Jane and the Dragon’s Tenth TV Anniversary
Ten years ago, October 15, 2005, Canada’s YTV network premiered one of the greatest children’s TV shows ever: Jane and the Dragon. Among many reasons, what made it great was that it didn’t pander to the audience. Adults could watch without feeling their intelligence going down the drain. The digital animation came from Weta Workshop […]
Wonky Dragons
Here’s some caricatured dragons from the Spanish film, El Corazón del Roble / The Heart of the Oak. This is the third and last of the Dragon Hill series, the earlier ones being hand-drawn efforts. 3D artist Jon Unceta textured, shaped, and rigged the CG versions, more streamlined than the hand-drawn versions. Oddly, the producers […]
Smaug Gets Busted
Over the weekend Weta Workshop’s bust edition of Smaug the Terrible made its premiere appearance at New York Comic Con. Charlie Jane Anders of io9 reported that the supply “sold out in a heartbeat.” But the Workshop has more that can be ordered from their website, here. Behold the detail of the bust, as sculpted […]
How boys grow up in Disney films
What’s it like to be an orphaned boy in a Disney film these days? November 25, 2015 The Good Dinosaur, the story of an orphaned boy raised in the forest by an orphaned dinosaur. April 15, 2016 The Jungle Book, the story of an orphaned boy raised in the forest by wolves, a panther and […]
A Win for the Dragon — SCBWI-LA Writer’s Days — Part 2
In my last post, I mentioned the opportunities provided by SCBWI for writers, such as the conferences held by the regional chapters. Late in 2014, the SCBWI-LA group announced registration information for Writer’s Days, to be held March 7 and 8 in 2015. Attendees were offered two opportunities for their works. One was a manuscript […]
A Dragonheart 3 Music Sampler
Here’s a sampler of music from Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer’s Curse, composed by Mark McKenzie. Have a listen: Uploaded January 30, 2016.
How to tame your dragon the Cruella way
What can stop a dragon from eating you? Cruella de Vil has the answer: bad breath! Uploaded February 21, 2018.
Slay the Dragon! Slay the Dragon!
Say good-bye to Smaug, most loathsome lizard in all of Hobbitland. Farewell to the eloquence of speech, the expressions of arrogance, the massiveness of dragon destruction. The curtain closes on a fine vocal performance by Benedict Cumberbatch. From The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies: https://youtu.be/F_QD2Uy_H_w
The Steampunk Dragon
One of my Facebook friends posted an image of this marvelous sculpture of a dragon built from automobile parts. I searched the web for more information and found more images from different angles. Unfortunately I didn’t find any credit for the sculptor, but if anyone knows, please let me know.
Ben Kingsley and Dragonheart 3
In this DVD extra, Sir Ben Kingsley discusses expanding his creative palette to Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer’s Curse. https://youtu.be/aA4OpaNUivs Uploaded March 17, 2015, courtesy Strecno.
