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Offline Azguard

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Re: This mayb be an old topic but...
« Reply #15 on: September 17, 2008, 02:06:55 PM »
 but I still like to think Animorphs was original...hahahaha . I think the Yeerks are actually pretty unique.
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Re: This mayb be an old topic but...
« Reply #16 on: September 17, 2008, 06:33:30 PM »
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« Reply #17 on: September 17, 2008, 11:51:30 PM »
Yes! Got him! hahaha
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Re: This mayb be an old topic but...
« Reply #18 on: September 18, 2008, 12:51:16 AM »
Lol...trying to give Xeno a headache now are we? (And I mean that comment good-naturedly btw)
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Re: This mayb be an old topic but...
« Reply #19 on: September 18, 2008, 05:14:06 PM »
I think Animorphs is pretty original. I mean, a lot of the ideas have been used before, but good luck trying to find something completely new. Its not like there weren't witches before Harry Potter or the notions of space travel before Star Wars. Theres a definite give and take, and all things considered, the concept really hasn't been used before. Pseudo random kids fighting a very mature alien invasion by turning into animals?
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Re: This mayb be an old topic but...
« Reply #20 on: September 18, 2008, 07:34:30 PM »
 yeah...i was trying to give xeno a headache. It might help with his migraine he's accumulating...
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Re: This mayb be an old topic but...
« Reply #21 on: September 18, 2008, 07:44:16 PM »
Ah...well that makes sense lol
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« Reply #22 on: September 18, 2008, 07:45:34 PM »
 yes yes. I've been testing the theory for months on Slushie Man. he turned out pretty good.


 haha , jay kay.
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Re: This mayb be an old topic but...
« Reply #23 on: September 18, 2008, 08:12:10 PM »
Argh.  *breaks stuff, walks around staring at people in fury*

*breaks some more stuff*

They weren't original so much as effective.  The series took a bunch from 50's sci-fi movies, mixed it with some 90's sarcastic pop-culture references, and threw it all into a plausible real-world setting.

You're right, I don't think the turning-into-animals idea had been used before, though, certainly not in a mainstream series.

Where Animorphs succeeded wasn't so much in originality though (despite the Andalites, and the morphing itself, etc, being pretty fresh), it was more about having the guts to not talk down to its audience.
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« Reply #24 on: September 18, 2008, 08:20:39 PM »
Aw, we all luv ya Xeno...don't sweat it lol

And yeah, you definitely got a point there. The whole general concept of alien 'body snatchers' invading Earth has been around for quite awhile, but Animorphs just put some fairly fresh ideas into it which gave it an original twist and therefore made it different and in it's own way...unique.
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« Reply #25 on: September 18, 2008, 08:22:20 PM »
 yeah. some of the alien concepts were new too.

 Turning into animals was new. I think using young teens in a massive war like the one in Animorphs was a gutsy move though.
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« Reply #26 on: September 18, 2008, 08:58:34 PM »
Your face is a gutsy move.  *pouts*
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« Reply #27 on: September 18, 2008, 09:12:40 PM »
 gosh, xenomorph...you're everywhere...as in, in all the threads. hahaha
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Re: This mayb be an old topic but...
« Reply #28 on: September 18, 2008, 09:14:51 PM »
Omnipotence.  Just call me Toomellimistayak.
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« Reply #29 on: September 18, 2008, 10:02:23 PM »
Ellimistiyak. haha
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