To review- dragons require gems in order to grind up the limestone they eat to make fire. These gems are aquired by robbing dwarf mines. No gems means they screw up their teeth and/or stomachs eating unbroken limestone. Thus the decline of the dwarves is directly responsible for the disappearance of dragons. Elves are to blame.

@TwentyNineJP

2 жыл бұрын

@@Passions5555 Elves and dwarves hate each other, according to Tolkien lore

@fartpunch3937

Жыл бұрын

@@Passions5555 Elves are to blame for pretty much all of the worlds woes. Global warming? Elves. Inflation? Elves. The sudden popularity of the Kardashians and, ironically, the break-up of Kim and Kanye? Fuckin' Elves.

@42Nightsyesterday

Жыл бұрын

@@TwentyNineJP I mean this isn’t middle earth though. And the relationship between dwarf and elf in Tolkien’s work is a bit more nuanced than that.

@Joehtosis

Жыл бұрын

It's always elves. Every single time. How many more countries do they need to be kicked out of?

@shockmaster0792

Жыл бұрын

Those damn vegan pointy ears!

I like how the red dragon calls limestone limestone by the end, showing that he is at least some what listening

@firebird77clonefirebird89

Жыл бұрын

he was bring accomodating

@An_Average_Arsonist

Жыл бұрын

Good catch!

@Novous

Жыл бұрын

shtup and eat ur limestone!

@franklinfleming1237

Жыл бұрын

He was defeated and gave up lol. Fine u ruined it kid eat the limestone.

@phoenixthedragon6798

Жыл бұрын

@Scott's Precious Little Account let's do some people feel about certain fundamental parts of doing anything they're like no you just need to know this much and I don't really understand it past that but I don't feel like explaining to you how and why I don't understand the tiny details cuz i think that'll make me sound stupid, so just shut up and do the thing how I told you. I mean, he's not just the adopted uncle here, he's also an old proud dragon. This exchange felt wonderfully organic to me

This movie is not only a marvel of animation, it also tackles a very interesting plot : a rational, science-minded human finding himself in a Fantasy world, and trying to make sense of the things around him. Like figuring out how Dragons can fly. A fantasy world that still uses "our" science and logic. That's really interesting.

@sabrinacosta5667

Жыл бұрын

Basicly isekai

@ThePhantomStinker

Жыл бұрын

Pretty much a metaphor for the entire history of science. Once upon a time, man thought EVERYTHING was done by magic. Now we even refer to the things we can't explain as "phenomena" or "supernatural" as opposed to magical. But not believing in magic anymore didn't cause anything to go away (unless you count the charlatans).

@WiredLain_

Жыл бұрын

i really miss 2d cel animation it was so pretty

@jemperdiller

Жыл бұрын

shut up and eat your limestone

@noheroespublishing1907

Жыл бұрын

The horror/romance movie "Spring" is a similar type of movie; what if an Eldrich horror grew up alongside humanity and its technological/scientific evolution and learned about its nature?

There's something about the dialogue in 80s fantasy that I like a lot. The entire scene is just two dragons explaining how they breathe fire but their conversation is so charming and whimsical. I know nothing of this movie/series but you get a lot of characterization between the green and red dragon in a few minutes

@khunt5336

Жыл бұрын

I think the green dragon is actually a human scientist that got brought to a fantasy world from what I can surmise from the comments section

@debbiestellar8266

Жыл бұрын

@@khunt5336 God I wish that were me

@khunt5336

Жыл бұрын

@@debbiestellar8266 same 😭

@CloudyDaze

Жыл бұрын

Flight of Dragons is a 1980's Isekai, I'm going to flip a table.

@gimo6881

Жыл бұрын

@@khunt5336 that's sounds like a good idea for an isekai anime.

AH! This also explains why the wings of a Dragon seem to be too small for flight: They're used for navigation, stabilisation and forward propulsion, not for lift!

@Fridelain

Жыл бұрын

I mean, they can be used for lift, by carefully controlling the amount of -hydrogen- dragon fire they can stay buoyant at a certain altitude.

