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News Credits: 5 · by **skywarp-2** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 7:55 am

I saw this add for the movie, read the plot, and decided it's a freakin rip off, but is it really? Apparently it's based on a Korean legend from thousands of years ago... but then again it's the script that lends me to believe they copied alot of what the Transformers was about.. here's the scoop on that movie:

OK, so Centuries ago in Korea there were giant serpents called Imoogi. A bad one, Buraki, had armored troops. A girl, Narin, had this glowing bubble(the Yuh Yi Joo), which turns Imoogi into dragons. But she and her lover-protector, Haram, sacrificed themselves without giving it up.

Deep breath. In Los Angeles an eruption suggests something big has awakened, something cranky. When Ethan Kendrick (Jason Behr) finds out, he recalls being taught as a child by the mystic Jack (Robert Forster) that he is Haram reincarnated. Narin is now Sarah Daniels (Amanda Brooks). Exhale.

Got all that? Good, because once Baraki starts to boogie, “Dragon Wars” rocks. Bulcos, winged carnivores, munch on iron-rich helicopters. References to Ray Harryhausen and Toho productions fly. One sequence evokes “King Kong,” but with heat-seeking missiles. The seams in effects and dialogue glare, but lend charm.

Baraki eats elephants, but he can’t outrun cars, which lets Ethan and Sarah reach New Mexico for a “Godzilla”-like rumble between Imoogi. “We’ll see each other again,” says Sarah to Ethan after the bout. Hoo-boy. Batten the hatches.

Ok, let's see, glowing orb, Dragon's seeking it, their war our world.. Transformers "giants" fighting in a city over an ancient artifact of power...Dragons "giants" fighting in a city over an ancient artifact of power...

East Dragons versus Western style Dragons...Decepticons and their war machine technology Versus Autobots and their cars and trucks...

You decide if it's a straight rip off of Transformers or Not.....

by **ultra tron** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 12:05 pm

Is this the movie where the head of the statue of liberty crashed in the middle of NY? (The trailer from TF?)

I thought it was 1-18-08

News Credits: 2 · by **Shadowman** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 1:37 pm

ultra tron wrote:Is this the movie where the head of the statue of liberty crashed in the middle of NY? (The trailer from TF?)

I thought it was 1-18-08

No, that's Cloverfield. And American movie.

This is Dragon Wars, a Korean movie.

News Credits: 1 · by **Sherade** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 2:58 pm

I thought it was a ripoff, using a city to battle and CGi characters, army involvment, etc.
Not worth my money.

by **Predacon Galvatron** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 5:33 pm

I haven't seen it personally, but have seen the adds like you skywarp-2, and I must agree, it appears to be a ripoff, with the CGI models of the city fights. I thought I was the only one who felt it was rip off. :lol:

by **BabyBee** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 7:28 pm

Wow I'm so happy I wasn't the only one who thought the same thing. I actually got annoyed when I first saw the commerical. Especially with their catch phrase being the same. "Their war our world" I was like good grief , rip off. But since the storyline is supposedly a Korean legend, I guess its not? Just too close for comfort for me.

by **Decatron** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 7:38 pm

They sure picked a perfect time to coattail the success of Transformers. And yes I noticed the similarities in that commercial.

But hey, whatever. I'm not interested in seeing it but dragons are pretty interesting to a majority of people and that's just what they were trying to achieve. It's just good fun.

by **BabyBee** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 7:50 pm

Tru tru. Can't take it too seriously. :o)

by **CowgirlTEX** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 8:07 am

After all the information that you've just belted out, I have to agree. I've seen the commercials around, but I never really connected TF and this movie.

They ARE really similiar, and it does seem to be a rip-off. Especially the tagline "Their war, our world".

However, I still would like to see it (though not in theatres.)

Deviating a little, does anyone have a count of how many movies there are where the dragon's AREN'T the bad guys?

by **Rushie** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 11:52 am

Well, there's the furry white dragon (Fuchur or something?) from Neverending Story, Elliot from Peter's Dragon, the one voiced by Sean Connery in Dragonheart and Mushu in Disney's Mulan

by **Bumblebee-otch** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 12:05 pm

Autobot_Aleira wrote:After all the information that you've just belted out, I have to agree. I've seen the commercials around, but I never really connected TF and this movie.

They ARE really similiar, and it does seem to be a rip-off. Especially the tagline "Their war, our world".

However, I still would like to see it (though not in theatres.)

Deviating a little, does anyone have a count of how many movies there are where the dragon's AREN'T the bad guys?

eragon

by **Gojira Prime** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 4:34 pm

Yes

So you got these otherworldly beings (Transformers) Some are good (Autobots) others are bad (Decepticons) there's a plucky teenager who holds the key to the conflict's resolution (Sam Witwicky) and then there's a military force that just wants blow the living crap out of everything (Sector 7)

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