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02-24-2005, 11:39 AM
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Who likes Dragons?
Animal Planet :: Dragons
The goal is to create the most realistic dragons so well and so biologically fit that they can compel people that dragons did exist. This is like one big fantastic hoax that's amazingly well put together. |
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02-24-2005, 04:44 PM
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... a sort of licensed troubleshooter.
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 Except for those flying dinosaurs, of course... Quote:
I'm going to watch because of the *possible* scientific merrit. |
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02-24-2005, 05:15 PM
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I'm not a blonde! I'm knot! I'm knot! I'm knot!
Location: Upper Michigan
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Cool
I love the fantasy aspect of it. I'd enjoy the scientific part very much as well. I'll definately be curious enough to try to catch this on TV.
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02-25-2005, 05:49 AM
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Heh... Yeah, just kiddding. I suppose if the point of the show is to prove that dragons are biologically viable creatures I have no real footing to talk, especially if it proves that. |
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02-25-2005, 09:34 AM
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I'm not a blonde! I'm knot! I'm knot! I'm knot!
Location: Upper Michigan
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02-26-2005, 11:51 AM
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Location: Portland, Oregon
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Hell, I figure they do exist, right along with pixies, demons, vampires, werewolves, angels, gods and what have you.
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02-28-2005, 05:13 AM
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Location: middle of Whywouldanyonebethere
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02-28-2005, 06:57 PM
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The Cheshire Grin...
Location: An Aussie Outback
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awesome awesome awesome!
http://www.draconian.com/ One of my best remember links.. I also have the ebook of the Draconomicon  Which is completely awesome. I don't play D&D so I can't rationalise buying it. The descriptions each one has is quite well done.I'll probably have to wait to download this seeing I'm in australia and don't have cable O_o
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03-01-2005, 07:08 AM
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Location: Right Here
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 Look at the skull of a common snapping turtle, remind you of anything? It's not to diffiucult to see that nature could come up with something that looked like the drawings of dragons that we see throughout the world. Last edited by frogza; 03-01-2005 at 07:12 AM.. |
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03-03-2005, 05:40 AM
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C'mon, just blow it.
Location: Perth, Australia
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Especially as seeing how most were all of 30cm big
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03-03-2005, 08:38 AM
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Location: too far from Texas
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apparently, the term dragon may also be a reference to serpent / snake / sea monster...
http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/vi...&search=dragon or, perhaps, they are the Biblical Seraphim... http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/vi...earch=seraphim Last edited by bond007; 03-03-2005 at 08:40 AM.. |
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03-03-2005, 08:43 AM
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Location: Huntington, WV
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The archeaopterix (I probably didn't spell it right) was technically not a dinosaur, but the pteradons were and they were actually quite large. On the matter of the show, I am definitely looking forward to this. I, being a huge dragon fan in general, cannot miss this for anything.
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03-19-2005, 11:15 AM
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Location: Seattle, WA
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Hopefully it won't be like that silly show where they looked into the future..."Death Gleaners" are coming!! RUN!!
And they made it sound like it's FACT, and not just speculation on what could happen. But I probably watch this. I saw a little bit about how they made it, they showed little clips during comercials.
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03-20-2005, 03:24 PM
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Location: Seattle, WA
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*does a happy dance*
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03-20-2005, 07:04 PM
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Location: under the bodhi tree.... *bling*
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it was really good, what did everyone else think?
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03-20-2005, 07:12 PM
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Location: VT
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i liked it quite a bit, i just wish that they had gone a little more into the evolution tree. i really liked how they explained everything so that it could work, like how they could fly, breathe fire, live in cold environments, outlive dinosaurs. my favorite scene was definitely the dive during the courtship ritual
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03-20-2005, 09:46 PM
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I didn't like it all that much.
It was nice story. It was certainly pretty. The 'what if' storyline was a bit confusing at times. They kept throwing in real facts in the middle of their made up story and didn't bother to distinguish between the two. There was nice stuff about Chinese dragons and some wonderful pictures of real artifacts, but it was mixed in with the fiction. Like the stained glass windows they kept showing (the dragon in the mountains with the men who had spears) was that a real work? Did they just make it up to fit their 'story?' I've watched it twice now and still have no friggin' clue. I would have rather seen them talk more about what we do have on dragons (the stories, the engravings, etc...) and then try to show that there's a good possiblity that dragons were real. How they could have survived. What they might have evolved from and under what conditions. Sort of like the Dinosaur series they did a couple of years ago. "Here's what it might have looked like; Here's how we know." They kept talking about how every culture has their version of the dragon, but it never went any further. I don't know. It was alright, but it certainly wasn't what I was expecting.
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03-20-2005, 11:30 PM
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Location: In my angry-dome.
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Guthmund, I agree on how they mixed fact & fantasy. Seemed laden with license. The children will be confused.
That stained glass looked very modern, and somewhat homemade. The Hydrogen lift sac theory was disturbing. A 6ft weather balloon is good for maybe 12lbs lift. So unless maybe they have a fleet of them attached to their lawnchairs... I'm all for fantasy when it's recognized as such, but the hopping back & forth gave me whiplash. |
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03-21-2005, 08:56 PM
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has a plan
Location: middle of Whywouldanyonebethere
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I was talking about this today with some that saw it and I became confused as to this supposed find that was discussed in the beginning of the show. Apparently they had a bit of a mix up between the show's fantasy and reality. What was this "find"--this was more fantasy, right? If it was real I think I would have been first to know via any news program in the morning.
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