@MonsPubis7

Жыл бұрын

@@Fridelain yall are arguing on a make believe creature, thats top tier cringe if I've ever seen it

@Fridelain

Жыл бұрын

@@MonsPubis7 Who asked tho

@smithsmith1956

Жыл бұрын

@@MonsPubis7 Isn't that what's happening in the animation to begin with?

@tony8076

Жыл бұрын

@@MonsPubis7 Nobody in this reply thread even remotely feels hostile or argumentative but you lmao. What.

Love this dialogue. No bells or whistles to grab children’s attention but instead world building

@Mark73

Жыл бұрын

It was one of my favorites when I was a kid. The intro song was one of the greatest themes ever.

@AdamSeiler

Жыл бұрын

Ah, shut up and eat yer limestone.

@kortjohn

Жыл бұрын

You don't consider the fact that there's dragons to be bells and whistles are you talking about literal bells and whistles?

@crimsondynamo615

Жыл бұрын

@@kortjohn I believe he means loud obnoxious sound effects and bright colors and out of place music, like you find in lower quality childrens media

@steventhepotionhoarder2107

Жыл бұрын

I think the fact they're cartoon dragons are the bells and whistles to grab children's attention. It's definitely not the science explanation.

"Because we're dragons! And dragons breath fire!" Smergol is like my grandad, and it makes me happy to remember him 😊

@theloweffortchannel7211

Жыл бұрын

111th like

@nateshandy2070

Жыл бұрын

This might be my favorite line, in any work of fiction, ever.

@crimsondynamo615

Жыл бұрын

Nothing too complicated about it. Just is what it is. Now have some more limestone.

@lancelovecraft5913

Жыл бұрын

He also speaks like my niece

"But I wonder why it comes out as fire." "Because we're dragons and dragons breathe fire."

@sebastianemond5313

Жыл бұрын

"Yes, but what makes the ignition?" "The Thor Thimble, fool."

@doefarris2189

Жыл бұрын

Reminds me of Terry Pratchett and Granny Weatherwax's Headology.

@Hotchpotchsoup

Жыл бұрын

@@sebastianemond5313" ...what happens if we accidentally inhale the exhaled fire??" *BOOOOM!!!*

@mrnickname850

Жыл бұрын

@@Hotchpotchsoup or it leaves through the end

@melanimatejak6821

25 күн бұрын

​@@mrnickname850I like the way you think 😅

my man literally explained dragons with science. what a lad.

@jamesbrice3267

9 ай бұрын

The MC Peter Dickenson is also the author of the book of the same name that explains fantasy through science, he was even referenced by Terry Pratchett.

@I-VisiBomb-I

9 ай бұрын

@@jamesbrice3267 I own the book, but for some reason couldn't find the power to go through it :c

@SvalPlays

6 ай бұрын

They got it wrong CaCO3 + 2 HCl → CaCl2 + H2O + CO2

I loved this movie when I was 7 and this scene was one of the reasons why... This was a uniquely intelligent and thought-provoking childrens' film that encouraged scientific inquiry into matters deemed mysterious. I also thought it funny that fierce dragons of mythology would basically be hot-air balloons.

@ballHand

Жыл бұрын

Rock on man

@JayBeePolitics

Жыл бұрын

@@ballHand limestone on man

@bumfricker2487

Жыл бұрын

they're minerals!

@elisnider8191

Жыл бұрын

Jesus Marie!

@lahavmorris9919

Жыл бұрын

Whats the movie called?

this movie is a seriously underrated gem - this take on dragon anatomy and trying to explain a plausible way they could have flown is really inventive imo

@DJKinney

Жыл бұрын

I knew it! I got "underrated" in five. You asses.

@mjsbbs

5 ай бұрын

Was not alive when it came out, but discovered it a few months ago. It's a really great movie.

Fun story, Flight of Dragons is pretty much the animated movie of a book called The George and The Dragon by Gordon r. Dickson where a modern (1980s or 1990s) man is mentality transported into a dragon in another world to try and save his girlfriend/fiancée. Great book with a bunch more in the series, please check them out, they are some of my favorites

@wareforcoin5780

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the suggestion, I'll check out the series.

