Talk:Reign of Fire (film)

message: The Wikipedia article states that a dragon's nest was discovered in Pakistan, but the movie shows a newspaper clipping of the nest being in Tibet - though the final T is obscured, a map showing the South of China is shown.  Discuss.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by WhiteCrane (talk • contribs) 20:04, 9 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Dragon's Nest location

message: I've read that this movie is meant as an allegory for the ancient story Beowulf, any official information? (there are a large number of similarities) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.176.85.30 (talk • contribs).
What exactly are the similarities? Beowulf has a troll, it's mother and only one dragon, which is a classic fantasy dragon rather than the non-magical, non-treasure hoarding, sci-fi animals in this movie. The protagonist, beowulf, is the most powerful warrior in the story whereas in Reign of Fire the most powerful warrior is an Achilles-like madman. Where did you read this? The presence of a source would be the most important factor for a Wikipedia article.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.171.204.39 (talk) 22:58, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Beowulf

message: In the trivia section it claims that this film "coincidentally" premiered on Sept. 11th 2002 in another country.  This is not really a noteworthy coincidence (nor interesting trivia). —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.14.100.36 (talk) 08:26, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It's noteworthy due to ABC's pulling the film from broadcast due to sensitivites over terrorism, since that gives the statement background and context. If that had not have occurred, then yes, I would agree that it is not noteworthy. MalikCarr 08:07, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Trivia/Coincidence 

message: I don't think the main part of the movie is set 12 years after the first part. Quinn says his adopted son was 3 years old when he found him and he's now a teenager so Quinn would've been a kid himself when he found him. Either the first part of the movie is takes place before 2008 or the main part tkaes place after 2020.218.215.135.195 11:09, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I was always under the impression that the opening took place in present day, i.e. 2002. In one scene Quinn says "nothing has flown in twenty years" (as in aerial vehicles), putting the opening around 2000. However, I still think the opening is in 2002, and "20" is just a rounding of "18" (which sounds less dramatic). Quinn did find his adopted son 12 years ago (i.e. in 2008), but that doesn't mean the opening took place in 2008.  Jerkov (talk) 21:18, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  possible timeline error 

message: The movie plot hand-waves away why the dragons were not more easily killed in the initial phases.  A 20mm autocannon mounted on a truck would make short work of several dragons at once, let alone a pair of 30mm autocannons with radar guidance.  And that doesn't touch what would be done by tanks hardened to nuclear standard, or attack helicopters or any of several support-attack aircraft and warships.  Even if the effective range of the dragons' fire-breath was 1000 metres (unlikely), even third-world army units with a couple of BMGs could hold them off.  That said, not a bad flick really. --Ossipewsk (talk) 02:28, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, it seems like the males have impenetrable hide. The people had to shoot it in its mouth to kill it. And when Van Zandt kills that one dragon behind Quinn he shot it through its head. In the movie, too, the world powers used nuclear weapons, but the dragons either survived or fled.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.79.100.206 (talk) 19:14, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I liked the movie, that said, I've watched an AC-130 gunship remove the top floor of a concrete building in a single pass and seen Hellfire missles destroy tanks. I find it difficult to believe that any hide is tougher than tank armor or steel reinforced concrete. Niteshift36 (talk) 12:51, 3 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It may be easier to believe if you first manage to believe in huge flying lizards that shoot fire out of their mouths. Muad (talk) 13:29, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

text: The dragons would likely be highly resistant to the two chief effects of nuclear bombings, that is, heat (well...it breathes fire) and it seems pretty likely that they would be immune to radiation as well (Fantasy!) world leaders probably panicked and ended up doing more damage to humanity than the dragons.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Broken Pharoah (talk • contribs) 00:09, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hard to kill? 

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Reign of Fire movie.jpg

message: Why do they discover bones in Antarctica due to Arctic melting?  Antarctic and Arctic are two separate things, on opposite points of the planet.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Stacecom (talk • contribs) 01:10, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Antarctica 

message: The Onions AVClub reviewed Reign of Fire in 2014, in their "worth a watch" section. Interesting to see the film is getting a better response in retrospect, although there isn't enough to claim anything like a cult following. -- 109.76.23.182 (talk) 16:14, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reception