Talk:Dragonslayer

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[edit] Britain?

Are we sure this is set in Medieval Britain, rather than a fictitious country that resembles Medieval Britian (not that there even was a country called Britain in the Middle Ages (or now technically).

-- Sigurd

"set in a realistically portrayed medieval Britain. It follows a young wizard-in-training as he attempts to defeat a dragon."

I think this pretty much speaks for itself. --Kizor 02:12, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

So there was never a medieval Britain? Jarwulf 02:49, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

I was sad to here of Caitlin Clark's death, I had occasion to meet and chat a tiny bit during the making of Dragonslayer whilst shooting in North Wales, she was always gentle and kind even to the unimportant people like me. I was one of the dogs bodies but fortunately I had some climbing skills and so was "roped" (pardon the pun) into assisting with the rope safety on the scsnes where the spear was dragged from the watery gorge.(Gowron 21:40, 13 February 2007 (UTC))

I've just done some extensive cleanup on the article, removing opinion, original research and redundant elements, adding links and casting info. In the process, I changed the opening cited by Sigurd. The film never mentions Britain, the action takes place in "Urland", a fictional country. Obviously this is meant in some way to resemble Medieval England, but the landscape obviously resembles North Wales, and several of its inhabitants have Canadian or American accents (although various Welsh and English accents are heard as well). In other words, it's a fictional story in a fictional place inspired by Medieval Britain. Kizor's restating the opening sentence doesn't make it any more accurate than it was when Sigurd challenged it. 12.22.250.4 22:19, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "Dragonlance"

During my extensive cleanup (see above), I expunged the word "dragonlance" everywhere it appears, replacing it with "heavy spear", "spear" or "Dragonslayer". "Dragonlance" is a trademark of Wizards of the Coast and did not exist prior to the development of the Dragonlance setting for Dungeons and Dragons. In other words, it's not a real word, there is no such real-world thing called a "dragonlance". Dragonslayer is a heavy spear or lance, but I avoided the term "lance" because it has the connotation of being a cavalry weapon, which Dragonslayer is not. 12.22.250.4 22:39, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pictures

Just bear with me for a while as I get these picture together,they will improve. I took the photos in 1980 and separated them into a good pile and a "not so good" pile, as luck would have it all I can find (as of Feb 2007) is my "not so good" pile. As I find more I'll put them here. Apologies in advance. (Gowron 13:51, 18 February 2007 (UTC))

Also does anybody know the rules regarding just two frames from the movie, my bet is that its not allowed. However if it is permitted, it will show feature of North Wales. Thanks in advance. (Gowron 12:16, 19 February 2007 (UTC))

I think it should be noted somewhere in this article (preferably in the special effects section?) that Dragonslayer was Industrial Light and Magic's first "outside project." All the films that featured ILM's special effects prior to Dragonslayer were Lucas/Spielberg productions. This bit of trivia was shared by an announcer on the Bravo network when they broadcast the film.

Trivia is trivia, and there is no place for it here. However, that bit of info sounds important to me and can probably be worked into the article, but you'll need a better attribution than "an announcer on Bravo", preferably something in print that can be formally quoted. 12.22.250.4 22:23, 10 October 2007 (UTC)