@manuelernestoacebedo

Жыл бұрын

Gracias.

@andrews2812

Жыл бұрын

I loved this book in high-school, and this movie since I was a toddler.

@bluelightstudios6191

Жыл бұрын

an old western isekai esc story, got to love humans and their desire to transport modern characters back in time or to some made up fantasy world.

@Omrikai6594

Жыл бұрын

Check out the book 'The Flight of Dragons' by Peter Dickinson and Wayne Anderson. The designs are from this book. Harper & Row, 1979. My dad got it for me when I was a kid because I've always loved Anderson's art.

2:56 was my favorite part as a kid, simply because watching a rotund dragon adorably wiggle his wings in irritation was the cutest thing I've ever seen.

I saw this movie all of once 30 years ago and this scene has lived rent free in my head ever since.

@TheKyrix82

Жыл бұрын

It's fascinating. And funny thing? Decades later when Animal Planet did their dragon mocumentary, the explanation for flight and fire breathing was very similar to this

@w0197

Жыл бұрын

Yes! I saw this exact scene somewhere when I was a kid. Didn't know what it was. I've always loved the scientific explanation here and comparing dragons to birds. I thought I had misremembered it but KZread is an amazing place lol

@talyrath

Жыл бұрын

Same here. It sounded familiar with the dwarves bringing gemstones, but when they got to the electric spot in his mouth I realized this was the same cartoon I watched as a kid.

@jondoty

6 ай бұрын

Same! The electric spot in his mouth is what’s stuck in my head all these decades. Funny how you doubt it was ever real until you see it again!

I love how the old dragon is right to the point. "We're dragons! And dragons breathe fire!" LOL! Genius!

He blinded the other dragon with SCIENCE!

@TheInflicted

7 жыл бұрын

Trygve Skogsholm poetry in motion

@ballHand

Жыл бұрын

Excellent song lol

Someone sat down and figured out dragon flight scientifically...for a kid's movie. I love it.

@lastofthebest5102

Жыл бұрын

No, you were being informed as a child as to the mechanics of flight. At least in this form of flight. It's called revelation of method and it's in every movie and TV show that's ever been seen. Might want to start paying attention as those who know are obligated to inform the masses.

@jamesbrice3267

9 ай бұрын

The movie's science was based on the original Flight of Dragons book authored by Peter Dickenson.

I kept looking up D&D movies because I was sure that's where this vague memory I had was from. I've never been able to find this film until now, as a purely luck based reccomended video. This scene stuck with my for me entire life. I was so young when I saw it I was thinking I might have imagined this movie. So glad to find out it's real, and to hear the explanation again. This one scene left an imprint on my personality that has never vanished. Explaining fantasy with reality is something I absolutely love! And specifically explaining dragons as if they were real, which is a lot easier than you might think.

@ghostsuru8429

Жыл бұрын

Same here. I definitely saw this movie when I was too young to talk, but could understand just enough that the green dragon was trying to make sense of magic and fantasy. And I loved the red dragon for some reason. Again, I didn't really know what they were saying when I was a little, but I remembered this scene vividly cause the green dragon was so curious about being a dragon. And I remember wanting a more indepth look at the relationship between dwarfs (who I thought were gnomes or kebler elves xD) and dragons. Somehow the way this scene was animated and the sound of the red dragon's voice kept my interest when I was a baby. I definitely had no idea what helium, limestone, and hydrogen was back then, so it wasn't that bit that kept my interest. lol

@azarththekobold

Жыл бұрын

Oh my goodness, me too! I remember watching this in the living room with my nan and really enjoying listening to the explanation, and all I could remember was the inside being like a honeycomb structure. I completely forgotten about this until the YT gods decided to grace me with this again

@williamhogsheadiv1334

Жыл бұрын

I think I saw this movie on Disney channel back in the '90s and all I remember was one dragon character saying "I don't believe my ears" despise not physically having ears

@svn5510

Жыл бұрын

Ha. That’s exactly the same as me. Remember seeing this somewhere 30 plus years ago and I remembered the explanation, but I’d never seen it since until today. What a crazy world and the things that stick with us all along.

