Poe Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 The dragons are a wonderful bit of CGI but they dont appear to have grown at all since the start of the season. In the House of the undying i pictured the dragons as the size of a medium sized dog.... perhaps a little bigger. Anyone else feel they need to speed up the dragon growth to keep it up to the books? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tourniquet Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 They def should have been a bit bigger is based on the books, however the inclusion of all 3 might have removed that necessity to make it believe that they could kill a man.The dragons had been away from their mother for some time so I'm sure this could be a reason for the stunted growth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarah.jenice Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 I thought they looked a little small, and I do hope they have them grow quickly. Drogon will need to be large enough for Dany to ride him come Dance, and I really can't wait for that scene.I was a little disappointed in their coloring though. They looked neon and it made them look less realistic. I thought Drogon looked good, but Viserion especially didn't look cream and gold.It's a small nitpick so I'm not too upset about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sennahoj Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 They should have been a bit bigger, but I guess it would be too expensive to have two sizes of dragons in one season. I expect them to grow in the next season before Meereen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferrum Aeternum Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 I think they'll certainly grow next season, if for no other reason because it'll be much easier to CGI them flying around overhead than perching on Dany's shoulder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igoraki Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 but I guess it would be too expensive to have two sizes of dragons in one season. Its actually quite easy to increase their size same way they did with wolf's,when merging cgi with live picture in post production,so it wasnt the budget problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Stark in Salem Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 Well it's obvious that if they were bigger that they couldn't have been stolen, which would have made so much more sense right? What was wrong with how the story actually was written?! That she went in basically out of desperation having been turned down by everyone else in the city for help?So yes, I also thought they were ridiculously small by the end. She better start them on some extra growth promoting meat soon! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morvran Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 I was surprised they were as small as they were, yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BabyMeraxes Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 I loved them, and I'm actully happy with Viserion's coloring. Everyone knows golds are the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iheartseverus Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 Thought I'd put a couple screencaps in this thread--behold, the stars of this thread!the children are happy to see mom:http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v651/joliefaire/Capturedragonsdany1use.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v651/joliefaire/Capturedragonsdany2use.jpgthe children are listening attentively to mom:http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v651/joliefaire/Capturedragonsdany3use.jpgthe children are pissed!http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v651/joliefaire/Capturedragonsdany4use.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ragged Man Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 I'm partial to Green Dragons myself. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howdyphillip Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 These are the best looking dragons that I have ever seen on film.A close runner up was the dragon in Harry Potter 8... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Dermett Corbray Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 <snip>D'aaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwww!Just thinking, wasn't the first "dracarys" moment in the books the revolt in Astapor?/nitpicking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nearthewoods Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 Agree with HT that I am impressed with these dragons, even though they were small in this episode. ;)The creature design is really well done, as is their movement and the detail of their bodies. I was afraid of what they would look like before we were introduced to them last season...sometimes creature designers don't seem to know how to pull off a convincing, intelligent body for these things. The only other dragons I can recall being on the screen I liked this much were in Harry Potter and Dragonheart.-applause!-My only gripe with the HotU scene is how easily Pree poofed into flames from the three little jets sent out by the wee hatclings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
protar Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 I was impressed with the CGI even if they could've been a bit bigger. Most of the CGI has been spectacular for a TV show. I do wish that they'd made them more distinct from each other though. They were basically just the same dragon but with different colouring. Just a personal preference as in my head they look very different to one another. In my head: Drogon has a sort of solid neck frill around his head and he's obviously a bit beefier than the others. Viserion has much smaller horns and an almost beak-like snout, Rhaegal's much more serpent like and has super long horns and a much more pointed snout. Obviously unrealistic of me to expect the D+D to read my minds though :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaximumPatlickicus Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 Is anyone else disappointed that they don't have color matched fire? Black and red for Drogon, green for Rhaegal and, gold for Viserion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sennahoj Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 Is anyone else disappointed that they don't have color matched fire? Black and red for Drogon, green for Rhaegal and, gold for Viserion?I think after the green wildfire that would have been too much. From other fantasy movies most people would expect dragonfire to be just the usual shade of, well, fire, just coming out of a dragon's jaw. Black, red, green and gold fire would look a bit silly on screen IMO, at least next to one another. It would just look like fireworks all over again, and we already had that with the wildfire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallfolktypeperson Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 Perhaps once they get on a ship and start cleaning up all the rats and fishing, they'll start to grow more rapidly. I can't wait to see them larger, as I assume they will be next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iheartseverus Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 I think after the green wildfire that would have been too much. From other fantasy movies most people would expect dragonfire to be just the usual shade of, well, fire, just coming out of a dragon's jaw. Black, red, green and gold fire would look a bit silly on screen IMO, at least next to one another. It would just look like fireworks all over again, and we already had that with the wildfire.This. Additionally, in this world, dragons are real, living breathing animals, who just happen to be able to breathe fire. The fire itself is not magic, just really hot, really powerful--fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iheartseverus Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 Perhaps once they get on a ship and start cleaning up all the rats and fishing, they'll start to grow more rapidly. I can't wait to see them larger, as I assume they will be next season.And if I'm remembering the books accurately, the last dragons (before our 3 came along) kept getting smaller and smaller over the generations because they were kept confined. They must be able to fly free and unrestrained before they can begin to attain enormous growth. (Notice I refer to Drogon, Rhaegal and Vyserion as 'our 3.' That's because I like to feel a part of whoever and whatever gets to actually have dragons. I want a dragon. At least one.) :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.