Yet another low-budget effort from UFO Films. Looks like a ripoff of Reign of Fire set in the middle ages. It airs Jan. 24th. Anyone planning to watch it?
I'll probably watch it. You can tell if the movie is going to suck if you don't see the monster in the commercial. And in this case, you don't see the monster (dragon) in the commercial, thus the CGI or puppets or whatever will stink like always when it comes to sci-fi primetime or anytime!
CURSE OF THE KOMODO! ONE MONTH LEFT TO GO!
I saw dragons in the ad and they looked a lot like the ones in Reign of Fire.
Actually, it looks like one of the REIGN OF FIRE dragons suffering from anorexia.
And remember, they're space dragons that fall from the sky in meteors.
>Actually, it looks like one of the REIGN OF FIRE dragons suffering from anorexia.
You know, they never really said in Reign of Fire, exactly where the dragons came from originally (or I missed it), so maybe this is a prequel. It shows how the dragons originally came to Earth and were beaten into submission, only to be re-awakened in RoF. :)
In Reign of Fire, the main character Quin (or whatever his name was) finds them under the earth, in a mining cave or something. They're making s**t up really. And wakes up one the dragons, and that causes all of them to wake up, and the next thing you know the earth is covered with them.
I think I'll skip this one. Reign of Fire left a bad taste in my mouth. I figured it would at least be entertaining, but it was just a boring piece of crap.
>In Reign of Fire, the main character Quin (or whatever his name was) finds them
>under the earth, in a mining cave or something. They're making s**t up really.
>And wakes up one the dragons, and that causes all of them to wake up, and the
>next thing you know the earth is covered with them.
Yes, they were awakened from their sleep underground, but how did they get there in the first place? Where did they come from originally? Maybe they came to Earth in Dragon Storm, almost get killed off, but go into hibernation underground to be found in Reign of Fire.
You just *KNOW* that Dragon Storm is going to end with a shot of a dragon egg hidden away somewhere, or the camera will zoom underground to show a dragon's eye opening.
Yep.
They can't leave the "Sequal prep" alone. Its SO predictable....
Its looks like the same Dragons as RoF, so your plot predictions sounds right.
So....hibernate hundreds of years...what kept them alive? "Dragon Fat?" Or am i asking for too much logic?
Logic was the first casualty in RoF.
I'll watch Dragon Storm, it beats paying $7.50 to see Reign. Maybe there should be a drinking contest every time a plot cliche pops up. Or take bets on who gets killed in what order.
ROF suffered from the same logic problem as Battlefield Earth. Simply put:
The bad guys thrashed the hell out of the combined might of the world's militaries, and then got their ass handed to them by a handful of neanderthals with crossbows and axes.
But ar least ROF didn't have the neanderthals learn to fly fighter planes by spending a couple of days on the simulator. Yee gad! And the planes were 1000 years old and still worked! Ever see a thousand year old sword? It looks like a rock! Man that movie sucked. Makes ROF look like Army of Darkness now that I think of it. Ugh.
Just found out this was directed by Stephen Furst (Animal House, St. Elsewhere, Babylon 5). and was made in Bulgaria. I'm probably going to watch this to see how run of the mill (or not) it is.
Anyone watching this movie? I'm watching and it's kinda lame!
it was not the best....but....better then others i have seen
So Does anyone know where to get a cast listing for this B rated movie. The credits seem to only list two actors. Who plays the princess?
Am I the only one who notices a strong resemblance to the Anne McCaffrey Dragon series of books? It seems like they ripped off a lot of her ideas.
Well... the dragons were good, I thought... I was sure hoping they would win over the Merlin, the dwarf, the Kung Fu and the questionable looking princess... not to mention the scraggly haired huntsman.... alas.... the quick wit of mankind prevails again over majestic beast who forgets to shoot fire when the opportunity knocks... Anybody like the scorching dragon parts falling from the sky? I personally think if The Lord of the Rings casting director had seen this first, we would have watched another dwarf.... I also thought he should try for the part of Saddam Hussein if the movie ever comes up.... Go Dragons!
You can see some of the cast on the SciFi website. Angel Boris plays the princess. she does a live streaming interview
>>>kinda lame.<<<
Kind of? They could have at LEAST not cut the dragons' deaths by going to commercial so fast.
If a movie stars an ex-Playboy Playmate in a featured role they really should be required to get naked at least once. I don't think that's asking too much. :)
Just watched the show...usual Sci-Fi channel fare....I saw..Lord of the Rings, Reign of Fire and various other shows incorporated into a C-grade movie.....