@boborappa

Жыл бұрын

Same. Saw it as a kid in the 90's. The scene where the villian says he'll "pluck the sun from the sky" stuck with me because of how the protaganist replies. Just tells him the Sun isn't there anymore; you're just seeing where the sun was, based on the time it takes for light to travel. I didn't have a clue what that meant lol

Awww... RIP John Ritter aka "Jack Tripper". Such a fun, kind human being.

@jackpijjin4088

Жыл бұрын

I thought that was him! His voice is like an old friend, warmed my heart to hear. Like dragon fire.

The dialouge of animated work in the 80s always had this soothing quality. You could write poems on the line delivery, the voice, the words they used. Real, in a magical sort of way. Relaxed and introspective. From it's music to its film (i havent delved much into its literature), so much media from the 1980s always makes me feel this strange sense of nostalgia, this serene appreciation for life. It makes me feel some way no other thing has been capable of. Like everything's going to be all right, just slow down and have a good look at where you are.

this is one of the earliest movies I can remember watching in my life.

@gothsauceproductions5243

9 жыл бұрын

Mine too. My dad had it recorded on tape for me.

@scottyrose9106

4 жыл бұрын

christopher anchor What's the name of this movie.

@Passions5555

2 жыл бұрын

@@scottyrose9106 Two years late, but I want say this movie is called "The Flight of Dragons." It is a really good movie. I just love it.

@scottyrose9106

2 жыл бұрын

@@Passions5555 Better late than never. LoL. Thank you!

@greenaum

2 жыл бұрын

I saw this when I was at school, on TV a few years later. Not literally AT school, was on over the xmas holidays in the UK some time around 1990 or a couple of years either side.

My mother recorded this movie on VHS and called it "Dinosaurs". it also started about 4 minutes in so I never knew the beginning. But it was priceless in my childhood

I know limestone is a, relatively soft rock but just imagine how powerful there jaws have to be in order. To just bite huge chunks of it off a cliff face!

@Igarappappa

Жыл бұрын

Soft is relative when talking about rocks and metals.

@doveprogramme

Жыл бұрын

They don’t need to be. They hum and their teeth vibrate the rocks apart. Dinosaurs had this ability if you look into how triceratops would sing using his crown as an amplifier. The science of precision cutting of rock using vibration isn’t hard either. I’ve tried to tell people how this works but no one believes me. Not just about dragons, the science of it.

@dogmom8668

Жыл бұрын

Unless you're a Dragon or Rock Eater like in Never Ending Story. They eat rock no problem!

@ulyx9804

Жыл бұрын

Shut up and eat your limestone!

@genisisbeing

Жыл бұрын

@@dogmom8668 gorons and link of Legend of Zalda also have a stone cold diet

You know when you have a favourite movie, when you can see a random scene from it... like this one... watching it for the first time in years, and yet STILL be able to recite it word-for-word.

The shear number of lines on these dragons is crazy. I'd be surprised if any animators made it out with their sanity intact after creating this masterpiece.

@Wulfjager

Жыл бұрын

I think there was a lot more heart and passion back then. Less corporate abuse like animation/anime artists deal with now

@bitter-bit

Жыл бұрын

@@Wulfjager There was a lot more abuse that went unnoticed and a lot more underpaid out of country work to poor countries that had no choice

@LAZY-RUBY

Жыл бұрын

Especially given the movie had only _three_ key animators and four in-betweeners.

This story was loosely based off of a book called The Dragon and the George. While the animated version leaned more heavily into the scientific background of the main character coming from a modern world, the book version was more of a fish out of water story in which the main character simply surprises everyone by how civilized he is as a dragon, even as he sometimes fails to resist his dragon instincts. Overall, the book was funnier and a little more down to earth.

