The realm of magic is being threatened by the realm of logic, so Carolinus, the green wizard decides to shield it for all time. Ommadon, the evil red wizard, stands in his way. Carolinus then calls for a quest that is to be led by a man named Peter Dickinson, who is the first man of both the realms of science and magic. It is Peter's job to defeat Ommadon.
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Saw this when I was a kid and got in trouble because it led to WEEKS of me shouting “I reject you! I reject magic! There is only science!” at my dad
This is a movie from back when no one cared if their movie was fucked up or good and you could just make whatever psychedelic nonsense you wanted and no one gave a shit. Great film.
Flight of Dragons is one of Bass & Rankin's non-Holiday themed hand drawn animations - so the actual film was made by Topcraft (the precursor to Studio Ghibli). Toru Hara's team previously had The Hobbit (1977) and Return of the King (1980) outsoucred to them by the American producers - and would also release The Last Unicorn the same year. Flight is visually similar to these other fantasies, with complex character designs, and fine details abound.
The title, speculation on dragon flight, and hero take their names from a book by Peter Dickinson - while the companions and trials come out of Gordon R. Dickson's The Dragon and George. From the plot descriptions I've read - George is the main template,…
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A young Boston writer goes back in time into an era where wizards and dragon reign and science is just barely known.
This is a Bass/Rankin animated feature much like The Hobbit and The Last Unicorn and it hasn't aged well at all. Coming across like a badly animated kids TV cartoon. Which is a shame really. If you can get past the obvious Lord of the Ring influences, this is trying to be more than just run of the mill fantasy.
This is more the story of science and logic versus magic and what happens when people stop believing in magic. It's based on the book by Gordon R. Dickson I think and…
By the beards of antiquity!!!
I can't even imagine how much I would've loved this if I saw it as a kid. Now? I understand how vomiting science mumbo-jumbo endlessly to the villain causes him to fade into dust. Shit's annoying. I bet Peter Dickinson would be a Tesla/Elon Musk fan account on Twitter today.
14/52 The Weekly Animation Challenge 2021: Fantasy Week
Regardless of the fact the movie provides a perfectly reasonable, in-universe explanation for their inflated bellies, I still couldn’t take any of these chubby dragons seriously.
The Flight of Dragons. This animated wonder is like a cinematic magic potion bursting into life. Dragons, mystical forests, wizards. If you are into any of the Hobbit fantasy stuff, i highly recommend this 80s gem. 5 Out Of 5. Night7.
Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass’s animated fantasy in which a young Boston writer journeys back in time into a period where wizards and dragon rule and science is just scarcely known.
Loosely linking the speculative natural history book of the same name by Peter Dickinson, which was published three years earlier, along with the novel The Dragon and the George by Gordon R. Dickson, which was published three years before the natural history book, the story concerns the kingdom of magic which is being endangered by the monarchy of logic, so Carolinus (Harry Morgan), the green sorcerer chooses to guard it for the remainder.
Ommedon (James Earl Jones), the nasty red wizard, stands in his way. Carolinus then calls…
"Inevitability is the strongest magic of all."
I was too young to see much Rankin and Bass stuff when it was actually fresh, but thanks to movie rental places (pour one out for West Coast Video) and parents who were infatuated with Lord of the Rings, they still became a big piece of my childhood. Coincidentally enough, this was also how I was introduced to Bakshi.
This is the most Bakshi of the Rankin/Bass films if that makes sense. SCIENCE VS MAGIC wasn't exactly the most unique subject in fantasy even in 1982, but slick old-school animation and just a fantastic voice cast help bolster what really is a perfectly paced fantasy tale. Also, hearing Harry Morgan completely commit to…
One of the rare hand-drawn Rankin/Bass films and an excellent fantasy-adventure. I'm usually not all that into fantasy films, but when they are done well, I find I'm strangely drawn into their worlds of wizards and dragons and unlikely heroes. This one posits that the world of magic is being weakened by the advance of technology and science, so the Green Wizard, Carolinus, suggests to his three equally powerful brothers that they create a magical realm as a last retreat within which to provide a home to all magical creatures. But the evil brother, the Red Wizard, Omaddon, seeks instead to rule over humans and vows to fight the efforts of his siblings. Carolinus then summons a champion from the…
