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Posted - 07 Aug 2006 : 03:56:02
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Originally posted by GothicDan
Rino.. <3
Thanks. |
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Genis
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Posted - 07 Aug 2006 : 03:56:39
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| yeah i did kinda notice he over did the descriptions on things and now my brother who doesnt read much but read that things all the other books dont have enough description...i try to guide him into the fun world of good literature but its harder with one of his first books he's ever finished being Eragon....poor guy lol |
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Genis
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Posted - 07 Aug 2006 : 03:59:48
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| your not itching to see anything like that on big screen? thats sad...i would love to see at least something that ive read nand loved being on big screen i mean even if it turns out bad...that book will still be good but if it turns out good then its just sweet |
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
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Posted - 07 Aug 2006 : 04:06:48
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your not itching to see anything like that on big screen? thats sad...i would love to see at least something that ive read nand loved being on big screen
Emphasis mine. Why is my opinion "sad"? You loved these fights in the books, I didn't. I think RAS goes way overboard in describing them in perfect detail.
Then again, maybe these fights are more fun to watch than to read about. |
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Genis
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Posted - 07 Aug 2006 : 04:12:29
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| whoa sorry i honestly didnt mean to offend...i didnt mean you opinion is sad...i just mean its sad in general...and i think those fight woudl be cool to watch on amovie and i agree he drscribs the fights a little much but i dont let that bother me...or anything |
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
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Posted - 07 Aug 2006 : 04:13:58
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whoa sorry i honestly didnt mean to offend...i didnt mean you opinion is sad...i just mean its sad in general...
Why? I'm not upset, just curious. |
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Genis
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Posted - 07 Aug 2006 : 04:20:49
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| idk but i think i ment it for the other guy...he said he wasnt itching to see the fights or anything and i thought thats sad that you wouldnt wanna see a fight between drizzt and Artemis...i think that would be sweet....even if you think it might ruint he book it would still at least be sliughtly interesting to see....but yeah |
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
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Posted - 07 Aug 2006 : 04:37:30
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idk but i think i ment it for the other guy...he said he wasnt itching to see the fights or anything and i thought thats sad that you wouldnt wanna see a fight between drizzt and Artemis
I'm the one who said that. |
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Genis
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Posted - 07 Aug 2006 : 04:52:15
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| o sorry lol...well anyways you know what i mean....i guess....yeah speaking of sad its kinda sad that both the people in this lil chat with me think little of Salvatore...lol no offense but its sucks for me....what other authors do you like then? |
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
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Posted - 07 Aug 2006 : 04:57:20
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o sorry lol...well anyways you know what i mean....i guess....yeah speaking of sad its kinda sad that both the people in this lil chat with me think little of Salvatore...lol no offense but its sucks for me...
Why? How do our opinions affect you? Not everyone here would disagree with you, but they haven't joined the discussion yet.
I like man authors, but the ones jumping into my brain right now are Ed Greenwood, Steven Schend, Elaine Cunningham, Richard Lee Byers, Lisa Smedman, and Thomas M. Reid. |
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Genis
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Posted - 07 Aug 2006 : 05:00:21
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| it doesnt literally suck like affect me but i mean we would connect more if we enjoyed the same authors is kind what i mean...and i like greenwood and cunningham...this is off subject but i asked the other guy this same question...have you hever read any dean koontz? btw |
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
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Posted - 07 Aug 2006 : 05:04:24
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Originally posted by Genis
it doesnt literally suck like affect me but i mean we would connect more if we enjoyed the same authors is kind what i mean...and i like greenwood and cunningham...this is off subject but i asked the other guy this same question...have you hever read any dean koontz? btw
No, sorry. |
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Genis
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Posted - 07 Aug 2006 : 05:06:22
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lol try koontz someday....hes not fantasy but its sci fi and hes pretty good....i DARE you to try one of his books....if u decide to i suggest "The Taken"
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
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Posted - 07 Aug 2006 : 05:20:48
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| Thanks for the recommendation. |
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GothicDan
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Posted - 07 Aug 2006 : 05:21:27
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Sci-Fi?
I'm a physics major... I tend not to like Sci-Fi because 99% of the time it's just dressed-up fantasy with technological bits. :) |
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"Fiends and Undead are the peanut butter and jelly of evil." - Me
"That attitude should be stomped on, whenever and wherever it's encountered, because it makes people holding such views bad citizens, not just bad roleplayers (considering D&D was structured as a 'forced cooperation' game, and although successive editions are pointing it more and more towards a me-first, min-max game, the drift away from 'we all need each other to succeed' will at some point make it 'no longer' D&D)." - ED GREENWOOD |
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Genis
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Posted - 07 Aug 2006 : 05:27:21
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| yeah ive noticed that about sci fi...its like fantasy but in the future for the most part...i like fantasy way better but sci fi is sometimes reletively intriguing...but yeah i agree with the dressed up fantasy with technology bits...like i said its like fantasy but futuristic |
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GothicDan
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Posted - 07 Aug 2006 : 05:57:57
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| What's the basis premise of his work like? |
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"Fiends and Undead are the peanut butter and jelly of evil." - Me
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Genis
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Posted - 07 Aug 2006 : 06:00:25
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| now your just trying to confuse me arent u?...idk what his basis premise of his word like...whats that have to do with....o nvm...i respect greatly respect you for you intellect but now your just being mean :P |
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