@Ozraptor4

Жыл бұрын

Yep, although the draconic anatomy and biochemistry is borrowed from the 1979 speculative biology book The Flight of Dragons by the actual Peter Dickinson.

@StarshadowMelody

Жыл бұрын

@@Ozraptor4 ... So what you're saying is that at the end of the day it's a hodgepodge of two different books? IDK if I've ever heard of it before finding this video, to be honest, but I like what I see.

@Ozraptor4

Жыл бұрын

@@StarshadowMelody Yes, the film is a fusion of Dragon and the George (the 1976 fantasy novel by Gordon R. Dickson) and The Flight of Dragons (the 1979 spec-bio book by Peter Dickinson). The basic story arc (modern day protagonist, called Jim Eckert in the novel, who transforms into a dragon) and and most of the characters (Carolinus, Gorbash, Smrgol, Sir Neville-Smyth etc) come from Dragon and the George. The dragon biology and the overall design of the dragons (plus the film's title and the hero's name) is taken from The Flight of Dragons book.

The Flight of Dragons was such an amazing movie, made my parents borrow it from the library for me to watch probably a dozen times as a kid. You can find it cheap on DVD, and it is worth it, go buy it now. They don't do anything like this with animation anymore, not in the West. Everything done by computer, when they hand drew or painted every last frame of this in a style we won't ever see again. Very similar to the 80's The Hobbit, possibly same animators.

Still one of my favorite childhood movies. I think my mom might still have the VHS copy we recorded from TV. "Shut up & eat your limestone!" & "By the beards of Antiquity, I went & merged them!" are still 2 of the best lines from it.

This has been floating around in my mind, half-remembered for 35 years. I almost believed I had imagined this animated movie explaining how dragons ignite their fire with electricity in the roof of their mouth. I’m glad to finally see this again!

This movie was a miracle for me as a kid. It opened so so much to me and let me get away from even more. Thanks flight of dragons, and thanks 1980’s. You really were the magic and the science behind the best of me. Thanks a million times.

I remember borrowing this movie from the library as a kid, it was a huge delight and imprinted on me in a way a lot of things never did. This scene especially, I loved hearing the explanations and learning the story's unique way of detailing what otherwise would just be a mystery. I couldn't remember what this was called for the longest time, and am so happy to come across this snippet again. Thanks for uploading it.

A film I almost forgot about. But what a disturbing and wonderful work of art. Something created in it's time, never to be truly repeated. A kids film, but with truly dark themes...if you watch the whole thing.

I watched this movie so many times when I was a kid. I'm glad it's not forgotten.

@commonsensegaming1756

Жыл бұрын

yes same

The way the green dragon tries to explain how dragons fly and breath fire is kinda like that one really good dragon documentary called Dragons a Fantasy Made Real, I haven't watched the documentary in a while so I don't remember exactly how they explained it but it when something like this, in the documentary, how dragons flew and breathed fire was similar to this but instead of gems and limestone, the dragons just ate meat and had special bacteria in there stomachs that produced hydrogen, they also fed on platinum deposits and that's gave them the "spark" so to speak that helped the hydrogen they breathed out ignite with the oxygen in the air and boom, fire breath The hydrogen also helped them keep aloft in the air while flying, despite having hollow bones the dragons still had small wings compared to their body size, hence the need for hydrogen, a gas lighter than air to help them fly, this was also kind of a 2 way streak, the same hydrogen the dragons needed to fly also fueled their fire breath, meaning they couldn't just breath fire all the time, mostly used as a weapon of last resort in territorial fights That's all I remember, but very good documentary, highly recommend it to anyone who loves dragons and have been interested in seeing a more scientific approach to these amazing, sadly fantastical creatures Plus it was made by the BBC, the same guys who did the Walking With Dinosaurs documentary series Although there are 2 versions One like Walking With Dinosaurs, narrated by Sir Patrick Stewart and soly focuses on the Dragons themselves and another version that's more like a Mockumentary about a paleontologist who's obsession with Dragons lends him to get his credibility nearly taken away until he's tasked with studying a possible actual frozen Dragon carcass found in the Carpathian Mountains of Romania I recommend the one narrated by Sir Patrick Stewart more because it's of course more of the informative documentary style and not a drama But both are good imo

