There Be Dragons!

So I watched Sucker Punch last night, not really anything to be said on here about it as to be honest why would me rules and thoughts be relevant in an environment mostly created by the imagination of a less than stable mind. However one sequence involved a Dragon and this reminded me of a rant from the depths of time (well 2002)…

… 2002 was a good year stuff happened and also the world ended, well at least according to the film Reign of Fire it did anyways. Now throughout history there have been stories and legends about Dragons, I like Dragons they’re pretty cool. In these an angry Dragon would cause mass terror and devastation this is legitimate, a hundred years ago if dragons appeared they would cause devastation. Now here is my suggestion of how to really survive the film Reign of Fire. Let the Government sort it out. Sounds a bit lazy, yup it sure is but it’s what we pay our taxes for, but lets look at this another way. The dragons in that film could be killed with mediaeval style weapons but somehow managed to evade and destroy the entire worlds military might in a short period of time.

So Rant time it is, we live in a world where we have developed the Sea Harrier which can hover, is close to as maneuverable as a bird. We have anti aircraft cannon that measure their shots per minute in the multiple thousand and can fill a large area of the sky with lead. Missiles have been developed that travel at hypersonic speeds to destroy other small missiles travelling at similar speeds. So how are we meant to believe that these winged predators somehow managed to evade all of this?

Now it could be argued that the worlds advanced military technology was caught by surprise (wouldn’t be the first time) or maybe the missiles etc weren’t able to find the dragons on Radar (unlikely but I’m grasping at straws here). So maybe it’s time for us to take over from the government on this one, what could we use to kill a dragon…

…Well my first choice is to mention that in this world of ours in a large proportion of it, hunters are allowed to legally own depleted uranium bullets for the fifty cal rifles to go out and shoot deer. Now I’m thinking that a weapon/ammunition combo designed as an anti material weapon should be able to cope quite easily with a wussy creature that can be killed by ballistae.

So probably the easiest way to survive a movie here, pay you taxes or let over zealous hunters do what they like to do, sounds like the best way to stay safe against these dragons. One last thing, if the dragons are Eastern and magical all bets are off and it’s time to hope for a different solution.