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is anyone else distraught at the treatment of cgi dragons on the show?

Orangepurple345 — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 14:08:50 GMT

having watched the show and feeling so much empathy for the dragons being thrown into a war by humans i just wanted to know if anyone else felt like this even now that the finale has concluded.

i feel its so irrational but i stand by it 😂

i feel like setting up a charity to prevent harm against cgi dragons 😂

Re: is anyone else distraught at the treatment of cgi dragons on the show?

Kelsingra — Wed, 21 Aug 2024 12:29:09 GMT

Hey @Orangepurple345

To be hones not sure that I would watch the series without the dragons 😆

Loved the CGI of them (except for Syrax not growing 😅). They looked really nice, but yeah sad that they were used as tools, when they meant to have deep bond with their dragons.

I was just re-watching the last couple of episodes and kind of agreed with the dragon keepers when they rejected to help Rhanyera to get the bastards claim dragons. Their reasoning was spot on, like the dragons are sacred and not toys for her goals, they are the last magic that's left of the old Valyria.

I would have just said, "well... naaah thank you" and just fly away with my dragon and live my life in peace 😄 I hope they will make a series of old Valyria and how they made the dragons with more details about their bonds and personalities, the different breeds, etc

Re: is anyone else distraught at the treatment of cgi dragons on the show?

TimmyBGood — Wed, 21 Aug 2024 17:45:08 GMT

@Orangepurple345

Without wishing to introduce any spoilers, it's only going to get much, much worse...

Personally I stand by my previous statement that Anne McCaffrey did dragons far better than GRRM ever has.

Re: is anyone else distraught at the treatment of cgi dragons on the show?

nolte — Mon, 26 Aug 2024 12:14:31 GMT

Unfortunately they could not get approval from the Humane Society to use real dragons so had to settle for cgi instead 😉

On an aside, there is a Sky cinema movie Blueback, which to create the fish in it, they used a puppet company to make the groper (a video on the process of making the groper was on YouTube (May still be available) )