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Dragon fire = exploding buildings??

posted 6 years ago by Scape (527)
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Definitely not a big problem. Compared to the writing at least... But since when did dragon fire literally explode brick/concrete solid structures??
I got (or thought I knew) why the zombi dragon could be blasting those other walls apart. Because the wall was made of ice, and he’s a zombi Night King dragon with blue fire, right?

But now the dragon is just obliterating everything on screen. It’s just fire, right? Very hot dragon fire, yes. But just fire?

[–] kuku (3510) 6 years ago

Please, that's a traditional cinematographic technique used in Hollywood. HBO is just leaving behind its past pretentiousness and entering this great tradition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RupTbjUmZw4

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

Yes, just fire. Stones and cement crack and burst being exposed to high temperatures. I mean it looks a bit unrealistic but Arya getting from the Wall to King's Landing by horse in a couple of days is more problematic.

[–] EloraWood (158) 6 years ago

Well, the pacing definitely sucks from what they show, but comments and hints have been dropped here and there for how much time has passed. The ships where traveling for a couple of weeks, then was the meeting, then the journey back to Dragonstone, then it was mentioned to Jon that Dany has not left Dragonstone or has eaten in days, then the trip back to Kingslanding and the army camping there... so it’s been a few weeks at the very least. If Arya and Sandor where riding without much rest, guess it could be possible- but the passing of time obviously wasn’t explained/shown well...

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

You're probably right.
I guess I'm just much more suited to the shows like 'Better Call Saul'.

[–] Scape (527) 6 years ago

But in the same season Jon hides behind a small rock & the dragon fire doesn’t do anything..?

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

We should probably let this one slide ))

[–] Scape (527) 6 years ago

Agreed. hah

[–] Otter (24464) 6 years ago

Well, I've never seen what happens when someone blasts a hundred flamethrowers at once into a building made of stone and wood with small windows, because that's what dragon fire is probably like but hotter, but I suppose the expansion of superheated air inside a confined space could blow out the walls. There were also flammable materials inside those stone buildings, wooden beams and floors, firewood and coal, and oils and alcohols that could burn or be explosive at high temperatures.

I so in the forest of errors and missteps we've seen in the last few episodes, I'm willing to overlook that one.

[–] beavis (3249) 6 years ago

well fire does explode brick, maybe not as fast

[–] Burk48917 (11529) 6 years ago

Little known fact: The castle was made from Legos.

[–] EloraWood (158) 6 years ago

Should be just fire - maybe with a lot of (air)pressure as well.

[–] chrisjdel (2714) 6 years ago

Is anyone here a firefighter? What happens to stone masonry and/or brick when it's exposed to a hotter than normal fire? I have no training in that area myself. But we can assume dragon fire is exceptionally hot - iron thermite burns at 2862°C (5183°F) and can shock melt common metals so let's say those kinds of temperatures.

Superheated air undergoes rapid thermal expansion and creates a blast effect. How significant that would be at the temperatures in question and how much structural damage would result, you'd have to do some research to find out.

[–] LordBAElish (2015) 6 years ago

It was ridicoulus. It was like a nuke went off in Kings Landing

[–] Alex (1508) 6 years ago

It wasn't like regular fire, it was like exploding fireball spell in D&D games LOL.

[–] Scape (527) 6 years ago

Haha!! Honestly made me laugh, man.

[–] charliekelly (1018) 6 years ago

Going over the number of inconsistencies could keep one busy for a while. This one though, was particularly bad, IMO, since in Episode 3 Jon is able to hide behind an already broken down, weak wall and it protects him just fine from what is supposedly a superior "ice dragon" with more intense flames, yet the perfectly good walls in Episode 5 are disintegrated instantly by a "normal" dragon. I try to, and can, forgive a lot of things with this show, but it's really tough to with these two instances only being separated by one episode.

[–] nte1igentwon (963) 6 years ago

That ice Dragon was severely wounded with a gaping hole in its neck so I would suspect it wasn't at full strength.