The Last Dragon | A Fantasy Made Real


Dragon's world, fantasy made real, Myths and legends of dragons, Frictional story of prehistoric dragons described as the story of "the natural history of the most extraordinary creature that never existed but could have existed.

It posits the theoretical evolution of dragons from the Cretaceous period up to the 15th century, and theories about what dragon life and behaviour might have been like if they had existed and evolved. It uses the premise that the ubiquity of dragons in world mythology suggests that dragons could have existed. They are a species that are scientifically feasible and could have evolved, although they did not.

The Last Dragon, known as Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real in the United States, and also known as Dragon's World in other countries, is a British docufiction made by Darlow Smithson Productions for Channel Four and broadcast on both Channel Four and Animal Planet that is described as the story of "the natural history of the most extraordinary creature that never existed."

It posits a speculative evolution of dragons from the Cretaceous period up to the 15th century, and suppositions about what dragon life and behavior might have been like if they had existed and evolved. It uses the premise that the ubiquity of dragons in world mythology suggests that dragons could have existed. They are depicted as a scientifically feasible species of reptile that could have evolved, somewhat similar to the depiction of dragons in the Dragonology series of books. The dragons featured in the show were designed by John Sibbick.

The program switches between two stories. The first uses CGI to show the dragons in their natural habitat throughout history. The second shows the story of a modern day scientist at a museum, Dr. Tanner, who believes in dragons. When the frozen remains of an unknown creature are discovered in the Carpathian Mountains, Tanner, and two colleagues from the museum, undertake the task to examine the specimen to try to save his reputation. Once there, they discover that the creature is a dragon. Tanner and his colleagues set about working out how it lived and died.

The docufiction starts with a live-action dramatisation of the discovery of a frozen dragon carcass in the Carpathian Mountains in Romania, next to similarly preserved bodies of some 15th-century would-be slayers. The drama then starts in present-day Montana with a battle between a prehistoric dragon and a Tyrannosaurus rex, 65 million years ago. Then a 6 mile-wide meteorite crashes into Earth, killing almost all large life forms on dry land. However, "marine dragons" evolve in the sea.

The story then goes that around 64.95 million years later, mammals have taken over the planet, humans being among the most perilous to dragons. The final scene returns to 15th-century Romania, where a lord and his squire enter an icy cave to fight the "monster" that has been stealing sheep.

A large part of "Dragons" is devoted to scientific explanation of how a 900-pound animal could have flown and breathed fire from its mouth.

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6 comments:

Anonymous said...

When i watched the movie the last dragon i thought they where real did you think it was real they did kinda explain how.

Anonymous said...

The movie was so cool but can you by chance explain how its not real? becuse i really think its real

Anonymous said...

you could explain how its real

Anonymous said...

if your there please comment

Anonymous said...

if your there please comment

Unknown said...

It is NOT real because dragons are fantasy. They said that in the show, that this was a fantasy and not real. CGI can make anything look real. Look at Star Trek and Star Wars!

Dinosaurs, however, ARE real!

Look at the hard evidence. We have fossils of Dinosaurs but none of dragons. We have footprints and poop from dinosaurs but none from dragons.

Yes, there are stories about dragons but there are stories about Moon Amazons and alien invasions and wars between America and Aliens, but that does not make them real.

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