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Batz
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 Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 12:20 am Post subject: Do you think the Inheritence Trilogy is cliche? |
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| I have heard some people say that Christopher Paolini books Eragon and Eldest are cliche, and that his third book is going to be even more cliche. Do you think his Inheritence Trilogy is cliche? |
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OddballBen
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| Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 2:02 am Post subject: |
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Ya, but it's a good cliche.  |
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SirJoseph
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| Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 9:15 am Post subject: |
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it makes me puke a little in my mouth. yes, cliche. "dragon riders" eewww
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Purplefluffychainsaw
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| Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 10:03 am Post subject: |
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"Eragon, I am your brother."
Not that Star Wars isn't cliched to begin with. But Eragon is a /bad/ rip off of Star Wars.
And it's not a trilogy any more, he's writing four books. One can only hope that the incredible delay means that someone's forcing him to actually /work/ on the third book.
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faiuwle
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| Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 9:25 pm Post subject: |
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I'm more bothered by his (and his fans') pride in his invented language when he has no understanding of basic linguistics.
I actually don't mind cliches that much, though I think in this case it goes beyond "cliche" and approaches "plagiarism of Tolkien." |
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Veresae
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| Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 9:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Seriously, it's a scene-by-scene rip off of Star Wars. Just replace the lightsaber with a dragon and make it be in a LotR setting. |
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