I love when magic and science coexist and there's an interesting explanation for things like spells and whatelse. I remember I came up with some ideas for psychic abilities, being that the brain's electromagnetic energy connects to the ever existing energy all over the air, meaning that the esper is concentrating that connection to control the flow of the fundamental forces of nature, which is a fancy way of saying "psychokinesis". It now reminds me of how Final Fantasy 7 depicts its magic, being a biological ability the Cetra have, not specifically to deal with supernatural forces, but to control the actual abilities of the planet. Materia in particular being these crystals made out of the Lifestream's energy, which is basically where the souls of the planet come from, when equiped, can give humans the ability and knowledge that the Cetra had, allowing them to cast magic as well. In fact, the scientists of FF7's world didn't even want to call it "magic" as it felt unscientific, but they couldn't come up with any better term. Heh, I rambled on a bit, I just love talking about stuff like this, and I wanted to get it off my chest ^^;

@Cloud_Strife1997

Жыл бұрын

ooh, that’s a great comparison, actually!

@riddlerthediddler4392

Жыл бұрын

The brain generally CAN influence a person's surroundings as was seen with a random number generator test where a certain number the person taking the test thinking of showing up more often. If there's a mass of people all sharing the same belief they probably could influence everything around them. In world war 1 a soldier hallucinated a ghost of his dead friend who tried to warn him about explosives being buried in their trench. Other people saw it too and they dug at the spot the ghost pointed to. Sure enough, there were bombs in the trench that were disposed of before they went off. It's possible either the bombs weren't there until people believed the hallucination and made them exist, or that ghosts are real but not the way they are often depicted in media

@CheeseOfMasters

Жыл бұрын

@@riddlerthediddler4392 You know the numbers are one thing but creating bombs out of nothing is a pretty far stretch tbh.

@hawhafunnyraffs5568

Жыл бұрын

@@CheeseOfMasters No it isn't. You only say that because you've been groomed to believe only a narrow range of ideas. You're literally no different from the cave man that discovered fire. Actually, you're far more foolish than them.

@CheeseOfMasters

Жыл бұрын

@@hawhafunnyraffs5568 Lmao

*rocking back and forth on a chair, sitting outside on the porch* Ah, now this takes me back. I remember this movie, and others like The Last Unicorn and The Hobbit, checking them out from my local library on VHS! Had to walk 10 miles through the woods on a trail we made to get there! Those days were pretty good as a kid; got to go on an unsupervised adventure, and return home with treasure to enjoy on a Saturday afternoon. Do kids these days even know what walking is? Pah!

I used to love this movie growing up, I wish fantasy was still this innocent and entertaining.

I love how this doesn't 'patronize' kids. It invites them to look at even fantasy in a rational, scientific way.

Having zero context other than a love of dragons I cannot believe how smart this cartoon is

That last line is a perfect way to shut down any argument

This is still one of my favourite films ever

@blipblap8798

Жыл бұрын

And the name of it is?

@prince_nox

Жыл бұрын

@@blipblap8798 Flight of Dragons : )

Well, it makes sense when you consider that this is a human in a dragon's body, and a very logical human at that. Of course he wants to know how his new body works.

Man, I love some science in fantasy worlds. It makes things feel more realistic and believable. The animation also actually looks amazing.

This video literally made me impulse buy the audiobook of the book this animation is based on, The Dragon and The George. It's an enjoyable read, especially since I LOVE fantasy stories with grounded, logical-thinking characters, like ones from a familiar world put in an extraordinary place.

A very unique take on how fantasy worlds work in the eyes of someone who's never been in such a unique world.

cutest dragons on film ever 🌱

I never saw this movie as a kid, and have never heard of it until recently a friend mentioned it while discussing some projects. I am kinda interested in the Rankin-Bass movies now, even the Lord of the Rings films too! The dragons are what drew me to this movie though, not because of some strange interest I may have, but what I could do with the inspiration I've found from them.

