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[[Age of Dragons]] – surely to Herman Melville what ''Camelot On Ice'' was to Thomas Mallory – is one of those films. It’s difficult to see how that bubble-bursting, Emperor’s-nudity-identifying moment didn’t come mid-way through the pitch, or even earlier, during the (presumably drunken) bar-room conversation in which young, dim scriptwriter seizes on the big idea: “Eureka! I’ve got it! Moby Dick … Only on LAND! … With DRAGONS!” | [[Age of Dragons]] – surely to Herman Melville what ''Camelot On Ice'' was to Thomas Mallory – is one of those films. It’s difficult to see how that bubble-bursting, Emperor’s-nudity-identifying moment didn’t come mid-way through the pitch, or even earlier, during the (presumably drunken) bar-room conversation in which young, dim scriptwriter seizes on the big idea: “Eureka! I’ve got it! Moby Dick … Only on LAND! … With DRAGONS!” | ||
Somehow, it happened. Unlike Travolta’s ''Battlefield Earth'' or Shyamalan’s [[The Last Airbender]], ''[[Age of the Dragons]]'' has no big name Hollywood “auteur” behind it bamboozling the usual BS detectors with which Hollywood majors are festooned. That this film ever saw the light of day is, simply put, a cock-up, for which someone – probably quite a few people – will be fired. | Somehow, it happened. Unlike Travolta’s ''Battlefield Earth'' or Shyamalan’s ''[[The Last Airbender]]'', ''[[Age of the Dragons]]'' has no big name Hollywood “auteur” behind it bamboozling the usual BS detectors with which Hollywood majors are festooned. That this film ever saw the light of day is, simply put, a cock-up, for which someone – probably quite a few people – will be fired. | ||
Moby Dick for landlubbers. Lord, give me strength. | Moby Dick for landlubbers. Lord, give me strength. | ||