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Shameless killing of the poor dragon-children


Okay I am weird but i felt disgusted when the small poor dragon children were killed!!! I also felt bad when the dragon got killed. Like an impossible situation, you don't want the dragon to get killed but you also want the people to survive ... :/

Best dragon on screen ever in this film. As long as modern SE is used, I cannot figure out how they will surpass this ...

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Keep your loving brother happy! - Frank

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I was JUST like that as a kid!!!

When I was read bedtime stories, mum was always puzzled as to why I cried when the hero killed the dragon.


If you're trying to play hard to get, play harder! I like it rough!

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Well those sweet little kid dragons was eating away at the princess. They would of had no problem eating away at the guy as well.

Plus if they let the baby dragons live then they would of grown up to be big dragons and would of been worse.

On a side note: I prefer my dragons to be friendly and helpful.

A man can change his stars
Fear me, Love me, do as I say, and I'll be your slave.

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Yeah, but they make such great handbags.

Only the dead have seen the end of war. Plato

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Oh Lord!! lol.
I might've been 10 back then when I saw the film in the theaters, but even I knew that the baby dragons HAD to go!! The dragon had to be killed, sure, but what would be the point of letting its spawn survive? In a few years the villagers would be stuck w/ 4 or so dragons for gods-know how long!

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Oh, for the love of God.

*beep* you.

No, sorry, but *beep* you.

I'm sick and tired of *beep* like this, that comes from castrated numbskulls who would rather side with the thing that is willing to kill you than to destroy it.

This is what we have for education these days, and why I insist on a complete and utter dismantling of the entire public education apparatus. It has failed to instill good sense in our youth, and it's demonstrated to be an abject failure. I don't know about you, but I, as an investor, do not like to waste money on this *beep*

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I liked the closeup on Vermithrax's eyes when she saw her dead babies. That look that said "This just got personal"

But to the point, the problem with baby dragons is that they grow up to be adult dragons, and those dragonets weren't cute and cuddly. They were small and vicious and they ate the princess.

They had to be put down to put an end to the dragon threat once and for all.

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I feel sorry for the last one, gets clubbed to death like a baby seal.

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I liked the closeup on Vermithrax's eyes when she saw her dead babies. That look that said "This just got personal"


That scene is FANTASTIC.

Sadly I agree with most of you, the babies had to go.

Jake, My Jake!

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The only time that I felt bad about the babies' deaths was when the mother found their bodies. Yes, she was evil. But I still felt for her.

I'm still glad that all of the dragons were killed off, though.

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