@danniellegeorge1464

Жыл бұрын

Now you made me feel old

I mean, this isn't what I was looking for when I searched "dragon inflation" but it seems like a cool movie.

This is great I'm amazed this gem traveled all throughout the rivers of time, 14 years before it reached me.

@aimanazminovich3602

Жыл бұрын

Same

YT just recommended something VERY random this time. I'm not complaining. This is very charming!

Oh, this brought back memories! I remember that this movie made limestone look delicious to me when I was young and impressionable. Fortunately I never actually attempted to eat rocks, even with the influence of the rockbiters from neverending story! I was impressionable! But not dumb xD

I have never heard of this movie before and I don't know why this clip is getting recommended to me 14 years later, but I am intrigued.

I have no idea that this movie existed, yet I sat and watched the whole thing. Certainly an interesting scene. I like the characterization of both dragons, and the voice acting of the red one is SO good! It feels like an actual conversation you just so happen to be eavesdropping on.

I loved this time....no alternative facts....just logic and open communication. Professionals were respected as such...and not watered down by ignorance. We need this back. I still dream we can.

This movie gave me the plausability for all my future readings of how dragons fly when they were never drawn with large enough wings! Love this film!

I had completely forgotten about this movie until it popped up in my recommendations. I must have been very young when I watched it the first time, but now I'm experiencing a wave of nostalgia.

"Shut up and eat your limestone." A puny Man word if I ever heard one, Smergol. XD

This makes me feel like dragons are literally always a hiccup of muscle spasm away from exploding like the hindenburg

This offended my bearded dragon

This movie is so dear to me, the animation, the music, it's so nostalgic. This scene has so deeply affected my ideas of magic, and how I'm doing my worldbuilding for my fantasy novel. Nobody I talk to has ever heard of this movie, but maybe one day I'll find someone I can show it too

One of the greatest movies of my childhood!

Damn I remember this movie looking a lot different from what I saw as a kid damn over active imagination.

@AnarickTheDevil

4 жыл бұрын

@@scottyrose9106 Flight of Dragons... It in the description just above the show more.

"Aww, shut up and eat your limestone" is going to be my new closer. It's just the right mix of dismissal and respectfulness. 👍

saw this as a young child and loved the explanation so much that it stuck with me long after i forgot the title of the film!

I can almost hear Ian McShane doing the voicework for Smrgol.

@vjpearce

3 жыл бұрын

I can see him voicing Bryagh too.

I can see a good aligned red dragon teaching young dragons how to survive

I live this movie as a kid. It was one of my favorites

The movie was inspired I think by the series of books called " the Dragon and the George" . Similar stories but with alterations in the movie to speed it along. Love them both.

They mentioned having a crop? OMG Dickinson appears to have had accepted the bird/dino link before it was mainstream

@i39darkblade

5 жыл бұрын

"And the word Raptor means bird of prey"

I remember this movie!!!! One of my favorites!!!!! 💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕

Oh my God, I've been trying to find this movie for decades! One of my favorites as a child.

@commonsensegaming1756

Жыл бұрын

i feel happy for you bro. I know that exact feeling of trying to find something

lol those poor dwarves

Reminder that this was based on the first in a book series with a doezen books by Nebula Award winning Sci-fi writer Gordon R Dickson, in which a modern-day scientist is swapped with a dragon in a fantasy world. The rest of the books after this are about him being a wizard with an easy-access dragon-transformation power, which he uses in all sorts of clever ways, including being immune to the plague, fighting when he can't get on his armor, and giving himself just the eyes so he can see distant objects. It was my favorite series as a teenager.

"A puny man word if I ever heard it" is a great response to any vocabulary correction

God I freaking love this movie.:3

Pure brilliance

This reminds me so much of how they explained breathing fire & flying in The Last Dragon/Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real (2004)

A classic, got this recently on dvd. It's possibly my favourite movie as a child.

@maureenthomas9758

Жыл бұрын

Loved it. Just came on my firestick. My two boys will watch whether they like it or not

I never knew this movie existed.....I NEED TO SEE IT!!! This is SO cool!!!

