[Windrunner]

Has anyone heard about this movie? Just seen the trailer and it looks really intresting.

http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/dragonwarsdwar/DWARTrailer_lrg.html

[Jeff Vader]

Hmm. The setting sounds interesting, with 'dem dragons 'n' all, but since it is obviously an American movie, they'll probably spoil most of it beforehand with trailers (such as this) and include as much action and explosions as is physically possible, then throw in some completely predictable plot twists, with a protagonist who at first is underrated but who eventually becomes the hero who saves everyone, concluding the story with a corny happy ending.
Maybe if some Asian crew had done this, it might be intriguing indeed. But, at its present state, I for one am so not going to go and see this.

[General Battuta]

I thought some Asian crew did do it. Wikipedia certainly seems to suggest so.

[Jeff Vader]

Oh. My bad. The trailer was just so... American, that it mislead me. But yes, it seems to be written and directed by a Korean dude.
I still remain sceptical.

[Sasquatch]

Hmmm, it's missing something...Samuel L. Jackson, perhaps?

[Desert Tyrant]

Ah, I've seen the comercials.

Awesome how they can take what looks like a missle up the ass and keep going.

[TrashMan]

Are those lizard thingises (the mounted ones) carrying missile launchers???

And IMHO, no organic life forms(s) stand a chance against technology. Orbital bombardment, HEAT ammo, homing missiles, tanks, jets and gattling guns pwn everything. And there's allways vacum bombz and nukes.

[Mustang19]

no organic life forms(s) stand a chance against technology.

Germs? Humans? Hellrider? Shivans?!!

[NGTM-1R]

Shivans?!!

Cyborgs. Next plz.

[Mefustae]

Shivans?!!

Cyborgs. Next plz.

Undead Cyborgs.

Check. Mate.

[Polpolion]

Smallpox germ warfare, FTW.

[Windrunner]

ontopic please...

[TrashMan]

Smallpox germ warfare, FTW.

technology wins...again.. isolations, sealed suits (and let's not forget sealed atmosphere in spaceships). Space-faring races own everything!


ON TOPIC - what's with the mixing of different dragon tpyes - chinese dragons and standard "D&D" ones...and is that a giant cobra???

[übermetroid]

looks like dinoriders.

[Polpolion]

ontopic please...

My comment was on topic. I mentioned a simple, effective way to kill the lizards, seeing as how the conventional warfare depicted in the trailer doesn't seem to work. I suppose you could say that, lizard race notwithstanding, I was indirectly saying that the movie is unrealistic. Of course, now this post isn't on topic and it doesn't matter that my previous one was.

[Ashrak]

the cgi looks like it was done by a 3 year old :/

[Flipside]

You know those nights when you've all sat round the TV, having a few beers, and watching Episode one of Star Wars, or maybe playing Lizardmen in a game of Warhammer? Possibly you've been indulging in a little vegetation...

You remember after that point, when you really should be getting some sleep, but instead, someone asks that fatal question...

'Yeah but who would win between Lizardmen and the US Army?'

THAT'S where movies like this come from....

It has car-crash appeal....

[NGTM-1R]

Well...if you want to get overly technical, AA missiles are fragmentation and not AP.

[Prophet]

If a lizard breathes fire, one can assume it is also somewhat tolerant to heat. If a lizard is big, on can assume its skin is quite thick. If the said lizard flies, on can assume that the wings must be strong to bear the the considerable stress of propelling said lizard trough air at great velocity.

One may come to the conclusion that this lizard may survive a AA missile explosion nearby, or perhaps even a direct hit. Depending on the missile and the point of impact. Consider how a sparrow often dies when shot by a BB gun, but a full grown chicken survives. The hide might protect the lizard from the heat and fragments produced by the explosion. The wings might also be strong enough to withstand anything but a direct hit without shattering.

There is however a matter to consider. The lizard is likely to be airborn if hit by an AA missile. While the oh so famous lizard might endure the hit with only a bad case of burns, the effects of shock and blast would have more severe consequences. The poor lizard would likely lose the ability to remain airborn because of muscle tissue, and nervous systems experiencing the effects of explosion. Consider the chicken mentioned earlier, who, after being subjected to a projectile fired from a BB gun, would be considerably traumatized after the incident. Disorientation and trauma to muscle tissue may have been observed. By someone. The chicken did hover make a full recovery after a short period of time. The flying lizard would however suffer a rough landing that would leave the lizard severely wounded and unable to defend itself, or in worst case would cause a mild case of death.

So while this is purely speculation, since we lack the live giant lizard to test this on, we can still be reasonably sure that an anti-air missile should prove effective against flying reptiles of all sizes.



Damn this stuff got interesting after a sauna and a few beers.
Too bad I can't see the trailer on account of being too lazy to bother with quicktime...

[Mongoose]

The commercial for this movie made it seem like one of the most laughably awful films in human history.