Eragon/BitTorrent

Posted by Kaz on Dec. 16, 2006, 8:34 p.m.

So I just got home from seeing Eragon with my friend. We are both fans of the books and figured we'd go see it. If you've read the books, I think you'll be a bit disappointed. Many things were left out or completely changed from the book.

1. Eragon decided to go save Arya before even reaching the spine, against Brom's idea. While rescuing Arya, Eragon gets attacked by Durza the shade. Eragon is about to be killed but Brom jumps in and saves Eragon's life, but eventually killing himself. From what I remember, Brom gets hurt in a big battle against Urgals, not fighting Durza.

2. At the end of the book, Murtagh could not be found inside the mountain and later is found out he has joined Galbatorix. But in the movie Murtagh stays with the Varden.

3. Eragon uses his magic without even learning the words somehow.

4. At the beginning of the movie, Saphira grew into a full dragon in seconds by bursting into flames. I seriously said "What the fuck?" when that happened.

The movie was ok, the CG was pretty cool, but I wanted it to be like the book.

BitTorrent<hr>

I've been downloading tons of stuff on BitTorrent. Sometime last night I finished downloading A Sacnner Darkly and watched it today. Weird movie but pretty cool.

I'm downloading FF:Advent Children right now. I wanted to see this a while ago but I couldn't play .avi on my other computer. So now I get to [:)] It should be done in 2-3 hours.

DAMN JAPS. Its English subtitles…

I'm still downloading Oblivion. My first torrent was 75% complete, but then all the seeders went away. That file is at 89% now at 0kbs. So with the slow download times I found another torrent with tons of seeders. But this is downloading slower. It should be done by Monday [:(]

GM<hr>

Haven't really done anything. All I did was move all my game files from my desktop to my laptop along with some examples. I think I might enter the 64D game contest though. Need an idea still.

Comments

Cesar 17 years, 11 months ago

actually, murtagh stays with the varden throughout the book, but he's kidnapped at the beginning of Eldest

Also, the dragon looked quite dissapointing, it looked pretty ugly…

another thing I remember is that Eragon killed Durza on foot inside the mountain, and by chance. The twins were the ones who checked the minds, too, and they weren't in the movie…

the movie's sequel (if there is one) will confuse the hell out of people.

Kaz 17 years, 11 months ago

Really? I thought it was the end of book 1. I read the book like 2 years ago.

The dragon was cute the first 2 minutes. Then it grew up in seconds.

Also, the fortune teller was supposed to be at the Varden when Eragon got there, but she was not. She plays a big part in book 2 from what I remember.

Cesar 17 years, 11 months ago

yeah, but then again, it was written by a freaking teenager, so it's bound to suck

leemcd56 17 years, 11 months ago

I think Eragon (the movie) sucked… because it barely followed the book!

Cesar 17 years, 11 months ago

erm… sure, SY… suurreee…

Polystyrene Man 17 years, 11 months ago

Ugh. Broken bottles. Now what?

josh 17 years, 11 months ago

I loved Eragon. Saw it opening day. It wasn't much like the book, but still was really nice adaptation.

OL 17 years, 11 months ago

Looks like you have discovered the magical world of bit torrent…

Amarin 17 years, 11 months ago

Don't you have to pay for BitTorrent?

Kaz 17 years, 11 months ago

Lol, yea. And I'm paying for all the things I'm getting too. Because waiting for a 30 hour download is much easier than going to the store.