@TheKyrix82

Жыл бұрын

It's fun. Flight of Dragons

I miss this kind of series being aired on television. 😢

@Mark73

Жыл бұрын

It wasn't a series. It was a single 1-hour movie/episode.

I grew up watching this and it's awesome. So basically this modern author was magically transported to a mystical realm to help in a war of good and evil. This human writer was accidentally merged with a dragon and has to be taught 'how to dragon' in order to continue to help the cause. Amazing movie and I still can't figure out how the dragon noises are made. James Earl Jones is the bad guy too.

I never thought I would ever see this again. I watch this quite a few times as a kid, but could not for the life of me remember what it was called, to even be able to look it up. UNTIL TODAY🏅🎊🎉👏👍

For all this films flaws, I do like how thye tried to find a logical way for Dragons to fly and tied it to fire

@Passions5555

2 жыл бұрын

I know that no film is flawless but what flaws are you talking about in this one? I thought this film was very smart, moving, and entertaining.

@_G.C

Жыл бұрын

@@Passions5555 It's somewhat boring at some points, and the animation could use some polishing up. Overall though it is pretty enjoyable

Always a delight this movie~

i loved this movie when i was a kid!

Thank you for finally giving a name to a near-lost childhood memory

Holy crap - I saw this when I was a kid and have had no idea what it was until NOW! And... honestly - this looks better than the VHS we used to watch it on.

@Mark73

Жыл бұрын

You're also watching it on a better screen, even if you're watching it on a phone.

@secondarycontainment4727

Жыл бұрын

@@Mark73 Ok, valid point. My pops had the best of everything back then - but yeah, screens are much more clear than anything we had back then.

Though, admittedly; the eating crystals to create fire thing makes pretty good sense. Would explain why dragons would hoard so much gemstones and I've even seen Spike from MLP eat gems

@johncronk8867

Жыл бұрын

All MLP dragons eat gems. They don’t eat anything else

@sadlobster1

Жыл бұрын

@@johncronk8867 Which makes me wonder why other dragons don't do the same

@norkshit

Жыл бұрын

@@sadlobster1 because MLP is it’s own story and not all dragons are from MLP 🤨

@_G.C

Жыл бұрын

It's explained somewhere else in the movie that dragons keep hoards of gold to sleep on, because it's a relatively soft metal, and because they can't sleep on beds due to constantly expelling fire

@sadlobster1

Жыл бұрын

@@_G.C I thought dragons would sleep on softer things like grass. As for the bed thing, you are quite right about that but there are SOME dragon myths where they can assume human form. For this reason, I imagine sleeping in beds wouldn't be much of an issue

*Loved this movie when I was a child!*

Red: Intuition v. Green: Logic.

this is an amazing scene and i regret living my life until seeing this

Glory to the splendor of magic

I loved this movie!

Love this movie so much

Finally! I'm ready for my Thesis now!~

@tmdrake

4 жыл бұрын

Same here....studding Dragonology I take it!

And this was before the people who made Walking with Dinosaurs made the one describing Dragons

I watched his religiously as a child in the 80’s on vhs. I didn’t fully understand what I was seeing or hearing. But seeing and hearing it now as an adult…it’s like a whole new movie with better understanding

This movie was the goat, James Earl Jones voiced Omadon the Red Wizard, and the end battle isn’t some great show of force or the power of friendship, it’s just a human being denying the existence of magic to a creature that depends on magic to exist.

this was based on a book: The Flight of Dragons, by Peter Dickinson. You really, really should read it :)

@Omrikai6594

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for mentioning that book. I'd just commented elsewhere on it, having never heard of the film. But I recognized the art style underneath the animation, and the 'honeycomb' diagram confirmed it. Wayne Anderson ftw.

Oh my god I completely forgot about this film until KZread randomly suggested this to me, holy shit,, and I remember this scene so vividly bc I LOVED the sound effects when they’re chewing on the rocks, it’s so pleasing to my ears & really left an impact on me even as a kid lmao