>If a movie stars an ex-Playboy Playmate in a featured role they really should be
>required to get naked at least once. I don't think that's asking too much. :)
On a non-premium cable channel? Actually, it looked like she might have had a nude scene that was censored. Guess you'll just have to rent the DVD.
My two cents:
It seemed at times that it was parodying (or acknowledging) all the B-movie cliches,like with the four teenagers going into the cave to get down to business. . .
I couldn't stand the huntsman's hair -- bad wig job, plus it made him look like a junkie.
What I learned from this movie:
if your castle is being attacked by dragons, and there is a knock on the front gate, DO NOT OPEN THE DOOR!
Angel Boris did a good job as the princess, it's nice to know that some playmates can act.
Saw the movie. Wasn't at all impressed with the story line... There was supposed to be one right?????
Anyway, thought the dragons (what you got to see of them) was good - especially the two scenes where they actually showed the dragons ripping pieces off people.
Just once, though, it would be nice to have a GOOD story aout dragons and perhaps not necessarily make them the bad guys!
Just my $0.02!
Dragon Storm is based on a game. Now wouldn't it be better to base a SciFi movie on a complete literary environment. Why not PERN, and dragons that mean and do something.
Now wouldn't it be better to base a SciFi movie on a complete literary environment
No, because there the gap in skill and creativity between the novelist and the movie makers is much more obvious
According to the SciFi news service this is the highest rated original movie in their history. Check it out!
http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/
Hmmm:
glass half empty: SF will continue to do movies on the cheap, and badly
glass half full: SF will feel emboldened to increase the budget of its movies. For things like writers, make-up artists. . .
I haven't seen the movie, but whats it rated? I expect PG 13 but who knows...
is brad pitt one of the actor in this movie?
ok, not Brad Pitt, but who is the actor that protrays Silas , the hunter?
Please tell!!
Angel Boris is hot! Here are some pics I found of her.
(http://www.dailyangelboris.com/shfiles/potd/potd_angel6.jpg)
(http://www.dailyangelboris.com/shfiles/potd/potd_angel5.jpg)
(http://www.dailyangelboris.com/shfiles/potd/potd_angel2.jpg)
(http://www.dailyangelboris.com/shfiles/potd/potd_angel7.jpg)
Not trying to turn this into a T&A board, but this could'nt be passed up.
I didn't get to see it on its first showing on the Sci Fi Channel, but, I did get to see it, when it was repeated on the Sci Fi Channel.
To be fair to it, it probably needs to be compared to other made-for-television films, especially those which appear on the Sci Fi Channel as Sci Fi Originals. But, not having seen many of those, I can only compare it to what I know.
What I didn't like about the film.
The writing. Even compared to the lower standards of a made-for-television movie, I found it terrible. Some of the worst I have ever heard.
The acting. Even the dependable John Rhys-Davies (catch him as the narrator of the animated "Dave the Barbarian" on the Disney Channel), I thought was terrible. His worst performance, or, at least, the worst performance I've seen him do.
The dubbing. Which was atrocious. Too obviously, for some of the actors, English was not their first language.
The unnecessary scenes. The only thing the scene with the teenagers added to the film was the final body count.
What I did like about the film.
The cinematography was surprisingly good.
As was the music.
And the special effects were not bad.
What was maddening about the film.
For all that was somewhat realistic . . .
There really was a coin called a pfennig.
There really was an area of Europe called Carpathia.
There really was a weapon called the ballista. And it looked much like the one in the film.
Gunpowder really was used to cauterize a wound.
And some people do bleed internally, when shot in the throat.
But, on the other hand . . .
How they could think they could get away with passing off an abandoned cathedral as a castle is beyond me.
A couple of cliches.
The badly wounded man who tries to get somewhere, only to die, when he gets there. If he was that badly wounded, he would be unlikely to get there, and if he got there, he'd be unlikely to die the moment he got there.
The underling is often a better man then the boss.
Final thought
As long as the actors kept their mouths shut and were fighting the dragons, it was a fairly exciting film. But, once the actors had to recite any of the dialogue or stopped fighting the dragons, the film often went downhill.
>ok, not Brad Pitt, but who is the actor that protrays Silas , the hunter?
Maxwell Caulfield (http://imdb.com/name/nm0001028/). You might know him as the English guy lusting after Michelle Pfeiffer in Grease II.
MRIDE2, nice pics. :)
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I was really commenting on the fact that a piece of crap like this. UFO films makes most of these things for SciFi at their studio in Bulgaria.
Actually, they show another meteor in the sky, but why one? They beat 5!
Not really. I have several books of Dragons of Pern. If they made a movie bet it would beat RoF. :)
hey. Pern would make a great movie. They'd probably make good money. It's a pretty popular book and there are different stories. They could make a whole movie series like Harry Potter.