# “Reign of Fire” Reactions \*Spoilers\*

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reign-of-fire-reactions-spoilers/118758>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 13, 2002, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reign-of-fire-reactions-spoilers/118758 "2002-07-13T06:27:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Joe\_Cool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@Joe\_Cool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Cool)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2002, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reign-of-fire-reactions-spoilers/118758/61 "2002-07-18T03:04:58Z")

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> \*Originally posted by ratty \*  
> \*\*I have returned from the theatre.
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> Ugh.
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> I would rather find blood in my stool than watch this movie again.
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> These dragons are apparently immune to the laws of physics; how are they _possibly_ flying under their own power? They are too big and heavy … their wings … Their bone structure … Their reproductive strategy … their diet … Their supposed ‘hibernation’ … the whole “fire-breathing” thing …
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> Ugh. What can I say? I feel my intelligence has been insulted by this movie’s attempt at a ‘scientific’ explanation for the dragons…\*\*

Uh, hello? Are you aware that it’s a **movie**? How is it that you can accept the existence of a fictional animal, but get pissed at the unscientific explanation of its diet, reproductive cycle, and aerodynamics?

I bet you’re one of those people who sat enthralled through ET and got pissed when they flew the bikes across the moon, aren’t you?

The only reason your intelligence is being insulted is that you evidently think far too much of it. And if your intelligence is so great then why don’t you have the sense not to take it so seriously?

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**Author:** ![capacitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@capacitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capacitor)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2002, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reign-of-fire-reactions-spoilers/118758/62 "2002-07-18T05:57:40Z")

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If it was done in Japan, the dragons would win hands down and made the humans slaves. Probably done much better too.

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**Author:** ![Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2002, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reign-of-fire-reactions-spoilers/118758/63 "2002-07-18T06:38:59Z")

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In **D & D** ’s movie, the dragons looked a lot like what they did in the Monster Manual for 3rd Ed. As far as I remember, anyway 🙂

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